#304 Flowing with Jason Tobin
For this episode of the Bruce Lee Podcast Shannon’s guest is actor Jason Tobin. You may know Jason from his roles as Virgil in indie classic Better Luck Tomorrow or Earl in Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift or, (Shannon’s personal favorite) Young Jun from HBOMax’s Warrior! Jason makes his return to the Fast and Furious franchise with director Justin Lin in Fast9, premiering June 25th and, of course, Shannon and Jason celebrate their triumphant return for a third season of Warrior in this episode. But more importantly, they talk about Jason’s circuitous path through Hollywood and the obstacles he’s faced as well as what it is to show up as a warrior in his own life and what practices he taps into to do that. Shannon asked Jason about his Chinese name AFTER we had finished with his episode so let us inject that here. Jason’s Chinese name is Dou Jun Wai (to hear him pronounce it, listen to the episode!) and it means (according to his mom) “Success Around the Globe” with “Jun” meaning good looking and “Wai” meaning longitude and latitude hence “around the globe”. Jason is definitely living up to his name! Jason is a fun, electric, talented actor who Shannon loves working with, and who she is so pleased to be able to call her friend. So we invite you to sit back and get to know Jason Tobin on this episode of the Bruce Lee Podcast!
Get to know Jason Tobin
Jason Tobin is an actor best known for his roles in Justin Lin’s classic film BETTER LUCK TOMORROW playing the emotionally volatile Virgil Hu and as Young Jun, the heir apparent to the most powerful tong in Chinatown in Bruce Lee’s WARRIOR on HBOMax. Tobin is also a two-time winner of the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for his roles in #1 SERIAL KILLER and JASMINE which he also served as producer and co-writer. Tobin can also be seen in the award-winning Mexican drama SONORA written by John Sayles and is currently starring in WARRIOR which has been picked up for a third season on HBOMax. In 2021 he will be reprising the role of Earl Hu from THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT in FAST 9 in theaters June 25th.
Connect with Jason:
Twitter: @jsntbn
Instagram: @jsntbn
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