Biography

Johnathan Staci Kim (born Sung Joon Kim, March 2, 1971) is an American theater, film and television actor.

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, of Korean descent. He started his career in the performing arts late in his life after attending a few acting classes at Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City while moonlighting as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He continued his studies at the Circle In The Square.

After many years honing his craft in the theatre, Kim had a small scene with Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo in which he played the role of a Chinese waiter who speaks fluent Spanish in the film, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar. Unfortunately the entire scene ended up on the editing room floor but began his string of film opportunities. In 1994, he was cast in an independent film with a small debut role with Justin Pierce in Larry Clark's acclaimed film, KIDS, which released in the summer of 1995. The following year of 1996, Johnathan was cast to co-star in a feature film to be filmed on location in Germany starring the great silver screen legend Anthony Quinn in a drama titled Seven Servants written and directed by Daryush Shokof about a wealthy old man named Archie who hires seven servants of both genders and different races to get connected to him by plugging his body openings until his last breath. 1998 brought him a co-starring role playing next to Austin Pendleton, Jennifer Esposito and David Eigenberg in the comedy titled Charlie Hoboken, about a part-time hitman/ part-time insurance salesman. In 2000, he was cast to co-star with Justin Pierce, Bokeem Woodbine and Roger Rees, in a dark comedy titled, Black Male.

- IMDb mini biography by: Johnathan Staci Kim