Joel Kim Booster

Booster is one of the sharpest comic minds working right now, and Fire Island is the proof. Writing, producing, and starring in a film that reframes a literary classic through a queer Asian-American lens, and landing Emmy attention for it, is a triple threat that most performers only dream about. What I admire is the confidence to make his specific perspective universal rather than niche. The persona is all razor-edged self-deprecation, but underneath the bravado I sense a real precision about structure and timing. He's the kind of voice that widens what mainstream comedy is allowed to look like.

Name (English)

Joel Kim Booster

Name (Japanese)

ジョエル・キム・ブースター

Reading

じょえる・きむ・ぶーすたー

Born

February 29, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

Origin

South Korea

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

actor / comedian / screenwriter

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Millikin University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.ihatejoelkim.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ihatejoelkim/
• Xhttps://x.com/ihatejoelkim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Kim%20Booster

Tags

• actor
• comedian
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.