Biography

Actor Devin Kawaoka grew up a downhill ski racer in Rochester, New York training to compete in the Olympics. He attended New York University. First as an undergraduate and then at the Graduate Acting Program on a full merit scholarship. Devin won the Rosemarie Tichler Award for his performance in Unnatural Acts at the Classic Stage Company. Since then he has appeared on multiple television shows including "Lucifier," Marvel's "The Runaways," and "Criminal Minds." In 2022, he starred in Jeremy O. Harris' award winning "Slave Play" on Broadway and then at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The show received 12 Tony nominations, the most nominated non-musical play ever. Devin began recurs on NBC's hit series "Chicago Med" portraying arrogant surgical resident Dr. Kai Tanaka-Reed. He also recurs as Charlie on the AppleTV+ Original comedy series "Shrinking" from Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Segal starring Segel and Harrison Ford.
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