‘K-Pops!’ Actor/Producer & ‘Beef’ Season 2 Writer Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park Signs With UTA
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comic, actor, writer, and producer Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park for representation in all areas.
Park, who first gained recognition in the battle rap scene, made his on-screen debut in Joseph Kahn’s award-winning feature film Bodied and has since built a career both in front of and behind the camera.
He most recently produced and starred opposite Anderson .Paak in K-POPS!, which premiered at TIFF last year. The family comedy follows a washed-up musician who jumps at the chance to capitalize on his long-lost son’s stardom for his renaissance, but ultimately learns that fatherhood is much more than stardom.
Park also played the villain, ‘Ken’, in Hulu’s Emmy-winning comedy series Quiz Lady, starring Awkwafina, Will Ferrell, and Sandra Oh; starred in Lije Sarki’s 2024 comedy feature Sweet Dreams opposite Johnny Knoxville, Mo Amer, Theo Von, Bobby Lee, and Kate Upton; and starred in the All Things Comedy produced crime-comedy feature Drugstore June, alongside Esther Povitsky, Bobby Lee and Bill Burr.
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