Karl Yune 在华盛顿特区出生和长大，是一位亚裔美国演员。高中毕业后，卡尔成功创办并出售了一家基于互联网的咨询公司，并被哥伦比亚大学录取为商科专业。他在文学课上的学习和对莎士比亚的热爱影响了他在大学艺术学院将专业转向戏剧。在哥伦比亚大学期间，尤恩在百老汇制作的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中赢得了罗密欧的角色，后来与一位人才经理签约。卡尔继续在纽约市担任戏剧演员，并因在莎士比亚的《理查三世》的当代演绎中饰演格洛斯特而赢得了评论界和好评如潮。在为《最后的武士》选角时，导演爱德华·兹威克（Edward Zwick）对尤恩的试镜磁带印象深刻，卡尔第一次去洛杉矶与这位著名导演会面。兹威克后来告诉卡尔，制片厂将把这部电影赶出日本，但鼓励卡尔搬到洛杉矶，因为他看到了这位年轻演员的才华。受到启发，卡尔搬到了洛杉矶，却得知他在纽约获得了一份为期五年的合同，出演了流行的日间电视剧《我的孩子》。尤恩接受了这个提议，并很快在邪典电影《蟒蛇：寻找血兰花》中担任了他的第一个主角。次年，卡尔被制片人史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格选中，在根据国际畅销小说改编的《艺伎回忆录》中扮演李公饰演的艺妓初友的秘密情人浩一这一令人难忘的角色。卡尔继续在屡获殊荣的独立电影、外国电影和好莱坞电影中担任主角和配角。2010年，卡尔再次被制片人史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格和导演肖恩·利维选中，在科幻剧《真正的钢铁》中饰演隐居的机器人格斗世界传奇人物Tak Mashido。卡尔现在居住在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶。他的兄弟瑞克也是好莱坞成功的演员。

Born and raised in Washington D.C., Karl Yune is an American actor of Asian descent. After high school, Karl successfully started and sold an internet based consulting business and was accepted to Columbia University as a business major. His studying and love of Shakespeare during a literature course influenced him to switch his major to theater at the University's School of the Arts. While at Columbia, Yune won the role of Romeo in an off Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet and was later signed to a talent manager. Karl continued to work as a theater actor in New York City and won critical and rave reviews for his performance as Gloucester in a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Richard the III. While casting The Last Samurai, director Edward Zwick was impressed with Yune's audition tape and Karl went to Los Angeles for the first time to meet with the famed director. Zwick later informed Karl that the studio was to cast the film out of Japan, but encouraged Karl to move to Los Angeles as he saw promise in the young actor's talent. Inspired, Karl moved to Los Angeles, only to learn that he was offered a five year contract back in New York, on the popular daytime TV drama All My Children. Yune passed on the offer and soon booked his first lead role in the cult film Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid. The following year Karl was picked by producer Steven Spielberg to play the memorable role of Koichi, the secret lover to Li Gong's Geisha Hatsumomo, in Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the international best selling novel. Karl continued to work in lead and supporting roles in award winning independent, foreign, and Hollywood films. In 2010, Karl was again chosen by producer Steven Spielberg and director Shawn Levy to star as Tak Mashido, the reclusive legend of the robot fighting world in the sci-fi drama Real Steel. Karl now resides in Los Angeles, California. His brother Rick is also a successful actor in Hollywood.