The past several months have been absolutely amazing for the Asian American entertainment industry. Crazy Rich Asians blew past $100 million at the box office in less than three weeks, becoming the most successful rom-com in almost a decade on its way to surely cracking the top ten all-time list for that genre.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is a huge success on Netflix to the point where it has actually raised the popularity of the Japanese yogurt drink Yakult and the stock value of the company who produces it.
Searching had the second highest per-screen box office average in its opening week, trailing only CRA, and more than doubled its distributor’s box office expectations.
As a result, Hollywood has begun greenlighting Asian American projects left and right, and is being more inclusive in casting Asian American actors in general. It’s an amazing time, one to be celebrated.
Our client, Asian American actor TIM LOUNIBOS joins the cast of Amazon Originals’ mega-hit, BOSCH — Season 5 bows later this Spring. On the streaming series, Lounibos stars as “Ed Sung” an investigator armed with patrol cop instincts and level-headed humor during a season-long investigation.
On the heels of a memorable guest-star appearance on the 02/12/19 episode of NCIS, LOUNIBOS will guest-star alongside icon Joan Collins on the Friday, March 8 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) episode of HAWAII FIVE-0 airing on the CBS Television Network. In this episode Tani and Junior go undercover at a gym to track down a deadly batch of steroids that’s killing users, before the drugs claim any more victims. In a dramatic turn, LOUNIBOS portrays the grieving father of a super-talented, professional baseball player, unable to comprehend who may have been behind his son’s untimely demise. Also, Danny and MacGarrett sub as bodyguards for Danny’s high maintenance ex-mother-in-law, Amanda Savage (Joan Collins), a wildly famous romance novelist with whom he has never gotten along, on
Off-screen, LOUNIBOS is a leading, respected voice advocating for inclusiveness of Asian Americans in Hollywood.
TIM LOUNIBOS – Bio
Tim Lounibos returns with perfect timing as Hollywood begins to embrace diversity.
Much was expected of Lounibos when he first entered the biz in the 90’s. He was branded as part of an “exciting new breed of Asian American actors with widespread mainstream appeal” and went to work immediately on such shows as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Suddenly Susan, and The Nanny, as well as recurring guest stars on Beverly Hills, 90210, The Practice, JAG and The West Wing. He also starred in the feature film Erotique, which was one of the first US films shot in Hong Kong.
Eventually, Lounibos entered what one network executive termed the “tweener stage” — too old to play the young buck, too young to play the dad — so Tim made the difficult decision to leave Hollywood to provide for his growing family.
As fate would have it, Tim’s acting would be greatly enhanced as he learned real-life experience running a business and supervising hundreds of employees, all the while striving to be a good husband and father and gaining a newfound sense of groundedness and gravitas.
Then, as onscreen diversity began reflecting the face of society, Tim realized his mixed-race combination of German/Irish/Asian along with his seemingly unlimited acting range made the timing right to leap back in.
So far it has proved to be quite successful as Lounibos has quickly stacked up a new set of credits, booking such shows as A.P. Bio, Criminal Minds, Doubt, Passions, (ex-Dr. Ron Bryant), General Hospital (ex-Dr. Bennett), The Bold and the Beautiful (ex-Glen), The Real O’Neals, and The Young and the Restless (ex-Dr. Clifford Bradley). In 2019, Tim is set to guest star on Hawaii Five-0 and NCIS and recur throughout the fifth season of Amazon Studios’ Bosch.
Indeed, timing is everything.
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