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Born and raised in Washington D.C., Karl Yune is an American actor of Asian descent. After high school, Karl successfully started and sold an internet based consulting business and was accepted to Columbia University as a business major. His studying and love of Shakespeare during a literature course influenced him to switch his major to theater at the University's School of the Arts. While at Columbia, Yune won the role of Romeo in an off Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet and was later signed to a talent manager. Karl continued to work as a theater actor in New York City and won critical and rave reviews for his performance as Gloucester in a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Richard the III. While casting The Last Samurai, director Edward Zwick was impressed with Yune's audition tape and Karl went to Los Angeles for the first time to meet with the famed director. Zwick later informed Karl that the studio was to cast the film out of Japan, but encouraged Karl to move to Los Angeles as he saw promise in the young actor's talent. Inspired, Karl moved to Los Angeles, only to learn that he was offered a five year contract back in New York, on the popular daytime TV drama All My Children. Yune passed on the offer and soon booked his first lead role in the cult film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. The following year Karl was picked by producer Steven Spielberg to play the memorable role of Koichi, the secret lover to Li Gong's Geisha Hatsumomo, in Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the international best selling novel. Karl continued to work in lead and supporting roles in award winning independent, foreign, and Hollywood films. In 2010, Karl was again chosen by producer Steven Spielberg and director Shawn Levy to star as Tak Mashido, the reclusive legend of the robot fighting world in the sci-fi drama Real Steel. Karl now resides in Los Angeles, California. His brother Rick is also a successful actor in Hollywood.

Real Steel ( 2011) | IMDb: 7.1

Action , Drama , Science fiction

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

Starring:

Hugh Jackman , Dakota Goyo , Evangeline Lilly , Kevin Durand , Anthony Mackie , Hope Davis

Directed by:

Diane Durant , Josh McLaglen , Shawn Levy

Produced by:

Mary McLaglen , Steven Spielberg , Mia Cusumano

Speed Racer ( 2008) | IMDb: 6.1

Action , Adventure , Comedy , Family

Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.

Starring:

Emile Hirsch , Christina Ricci , John Goodman , Susan Sarandon , Matthew Fox , Benno Fürmann

Directed by:

Terry Needham , Lilly Wachowski , Emma Horton

Produced by:

Marcus Loges , Bruce Berman , Henning Molfenter

Memoirs of a Geisha ( 2005) | IMDb: 7.3

Drama , History , Romance

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Starring:

Zhang Ziyi , Gong Li , Michelle Yeoh , Ken Watanabe , Suzuka Ohgo , Kaori Momoi

Directed by:

Rob Marshall

Produced by:

Douglas Wick , Steven Spielberg , Lucy Fisher

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Poster

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid ( 2004) | IMDb: 4.7

Action , Adventure , Horror

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

Starring:

KaDee Strickland , Johnny Messner , Nicholas Hope , Morris Chestnut , Matthew Marsden , Karl Yune

Directed by:

Jamie Crooks , Dwight H. Little , Jason Faulkner

Produced by:

Liz DiFiore , Jacobus Rose , Kristin Kruger

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