Feodor Chin

Feodor Chin (born August 18, 1974) is an LA-based actor, writer, and comedian from San Francisco, CA. As an actor, he was classically trained at UCLA, the American Conservatory Theater, and has studied with renowned acting coach, Larry Moss. He was a Maude Night performer at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre for three seasons. TV credits include Big Little Lies, Good Trouble, American Auto, Pam & Tommy, Medical Police, Lethal Weapon, Jane the Virgin, The Affair, Speechless, and New Girl. Animation credits include the title role in Netflix's Uncle from Another World, Futurama, Marvel's Hit-Monkey, and Cartoon Network's Regular Show. He is the voice of Zenyatta and Lee Sin in the hit video games, Overwatch / Overwatch 2 and League of Legends. He was a performer for the ABC Discovers Talent Showcase and a writer for the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase.

Feodor Chin
Chin at the 2017 Comic Con Revolution
Born (1974-08-18) August 18, 1974
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, writer, director
Years active2000–present
SpouseJessica Rau (m. 2018)
Websitehttp://feodorchin.com

Early life

Chin was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and attended Lowell High School where he found an interest in acting, taking drama classes and performing in musicals in the Carol Channing auditorium (named for one of Lowell's most notable alumni). He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and though his major was Communication Studies, he spent most of his time in the theater department, taking classes and acting in plays and student films. He trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.[1]

Career

Film, Television and Writing

Feodor made his SXSW Film Festival debut in 2023 as the fertility doctor in Leah McKendrick's comedy about a broke, single millennial freezing her eggs, Scrambled from Lionsgate.[2][3]

Under his banner Iron Oxide Productions, Chin wrote, directed and starred in the short film Spice It Up, which won an Audience Choice Award at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival.[4] Chin wrote, produced and starred in the TV Pilot Golden Boy (directed by William Lu), which screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the DisOrient Film Festival.

Chin wrote a pilot, along with Will Henning, for a TV series titled Chinatown Squad, about a police squad responsible for cleaning up corruption in 1890 San Francisco Chinatown and which Stephane Gauger directed and produced.[5] In it, he stars as Pistol Pete, a Chinatown mob boss who dons European clothes, a character who is also based on the real-life historical figure of Little Pete.[6][7] The pilot also stars Baby co-stars David Huynh and Robert Wu, as well as Kelvin Han Yee.[5][7] He received an Honorable Mention for the screenplay at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - Project Catalyst.[8]

Chin played the antagonist "Benny" in Juwan Chung's Baby opposite the protagonist "Baby", played by David Huynh - the film won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film, Narrative at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, among other accolades.[9]

On TV, Chin has appeared on Big Little Lies (as Kevin), The Affair (as Chen), Jane the Virgin (as Dr. Park), Lethal Weapon (as The Florist), Future Man (as the Bartender), Weird City (as Doctor Lance), and Good Trouble (as Jian).[10][11] Chin has also appeared as "Dan Chang" in the Lifetime movie, Lost Boy, opposite Virginia Madsen.[11]

Voicework

Chin may be best known for his voicework in video games,[12] most notably voicing the robot monk Zenyatta in Blizzard Entertainment's game Overwatch[13] and its sequel Overwatch 2,[14] and the reworked Lee Sin in Riot Games' League of Legends.[15] Other notable roles include Harunobu Adachi (both voice and PCAP) and the blind musician Yamato in Ghost of Tsushima,[16] and Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.[11]

Chin voiced the title character of Ojisan/Uncle in the Netflix English-language version of the Japanese anime series Uncle from Another World. He has also voiced characters in animated series such as Marvel's Hit-Monkey (as Police Captain, The Real Rooster, News Anchor, Baldy, etc.), Cartoon Network's Regular Show (as Earl, Game and Joe), and the animated short Legendary Place (as Baba Lee) created by Calvin Wong, which screened on Cartoon Network and was also produced by Cartoon Network Studios.[11][17] Chin voiced the main villain "Evil Lord" in the animated CG film Monkey King: Hero is Back, also starring the voices of Jackie Chan and James Hong. He took over the supporting role of Amy Wong's father Leo Wong in the 2023 revival of Futurama, replacing Billy West.[18]

Feodor has narrated over 100 audiobooks and is a five-time Earphones Award Winner from AudioFile.[19][20] He has narrated such titles as Timothy Dalrymple's Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity and received an Earphones Award from AudioFile for his narration of Snakehead by Patrick Raden Keefe and for his narration of Richard C. Morais' Buddhaland Brooklyn[21] and has added his voice to "Books on Tapes" selections including Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jay Caspian Kang's The Dead Do Not Improve, Ed Lin's Ghost Month, Joyful Wisdom, Journey of a Thousand Miles, and The Physics of the Impossible.[22]

Starting in season 8 of Futurama, Chin became the new voices of Leo Wong and Scoop Chang who were previously voiced in earlier seasons by Billy West and Maurice LaMarche.

Theatrical and Stage Work

Chin has appeared on stage at The Colony Theater as "Jinwu" in Climbing Everest,[23] as Malcolm in A Noise Within theater's production of Macbeth,[24][25] as Dr. Albert Chang in John Pollono's Rules of Seconds,[26] as George Deever in The Matrix Theater Company's multi-racial production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons,[27] as Mr. Wang in Uranium Madhouse's production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man,[28] A Winter People, Chay Yew's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Boston Court in Pasadena,[23] as Chester in Artist at Play's production of Michael Golamco's Cowboy Versus Samurai,[29] and various plays with the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, including Claim to Fame, Grace Kim and the Spiders from Mars, Ten to Life,[30] Choke, in the Company of Angels production of Henry Ong's Fabric[30] and in Chalk Repertory Theater's productions of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan,[31] The Flash Festival at the La Brea Tar Pits,[32] The Debate Over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, and in Anton Chekov's Three Sisters (as Andrei Sergeevich Prozorov) opposite Joy Osmanski and Ricardo Antonio Chavira, which was staged at the Historic Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.[33][34]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Troy & JulieGreg
2007BabyBenny
2007ATF: Asian Task ForceDavidShort film
2009La La LandHenryTelevision film
2009Golden BoyScott WongTelevision film; also writer and producer
2010Spice It Up!ManShort film; also writer, director and producer
2011Law & ChicobanBronson LawTelevision film; also writer
2012Chinatown SquadPistol PeteTelevision film; also writer
2012Keye LukeKeye LukeShort film; also writer
2012The Moral Paper RouteFatherVideo short
2012What If People Died
2012Raskal LoveVanna's Father
2012Goodbye KittySpencerShort film
2013Hidden HillsOriental Oscar
2013Guitar HeroHoodlum #1Short film
2014Anita HoCousin Bruce
20151st DateGary Fong
2015Monkey King: Hero Is BackEvil Lord (voice)English version
2015Lost BoyDan ChangTelevision film
2015Jackson ArmsChuin
2016ComfortCute Couple (Man)
2016Miss StevensGuy Next to HerUncredited
2017Two Wongs Make a WhiteLester ChingVideo short
2017The Vomit Solution to Thirsty MenMan at Restaurant 1Short film
202240ishRonShort film
2022The Unquiet DeadDr. BurkeShort film
2023ScrambledDoctorFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Nash BridgesJayEpisode: "Blood Bots"
2011–2012SlantedTruman3 episodes
2013BunheadsJasonEpisode: "You Wanna See Something?"
2013The Bold and the BeautifulInternational Buyer3 episodes
2013The Mindy ProjectKarate GuyEpisode: "Christmas Party Sex Trap"
2014–2015Film Lab PresentsHenry, Obnoxious Guy, Guy in Bar7 episodes
2015Down & OutCell Phone GuyEpisode: "Everybody Out!"
2016New GirlWaiterEpisode: "Return to Sender"
2016LopezJohnEpisode: "George Goes All In"
2016–2017Regular ShowEarl, Joel, Game (voices)4 episodes
2018Jane the VirginDr. ParkEpisode: "Chapter Seventy-Eight"
2018The AffairChenEpisode: "Episode #4.5"
2018SpeechlessManEpisode: "L-O-N-- LONDON: Part 1"
2018Legendary PlaceBaba Lee (voice)Pilot
2019Weird CityDoctor LanceEpisode: "Go to College"
2019Lethal WeaponThe FloristEpisode: "A Game of Chicken"
2019Good TroubleJianEpisode: "Vitamin C"
2019Big Little LiesKevinEpisode: "Kill Me"
2020Medical PoliceLead DetectiveEpisode: "Everybody Panic!"
2020Bulge BracketBoloSeries regular
2021Hit-MonkeyPolice Captain, The Real Rooster, News Anchor, EMT 2, Talking Head 2, Warden, Baldy, Gambling Yakuza Boss, Guard (voices)7 episodes
2022Pam & Tommy1st AD on Baywatch set, VH1 Behind the Music voice2 episodes
2022Curious GeorgeBellhop #1 (voice)Episode: "Hawai'i"
2023Welcome to ChippendalesPrison Guard #2Episode: "Switzerland"
2022-2023Uncle from Another WorldOjisan (English voice)Series regular
2023American AutoEricEpisode: "Hack"
2023-presentFuturamaLeo Wong, Scoop ChangReplaced Billy West and Maurice LaMarche

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002New LegendsSun Soo, Flyer, Prison Guard #1
2011League of LegendsLee Sin
2012Sleeping DogsTran
2012World of Warcraft: Mists of PandariaMudmug
2012XCOM: Enemy UnknownShaojie Zhang
2013Aliens: Colonial MarinesWeyland Yutani
2013The Bureau: XCOM DeclassifiedAdditional Voices
2013Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsSplinter
2014World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
2015EvolveAdditional Voices
2016XCOM 2U.S. Soldier
2016OverwatchZenyatta
2018PaladinsZhin
2018Metal Gear SurviveDan
2018Far Cry 5Lost on Mars DLC
2018Red Dead Redemption 2The Local Pedestrian Population
2020Ghost of TsushimaHarunobu Adachi, Yamato, Goro
2020Wasteland 3Marshal Darius Kwon
2020Yakuza: Like a DragonAdditional voices[35]
2022Ghostwire: TokyoHannya, Man C[36]
2022Overwatch 2Zenyatta

References

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