- Family owned the Republic Gardens Restaurant in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York.
- Has 7 siblings.
- Began his acting career during the 1970s performing in experimental and activist theatre in New York where he studied with Mako Iwamatsu, the Oscar and Tony-nominated godfather of Asian American theatre.
- His first acting gig was in his junior high school drama club where he performed as Buffalo Bill in the musical "Annie Get Your Gun".
- Attended JHS 49 (now Dreyfus Intermediate School) in Stapleton.
- Attended PS 14 in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York.
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