Stephen Park is an American comedian and actor. He was a cast member of the sketch comedy television series In Living Color during the 1991–1992 season. He had the film roles of Sonny in Do the Right Thing (1989), Detective Brian in Falling Down (1993), Mike Yanagita in Fargo (1996), and Lieutenant Nescaffier in The French Dispatch (2021). Park's other acting work includes the role of Mike Sorayama in the Adult Swim animated television series The Venture Bros. and the role of Judge Pete in the critically acclaimed independent film Rocket Science (2007).
Early life and career
Park grew up in Vestal, New York. Bong Joon Ho, and Wes Anderson.
Personal life
Park married Kelly Coffield, another former cast member of In Living Color, In his statement, Park wrote that "In movies and television, Asian characters, mostly men, are subjected to indignity and violence or are tokenized, while Asian women are exploited as objects of sexual desire. You rarely see Asian characters in leading roles that contain any significant power or influence".
Filmography
Film
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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| 1989
| Do the Right Thing
| Sonny
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| rowspan="2"|1990
| Quick Change
| Grocery Cashier
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| Kindergarten Cop
| Assistant to Salazar
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| 1991
| Showdown in Little Tokyo
| Asian Cop #1
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| rowspan="2"|1992
| Kuffs
| Officer Favaro
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| Toys
| Researcher
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| 1993
| Falling Down
| Detective Brian
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| rowspan="3"|1996
| Fargo
| Mike Yanagita
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| Sgt. Bilko
| Captain Moon
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| Red Ribbon Blues
| Kris Lee
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| 1997
| Yellow
| Alex's Uncle
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| 1998
| Desperate Measures
| Dr. Gosha
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| 2007
| Rocket Science
| Judge Pete
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| 2008
| The Promotion
| David Kim
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| rowspan="2"|2009
| State of Play
| Chris Kawai
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| A Serious Man
| Clive's Father
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| rowspan="2"|2010
| The Best and the Brightest
| George Tanaka-Blumstein
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| Morning Glory
| Channel 9 Weatherperson
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| rowspan="3"|2012
| Price Check
| Board Member
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| The Brass Teapot
| Dr. Li Ling
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| Putzel
| Song
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| rowspan="2"|2013
| Snowpiercer
| Fuyu
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| Wedding Palace
| Kwan
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| 2014
| The Gambler
| Number 2
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| 2015
| Don Verdean
| Poon-Yen
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| 2020
| Kajillionaire
| Another Father
| Uncredited
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| 2021
| The French Dispatch
| Lieutenant Nescaffier
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| rowspan="3"|2023
| Ghosted
| Utami
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| Asteroid City
| Roger Cho
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| The Good Half
| Father Dan
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| rowspan="3" | 2025
| Mickey 17
| Agent Zeke
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| Death of a Unicorn
| Dr. Song
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| The Phoenician Scheme
| The Pilot
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Television
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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| 1989
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
| Deliveryman
| Episode: "Here's a Shot in the Dark"
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| rowspan="2"|1990
| Kojak: Flowers for Matty
| Billy
| Television film
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| WIOU
| Dr. Kajita
| Episode: "They Shoot Sources, Don't They"
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| 1991–1992
| In Living Color
| Various
| 28 episodes
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| 1992
| MacGyver
| Tan Yee
| Episode: "The Stringer"
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| 1994
| Murder, She Wrote
| Joe Yoshanaga
| Episode: "Death in Hawaii"
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| 1995
| Martin
| Mr. Jones
| Episode: "Kill Him with Kindness"
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| 1995–1997
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
| I Kwan / Dong (voice)
| 2 episodes
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| 1996–1997
| Friends
| Scott Alexander / Phil
| 2 episodes
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| 1998
| Boy Meets World
| Jump Master
| Episode: "Raging Cory"
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| 1998–1999
| Mad About You
| Dr. Lee
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan="2"|2004
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
| Dr. Shimo
| Episode: "Want"
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| The Venture Bros.
| Mike Sorayama (voice)
| Episode: "Past Tense"
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| 2005
| Hope & Faith
| Mr. Yamagoto
| Episode: "Carmen Get It"
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| 2005–2008
| Law & Order
| Dr. Park / Dr. Bruce Chang
| 2 episodes
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| 2009
| The Unusuals
| Councilman Tony Harbor
| Episode: "Pilot"
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| 2011
| White Collar
| Paul Sullivan
| Episode: "Deadline"
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| 2012
| Smash
| Reporter #1
| Episode: "The Callback"
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| 2012–2013
| Elementary
| Oren Watson
| 2 episodes
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| 2013
| Phil Spector
| Focus Group Man
| Television film
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| 2014
| Believe
| Lim
| Episode: "Prodigy"
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| 2014–2015
| The Mindy Project
| Ray
| 2 episodes
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| rowspan="2"|2015
| Person of Interest
| Mark Lee
| Episode: "Search and Destroy"
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| 12 Monkeys
| Yakuza Soldier
| Episode: "Shonin"
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| 2017
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Eugene Lee
| Episode: "Real Fake News"
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| 2019–2020
| Warrior
| Tu
| 7 episodes
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| 2021
| Infinity Train
| Min-Gi's Father (voice)
| Episode: "The Twin Tapes"
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