Aaron Takahashi


Aaron Takahashi is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as the "male nurse" Lee in the film Yes Man, one of the fake groomsmen in The Wedding Ringer, as Troy in the film Welcome to the Jungle, and his various roles on the talk show Conan on TBS, with Conan O'Brien.
Takahashi has appeared in over 50 national commercials since 2004.

Early life

Takahashi graduated from North Torrance High School.
Takahashi worked at Meiji supermarket while attending the University of Southern California. He graduated with a degree in English and an emphasis on creative writing. After graduation, he became the manager of the store. After the store closed, Takahashi pursued acting full time.

Career

Film

Takahashi has appeared as the character "Takashi" in Justin Lin's directorial debut, Better Luck Tomorrow. He also appeared in the film Memoirs of a Geisha as a Rickshaw Runner, and in Lane Nishikawa's film Only the Brave as one of the 442 2nd Squad soldiers. Takahashi has additionally appeared as the male nurse character "Lee" in Peyton Reed's Yes Man opposite Jim Carrey. In 2013, Takahashi appeared as "Troy" in Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme. In 2015, Takahashi appeared as Endo/Rambis, one of Josh Gad's character's "fake groomsmen" in Jeremy Garelick's The Wedding Ringer, starring Kevin Hart and Josh Gad.
In addition to Better Luck Tomorrow, Takahashi has appeared in independent films such as Kiyong Kim's Ku Klux Korena , Teruhisa Yoshida's Robert Hearts Miss Ing, Tom Huang's Why Am I Doing This?, James Huang's Starting From Scratch , Peter O'Melia's The Grounds , and as Aaron, a fictionalized version of himself, in Awesome Asian Bad Guys, directed by Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco.
Takahashi has also appeared in various short films such as Mike Nojun Park's Re: Your Balls , James Huang's Represent , and Roman Cortez's My Best Friend Bigfoot Ep.1 & 2. .

Television

Takahashi has appeared in a number of TV series, including Asia Street Comedy , Reno 911!, The Bill Engvall Show , Whacked, Traffic Light, Mr. Sunshine, ACME Saturday Night, Community, The Mentalist, Ben and Kate, Sullivan & Son, The Big Bang Theory, The Millers, Conan, Drunk History and Dog Park.
Takahashi currently has recurring roles in both the Yahoo! Screen original series Sin City Saints, and the USA Network series Mr. Robot.

Advertisement & other work

Takahashi has appeared in over 50 national ad campaigns for brands such as Snapple, the NFL, Esurance, McDonald's, and Amp'd Mobile. Takahashi also provides the voice of "Paul Tard" in the videogame Slumber Party Slaughterhouse: The Game.
Takahashi has also appeared on stage in Paul Kikuchi's Slice, at the Fremont Theater in Pasadena.
He has been trained at East West Players, where he currently teaches the annual "On-Camera Commercial and Audition Class." He has also been a writer and performing member of the ACME Comedy Theater, and is also currently a workshop instructor and core performing member of the improv group Cold Tofu.
He was an honoree at East West Players 2019 Night Market for "advancing the visibility of Asian Americans nationally" through his work.