Chil Kong

Chil Kong is a Korean American actor and director. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech with degrees in Marketing and Psychology. While at Virginia Tech he performed with The New Virginians a touring MusicAL performance group. He also attended the master of fine arts Program at Boston Conservatory and is a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab West. He has also served as Adjunct Professor of Theatre at San Diego State University. He has held Artistic Director positions at several Asian focused theater companies including Asia On Stage in Boston, The Northwest Asian American Theatre in Seattle and Lodestone Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles.

Kong is best known for his television roles having appeared on ABC's Lost in the episode ...In Translation, played a morgue technician in House M.D., a minister in HBO's Six Feet Under in the episode Hold my Hand, a cook in the episode Open and Shut of the Freddie Prinze Jr. comedy Freddie and as Chen Wu in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also appeared in Michael Kang's West 32nd, Richard LaGravenese's, Freedom Writers, Wayne Kramer's Crossing Over.

Kong has directed the films Pollen in 2006 and Screening Party in 2008. His stage direction credits include Tea, FOB at the Asian American Repertory Theater

Kong is maried to Erin Quill who was member of the original broadway cast of Avenue Q and has also guest starred on NYPD Blue herself. He holds a 3rd degree Taekwondo black belt having begin training in his native Korea at age 6.