Joe Seo
{{Short description|Actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joe Seo
| image =
| birth_name = Joseph Seo
| birth_place = San Francisco
| education = Crescenta Valley High School
| occupation = Actor
| credits = Kyler Park in Cobra Kai
}}
Joe Seo is an American actor known for his role as Kyler Park in the Netflix comedy-drama television series Cobra Kai.
Personal life and early career
He was born on August 2, 1990, in San Francisco, California.{{cite web |title=Joseph Seo on HanCinema |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Joseph_Seo.php |access-date=2024-09-17}}{{better source needed|date=January 2025}} Seo began his acting career in the mid-2000s, gaining recognition for roles in Gridiron Gang (2006) and Freedom Writers (2007), both of which showcased him early on.
In 2016, Seo starred in the dramatic film Spa Night as the son in a conservative Korean family who begins to question his sexuality, for which his performance was reviewed in The Hollywood Reporter as "physically imposing yet intentionally somewhat opaque".{{Cite web |date=2016-09-19 |title=Joe Seo, star of 'Spa Night', talks about breakout role |url=https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/arts-culture/2016-09-18/joe-seo-star-of-spa-night-talks-about-breakout-role |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Aspen Public Radio |language=en}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/spa-night-sundance-review-859659 |title='Spa Night': Sundance Review |accessdate=February 16, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 26, 2016 }} At the Sundance Film Festival, Seo won the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/sundance-film-festival-awards-1201693027/ |title=Sundance: The Birth of a Nation Sweeps Top Prizes |access-date=February 1, 2016 |work=Variety|date=January 31, 2016 }} Seo appeared in the Netflix television series Cobra Kai as Kyler Park.{{Cite web |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=2022-07-07 |title='Cobra Kai': Kyler Audition Reminded Joe Seo of Putin |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/cobra-kai-kyler-audition-joe-seo-putin.html/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet |language=en-US}}
Selected filmography
= Television =
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! class="unsortable" | Refs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Hawaii Five-0 | Viktor | Episode: "Kau pahi, Ko'u kua. Kau pu, ko'h po'o" | {{Cite web |last=Choudhury |first=Priyashmita |date=2024-10-23 |title=Who Is Kyler In Cobra Kai? |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/cobra-kai-who-plays-kyler-cobra-kai-everything-know-asian-american-actor |work=Soapcentral}} |
| 2018 | The Vampyr Resistance Corps | Tikaani | 6 episodes | {{Cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/308478/why-kyler-from-cobra-kai-looks-so-familiar/|title=Why Kyler From Cobra Kai Looks So Familiar|work=Looper|date=7 January 2021}} |
| 2018–2024 | Cobra Kai | Kyler Park | Recurring role (seasons 1, 3–6) |
= Film =
Awards
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| January 21–31, 2016
|Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance |{{won}} |
| July 7–17, 2016
|Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Performance |Spa Night |{{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2095000}}
- [https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/spa-night-film-review-1201691624/ Spa Night review on Variety] - Variety
- [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-spa-night-review-20160823-snap-story.html Spa Night review] - Los Angeles Times
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx4PTHCeWQ Joe Seo - Kyler from Cobra Kai] - Kicking it with The Koves Podcast (Martin Kove), 2022.
- [https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Joseph_Seo.php Joseph Seo on HanCinema] - Source on his age
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Category:American actors of Asian descent
Category:American male actors of Korean descent
Category:Sundance Film Festival award winners
Category:Male actors from San Francisco
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