Biography

Justin Chon was born in Garden Grove, Orange County, California, and was raised in Irvine, California. He is the son of Kyung, a pianist, and Sang Chon, a former child actor. Justin is of Korean descent.

Justin Chon is a writer, director, and actor known for his '90s LA Riots drama Gook (2017), which won the NEXT category of the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win him the Independent Spirit award for "someone to watch" in 2018. He followed up with a contemporary Koreatown sibling drama MS. PURPLE (2019), which also premiered at Sundance. He wrote, produced, and directed his latest deportation drama Blue Bayou (2020), where he also plays the lead role opposite Alicia Vikander.

Director

Chief of War(2025)

Jamojaya(2023)

Pachinko(2022)

Blue Bayou(2021)

Ms. Purple(2019)

Writer

Jamojaya(2023)

Blue Bayou(2021)

Ms. Purple(2019)

Gook(2017)

Man Up(2015)

Actor

Waiter Couple(2024)

The Casagrandes(2019)as Yoon Kwan, Twelve Is Midnight, (2021)

Blue Bayou(2021)as Antonio LeBlanc

Dramaworld(2016)as Seth Ko

Calamity(2020)as Troy Nagasaki

Archive Footage

Twinsters(2015)as Jeff Chang

Known for

Blue Bayou2021 · Actor Twilight2008 · Actor Gook2017 · Actor The Twilight Saga: Eclipse2010 · Actor

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Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander in Blue Bayou (2021)

Justin Chon and Christina July Kim in Coming Home Again (2019)

Justin Chon and Christine Ko in Deception (2018)

Vinnie Jones, Lenora Crichlow, Justin Chon, and Ilfenesh Hadera in Deception (2018)

Credit Score: Justin Chon

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Blue Bayou

Antonio LeBlanc

Fri Sep 17 2021

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	Blue Bayou	4.88	2021	•	7.1	0	11774
2	Twilight	4.75	2008	•	5.4	0	526487
3	Gook	3.25	2018	•	7.0	0	2888
4	Man Up	3.25	2015	•	6.2	0	739
5	21 & Over	3.09	2013	•	5.8	0	79895
6	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	2.85	2011	•	5.0	0	273171
7	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	2.85	2010	•	5.1	0	281567
8	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2.40	2009	•	4.8	0	322172
9	Deception	1.95	2018		7.4	0	10620
10	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	1.14	2012		5.6	1	282155

Justin Chon