Why Chimney On 9-1-1 Looks So Familiar
By Emily Bell
After a decade in the Hollywood trenches, appearing in bit parts on shows such as "The West Wing," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and playing a henchman on "24," Kenneth Choi landed a recurring role on "Sons of Anarchy" in 2008 as Lin Triad gang leader Henry Lin.
Henry lurked around the series' periphery for most of its seven seasons, appearing for a couple of episodes at a time as his gang's various illicit businesses brought him into conflict or cooperation with the show's main SAMCRO chapter. But Choi stuck around, and in the show's seventh and final season got a major arc after Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) comes to blame him and his gang for the murder of his wife Tara, which sees Henry and the Lin Triad come into direct conflict with SAMCRO and Jax.
In 2014, Choi told Entertainment Weekly that his appearance on "Sons of Anarchy" raised his profile more than anything he had done up to that point. "I'll say 80-85 percent of the time I get recognized, it's for 'Sons,' and the one thing that I know is they love the show," Choi said. Though Henry wouldn't survive the show's final season, Choi said that was okay by him. "I was actually hoping that Henry Lin was gonna die. I think everybody this last season wants to go out in a blaze of glory."
