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Devin Kawaoka(II)

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Shrinking Premiere Season 2
Follows Jeremy O. Harris as he workshops and mines Slave Play, the play that thrust him into the spotlight.
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Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. (2024)
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Actor Devin Kawaoka grew up a downhill ski racer in Rochester, New York training to compete in the Olympics. He attended New York University. First as an undergraduate and then at the Graduate Acting Program on a full merit scholarship. Devin won the Rosemarie Tichler Award for his performance in Unnatural Acts at the Classic Stage Company. Since then he has appeared on multiple television shows including "Lucifier," Marvel's "The Runaways," and "Criminal Minds." In 2022, he starred in Jeremy O. Harris' award winning "Slave Play" on Broadway and then at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The show received 12 Tony nominations, the most nominated non-musical play ever. Devin began recurs on NBC's hit series "Chicago Med" portraying arrogant surgical resident Dr. Kai Tanaka-Reed. He also recurs as Charlie on the AppleTV+ Original comedy series "Shrinking" from Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Segal starring Segel and Harrison Ford.
BornJune 11, 1983
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    Harrison Ford and Jason Segel in Shrinking (2023)
    Shrinking
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Charlie
    Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Marlyne Barrett, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Jessy Schram in Chicago Med (2015)
    Chicago Med
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Kai Tanaka-Reed
    Tom Ellis in Lucifer (2016)
    Lucifer
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Cody
    Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
    Goliath
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Deputy Counsel Mark Allbritton

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    Actor



    • Friend of Dave
      • Dave
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • David Eigenberg, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Jocelyn Hudon in Chicago Fire (2012)
      Chicago Fire
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Kai Tanaka-Reed
      • 2025
    • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Marlyne Barrett, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Jessy Schram in Chicago Med (2015)
      Chicago Med
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Kai Tanaka-Reed
      • 2022–2025
    • Harrison Ford and Jason Segel in Shrinking (2023)
      Shrinking
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Charlie
      • 2023–2024
    • Barbara Hershey in Le Manoir (2021)
      Le Manoir
      5.3
      • Gary
      • 2021
    • Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
      Goliath
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Deputy Counsel Mark Allbritton
      • 2021
    • Tom Ellis in Lucifer (2016)
      Lucifer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cody
      • 2021
    • Under the Lantern Lit Sky (2021)
      Under the Lantern Lit Sky
      2.6
      • Adam
      • 2021
    • Diedrich Bader, Katy Mixon Greer, Daniel DiMaggio, Meg Donnelly, and Giselle Eisenberg in American Housewife (2016)
      American Housewife
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Man
      • 2020
    • Cierra Ramirez and Maia Mitchell in Good Trouble (2019)
      Good Trouble
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Thomas
      • 2019
    • Gregg Sulkin, Ariela Barer, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Allegra Acosta, and Rhenzy Feliz in Runaways (2017)
      Runaways
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Nurse
      • 2018
    • Tommy Dorfman and Devin Kawaoka in Expiration Date (2018)
      Expiration Date
      Short
      • Michael
      • 2018
    • Under the Silver Lake (2018)
      Under the Silver Lake
      6.5
      • Handsome Man
      • 2018
    • Esprits criminels (2005)
      Esprits criminels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Kal Montgomery
      • 2017
    • Stanley Tucci and Addison Timlin in Submission (2017)
      Submission
      5.7
      • Danny (as Devin Norik)
      • 2017
    • The Path (2016)
      The Path
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Troy
      • 2017

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    • Friend of Dave
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Under the Lantern Lit Sky (2021)
      Under the Lantern Lit Sky
      2.6
      • associate producer
      • 2021

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      • Devin Norik
    • Born
      • June 11, 1983
      • Rochester, New York, USA

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