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Brian Tee announced he's leaving the NBC aesculapian play Chicago Med—but don't worry, helium won't beryllium exiting the bid forever. Find retired each the details astir his departure here.
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Brian Tee is scrubbing out.
The actor, who has played Dr. Ethan Choi on NBC's Chicago Med since its 2015 premiere, is leaving the bid aft 8 seasons, Deadline reported Oct. 12. He'll marque his last quality during occurrence nine, "Could Be the Start of Something New," which volition aerial Dec. 7.
"Playing Dr. Ethan Choi on Chicago Med has been specified a acquisition and a blessing," Tee told Deadline. "I americium everlastingly grateful to our fans and my colleagues some successful beforehand of and down the camera arsenic I embark connected a caller journey. I americium everlastingly indebted to Dick Wolf, NBC, and Universal Television for choosing me."
Calling Dr. Choi's sendoff "fitting," Tee added, "It's beauteous I deliberation the fans are going to perfectly emotion it. It's going to bring a small spot of the caller Ethan and a small spot of the old. Know that occurrence 9 is going to beryllium an astonishing one."
But, this isn't the past clip we'll spot Tee's sanction connected the series. He'll soon instrumentality to direct, making his directorial debut during occurrence 16.
According to the outlet, Tee decided not to travel backmost aft his six-year declaration ended to "spend much clip with his family" and "pursue different opportunities." The histrion is acceptable to prima other Nicole Kidman in Lulu Wang's upcoming Prime Video series Expats.
After the announcement, Tee reflected connected how the relation shifted the trajectory of his career, noting that earlier Chicago Med, helium mostly played villains.
"I've thought a batch astir what Dr. Choi represents," helium said. "As acold arsenic my vocation path, it was the schoolhouse of hard knocks for a agelong time. I took what the manufacture granted maine arsenic acold arsenic opportunities were concerned. At that time, the container I was allowed to play successful astir 20-plus years ago, was precise limited; it was precise stereotypical, and cliche similar playing the Asian atrocious feline archetype. I person thing against it; I was capable to physique a vocation but it ne'er propelled maine to a level of which I knew I was capable."
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Tee added that his Chicago Med character not lone changed his life, but the full Asian American community.
"Ethan Choi represents to maine the archetypal clip I've really played a protagonist successful specified a beardown mode and helium catapulted maine into a antithetic arena, 1 wherever I consciousness the cognition of not lone myself but Asian Americans had been changed," helium said. "Just having an Asian look arsenic a starring antheral was a stepping stone, if not the ladder."
Watch Tee's last episodes when Chicago Med airs Wednesdays connected NBC.
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