“For years, I had identified as an actor, had a glamorous life, but now I was struggling to find my identity. Fortunately, Park sought help from the VA and began seeing a psychologist who introduced him to Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Then in 2021, Park was the victim of a hit and run, and went into a major depression and was struggling to pay bills. “During the past few years, I was getting back on my feet, but still didn’t feel as if I had a purpose.”
While recovering, he worked as a bartender for a few years. Park went to the VA for surgery and was treated by an exceptional surgeon. I became extremely depressed, and just could not push through my injury and the feeling that I had nothing,” explained Park. I was active in martial arts and a marine veteran who served in the Iraq War, and now I felt as though I had nothing, all due to a bowling accident. “I could no longer get parts, as my acting roles were predicated on my physique. Then, in 2019, Park suffered a bicep tear while bowling. However, his life started to take a “turn for the worse” in late 2017/early 2018, when he made bad investments and lost a lot of money. Park says that during that time, he “was completely removed from the VA and thought that the good times would last.” He also worked as a bodyguard and personal trainer for celebrities.
Park began acting in 2013 and went on to star in several television shows, including Sons of Anarchy, music videos, short films, and commercials, including Pepsi, McDonalds, and the NFL. Park soon realized that working in the legal field wasn’t for him and planned to go into the fitness field until he met a talent agent while running at Runyon Canyon Park in Hollywood. Shortly after graduating law school, Park moved to Los Angeles, and worked at a law firm for four months. He went on to earn his Juris Doctorate at Seattle University of Law in 2011. After he completed his service, he graduated from the University of Washington. During the past few years, Park’s life went in another direction, and he is now participating on a transitional work assignment with the VA Greater Los Angeles Carpentry Department through the Vocational Rehabilitation Service’s Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Program, as well as hoping to reenlist later this year.īorn in Seoul, South Korea, Park served in Iraq as a US Marine. For Veteran Tim Park, life has been filled with many surprising twists and turns, from enlisting in the Marines at 19 to going to law school and then being discovered in Hollywood.
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