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Aaron Yoo

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Biography:Born in Texas, actor Aaron Yoo attended the University of Pennsylvania and initially pursued a career in writing before a summer workshop in Shakespeare opened him up to the theretofore untapped challenge of drama. (Yoo later admitted that he unequivocally bombed in the said workshop, and that the difficulty of the experience compelled him to travel to New York and learn the acting craft.) The performer achieved his career breakthrough in 2007, with a plethora of supporting roles in A-listers that often cast him as best friends and/or emotional supports for the lead characters. That year alone, Yoo played the buddy of the lead character in the teen-oriented thriller Disturbia (2007), the hyperkinetic friend of a high-school debate team member in Rocket Science (2007), and a WWII-era Japanese teenager who must contend with extreme bigotry and discrimination when he and his family are unjustly thrown... Full Biography
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Willa Ford, left, Julianna Guill, Arlen Escarpeta, Aaron Yoo and Ryan Hansen in "Friday the 13th"...
Arlen Escarpeta, left, and Aaron Yoo in "Friday the 13th" (Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line/Paramount)
Aaron Yoo, left, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Liza Lapira and Jim Sturgess in '21' (Sony Pictures)
Kate Bosworth, left, Kevin Spacey and Aaron Yoo in '21' (Sony Pictures)
Liza Lapira, left, Aaron Yoo, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess and Kevin Spacey in '21' (Sony Pictures)
Liza Lapira, left, Aaron Yoo, Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth in '21' (Sony Pictures)
Aaron Yoo in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" (Sony Pictures)
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