John Cho John Yohan Cho is a Korean - American actor who portrays in , , and . Cho is best known for his roles as John in the " American Pie " films and as Harold in the 2004 comedy " Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle " . He reprised the latter role in two sequels : " Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay " in 2008 and " A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas " in 2011 . John Cho ' s stunt double in " Star Trek " was Lin Oeding . Even with the stunt double , however , Cho managed to sustain an arm injury during his final week of shooting in March 2008 . In 2009 , Cho was part of the " Star Trek " ensemble which received a Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award nomination in the category Best Ensemble and won a Boston Society of Film Critics Award in the category Best Ensemble Cast . He shared these awards with Chris Pine , Zachary Quinto , Zoe Saldana , Karl Urban , Leonard Nimoy , Simon Pegg , Anton Yelchin , Ben Cross , Eric Bana , Clifton Collins , Jr . , Bruce Greenwood , Jennifer Morrison , Chris Hemsworth , Winona Ryder , Faran Tahir , and Tyler Perry . In 2010 , Cho was part of the ensemble which received a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination in the category Best Acting Ensemble for " Star Trek " . In addition to his work on " Star Trek " and " Star Trek Into Darkness " , Cho reprised his role and lent his voice to the video game " " in . Also in 2013 , Cho and Joseph Gatt appeared as Hikaru Sulu and 0718 as part of the company General Electric ' s series of " Brilliant Machines " commercials , reprising their roles from " Star Trek Into Darkness " . Cho is pictured on cards # 58 " Combat Specialist H . Sulu " and # 96 " Lieutenant H . Sulu " of the virtual collectible card battle game " " . Personal . Born in Seoul , South Korea , in 1972 , Cho and his family immigrated to the United States in 1978 . Cho graduated from the University of California , Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and began appearing on television and in film in 1997 . Cho was selected as " People " Magazine ' s 11th sexiest man alive in 2006 . In addition to acting , Cho is the lead singer of the Los Angeles - based rock band Viva La Union , formerly known as Left of Zed . Cho and his wife , Kerri Higuchi , have two children together : a boy , born in 2008 , and a girl , born in 2013 . In , he was the face of a social media campaign marked with the hashtag # StarringJohnCho to show the possibilities if Asian actors were cast in leading roles of big - budget films . . Career . Films . In addition to the " Harold & Kumar " films ( the second of which featured Clyde Kusatsu as Harold ' s father ) and the " American Pie " movies ( the first of which also featured Clyde Kusatsu ) , Cho had supporting roles in such films as the 2001 comedy " Down to Earth " , the acclaimed 2002 drama " Better Luck Tomorrow " , and 2004 ' s " In Good Company " . He also co - starred with Anton Yelchin in the 2001 comedy " Delivering Milo " ; he and Yelchin worked together again in the " Star Trek " films , with Yelchin portraying . Cho also had supporting roles in films like " Wag the Dog " ( 1997 ) , " Bowfinger " ( 1999 ) , " American Beauty " ( 1999 , also featuring Scott Bakula ) , " Evolution " ( 2001 , co - starring Miriam Flynn , Gregory Itzin , Michael McGrady , Jennifer Savidge , and Sarah Silverman ) , " Solaris " ( 2002 ) , " Nick and Norah ' s Infinite Playlist " ( 2008 ) , and " Saint John of Las Vegas " ( 2009 , also starring Silverman ) . Following his work on " Star Trek " , Cho appeared in the 2010 science fiction film " Caller ID " ( with Ken Feinberg ) , the 2012 remake of " Total Recall " and the hit 2013 comedy " Identity Thief " ( with Jonathan Banks ) . Further work includes the comedy " Get a Job " ( 2013 ) , which co - stars Bruce Davison and Megan Gallagher , and the drama " That Burning Feeling " ( 2013 ) . " American Pie " franchise . Cho made a mark in the successful high school / college comedy film series as John , the student who popularized the term MILF . Cho worked with Lawrence Pressman in the first and third films in the series , " American Pie " ( 1999 ) and " American Wedding " ( 2003 ) . Cho also worked with the aforementioned Clyde Kusatsu in the first " American Pie " , with Larry Drake in " American Pie 2 " ( 2001 ) , and with Loren Lester and Angela Paton in " American Wedding " . In 2012 , Cho returned for " American Reunion " , which also featured Jay Harrington . Television . One of Cho ' s earliest projects was " The Tiger Woods Story " , a 1998 television movie directed by LeVar Burton . That same year , Cho worked with J . J . Abrams for the first time on an episode of " Felicity " . He also guest starred in a 1998 episode of " Charmed " directed by the late Richard Compton . Cho ' s other early television credits include guest spots on " The Jeff Foxworthy Show " ( 1997 , with Scarlett Pomers and Ann Cusack ) , " V . I . P . " ( 1998 , with Alexander Enberg ) , and " The Magnificent Seven " ( 1999 , with Brad Dourif , Andrew Kavovit , Tzi Ma , and Ron Perlman ) . Cho had a voice - over role as Hirotaka on an episode of the Disney animated series " Kim Possible " ; George Takei appeared in the same episode as " Sensei , " the first of his several appearances on the series . Cho starred as Chau Presly on the WB comedy series " Off Centre " , which aired from 2001 through 2002 . He also had a recurring role on " Kitchen Confidential " , which ran for only four episodes on Fox in 2005 and featured Frank Langella . In 2005 , he guest starred on the Fox medical drama " House , M . D . " , on which his " Star Trek " co - star Jennifer Morrison was a regular . In the episode , entitled " Love Hurts " , Cho played a sadomasochist patient whose lifestyle alienates his parents , played by Elizabeth Sang and DS9 / ENT guest actor Keone Young . Matt Malloy also guest starred in the episode . Cho ' s other television appearances include episodes of " The Division " ( 2003 , with Irene Tsu ) , " Grey ' s Anatomy " ( 2006 , with Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) , and " How I Met Your Mother " ( 2007 , with Jim Jansen ) . He even lent his voice to four episodes of Seth MacFarlane ' s " American Dad ! " ( one in 2006 , two in 2011 , and one in 2013 ) , which features the voices of Scott Grimes and Wendy Schaal . In 2007 , he joined the cast of the hit series " Ugly Betty " in a recurring role as Kenny , the best friend of " " voice actor Christopher Gorham ' s character . Tony Plana and Vanessa Williams were among the other performers who starred in this series . Later , Cho starred as Agent Demetri Noh on ABC ' s science - fiction series " Flash Forward " , created by David Goyer and veteran " Star Trek " writer / producer Brannon Braga . The series was cancelled in 2010 after only one season . Cho then became a regular on the NBC sitcom " Go On " , but it was also cancelled after one season . Bill Cobbs had a recurring role on this series . Cho ' s other recent television roles include episodes of the Adult Swim comedies " Childrens Hospital " ( 2010 , with Kurtwood Smith ) and " NTSF : SD : SUV : : " ( 2011 , with Kate Mulgrew ) . He also guest starred in the pilot episode and in six more season one and season two episodes of the Fox series " Sleepy Hollow " , which was co - created , co - written and executive produced by " Star Trek " writer - producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci . Clancy Brown and Elaine Nalee also appeared in this series . Most recently , Cho starred in the Warner Bros . television comedy series " Selfie " along with Karen Gillan . The series was cancelled in late 2014 after one season . Joel Swetow , Shelly Desai , and Amanda Foreman guest starred on this series while Elle Alexander and Ilram Choi doubled the main actors .