Kenneth "Chi" (pronounced "shy") McBride (born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He starred as Emerson Cod on the ABC series Pushing Daisies, and on Fox's drama Human Target.
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Kenneth "Chi" McBride ( SHY; born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles.
In film, he has played prominent roles including The Frighteners (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), The Terminal (2004), I, Robot (2004), Waiting... (2005), Let's Go to Prison (2006), and Draft Day (2014).
On television, he was high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, Detective Laverne Winston on the Fox drama Human Target, Detective Don Owen on the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy, and Captain Lou Grover on Hawaii Five-0.