Jeff Locker is an award-winning writer, actor, and host based in Los Angeles. A Yale East Asian Studies major fluent in Mandarin, he became a well-known entertainer in Taiwan and China, best known for his portrayal of George W. Bush in Golden Bell-winning political satire show MIMICS, Brindsley in BLACK COMEDY (National Theatre Taiwan), Paul in THE MUSICAL STORY OF TERESA TENG (Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall), and countless evil white dudes in various Mandarin TV series (which he's totally ok with.) He was also the author of eight best-selling Mandarin books with largely embarrassing covers. Screenwriter credits include an upcoming Funny Or Die series and short films THE FORGOTTEN PLACE, A GOOD MAN, TO BE SAVED, and SCARS; polish credits include an upcoming major studio film. Produced stage works include THE FORGOTTEN PLACE (winner of the 43rd Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival, Short+Sweet Hollywood 2019 Best Script and People's Choice Best Play winner, and finalist in the 2019 National Award for Short Playwriting; published by Samuel French in 2019), SWEET, SHE (Short+Sweet Hollywood 2019 Best Production, 2019 National Award for Short Playwriting finalist), SWEET, HE (LA Scenies 2019 Best Short Play, Short+Sweet Hollywood 2019 Gala Finalist), STRINGS (Meta Theatre, Los Angeles), THREADS (Cole Theatre, Los Angeles), and THE TIES THAT BIND (Village Theatre, Atlanta.) Host credits include THE 75TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS RED CARPET SHOW (STX/Tencent), China’s HUADING AWARDS, Taiwan’s GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS, GATEWAY 17 (Alibaba), (CCTV), THE US CHINA FILM SUMMIT GALA, WHO’S SMART (ETTV America), THE MISS CHINATOWN USA PAGEANT, FEAR CHALLENGE (Sony AXN), SOUTH PARK WHOA! (Channel V Asia) and LOVERADIO (EastRadio Shanghai). American acting credits include MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (ABC), JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC), feature film STASIS, David Henry Hwang’s CHINGLISH (Portland Center Stage/Syracuse Stage, East West Players), and self-penned short films THE FORGOTTEN PLACE, A GOOD MAN, TO BE SAVED, and SCARS (for which Jeff won Best Actor at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, 2020.) He is a proud and bravely sentimental alum of The Second City and iO West.