Justin Jitae Chon, born on May 29, 1981, in Garden Grove, California, is a South Korean-American actor and filmmaker. Raised in Irvine, California, he is of Korean descent; his father, Sang Chon, was an actor in South Korea before becoming a shoe wholesale owner. Chon pursued higher education at the University of Southern California (USC), where he majored in business and also studied abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.