Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971 as Richard Yun) is a Korean-American actor, screenwriter, producer, martial artist and former model best known for The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Born to Korean immigrants in the United States, Yune started his career in the entertainment industry when a modeling agent discovers he have the looks that will appeal to female audiences. Soon enough, Yune became the first Asian-American featured Versace and Ralph Lauren's Polo adverts.
Yune's career in films begins in 1998 where he starts off as extras, but didn't really took off until his role as Kazuo Miyamoto, a Japanese-American ex-soldier and war hero in Snow Falling on Cedars.
Due to his ability to portray menacing characters, more often than not Yune will be typecast as villains, although he did secure a heroic protagonist role in The Fifth Commandment.
