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Encyclopedia > Jason Tobin

Jason Tobin is a British actor who currently lives in London, England and attended King George V School in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He is perhaps most well-known for his convincing role as the unstable and unpredictable Virgil Hu in Justin Lin's Better Luck Tomorrow. He also played the British-accented Earl in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, a film by Justin Lin. In addition, Tobin has starred in the film Yellow by Chris Chan Lee, and has played roles in a variety of TV Shows (Nash Bridges, King of Queens), and commercials. He is also of mixed ancestry, being half British and half Chinese. London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... King George V School (Chinese: 英皇佐治五世學校), often shortened to KGV (pronounced as: K-G-Five) is a co-educational international secondary school of the English Schools Foundation, located in the Ho Man Tin area of Hong Kong. ... In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tates Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and... Justin Yifu Lin (林毅夫) is a Chinese econimist, who is Founder and Director of the China Center for Economic Research, Professor of Economics at Peiking University, and at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. ... Better Luck Tomorrow is a R-rated 2002 drama directed by Justin Lin. ... Chris Chan Lee (born in San Francisco, California) is an Asian American filmmaker. ... Nast Bridges was an American television police drama that was created by Carlton Cuse. ... The King of Queens is an American situation comedy series that debuted in 1998 and is still running as of 2005. ...


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Kid Journal (18029 words)
Tobin doesn't seem to care whether or not he has the blanket when we put him down, but if you peek at him after he is asleep it's almost always right next to him, or underneath him, or in his hand.
Tobin was wearing "dressy" shorts (with pleats, cuffs, and a fly!) and a polo shirt onsie, so he was dressed on the preppy side.
Tobin and Zachary have started to understand the concept of rolling a ball back and forth with me. The also imitate me bouncing the ball, but they neglect to let go, so they just move it up and down in front of their body.
Jason Tobin, British actor - BACKGROUND (218 words)
Jason took his first drama class at a private boarding school in rural England at the age of nine.
Jason moved to Los Angeles to study acting and has since worked in the mainstream in national commercials for Sega, Zima, Coke, Levi's and Surge and TV shows such as Nash Bridges, The Division, The Huntress and The King Of Queens.
Jason believes that his mixed parentage (British and Chinese) and having lived and studied in such culturally diverse places as Hong Kong, England, the Philippines and the US, has given him a unique perspective to his acting.
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