Randall Park (born March 23, 1974) is an American film and television actor, comedian, writer, and director of South Korean descent. He attended UCLA and finished with an undergraduate degree in English and creative writing and a Master in Asian-American Studies. While attending UCLA, Park co-founded the LCC Asian American Theater Group. He is best known for his role as Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2016.