Tim Chiou

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Tim Chiou is an American actor. He has starred as Edwin, the sexy web designer on 2 Broke Girls,[1] and on TV shows such as House M.D., The Cape (as Kwan), Victorious (as a Record Producer), Parenthood (as Mike Garrison), CSI:NY as Vince, Grey's Anatomy, Southland, Dollhouse (as Travis Nikoden), NCIS (as Officer Kevin Lim), Hannah Montana, Chuck, Just Jordan, and 'Til Death.[2][3]

Chiou won a "Best Actor" award at the 8th Annual NBC Short Cuts Film Festival in 2013 for his performance as "King" in Kevin Lau's short film, Made in Chinatown opposite Elaine Kao.[4] The awards ceremony was hosted by Craig Robinson, and the film Made in Chinatown also won awards for Best Short (presented by Marlon Wayans), and Best Writing.[5] For the 2013 NBC Short Cuts Film Festival, only eight films made the final cut of finalists considered for awards out of the 1400 total films submitted.[6]

Chiou has starred in feature films such as multi-character film Crossing Over also starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Justin Chon, Leonardo Nam and more, Seventh Moon opposite Amy Smart as her love interest, Quentin Lee's The People I've Slept With as Fred, the husband of Lynn Chen's character, Juliet, and as "The Wang" in Abraham Lim's The Achievers, written by Michael Golamco. He has also been in a number of independent short films such as James Huang's Represent and The Adventures of Johnny Karate and Golden Delicious, Viet Nguyen's Ninja Say What, and Nadine Truong's Initiation.[7]

Chiou has also appeared in the Colony Theater production of Michael Golamco's play, Year Zero as Han[8][9] as well as the production of the play at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.[10] Chiou has also appeared in Snow Falling on Cedars at Theaterworks in Silicon Valley as Kabuo Miyamoto,[11] Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart at East West Players,[12] You Can't Take It With You at the Geffen Playhouse[13] as well as the Berkeley Repertory Theater production of Heidi Stillman's The North China Lover, a stage adaptation of Marguerite Duras's novel, The Lover.[14] He has also reprised his role as "The Lover" in Looking Glass Theater's 2013 Chicago production of Heidi Stillman's The North China Lover, the play getting rave reviews from The Chicago Sun-Times, Time Out Chicago, and The Chicago Theater Beat.[15][16][17][18][19]

Chiou has also appeared in print modeling ads for companies such as GNC.[20]

References

  1. ↑ 2 broke girls has found its "hot asian guy", http://blog.angryasianman.com/2012/02/2-broke-girls-has-found-its-hot-asian.html
  2. ↑ Tim Chiou, Resume, http://timchiou.com/?page_id=7
  3. ↑ Tim Chiou, IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977583/
  4. ↑ 'Chinatown' wins big at NBC Short Cuts, http://timchiou.com/?p=286
  5. ↑ Donloe's Lowdown, Winners Announced At NBCUniversal's 8th Annual Short Cuts Festival, Hosted By Craig Robinson, http://donloeslowdown.blogspot.com/2013/10/winners-announced-at-nbcuniversals-8th.html
  6. ↑ Id.
  7. ↑ Id.
  8. ↑ Glendale News-Press, A Poignant Immigrant Story, http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2011-06-19/entertainment/tn-gnp-0619-colony_1_immigrant-cambodians-vuthy
  9. ↑ Scott Eriksson, Asians on Film, Year Zero Review: Eymard Cabling, Tim Chiou, Christine Corpuz & David Huynh, http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/06/year-zero-review-eymard-cabling-tim-chiou-christine-corpuz-david-huynh/
  10. ↑ Chicagoist, Victory Gardens’ Year Zero Has Its Strengths, But Doesn’t Connect, http://chicagoist.com/2009/09/29/victory_gardens_year_zero_has_its_s.php
  11. ↑ http://www.starkinsider.com/2011/04/review-snow-falling-on-cedars-at-theatreworks.html
  12. ↑ East West Players, Crimes of the Heart, http://www.eastwestplayers.org/on_the_stage/crimes_of_the_heart.htm
  13. ↑ Geffen Playhouse, Press Release, You Can't Take It With You, http://www.geffenplayhouse.org/mediacenter/press/RELEASE_YouCantTakeIt_3_18_05.htm
  14. ↑ Tim Chiou, The North China Lover @ The Ground Floor, http://timchiou.com/?p=192
  15. ↑ Reviews for the "North China Lover", http://timchiou.com/?p=304
  16. ↑ Looking Glass Theater Company, North China Lover, http://lookingglasstheatre.org/content/box_office/north_china_lover
  17. ↑ Heidi Weiss, Theater - 'The North China Lover', Chicago Sun-Times, http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/stage/22673284-421/theater-the-north-china-lover.html
  18. ↑ Kris Vire, The North China Lover at Lookingglass Theatre Company: Theater review, http://www.timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/theater/16448986/the-north-china-lover-at-lookingglass-theatre-company-theater-review
  19. ↑ Scotty Zacher, Review: The North China Lover (Lookingglass Theatre), http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2013/10/15/north-china-lover-review-lookingglass-theatre-chicago/
  20. ↑ Tim Chiou, Tag = GNC, http://timchiou.com/?tag=gnc

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