He was a speech and drama major at Edison High School (Stockton, California).
[1] His broadway debut was in the original all-Asian cast of Pacific Overtures in 1976 where he played several roles: Dutch Admiral ("Please Hello"), the Shogun's Companion, one of the Kanagawa girls ("Welcome to Kanagawa") and a British Sailor ("Pretty Lady").
[2] After Pacific Overtures finished its West Coast tour, Kinser-Lau appeared off Broadway in The King and I.
[3] He later appeared in the ensemble of the 1981 National Tour of The King and I, starring Yul Brynner.
[4] Kinser-Lau moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s where he pursued a career as a screenwriter and worked with Christopher Gore on Fame.