Christopher Young Kim, known professionally as Young Mazino, is an American actor. He had his breakout role in the Netflix series Beef (2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. he stars in the HBO drama series The Last of Us as Jesse and he is set to star in the upcoming first-person shooter game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 as Private Park Hyun Jun.
Early life Christopher Young Kim was born in Maryland. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, raised by Korean immigrant parents. He has two older sisters. His father immigrated to the United States from Korea at the age of 16. Mazino has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo.
He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He dropped out and moved to New York City in 2014 to attend the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where he trained for a year.
Prior to his breakout role in Beef, Mazino was senior business intelligence analyst at LVMH's Fresh for six years.
Career Mazino chose the moniker "Young Mazino" as his stage name in 2018. The name is a combination of Mazino's Korean middle name and the name of a comic book character, Urek Mazino from Tower of God created by Korean manhwa artist S.I.U. Mazino explained that he decided to take a stage name because there were too many actors with his real surname when he was registering with the Screen Actors Guild in 2018.
He played roles in several short films and television shows before being cast in a break out role as Steven Yeun's younger brother, Paul, in the Netflix series Beef, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
In January 2024, it was announced that Mazino would join the cast of season 2 of the HBO series The Last of Us as Jesse.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Digging Young Man Short; credited as Christopher Kim 2015 Beneath Paradise Khal Credited as Christopher Kim 2016 The Destined King Sanggun Short; credited as Christopher Kim 2017 Foundation Matt 2018 Fish Bones Peter Kim Credited as Christopher Kim 2022 Good Boy Joon Kim Short 2023 Trinity's Triumph Father Kim 2025 Opus Kent 2026 Via Negativa Dan Slayground Post-production Steps Gef (voice) Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 My Crazy Love Jamie Episode: "Beth and Noah"; Credited as Christopher Kim 2016 Blindspot Armored Guard #2 Episode: "Any Wounded Thief"; Credited as Christopher Kim 2018 New Amsterdam Bilingual Intern #4 Episode: "Pilot" 2019 Blue Bloods Officer Andy Chen Episode: "Behind the Smile" 2020Tommy Jun Episode: "The Ninth Girl" Prodigal Son Alex Wu Episode: "The Job" 2023 Beef Paul Cho Main role; 10 episodes 2025–present The Last of Us Jesse Main role (seasons 2–3); 6 episodes 2026 Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi Nawaam (voice) 4 episodes; English dub
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2026 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Private Park Hyun Jun Voice and motion capture
Music videos Year Title Role Artist 2023 "Snooze" Love interest SZA
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