- Derek Mio is an actor and comedian from Huntington Beach, CA. He portrays real life recipient Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura in the Netflix anthology series Medal of Honor--executive produced by Robert Zemeckis--and is the lead actor in the second season of the critically acclaimed AMC anthology series The Terror co-starring George Takei and executive produced by Ridley Scott. Derek has been the face of several commercial campaigns for Audi, Mercedes Benz, ServiceNow and others and his television credits include Grey's Anatomy, Hawaii Five-0, SEAL Team, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Good Wife, a recurring role on ABC Family hit series GREEK, and more. He is an alumnus of the Meisner-based Joanne Baron/ D.W. Brown Studio and also studied with the Upright Citizens Brigade, The Aquila Morong Studio, Michael Woolson and Kennedy Brown. Derek has performed stand-up comedy at The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Hollywood & Brea Improvs, Tokyo Comedy Bar, The Stand NYC, Sunset Strip Comedy Club in Austin and several other venues. He is the creator and host of 'The BudoComedy Show' held at the Terasaki Budokan non-profit rec center in Little Tokyo, downtown Los Angeles featuring comedians such as Atsuko Okatsuka, Al Madrigal, Sheng Wang, Ian Bagg and more--the show has raised over $10,000 for the facility. Derek earned a Bachelor of Arts from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. His hobbies include surfing, fishing, birding, and wrangling his 2 year old son.- IMDb mini biography by: Derek Mio
- Gender / Gender identityMale
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- Race / EthnicityAsian
- In The Terror: Infamy, Derek portrays Chester Nakayama from Terminal Island, CA who is incarcerated in a Japanese American internment camp and serves in the MIS (Military Intelligence Service). One of Derek's grandfathers grew up in the real Terminal Island and was interned at Manzanar; his other grandfather was from Hawaii and served in the MIS.
- Played high school varsity basketball.
- Is an Eagle Scout.
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