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"Torchwood." - BBC / STARZ Television Show
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Trivia:  Willis spent 4 hours on the makeup chair for this role..

On Wednesday, May 4th, 2010.  Willis wrapped up his co-starring role on the spin-off from the British Sci-Fi television show "Dr. Who" entitled "Torchwood".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0122tc1
 

"Superseeds" - Independent Feature Film
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Trivia:  Willis and the director Kholi Hicks have been friends for past 5 years.

On Monday, November 15th, 2010.  Willis wrapped up his supporting role on a feature film his own personal friend Kholi Hicks wrote and directed on a ridiculously micro budget.  Having the support of a strong and talented team, this feature film is on its way to distribution in no time.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984115/
 

"House M.D." - FOX Television Show
Saturday, October 31st, 2010
Trivia:  Willis wanted to be on this show since the first day he watched an episode.

On Thursday, October 21st, 2010.  Willis wrapped up his co-starring role as the Patient of the Week on the award-winning hit television show "House M.D."  Episode to be aired on Valentines Day of 2011. (2/14/2011)

http://www.fox.com/house/
 

"Redrock Micro" - Print
Tuesday, October 30th, 2010
Trivia:  Brian Valente, CEO of Redrock Micro has been helping Willis along his journey.

On Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010.  Willis wrapped up on a photoshoot representing the new face for the reputable 35mm adaptor and economic independent filmmaker's camera accessory company.

http://www.redrockmicro.com
 

"Midnight Joyride" - Short Film
Friday, October 29th, 2010
Trivia:  Willis is also one of the Producers on this project.

On Monday, May 17th, 2010.  Willis wrapped up his leading role opposite of Meteor Garden's Vanness Wu and iCarly's Nick Afanasiev in the dramatic short film "Midnight Joyride" directed by Daniel Zhao, produced by Lillian Ng as well as Carl Choi of Plan C Group.  Expected to hit many festivals.

http://www.plancgroup.com
 

"Surf Detroit" - Short Film
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Trivia:  Willis' first time getting flown out of state for an acting job.

On Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010.  Willis wrapped up on a short film directed by Catherine Owens.  He plays Hector, the older brother of Maddy (Amy Pow).  Both siblings wish to become surfers but are stuck with with flat waves of Detroit.  Project was shot on 35mm film in Los Angeles and Detroit, expected to hit many festivals.

http://www.surfdetroitthemovie.com
 

"Microsoft Windows 7" - Commercial
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Trivia:  Willis produced seven of these ads.

On Friday, November 6th, 2009.  Willis wrapped up on a commercial for Microsoft Windows 7.  This is a 15-second spot that gets a Windows 7 user to promote a useful feature with a super quick 7-second speech.  Spot will be shown online, before videos start such as ones from youtube.com, collegehumor.com, etc.

http://www.windows7.com
 

"Front Mission Evolved" - Video Game
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Trivia:  Willis' character in the game looks and acts 100x cooler than him.

On Wednesday, August 26th, 2009.  Willis wrapped up his first video game where he had to motion-capture and voice-over simultaneously in a motion-capture studio for Square-Enix & Double Helix's anticipated game "Front Mission Evolved" releasing in March 2010, available on XBox360, PS3, and PC.

http://na.frontmissionevolved.com
 

"Reader's Theater" - Print
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Trivia:  Willis was the only person on this shoot that hadn't watched Disney/Pixar's "Up" on this set.

On Friday, June 12th, 2009.  Willis is the new face for DVD & Book Covers for "Reader's Theater".  In this cover, Willis plays the narrator alongside with three others models whom participated in being on the cover art for Reader's Theater.

http://
 

"Thoughts and Knowing" - Independent Short Film
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Trivia:  Willis produced this director's previous film, "tape".

On Sunday, May 24th,, 2009.  Willis wrapped up in an independent horror/comedy short film by director Jerome Villarin, a recent graduate from UCLA Film School.  Willis lead opposite of Peter Pasco & Jen Kim.  Film also known as "Every Body".

http://www.vimeo.com/4840754
 

"The Invention of Lying" - Feature Film
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Trivia:  Willis' first project booked with Momentum Talent.

On Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009.  Willis performed as a supporting character in Ricky Gervais' first directing/acting feature film "The Invention of Lying" previously known as "This Side of the Truth".  Expected release date is tentatively set in September 2009.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/
 

"Unforgettable" - Musical Theatre
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Trivia:  Willis' second time on stage.

On Saturday, March 7th, 2009.  Willis performed a lead role in the University of Southern California (USC) Chinese-American Student Association Culture Show.  Willis starred alongside Olivia Thai, Aileen Xu, and Pierre Liu.  Project directed by Daniel Zhao and Marc Liu.

http://www.casacultureshow.com/
 

"The Venice Beach Hostel" - Pilot
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Trivia:  Willis booked this job with Jesse Luken, whom he just worked with on "Fallen Eagle" a month ago.

On Monday, December 15th, 2008.  Willis booked and shot a 30-minute pilot that is presented to both "ABC Family" and "Noggin" networks.  This project is directed by emmy-award winning director Arthur Allan Seidelman.  Willis guest-starred with Annie Abbot and Madison Mason on this project.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1346859/
 

"Soul Chat" - Commercial in Canada
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis realized he looks a lot younger than he really is working on this set.

On Saturday, November 29th, 2008.  Willis booked and shot a commercial airing in Canada for Soul Chat.  Willis co-starred with 15-year old Ryan Balance and Lee Davis.  In this commercial spot, Willis complains about how he's "so sick of sandwiches."

http://
 

"Fallen Eagle" - U.S. Army Film
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis had his first own personal trailer.

On Tuesday, November 11th, 2008.  Willis booked and started his first day of filming 5-days of "Fallen Eagle", a 2-part film sponsored by the U.S. Army.  In this film Willis plays a Vietnamese soldier who just wants to get the job done at Iraq and go home.  Willis co-starred with Tyler Jacob Moore, Sean Huze, Antonio Elias, Ulysses Estrada, and more.

http://www.goarmy.com
 

"Peace" - Public Service Announcement
Monday, August 8th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis did not prepare for this audition.

On Tuesday, July 29th, 2008.  The day of the Chino Hills earthquake, Willis was booked on a public service announcement for "Peace".  In this spot, Willis represented the Chinese, speaking out to the world letting them know that "Freedom is expression".  Other points were involved including everybody should know their human rights because everybody carries it with them anywhere they go.

http://
 

"Momentum Talent & Literary" - Representation
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis' first solid theatrical representation.

On Thursday, March 27th, 2008.  Momentum Talent & Literary has joined Willis' team in representing him theatrically for film and television.

http://www.momentumtal.com
 

"Mr. Chinatown Pageant" - USC Theatre
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis' first time theatre experience was a one-liner in his 2nd grade school production in Mesa Elementary school located in West Covina called "Beneath the Western Sky".

On Monday, February 25th, 2008.  Willis performed his first theatre piece for USC's Chinese-American Student Association (CASA).  In this production, Willis plays a cocky, conceited dork named Andy who thinks every girl fantasizes over him which in fact he can not get a single girl.  Andy joins a male beauty pageant with his friend Rob and the story begins.

http://theatre.usc.edu
 

"Valentine's Gray" - TV Movie
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis was also the Producer for this film..

On Tuesday, February 5th, 2008.  Willis acted as a supporting in a TV Movie that is broadcasting over Thai TV5, also broadcasting internationally over at Thailand.  This TV movie is a Valentines Day special that tells the story about how inseparable two are, even through obstacles that endangers their relationship.

http://www.myspace.com/valentinesgray
 

"Letters From Iwo Jima" - Voice-Over
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Trivia:  Willis got booked on this project along with his older brother.

On Friday, January 18th, 2008.  Willis recorded various characters that was on the blockbuster hit "Letters From Iwo Jima" directed by Clint Eastwood.  For this specific project for Warner Bros., every line of this film was dubbed from Japanese to English.  Willis' also got to record with his good friend, Akie Kotabe, who dubbed for Saigo on this project.

http://iwojimathemovie.warnerbros.com
 

"The Invincible Scripture" - Feature Film
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Trivia:  Willis played the lead character for the original short film.

On Sunday, December 16th, 2007.  Willis wrapped up in the feature film, "The Invincible Scripture"  This film was originally a short where Willis played the lead, but with it having potential, it was soon picked up by a production team and was funded $200,000.  Willis co-starred with West Liang, George Cheung, Christina Grance, and Alonzo Jones.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1192622
 

"Growing Up X" - Webisode
Sunday, October 20th, 2007
Trivia:  Willis had his first-time experience holding a blow-up doll during this shoot.

On Sunday, October 20th, 2007.  Willis wrapped up in the Myspace.com webisode pilot competition sponsored by FOX.  This comedy shows how life was as a high school student with a mother as porn star.  Willis plays the best friend of Ryan, which was played by Oren Dayen.  You can view the pilot on the link below.

http://www.myspace.com/growingupx_tvpilot
 

"Little Men" - Independent Short Film
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Trivia:  Willis got his older brother (Will Chung) a part on this project.

On Wednesday, October 10th, 2007.  Willis wrapped up in his second 35mm independent short film entitled "Little Men" directed by Bryan Nest.  In this film, Willis co-stars with Adam Wang as well as with lead character Ben Cornish.  This period-drama piece shows the American perspective during the Korean War, and how having bits of humanity in the battlefield will get you killed.

http://
 

"Disney Channel's Helmet Cam" - Interstitial
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Trivia:  Willis is afraid of heights, but he is also a daredevil.

On Friday, September 21st, 2007.  Willis picked up his copy of the 5-minute interstitial project (Helmet Cam) he did for the Disney Channel a few months back.  In this project, Willis displays to the viewers watching the Disney Channel that ordinary kids do extraordinary events, in Willis' case, hang gliding off a 3,500 feet mountain.

http://www.disneychannel.com
 

 
 
 
 

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