Congratulations on being the new reigning champion of nerds everywhere. Managed to catch Leno last night where he talked briefly about how he came to the US when he was 6 and was featured on Time magazine cover as an “Asian Whizkid” because he was a friend of the photographer. Has a bit of funny-bone too, as he came out with a nice wrapped gift box around crotch level to present to Timberlake (“I have a package for you”).
I didn’t realize that he used to be a computer programmer at ILM doing effects, and Jay was cracking wise about whether “many programmers become actors?”
I was under the impression that he was a tools programmer, as he’s mentioned that he makes the programs that animators use to create the actual effect on both Leno and Conan, and in the NY Post article about him. He was also on last Sunday’s rerun of Without A Trace.
I read an article recently that stated he still works at ILM a couple of days a week, even with the Heroes gig. That could be obsolete information now, but either way, yeah that’s cool.