Chi Muoi Lo

Chi Muoi Lo is an actor, writer, and entrepreneur. As a veteran actor, he is a classically trained and best known for starring in the Vanishing Son made-for-television eight-hour mini-series and syndicated television episodic series. As a writer, director, and producer, his 2000 debut Catfish in Black Bean Sauce drew critical attention and film festival awards. As an entrepreneur, he is CEO of Allen Edelman Management and the creator of an online course, Mastering the Business of Acting. Early life Lo was born in Phan Rang, Vietnam, to a Vietnamese mother and a Chinese father. In 1978, three years after the Fall of Saigon, a two-year-old Lo and his family escaped communist Vietnam via boat that brought them to the United States. Upon their arrival, Lo, and his family were placed in the Indian Town Gap Refugee Camp where they were sponsored by the Jewish League of America and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was there that Lo was raised with his nine brothers and three sisters. Interested in pursuing acting as a profession, Lo entered the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts as a drama major. He also attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, and Dr. Glory's Children's Theater in New York. At Temple University, he was a theater major for one year before accepting a full scholarship from San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. Lo is fluent in three languages.