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BIOGRAPHY

Archie Kao
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Archie David Kao, born on December 14, 1973, in Washington D.C, is an American film and television actor of Chinese-American descent.

Kao is best known for his role as Archie Johnson in the hit television series, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," as well as the role of Kai Chen in "Power Rangers Lost Galaxy."

Kao attended George Mason University where he joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication. He was elected Homecoming King while at George Mason University. While at GMU, he served as student body president as well as vice-president the year prior. He had planned to attend law school and possibly work in politics before becoming an actor.

Kao's first acting role came in 1996 when he had a minor roles in the series "L.A Fire Fighters." He then followed that with a starring role in the Action-Adventure series, "Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy." After that, he starred in many top films and top-rating TV shows such as "ER," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Heroes," and "The Hills Have Eyes 2", just to mention a few.

Kao speaks and understands rudimentary Mandarin Chinese and also studied French for six years while in school.