Feodor Chin

Chin was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and attended Lowell High School where he found an interest in acting, taking drama classes and performing in musicals in the Carol Channing auditorium (named for one of Lowell's most notable alumni). He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and though his major was Communication Studies, he spent most of his time in the theater department, taking classes and acting in plays and student films. He trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.{{cite web |first=Cindy |last=Maram |url=http://diginmag.com/feodor-chin.php |title=Dig In Magazine Interview with Asian American Actor & Filmmaker, Feodor Chin |work=Diginmag.com |accessdate=2011-10-13 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930131621/http://diginmag.com/feodor-chin.php |archivedate=2011-09-30}}

Feodor made his SXSW Film Festival debut in 2023 as the fertility doctor in Leah McKendrick's comedy about a broke, single millennial freezing her eggs, Scrambled from Lionsgate.{{cite news |title=SXSW Lineup Includes 'Dungeons & Dragons' On Opening Night, 'Evil Dead Rise', Eva Longoria's 'Flamin' Hot', A24's 'Problemista' & More |date=11 January 2023 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-sxsw-film-lineup-dungeons-and-dragons-opening-movie-1235218171/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |access-date=17 May 2023 |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115061552/https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-sxsw-film-lineup-dungeons-and-dragons-opening-movie-1235218171/ |url-status=live }}

Under his banner Iron Oxide Productions, Chin wrote, directed and starred in the short film Spice It Up, which won an Audience Choice Award at the 2011 HollyShorts Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://hollyshorts.com/main/?p=883 |title=7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Audience Choice Awards |publisher=HollyShorts |date=2011-08-24 |accessdate=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109180836/http://hollyshorts.com/main/?p=883 |archivedate=2011-11-09}} Chin wrote, produced and starred in the TV Pilot Golden Boy (directed by William Lu), which screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the DisOrient Film Festival.

Chin wrote a pilot, along with Will Henning, for a TV series titled Chinatown Squad, about a police squad responsible for cleaning up corruption in 1890 San Francisco Chinatown and which Stephane Gauger directed and produced.{{cite web |title=Channel APA, Chinatown Squad trailer |url=http://www.channelapa.com/2012/09/chinatown-squad-trailer.html |access-date=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905031714/http://www.channelapa.com/2012/09/chinatown-squad-trailer.html |archive-date=2012-09-05 |url-status=dead}} In it, he stars as Pistol Pete, a Chinatown mob boss who dons European clothes, a character who is also based on the real-life historical figure of Little Pete.{{cite web |title=Chinatown Squad Spec Trailer |url=https://vimeo.com/45424453}}{{cite web |title=Chinatown Squad - Behind The Scenes |last=Toka |first=Tony |url=https://vimeo.com/33201171 |access-date=August 29, 2012}} The pilot also stars Baby co-stars David Huynh and Robert Wu, as well as Kelvin Han Yee. He received an Honorable Mention for the screenplay at the 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - Project Catalyst.{{cite web |title=Visual Communications, LAAPFF Festival Award Winners |url=https://www.vconline.org/award-winners/ |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909094947/https://www.vconline.org/award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

Chin played the antagonist "Benny" in Juwan Chung's Baby opposite the protagonist "Baby", played by David Huynh - the film won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film, Narrative at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, among other accolades.{{cite web |url=http://asianfilmfestla.org/2012/fest-info/award-winners/ |title=Award Winners | Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival |publisher=Asianfilmfestla.org |accessdate=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110111000/http://asianfilmfestla.org/2012/fest-info/award-winners/ |archivedate=2012-01-10}}

On TV, Chin has appeared on Big Little Lies (as Kevin), The Affair (as Chen), Jane the Virgin (as Dr. Park), Lethal Weapon (as The Florist), Future Man (as the Bartender), Weird City (as Doctor Lance), and Good Trouble (as Jian).{{cite web |title=Feodor Chin, UCB Comedy, User Profile |url=https://ucbcomedy.com/user/7448}}{{cite web |title=3G Management, Feodor Chin |url=http://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/133344-2085058 |access-date=January 2, 2019}} Chin has also appeared as "Dan Chang" in the Lifetime film Lost Boy, opposite Virginia Madsen.

Chin may be best known for his voicework in video games,{{cite web |title=VAM 178 {{!}} Interview with Feodor Chin, Part 1 |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vam-178-interview-with-feodor-chin-part-1/id452658730?i=1000542195114 |website=Voice Acting Mastery with Crispin Freeman |publisher=Apple Podcasts |access-date=17 May 2023}} most notably voicing the robot monk Zenyatta in Blizzard Entertainment's game Overwatch{{cite web |title=Here Are the Voice Actors of Overwatch |website=Twinfinite |url=https://twinfinite.net/gallery/here-are-the-voice-actors-of-the-overwatch-cast/ |first=Justin |last=Carter |access-date=June 28, 2016}} and its sequel Overwatch 2,{{cite web | url=https://www.ggrecon.com/guides/overwatch-2-voice-actors/ | title=All Overwatch 2 hero voice actors: Lifeweaver, D.Va, Mercy, Reinhardt, Kiriko & more }} and the reworked Lee Sin in Riot Games' League of Legends.{{cite web |title=Feodor Chin Twitter Announcement |url=https://twitter.com/FeoChin/status/1147597230271893504 |website=Twitter |access-date=18 May 2023}} Other notable roles include Harunobu Adachi (both voice and PCAP) and the blind musician Yamato in Ghost of Tsushima,{{cite web |title=Ghost of Tsushima Out Now |url=https://www.feodorchin.com/post/ghost-of-tsushima-out-now |website=FeodorChin.com |date=July 18, 2020 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518161547/https://www.feodorchin.com/post/ghost-of-tsushima-out-now |url-status=live }} and Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Chin voiced the title character of Ojisan/Uncle in the Netflix English-language version of the Japanese anime series Uncle from Another World. He has also voiced characters in animated series such as Marvel's Hit-Monkey (as Police Captain, The Real Rooster, News Anchor, Baldy, etc.), Cartoon Network's Regular Show (as Earl, Game and Joe), and the animated short Legendary Place (as Baba Lee) created by Calvin Wong, which screened on Cartoon Network and was also produced by Cartoon Network Studios.{{cite web|title=Feodor Chin, ioWest Performers|url=http://www.io-west.com/performers/feodor-chin/}} Chin voiced the main villain "Evil Lord" in the animated CG film Monkey King: Hero is Back, also starring the voices of Jackie Chan and James Hong. He took over the supporting role of Amy Wong's father Leo Wong in the 2023 revival of Futurama, replacing Billy West.{{cite web |title=Futurama Season 11 Confirms New Leo Wong Voice Actor|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/futurama-season-11-leo-wong-new-voice-actor/ |website=ComicBook.com |access-date=1 August 2023}}

Feodor has narrated over 100 audiobooks and is a five-time Earphones Award Winner from AudioFile.{{cite web |title=Reviews of books narrated by Feodor Chin |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/search/?q=feodor%20chin&p=1 |website=AudioFile |access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Audiobooks narrated by Feodor Chin |url=https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Feodor+Chin&sort=&ref=a_search_c1_sort_0&pf_rd_p= |website=Audible |access-date=17 May 2023}} He has narrated such titles as Timothy Dalrymple's Jeremy Lin: The Reason for the Linsanity and received an Earphones Award from AudioFile for his narration of Snakehead by Patrick Raden Keefe and for his narration of Richard C. Morais' Buddhaland Brooklyn{{cite web |title=Audiobook Reviews, Buddhaland Brooklyn, Richard C. Morais, Read by Feodor Chin |url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?Num=72780#sthash.zfRoAaGO.uxfs |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013151412/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?NUM=72780#sthash.zfRoAaGO.uxfs |url-status=live }} and has added his voice to "Books on Tapes" selections including Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jay Caspian Kang's The Dead Do Not Improve, Ed Lin's Ghost Month, Joyful Wisdom, Journey of a Thousand Miles, and The Physics of the Impossible.{{cite web|url=http://www.booksontape.com/search.cfm?reader=76588& |title=Books Read by Feodor Chin |publisher=Booksontape.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-13}}

Starting in season 8 of Futurama, Chin became the new voices of Leo Wong and Scoop Chang who were previously voiced in earlier seasons by Billy West and Maurice LaMarche.

Feodor Chin returned to the Bay Area in the Spring of 2024 to make his Berkeley Repertory Theatre debut in the West Coast Premiere of The Far Country, Lloyd Suh's Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist play.{{cite web |title=Berkely Rep shows, The Far Country |url=https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/the-far-country/ |website=berkeleyrep.org |access-date=15 July 2024 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715204832/https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/the-far-country/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Finalist: The Far Country, by Lloyd Suh |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/lloyd-suh |website=The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher=Pulitzer.org |access-date=15 July 2024}} In this critically acclaimed play set in San Francisco and Angel Island Immigration Station during the years of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chin portrayed Gee, "the witty antihero" and "sharp entrepreneur" seeking to bring a paper son back from China to help him build his laundry business and an unconventional family.{{cite web |last1=Kukura |first1=Joe |title=‘The Far Country’ at Berkeley Rep Is a Glorious Historical Epic About a Terrible Chapter In SF History |url=https://sfist.com/2024/03/14/the-far-country-at-the-berkeley-rep-is-a-glorious-historical-epic-about-a-terrible-chapter-of-sf-history/ |website=SFist |publisher=sfist.com |access-date=15 July 2024 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715220415/https://sfist.com/2024/03/14/the-far-country-at-the-berkeley-rep-is-a-glorious-historical-epic-about-a-terrible-chapter-of-sf-history/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Chávez |first1=David John |title=‘The Far Country’ Explores Memory, Family and Angel Island’s Detention Horrors |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954195/the-far-country-berkeley-rep-angel-island-review |website=kqed.org/arts |publisher=KQED |access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Lewis III |first1=Charles |title=In poignant ‘The Far Country,’ immigrants caught in an endless cycle of abuse: Lloyd Suh's Berkeley Rep premiere shows the racist US system's damaging affects on Chinese workers. |url=https://48hills.org/2024/03/stage-review-poignant-the-far-country-immigrants-abuse-berkeley-rep/ |website=48hills Independent San Francisco news + culture |publisher=48hills.org |access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Schiffman |first1=Jean |title=Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Far Country’ an affecting look at Chinese immigrants on Angel Island |url=https://localnewsmatters.org/2024/03/14/review-berkeley-reps-far-country-an-affecting-look-at-chinese-immigrants-on-angel-island/ |website=Local New Matters: Bay Area |publisher=localnewsmatters.org |access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Janiak |first1=Lily |title=Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Far Country,’ set on Angel Island, probes the promise and lie of immigration |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/lloyd-suh-far-country-18696904 |website=Datebook |publisher=SF Chronicle |access-date=15 July 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Hodges |first1=Linda |title=Review: THE FAR COUNTRY at Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Against the backdrop of the racist Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943), the compelling story of one group of Chinese immigrant’s perseverance unfolds. |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/Review-THE-FAR-COUNTRY-at-Berkeley-Repertory-Theatre-20240314 |website=Broadway World, San Francisco |publisher=broadwayworld.com |access-date=15 July 2024}}

Chin has also appeared on stage at The Colony Theater as "Jinwu" in Climbing Everest,{{cite web |url=http://www.colonytheatre.org/bios/chinFeodor.shtml |title=Colony Theatre Artist Feodor Chin |publisher=Colonytheatre.org |date=2005-04-01 |accessdate=2011-10-13 |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826041453/http://www.colonytheatre.org/bios/chinFeodor.shtml |url-status=live }} as Malcolm in A Noise Within theater's production of Macbeth,{{cite web |url=http://www.anoisewithin.org/play/macbeth/ |title=A Noise Within, Macbeth |accessdate=2014-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626142946/http://www.anoisewithin.org/play/macbeth/ |archivedate=2014-06-26}}{{cite web |title=Frances Baum Nicholson, Witches Rule the Dark in A Noise Within's "MacBeth" |work=stagestruckreview.com |url=http://stagestruckreview.com/2014/03/18/witches-rule-the-dark-in-a-noise-withins-macbeth/|date=2014-03-18}} as Dr. Albert Chang in John Pollono's Rules of Seconds,{{cite web |last=Pizzolorusso |first=Patrick |title=John Pollono's Rules of Seconds World Premieres in Los Angeles |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/john-pollonos-rules-for-seconds-world-premieres-in-los-angeles |date=2017-03-19 |access-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-date=April 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072036/http://www.playbill.com/article/john-pollonos-rules-for-seconds-world-premieres-in-los-angeles |url-status=live }} as George Deever in The Matrix Theater Company's multi-racial production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons,{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/11/the-matrix-theatre-company-all-my-sons-review/ |work=Asians on Film |title=The Matrix Theatre Company: 'All My Sons' Review|accessdate=2012-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303121842/http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/11/the-matrix-theatre-company-all-my-sons-review/ |archivedate=2012-03-03}} as Mr. Wang in Uranium Madhouse's production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man,{{cite web |url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/a-mans-a-man-theatre-review |last=Bonadonna |first=Mia |title=Uranium Madhouse Explores Brainwashing & Identity in 'A Man's a Man' at Atwater Village |website=LAist |accessdate=2012-07-25 |url-status=live |date=18 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310002134/http://laist.com/2012/07/18/a_mans_a_man_theatre_review.php |archivedate=2014-03-10}} A Winter People, Chay Yew's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard at the Boston Court in Pasadena, as Chester in Artist at Play's production of Michael Golamco's Cowboy Versus Samurai,{{cite web |title=Artists at Play: The Cast of Cowboy versus Samurai |url=http://artistsatplayla.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-cast-of-cowboy-versus-samurai.html |access-date=September 14, 2013 |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024122041/http://artistsatplayla.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-cast-of-cowboy-versus-samurai.html |url-status=live }} and various plays with the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, including Claim to Fame, Grace Kim and the Spiders from Mars, Ten to Life,{{cite web |last=Leigh |first=Steven |url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2009/05/stage_raw_ten_to_life.php |title=Stage Raw: Ten to Life - Los Angeles Art - Style Council |publisher=Blogs.laweekly.com |date=2009-05-18 |accessdate=2011-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205191901/http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2009/05/stage_raw_ten_to_life.php |archivedate=2011-12-05}} Choke, in the Company of Angels production of Henry Ong's Fabric and in Chalk Repertory Theater's productions of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan,{{Cite web | url=http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-First-Look-at-LADY-WINDERMERES-FAN-on-UCLAs-William-Andrews-Clark-Memorial-Library-20130715 | title=Photo Flash: First Look at LADY WINDERMEre's FAN at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library}} The Flash Festival at the La Brea Tar Pits,{{cite web|title=LA Stage Times, A Night at the Tar Pits Museum with Chalk Rep|url=http://www.lastagetimes.com/2012/09/a-night-at-the-tar-pits-museum-with-chalk-rep/|date=2012-09-04|access-date=August 17, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002033617/http://www.lastagetimes.com/2012/09/a-night-at-the-tar-pits-museum-with-chalk-rep/|url-status=live}} The Debate Over Courtney O'Connell of Columbus, and in Anton Chekov's Three Sisters (as Andrei Sergeevich Prozorov) opposite Joy Osmanski and Ricardo Antonio Chavira, which was staged at the Historic Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/323353 |title=Feodor Chin - AboutTheArtists theatre profile |publisher=Abouttheartists.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-13}}{{cite web |author= |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/review-three-si.html |title=Review: 'Three Sisters' at Masonic Lodge of Hollywood Forever Cemetery - latimes.com |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2009-02-05 |accessdate=2011-10-13 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104224826/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/review-three-si.html |url-status=live }}

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