CPR may refer to:

; Medical

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, emergency procedure to assist someone who has suffered cardiac arrest

Conservatives for Patients' Rights, a pressure group founded and funded by Rick Scott that argues for private insurance methods to pay for healthcare

Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals, taxonomy to define situations requiring a referral from pharmacists to physicians

CPR, in suicide prevention, the three risk signs for suicide: Current plan, Prior Attempts, and Resources

; Organizations

American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility

Centre for Policy Research, a think tank in New Delhi, India

Congress for the Republic, a Tunisian political party

Communist Party of Russia (disambiguation)

Communist Party of Réunion in the French ''département'' of Réunion

Corporate Punishment Records, record label

Det Centrale Personregister, Danish Central Office of Civil Registration

; Transportation

Casper/Natrona County International Airport in Casper, Wyoming (IATA Code: CPR)

Central Pacific Railroad (usually: CPRR), between California and Utah

Canadian Pacific Railway, serving major cities in Canada and the northeastern United States

Car plate recognition, or Automatic number plate recognition

; Radio

Chicago Public Radio

Colorado Public Radio

; Entertainment and literature

CPR (band), whose members are David Crosby, Jeff Pevar, and Crosby's son James Raymond

''Critique of Pure Reason'', 1781 philosophical work by Immanuel Kant

; Science and technology

Continuous Plankton Recorder, marine biological monitoring program

Cytochrome P450 reductase, an enzyme

CPR, for Cubase PRoject file, a file extension for work files used in Steinberg's Cubase e.g. mySong.CPR

; Finance

Customary, prevailing, and reasonable charges

Constant Prepayment Rate or Conditional Prepayment Rate, an estimated measure of rate of paydown of principal on a pool of loans.

; Other uses

Civil Procedure Rules, civil court procedure rules for England and Wales

Common Pool Resource, type of good, including a resource system

Concrete Pavement Restoration, method used by the International Grooving and Grinding Association

Contraceptive prevalence rate, percentage of women between 15–49 years who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception

Category:Abbreviations Category:Acronyms

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playername	Vinnie Jones
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position	Midfielder
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Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones (born 5 January 1965) is an English actor and retired footballer.

Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. As a member of the "Crazy Gang", Jones won the 1988 FA Cup Final with Wimbledon, a club for which he played well over 200 games during two spells between 1986 and 1998. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. Jones appeared in ''Celebrity Big Brother 2010'', where he finished in third place behind Dane Bowers and Alex Reid.

He has capitalised on his tough man image as a footballer and is known as an actor for his aggressive style and intimidating demeanour, often being typecast into roles as coaches, hooligans and violent criminals.

Early life[link]

Jones was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, to Peter Jones (a gamekeeper) and Glenda Harris Jones.

Club career[link]

Jones started his football career in 1984 at Alliance Premier League side Wealdstone, during which time he combined playing football with being a hod carrier. He played one season with second-level Swedish club IFK Holmsund in 1986 and helped them win the league.

In the autumn of 1986, Jones moved to Wimbledon for £10,000. He was part of the 'Crazy Gang' team that won the 1988 FA Cup Final against Liverpool, the dominant English side of that era.

He was transferred to Leeds United in the summer of 1989, where he was part of a young side under the management of Howard Wilkinson. During his time there, he won promotion to the old Division One from the Second division. After helping them win promotion to the top-flight as Champions of the Second Division, Jones proved that he could thrive without the illegal side of his game, and under the stewardship of Wilkinson, he received only three yellow cards in the whole season.

Jones left Leeds early in the 1990-91 season after losing his first-team place to youngsters David Batty and Gary Speed, as well as new signing Gary McAllister - much to the disappointment of the Leeds fans - in order to seek regular first-team football. To this day, he remains a hugely popular figure with the Leeds fans; Jones has a Leeds United badge tattooed on his leg (after having helped them to the 1989/90 second division championship). Jones also showed his passion for the club when he returned to Leeds for Lucas Radebe's testimonial in 2006.

His former Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett signed him for Sheffield United on his exit from Elland Road, before selling him to Chelsea a year later. After just one year at Stamford Bridge, he was on his way back to Wimbledon, where he stayed until becoming player/coach of QPR in 1998, scoring on his debut against Huddersfield Town. Jones was once rumoured to take the vacant managers post at QPR but that failed.

International career[link]

Jones was so desperate to play international football he looked to distant relations and was photographed wearing a Republic of Ireland jersey, before being chosen by Wales. Though Jones is a common surname in Wales, the qualifying relationship was his maternal grandfather, who came from Ruthin, north Wales. He earned nine caps and even captained the side.

Jones's international call-up was however greeted with consternation and even ridiculed by Jimmy Greaves, who said, "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!".

Playing events[link]

During his playing days, Jones was renowned for his "hard man" image, an aspect of his play that was frequently the target of criticism. He was sent off 12 times in his career, as well as holding the record for the quickest ever booking in a football match, being booked after just three seconds for a foul on the opposition player Dane Whitehouse in a Premier League tie between Chelsea and Sheffield United in 1992. In his autobiography, he recalls fondly: "I must have been too high, too wild, too strong or too early, because, after three seconds, I could hardly have been too bloody late!".

In one notorious incident in 1987, Jones was photographed grabbing Paul Gascoigne by his testicles in order to faze him. In November 1986, in a match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon, he was responsible for a dangerous challenge on defender Gary Stevens, an injury that Stevens never fully recovered from and eventually caused him to retire in 1992.

Controversy[link]

He also was the presenter of the infamous ''Soccer's Hard Men'' video released in 1992, which featured archived footage of himself and many other "hard men" of the game, and included advice for budding "hard men". After the release of the video, Jones was fined £20,000, banned for six months, and suspended for three years from The FA for "bringing the game into disrepute." Wimbledon chairman Sam Hammam branded Jones a "mosquito brain". Jones continued to find trouble. After exceeding 40 disciplinary points he was once again summoned to Lancaster Gate, but failed to appear. The FA banned Jones indefinitely. Jones explained that he had "mixed up" the date of the hearing; the FA imposed a four-match ban and told Jones to "grow up". Jones commented later: "The FA have given me a pat on the back. I've taken violence off the terracing and onto the pitch."

Many of Jones' fellow professionals were quick to condemn both the video and Jones himself. One of his most vocal critics was David Ginola, who said, "Jones does not deserve to be considered a footballer. Getting kicked is part of the job in France as well as England, but the real scandal is that someone like Jones gets to be a star, to make videos and become an example for kids."

Other football activities[link]

Jones has stated that he would eventually like to return to football, possibly to Leeds. Jones told Yorkshire Radio "I will come back without a doubt, Leeds fans gave me so much and it's a club very close to my heart."

Jones made an appearance in Ireland for Carlisle United, coming on as a second-half substitute in 2001 against Shelbourne, teaming up with friend Roddy Collins who was manager at the time.

Despite being considered just a midfield enforcer, he did show a different side to his game. In 1995, he stood in for Wimbledon as an emergency Goalkeeper against Newcastle United, due to Paul Heald being sent off, and other keeper Neil Sullivan was injured with a broken leg. Despite the Dons Losing 6–1, Jones pulled off a string of world class saves, and only conceded 3 goals in 60 minutes, as opposed to Heald's 3 in 30. Pundits joked he would be a good replacement for Neville Southall, should the keeper be unfit for Wales duty.

After participating in a charity football match alongside fellow British Hollywood film actor Jason Statham, Jones was approached by a Los Angeles Galaxy scout and asked whether he would go for a trial at the club. Jones laughed off the offer by saying "You're 15 years too late".

In June 2010, Jones released a press statement stating that he was donating his 1988 FA Cup winners medal to the fans of A.F.C. Wimbledon, wishing their fans the best for the future. The medal will be displayed in the club's Kingsmeadow Stadium.

Film career[link]

name	Vinnie Jones
birth date	January 05, 1965
birth place	Watford, Hertfordshire, England
birth name	Vincent Peter Jones
other names	Vinnie Jones
occupation	footballer, actor, film producer, composer, singer
website	http://www.vinniejones.co.uk/
spouse	Tanya Jones (1994–present)
years active	1993–present }}

Jones made his 1998 feature film debut in Guy Ritchie's ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. He later starred in Guy Ritchie's next blockbuster ''Snatch'' as Bullet-Tooth Tony.

He became known to American audiences in the 2000 movie remake of ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' where he played "the Sphinx." Although Jones had a major role as well as significant on-screen time, he only had one line in the entire film but was portrayed as a silent tough brawler.

Jones went back to his football days to play Danny Meehan in ''Mean Machine'', a 2001 British take of the Burt Reynolds' film ''The Longest Yard'' (a.k.a. Mean Machine for its UK release). He plays a former Captain of the English National Football Team, who is sent to prison and subsequently takes control of a team of inmates who play the guards.

His next big piece was in the 2006 movie, ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', as the mutant, Juggernaut. Jones said that he would like to play Juggernaut in a spin-off. His line in the movie, "I'm the Juggernaut, Bitch!", was based on a pre-existing Internet parody.

Jones played a role of a professional killer in a Kazakhstani movie called ''Ликвидатор'' ("Eliminator"), 2011. Jones' character is an elite assassin invited from abroad in order to eliminate the main character. Producers of the film have dealt with the language barrier rather interestingly – Jones' character is mute and does not say a single word throughout the movie.

He also played a role in the Hungarian film ''The Magic Boys''. The film was never completed and there is no known release date. The film's producer, Gabor Koltai, was arrested on major tax fraud charges in December 2010 and is remanded to the Budapest Prison waiting trial. He could get up to 8 years in federal prison. The film co starred Michael Madsen and was directed by his father Robert Koltai.

Jones is said to have been cast as The Kurgan in the remake of the 1986 cult classic ''Highlander''.

He played a major role in the 2004 Japanese film ''Survive Style 5+'', where he plays a thuggish hit-man from Britain who kills several people and, with the help of his translator, tries to discover what everyone's function in life is.

Jones also played a part in the movie ''Kill the Irishman'', where he played the character Keith Ritson, an ex-Hells Angels who works as an enforcer. He also played Mahogany in ''Midnight Meat Train''. He also played the role of a sadistic former SAS agent in 'The Condemned'.

Music[link]

In November 2002, Jones released an album of blues and soul songs on Telstar called ''Respect'' in the UK, as his musical debut under the tuition of Phil Edwards.

Vinnie performed a cover version of the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" on the popular British television show, ''TOTP2'' in December 2002.

The opening track of Joss Stone 2007 album ''Introducing Joss Stone'' features a short speech by Jones.

In May 2002, Jones played a character in the music video for Westlife's single 'Bop Bop Baby'.

Television[link]

Jones also appeared in the US series Chuck – in episode 2 of the third series he plays an arms dealer (the main villain). In 2010 he was added to the cast of the NBC superhero/crime drama series ''The Cape''.

Jones narrated the TV series ''Vinnie Jones’ Toughest Cops''. The series commenced airing in 2008 on ITV4 in the UK. Each episode to date has examined the work of a police force in a different country in the world, concentrating on dangerous aspects of the work. The first show concerned police in Colombia.

Jones was the first ever guest host for ''The Friday Night Project'' when it first aired on Channel 4 in February 2005. In the same year he also had a minor role in the film ''She's the Man'' as coach Dinklage. He also appeared in an episode of ''Extras'' playing an exaggerated version of himself.

Jones appeared on the first episode of the second season of ''Top Gear'' in their ''Star in a Reasonably Priced Car'' segment. He managed to make it around the track in 1 minute 53 seconds.

On 6 December 1998, Jones appeared at the World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view Capital Carnage, where he played up his 'hard man' image, acting as a special guest enforcer for the main event. Before the match he had a (staged) fight with fellow enforcer The Big Bossman and was "red carded" and kicked out. He came back at the end of the show to drink beer with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and referee Earl Hebner. Jones returned to the promotion, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment, on 18 February 2007 at No Way Out, where he claimed he had "kicked Stone Cold's arse" on the set of ''The Condemned''.

Brian Michael Bendis announced via Twitter on 28 July 2011 that Vinnie will be playing Johnny Royale in ''Powers''.

Jones is also joined Eric Wynalda and Coby Jones as studio analyst for Fox Soccer Sunday broadcast of the Premier League.

''Celebrity Big Brother''[link]

Jones was a housemate on the reality television show ''Celebrity Big Brother 2010'', and celebrated his 45th birthday while he participated. He took part in the show to change the public's perception of him as a 'hard man'. Jones received loud cheers as he entered the house and was the favourite to win going into the house, however he did not maintain popularity with the public, the crowd chanted 'Get Vinnie Out' on the final night and booed him as he left the house after he finished in third place. Speaking of his experience on the show, he said: "It was like ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' in there – and I was Jack Nicholson."

During the 29 January 2010 broadcast of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', Jones accused Davina McCall of 'walking like a retard', McCall responded by laughing and Jones then mimed what he meant. Despite immediate protests by disability charities, individual disabled people and a Facebook campaign; it was not until 12 February that Channel 4 removed the incident from its on-demand service 4oD and issued an apology, blaming the failure on the 'tiredness' of production staff. Jones and McCall issued apologies via their respective publicists at around the same time.

Advertisements[link]

Since September 2006, Jones' image and voice have been used in a campaign by UK bookmakers Ladbrokes to promote greyhound racing, a sport Jones has been connected with in the past, as a racing dog owner and an enthusiast. Jones also appeared in a series of advertisements for Bacardi.

Jones has appeared as himself in an RAC commercial also featuring his wife, Tanya. In 2000, Jones caused controversy when he appeared in an ad for a drink called "Red Devil". In the ad, Jones is pruning flowers in his garden when he sees a robin crying because its bird feeder is empty. Jones fills the feeder, and places it on the windowsill of his kitchen. Seeing the feeder, the robin flies at it, collides with the kitchen window, and slides down the pane while Jones bursts out laughing. Many parents said the ad (which drew about 390 complaints) was tasteless, and upsetting for children. Later, the ad was shown only after the nine o'clock watershed. The ad was eventually axed.

During the early months of 2012, he starred in a British Heart Foundation television advert promoting Hands-only CPR to the rhythm of the famous Bee Gees single "Stayin' Alive". His character was an obvious reflection of his roles as Big Chris and Bullet-Tooth Tony from the Guy Ritchie films ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' and ''Snatch'' respectively; being accentuated by the presence fellow actor Andy Beckwith who played the thug Errol in "Snatch". Jones also starred in comedy panel show Mad Mad World on ITV1

Books[link]

In 1998 Jones published his autobiography, ''Vinnie: The Autobiography'', which was later revised and reprinted a year later to include information on his first film appearance in ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''.

Jones is soon to be the star of a new comic book, ''Noble'', written and drawn by Howard Chaykin.

Personal life [link]

During his football career Jones resided in Dronfield, near Sheffield. Jones married Tanya Terry (b. 1966) in 1994 in Watford. She has a daughter, Kaley Jay Terry (born 1987, Watford), by her first husband, footballer Steve Terry. She had a heart transplant straight after the birth and is a cervical cancer survivor. Jones has a son, Aaron Elliston Jones (born 1991, Sheffield), by Mylene Elliston. His son joined the British Army, completing his training in August 2008, and serves in the Life Guards. Jones, his wife and her daughter live in Los Angeles.

Jones is a staunch supporter of the British Conservative Party and has suggested standing as an MP.

Jones has had several brushes with the law. He was convicted in June 1998 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage against a neighbour in November 1997. In December 2003, Jones was convicted of air rage offences committed on a flight the previous May. Following his conviction, Bacardi withdrew the ads in which Jones appeared. In December 2008 he was treated for injuries and arrested after a bar fight at Wiley's Tavern in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The fight is alleged to have been started over Jones attempting to join a game of pool with patrons Juan Barrera and Jesse Bickett. Jones was alleged to have dealt a headbutt to Barrera, while Bickett allegedly struck Jones with a beer glass. Jones was charged with misdemeanour assault which could have landed him in jail for one year if he had been convicted. Jones was found not guilty after a two-day trial on 15 May 2009.

In April 2010, Jones was reported to be carrying injuries after losing a fight with fellow actor Tamer Hassan.

He is a big fan of sports fishing. He has claimed to be a fan of the death metal band Bolt Thrower.

Career statistics[link]

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Filmography [link]

''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' ''Snatch (film) ''Swordfish (film) ''Night at the Golden Eagle'' ''The Big Bounce (2004 film) ''Mad Maynard'' ''Killer'' ''Number One Girl'' ''Henry'' ''Johnny Was'' ''Coach Dinklage'' ''Detective Brice'' ''7-10 Split (film) ''Loaded (2008 film) ''The Heavy (film) ''You May Not Kiss the Bride'' ''Anton Vargas '' ''Jack Varga ''

!Year!!Title!!Role!!Other notes
1998	|	''Big Chris''
rowspan="2"	2000	Snatch'' ||	''Bullet Tooth Tony''
''Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)	Gone in 60 Seconds''	''Sphinx''
rowspan="2"	2001	Swordfish'' ||	''Marco''
''Mean Machine (film)	Mean Machine''	''Danny Meehan''
2002	|	''Rodan''
rowspan="5"	2004	The Big Bounce'' ||	''Lou Harris''
''Tooth''	''The Extractor''
''EuroTrip''	|	''Manchester United Fan''
''Blast (2004 film)	Blast''	''Michael Kittredge''
''Survive Style 5+''	|
rowspan="5"	2005	|	''Dragos Molnar''
''Hollywood Flies''	''Sean''
''Slipstream (2005 film)	Slipstream''	''Winston Briggs''
''Submerged''	|
''Mysterious Island (2005 film)	Mysterious Island''	''Bob''
rowspan="6"	2006	|	'' Johnny Doyle''
''She's the Man''	|
''Played''	|
''The Other Half (2006 UK film)	The Other Half''	''Trainer''
''X-Men: The Last Stand''	Juggernaut (comics)>Cain Marko/Juggernaut''
''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties''	''Rommel''
rowspan="5"	2007	7–10 Split'' ||	''Roddy''
''Strength and Honour''	''Smasher O'Driscoll''
''The Riddle (film)	The Riddle''	''Mike Sullivan''
''The Condemned''	''Ewan McStarley''
''Tooth and Nail (film)	Tooth & Nail''	''Mongrel''
rowspan="3"	2008	Loaded'' ||	''Mr. Black''
''Hell Ride''	''Billy Wings''
''Midnight Meat Train''	''Mahogany''
rowspan="7"	2009	The Heavy'' ||	''Dunn''
''The Bleeding (film)	The Bleeding''	''Cain''
''The Ballad of G.I. Joe''	''Destro''
''Piers Morgan's Life Stories''	Himself
''Assault of Darkness''	''Mr. Hunter''
''Year One (film)	Year One''	''Sargon''
''Not Another Not Another Movie''	''Nancy''
rowspan="6"	2010	|	''Brick''	upcoming film
''Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball''	''McTeague''
''Age of the Dragons	''Stubbs''
''Locked Down''	|
''Magic Boys''	|	in production
''The Irishman (2010 film)	Kill the Irishman''	''Keith Ritson''
rowspan="3"	2011		''Scales''
''Blood Out''	''Zed ''
''Liquidator''	''Killer ''
rowspan="1"	2012		''Prisoner ''

Discography [link]

Albums [link]

2002: ''"Respect"''

Singles [link]

''"Wooly Bully"'' (1993)

References [link]

External links [link]

Vinnie Jones' Official website

Vinnie Jones career stats National Football Teams

Magazine interview – online version Retransfers

Vinnie Jones Discogs

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Name	Ken Jeong
Birth date	July 13, 1969
Birth place	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth name	Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong
Alma mater	Duke UniversityUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Occupation	Actor, comedian, physician
Yearsactive	1997–present
Website	}}

Dr. Kendrick Kang-Joh “Ken” Jeong, MD (born July 13, 1969) also known as Dr. Ken, is an American comedian, actor, and physician. He is best known for his role as Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' & ''The Hangover Part II'' and as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series ''Community''.

Early years[link]

Jeong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of South Korean immigrants Young and D.K. Jeong, who was a professor at North Carolina A&T; State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jeong was raised in Greensboro and attended Walter Hines Page High School, where he took part in the High IQ team, played violin in the orchestra, and was elected to student council. He graduated at 16 and his achievements earned him Greensboro's Youth of the Year award.

Career [link]

Medicine [link]

He completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University in 1990 and attained his medical degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans while developing his stand-up comedy.

Show business[link]

He won the Big Easy Laff-Off, of which NBC president Brandon Tartikoff and The Improv founder Budd Friedman were judges. They both urged Jeong to move to Los Angeles, and he began performing regularly at the Improv and Laugh Factory comedy clubs.

Jeong's background in theater and improv has led to several television appearances, including NBC's ''The Office'', HBO's ''Entourage'' and ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. Ken made his feature film debut as Dr. Kuni in Judd Apatow's ''Knocked Up'' which proved to be his breakout performance. Subsequently, he has appeared in ''Pineapple Express''; ''Role Models'' as King Argotron; ''All About Steve''; ''The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard''; ''Couples Retreat''; and as Mr. Chow in ''The Hangover'' and ''The Hangover Part II''. He co-starred in ''Zookeeper'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'', released in summer 2011.

He attacked (kayfabe) pro wrestler John Cena with a cane on the August 3, 2009 episode of ''WWE Raw''.

Jeong is a series regular as Señor Chang on NBC's sitcom ''Community''.

Jeong was nominated for two 2010 ''MTV Movie Awards'', winning the award for ''Best WTF Moment'' as well as being nominated for ''MTV Movie Award for Best Villain'' for ''The Hangover''.

Jeong was also nominated for "Breakout Star Male" for ''Community'' at the ''2010 Teen Choice Awards''.

In the fall of 2010, Adidas basketball began a wide-ranging marketing campaign in which Jeong stars as the character "Slim Chin" alongside NBA stars Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose.

On May 22, 2011, Jeong hosted the ''2011 Billboard Music Awards'' in Las Vegas on ABC.

On June 15, 2011, Jeong was featured in a Hands Only CPR PSA campaign from the American Heart Association.

Ken Jeong will star in and produce the film The Chung Factor, which was purchased by Lionsgate on October 25, 2011.

Personal life[link]

Jeong's wife, Tran Ho, a Vietnamese American, is also a doctor. Together, they have twin daughters, Alexa and Zooey.

Filmography[link]

colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"	Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Other notes
	2007	''Knocked Up''	Dr. Kuni
		Employment Agent
	Ken
''Role Models''	King Argotron
''The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard''	Teddy Dang
''All About Steve''	Angus
''Couples Retreat''	Therapist No.2
	''How to Make Love to a Woman''	Curtis Lee
''Furry Vengeance''	Neal Lyman
''Despicable Me''	Talk Show Host	Voice role
''Vampires Suck''	Daro
	''Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son''	Mailman	Cameo
	Venom
''The Hangover Part II''
''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''	Jerry Wang
''''	Punch Teacher host	Cameo
2012	''Pain & Gain''	Johnny Wu
2013	''The Hangover Part III''
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1997	''The Big Easy''	Dr. Tang	Episode: Night Music
1998	''Black Jaq''	Kurt	TV-pilot
2001	''The Downer Channel''	Store Owner	Episode: 1.2
2002	''Girls Behaving Badly''	Various characters
2003	''Cedric the Entertainer Presents''	Asian Thunder
2003–2005	''MADtv''	Various characters	4 episodes
		Gynecologist
''Crossing Jordan''	Steve Choi	Episode: Slam Dunk
''Grounded for Life''	Owner
	''Two and a Half Men''	Male Nurse
''Mind of Mencia''	Ken
''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''	Astronaut	Episode: July 29, 2005
	Bill
		Roido's Interpreter	TV-pilot
	Coffee Shop Manager
	''The Shield''	Skip Osaka
''Curb Your Enthusiasm''	Man in Jersey No.1
''Boston Legal''	Coroner Myron Okubo
	''Held Up''	Doctor	TV-pilot
'''Til Death''	Dr. Park	List of 'Til Death episodes#Season 2: 2007-2008
''[[Worst Week''	Phil	List of Worst Week episodes#Season 1: 2008-2009
	''Off Duty''	Jackie Chan	TV-pilot
''[[American Dad!''	Dr. Perlmutter	Family Affair (American Dad!)
''[[Party Down''	Alan Duk	List of Party Down episodes#Season 1: 2009
''[[Men of a Certain Age''	Kuo
2009–present			Series regular
2012	''Mary Shelley's Frankenhole''	Everybody

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