Gene Hong | |
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| Alma mater | Allegheny College |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, producer,reality television personality |
Gene Hong is an American writer and producer best known for his writing on TV series'Magnum P.I.,Lethal Weapon,Bones andCommunity. As an actor, he may be best known for being in the original cast ofMTV'sNick Cannon PresentsWild 'n Out.[1]
Hong, aKorean American, graduated fromNorth Allegheny High School inWexford, Pennsylvania (a suburb ofPittsburgh). He graduated fromAllegheny College inMeadville, Pennsylvania.[2]
Hong began his career writing sitcoms, serving as a writer/producer for NBC's cult comedyCommunity, writing the episode "Intro to Felt Surrogacy". His other comedy credits include ABC'sThe Goode Family,[2] the MTV seriesDJ and the Fro,[3]Friends with Benefits, and the animatedFox comedyAllen Gregory, created byJonah Hill. He joined the Fox proceduralBones at the end of season 9, where he served as a writer/producer for three seasons.[4]
Hong has developed and sold seven television pilots, five withSony Pictures and producerJamie Tarses, one with20th Century Fox andChernin Entertainment forNBC where Hong served as writer, and executive produced along with Maroon 5'sAdam Levine andJake Kasdan.,[5] and one for Fox withBones creatorHart Hanson.
Hong wrote and produced a tennis dramedy feature film,Break Point, about doubles tennis,[6] which was released in July 2015, produced byBroad Green Pictures. The film starsJeremy Sisto,David Walton,J. K. Simmons, andAmy Smart.
During an interview withHoward Stern, actorJake Gyllenhaal referred to Hong as his best friend, claiming he and Levine remain close because they "share a best friend".[7]
Hong is involved in the non-profit organizationsKiva.org, Won By One to Jamaica, and The Linden Center, agroup home facility for emotionally disturbed children in Los Angeles, California.[8]