EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed comic, actor, writer, and producer Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park for representation in all areas.
Park, who first gained recognition in the battle rap scene, made his on-screen debut in Joseph Kahn’s award-winning feature film Bodied and has since built a career both in front of and behind the camera.
He most recently produced and starred opposite Anderson .Paak in K-POPS!, which premiered at TIFF last year. The family comedy follows a washed-up musician who jumps at the chance to capitalize on his long-lost son’s stardom for his renaissance, but ultimately learns that fatherhood is much more than stardom.
Park also played the villain, ‘Ken’, in Hulu’s Emmy-winning comedy series Quiz Lady, starring Awkwafina, Will Ferrell, and Sandra Oh; starred in Lije Sarki’s 2024 comedy feature Sweet Dreams opposite Johnny Knoxville, Mo Amer, Theo Von, Bobby Lee, and Kate Upton; and starred in the All Things Comedy produced crime-comedy feature Drugstore June, alongside Esther Povitsky, Bobby Lee and Bill Burr.
Park recently wrapped work in the writers’ room for Season 2 of Lee Sung Jin’s Emmy-winning Netflix series Beef which is currently in production. The new installment of the anthology series will follow a young couple who witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny star.
In addition to his live-action work, Park voiced the character ‘Chai’ in Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon and is the creator and host of the podcast Fun with Dumb – a weekly podcast showcasing musicians, comics, artists, actors, K-pop stars, chefs, and people from all walks of life.
Park will continue to be represented by Ziffren Brittenham.
