Young Mazino

Christopher Young Kim (born August 27, 1991), known professionally as Young Mazino, is an American actor best known for his role as Paul Cho in the Netflix series Beef, for which he was nominated for the 2023 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie.

Young Mazino
Born
Christopher Young Kim

(1991-08-27) August 27, 1991
Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.
Education
OccupationActor

Early life

Young Mazino was born in Maryland as Christopher Young Kim. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, raised by two Korean immigrant parents.[1][2] He has two older sisters. His father immigrated to the United States from Korea at the age of 16.[3] He is also a classically trained musician, who grew up with an interest in acting and participating in film and theater productions throughout his childhood and into college.[1] Mazino has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo.[4]

He attended the University of Maryland, but dropped out and moved to New York City in 2014 to attend the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where he trained for a year.[5]

Mazino worked as Surf Rescue Technician in Ocean City, Maryland and as a Business Intelligence Analyst for Fresh Beauty, a cosmetics company before becoming a full-time actor.[6]

Career

Young Mazino's first appearance was in 2013 in the movie short Digging written and directed by Alvin Adadevoh. In 2018, Young made it to final callbacks in the ABC Showcase. In 2019, he made final callbacks for the Yale School of Drama acting program.[7]

He performed live theater in New York, including playing the role of Liuetenant Saito in the off-Broadway production of Comfort Woman in 2017.[8]

Mazino changed his name when he joined the Screen Actors Guild in 2018, because there were too many people with his legal name. While Mazino is not a Korean name, it originates from a Korean artist named Slave in Utero (born Lee Jong-hui) who created a manhwa called Tower of God.[9]

He played roles in several short films and television shows before being cast in a break out role as Steven Yeun's younger brother, Paul, in the hit Netflix series Beef, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Digging Young Man*
2014 My Crazy Love Jamie*
2015 Beneath Paradise Khal*
2016 Blindspot Armored Guard #2* 1 episode
The Destined King Sanggun*
2017 Foundation Matt*
2018 New Amsterdam Bilingual Intern #4
2019 Blue Bloods Officer Andy Chen 1 episode
2020 Tommy Jun 1 episode
Prodigal Son Alex Wu 1 episode
2022 Good Boy Joon Kim Short
2023 Beef Paul Cho 10 episodes
Snooze by SZA Cameo Music Video

* Asterisk indicates he was credited for his role as Christopher Young Kim (his birthname)

References
  1. Shrestha, Utsav (May 1, 2023). "Young Mazino Real Name: Does He Have A Brother? Family". Genius Celebs. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. Zuckerman, Ethel (April 19, 2023). "Young Mazino Sizzles in 'BEEF'". Netflix: Tudum. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. Kwon, Victoria. "Young Mazino: On embracing challenges, representation, and chasing dreams". Timid. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  4. "Christopher Kim". Martial Arts & Action Entertainment. November 13, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  5. Rebecca, Ford (April 13, 2023). "Beef Breakout Young Mazino Crafts Paul in His Own Image". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  6. "Young Mazino". LinkedIn. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  7. "Young Mazino". IMDB. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  8. "Cast". Comfort Woman. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  9. "Go away with Young Mazino". Trubune Content Agency. April 25, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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