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Rick Yune is an American screenwriter, film producer, television actor, and model. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1971, he is a male citizen of the United States. He speaks and writes in English, which is also his native language.
Yune was educated at The University of the Arts and The Wharton School. He has a sibling named Karl Yune. In the film industry, he is associated with the acting department.
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Film & TV
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Rick Yune (born Richard Yun; August 22, 1971) is a Korean American actor, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist. He is the older brother of actor Karl Yune. His best known roles are as Master Clive Lee in Alita: Battle Angel, Kaidu Khan in Netflix's series Marco Polo, Kang in Olympus Has Fallen, Zen Yi the X-Blade in The Man with the Iron Fists, Zao in the James Bond movie Die Another Day,…
Known for
- L2: Empuraan — Shenlong Shen2025
- Tetris — Bank Manager2023
- Jiu Jitsu — Capt Sand2020
- Alita: Battle Angel — Master Clive Lee2019
- Marco Polo — Kaidu Khan2014
- Olympus Has Fallen — Kang2013
- The Man with the Iron Fists — Zen Yi, The X-Blade2012
- Remigration — Jonathan2011
- Beyond Remedy - Jenseits der Angst — Dr. Lee2010
- Hawaii Five-0 — Han Ji-Woon2010
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Yun , ( 1971-08-22 ) August 22, 1971 (age 54) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania ( BS )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Relatives
- Karl Yune (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Sibling
- Karl Yune
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Rickyune.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1971-08-22
- social media followers
- 4504
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- English language
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- Rick Yune
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Yune (born August 22, 1971) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist of Korean descent. His most notable roles have been in the movies Snow Falling on Cedars, the first Fast & Furious film The Fast and the Furious, the James Bond movie Die Another Day, and Olympus Has Fallen. He was part of the main cast of the Netflix original series Marco Polo. He also made his debut in the Indian cinema in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam language film L2: Empuraan, which he played a cameo role.
Early life
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