From the producers of the Academy Award®-winning Best Motion Picture, “Crash” is a provocative new 13-episode drama series premiering on Starz October 17th. Starring an ensemble cast led by film icon Dennis Hopper, the series looks at the way different lives intersect and collide in the melting pot of L.A.
The drama features a disparate group of Los Angelenos, including maverick record producer Ben Cendars (Dennis Hopper); impulsive cop Kenny Battaglia (Ross McCall); his actress-turned-police officer partner Bebe Arcel (Arlene Tur); frustrated Brentwood mom Christine Emory (Clare Carey); her pre-bust real-estate developer husband Peter Emory (D.B. Sweeney); former gang member-turned-EMT Eddie Choi (Brian Tee); Ben’s street-smart driver Anthony Adams (Jocko Sims); illegal Guatemalan immigrant Cesar Uman (Luis Chavez); and cocky, hot-tempered detective Axel Finet (Nick Tarabay).
Brian Tee plays EMT Eddie Choi, who is caught between the Korean gang world he left behind and the mainstream medical world where he wants to fit in, in “Crash.” Eddie immigrated here with his family as a young child and tried to fit in, but ended up running with a Korean gang. He was scared straight after being sentenced to a few months in juvie, and is back on the path to becoming a doctor, but can’t seem to catch a break. As an EMT, he’s doing the right thing, but never fits in with his current or former life.
Crash premiers October 17 on Starz, but you can see the first two (2) episodes online for free. Go to the Crash Screening Room.
Crash TV series trailer
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Mora about Brian Tee
Brian Tee is best known for his starring role as DK, the Drift King, in Universal Pictures’ action-thriller The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, directed by Justin Lin. The third installment in that hit franchise, it was released in 2006 with a $157 million worldwide gross. Afterwards, Tee gave a standout comic performance in Lin’s next film, Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee. He produced and starred in the independent feature Deadland, post-apocalyptic thriller.
Tee has been featured in the Hollywood studio films Fun With Dick and Jane; action-drama We Were Soldiers, opposite Mel Gibson; and action-adventure Austin Powers: Goldmember. He is currently set to star in four US-Asia coproductions: The Wedding Palace (2008); 271 (2009); Hatchet Man (2010); and The Hills (2010).
On television, Tee has guest-starred on the hit shows “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Jericho,” “The Unit,” “Entourage,” “The Pretender,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Monk,” and “Without a Trace.” A Los Angeles native of Korean and Japanese descent, Tee holds a bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of California, Berkeley.