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After leaving Vietnam with his family in 1975 Dustin Tri Nguyen (pronounced "Gwen") went on to establish himself as one of Hollywood's premiere Asian-American actors, having starred on the hit TV shows "21 Jump Street," "Seaquest DSV," "VIP," He went on to star in the films THE REBEL and THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS 2. In 2005 Dustin won the much sought after role in the Australian based critically acclaimed film LITTLE FISH starring opposite Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett. In the film Dustin plays 'Jonny,' Blanchett's love interest in a story that revolves around her 'Tracy,' an ex-heroin-addict trying to rebuild her life. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to become the number-one film in Australia. Along the way, it collected 5 Australian Film Institute Awards and 3 Film Critics' Awards. LITTLE FISH then opened in New York to rave reviews. Critics took note of Dustin's performance and transformation into a leading man among the A-list cast. This very performance earned him the 2007 Asian Excellence Award for Best Supporting Actor in a feature film.

Dustin can be seen starring in and directing Justin Lin's series "Warrior" on Cinemax. The Show, based on the writings of Bruce Lee and set in the late 1870s San Francisco during the Tong Wars in Chinatown. In the Series he plays the "Big Bad" Zing. Dustin is especially looking forward to season 2 where he has directed the sixth episode of the show. This past season also saw Dustin guest starring on the NBC hit Drama "This Is Us."

In more recent years, Dustin has transitioned to directing and producing films under his Vietnam-based Dreamscape DBS; the production company he shares with his producer wife, Bebe Pham. 2015 was a particularly good year for Dustin as his second directorial effort, JACKPOT, was chosen to represent Vietnam for Best Foreign Language Films at the 2016 Oscars. The film also was one of the surprise hits with Vietnamese audiences that year as it was inspired by the true events of a poor countryside lottery peddler who returned the winning lottery ticket to its rightful owner. By summer of 2016, JACKPOT collected 3 Golden Kite Awards (Vietnam's highest cinematic award) for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Screenplay, in addition to People's Choice Award for the Best Film of 2015.

In 2014, Dustin collaborated as an actor in a Vietnamese adaptation of Dostoyevsky's A GENTLE CREATURE. This film, GENTLE, earned him a Leonardo da Vinci Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2015 Milan International Film Festival. In the same year, Dustin starred in Universal Pictures' sequel to THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS.

In 2013, Dustin made his directorial debut with a script he wrote which was his personal homage to Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns, called ONCE UPON A TIME IN VIETNAM - the first fantasy-martial-arts-drama in Vietnam. The film was picked up by Lionsgate for North America distribution, as well as being distributed in England, Germany, Italy, France, Australia and South America.

In 2011, Dustin was awarded Best Actor at the Vietnamese International Film Festival for his performance as an abusive and bitter single father raising two children in the Mekong Delta in FLOATING LIVES.

In 2009, Dustin was awarded the Vietnamese Golden Lotus Award (Vietnam's Highest Film Award) for Best Actor in the motion picture THE LEGEND IS ALIVE, as well as the Golden Kite Award (Vietnam's Cinema Association) for the very same role. He was also awarded the Golden Rooster (China's most prestigious film award) for Favorite International Actor for this very role. Dustin played Long, a mentally challenged man, whose only wish is to bring his recently deceased mother's ashes to America. Along his journey, Long encounters and reluctantly involves himself with a young girl who has been sold to human traffickers.

In 2008, Dustin starred in Justin Lin's film FINISHING THE GAME, which had premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2006, Dustin starred in his first villain role in the Vietnamese blockbuster THE REBEL, a French-Vietnamese 1920's period action-drama. It marked his first return to Vietnam in 32 years.

Dustin's martial arts expertise was fully showcased in 2000 when he starred in a Levi's Jeans' European "Hero" campaign, which expanded upon his ever-growing international profile. The campaign was uniquely groundbreaking in that it was the first time Levi's had ever used an Asian star in their awarded winning campaigns. For Dustin, it offered the first opportunity to apply his love for the martial arts along with his dramatic training as he collaborated with director Jonathan Glazer (UNDER THE SKIN, SEXY BEAST, BIRTH) on the fight choreography.

Dustin currently lives in Vietnam with his wife, Bebe Pham, and their three children.

Tsui Hark recently became the fourth Chinese film director to join the board of judges for the 57th Cannes Film Festival in the feature films category this year.

An internationally acclaimed visionary director, Tsui started making experimental movies with 8mm film when he was only 13. After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, majoring in film, he returned to Hong Kong in 1977 and landed a job working in television. In 1979 he directed his film debut, The Butterfly Murders (1979). It raised a lot of attention, and was hailed by many as the start of a new wave in Hong Kong cinema. After making numerous critically and successful films, he co-founded his own production house, Film Workshop, with his wife, Nansun Shi, in 1984. Although the company was intended to be contemporary, it went on to become one of the most successful production companies in Hong Kong, having produced such classics of Hong Kong cinema as _Sinnui yauwan (1987)_ and A Better Tomorrow (1986), which was directed by John Woo and starred the amazing Chow Yun-Fat.

Considered the master of kung-fu action films, Tsui Hark's Swordsman (1990), _Xiao ao jiang hu zhi dong fang bu bai (1991)_, Dragon Inn (1992) and Once Upon a Time in China (1991) created a new era and standard for the "wuxia" genre that has now become a trend in filmmaking.

Steven Quoc Vo is a Vietnamese-American actor, voice actor, social media personality and singer. He has been creating social media content and videos since 2021 that have gained over 100M views across his multiple platforms like TikTok, Instagram & YouTube. He is best known for his voice acting cover of Mirage from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts that has gained over 70M views on YouTube.

Huynh Tran Thanh was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, his father is Chinese and his mother was born in Tien Giang, Vietnam. He can speak Vietnamese, Cantonese and English. He graduated from Cinematography School but he's commonly known as a television host. He won the 3rd prize for the 2006 TV show competition. He successfully demonstrated the versatility and sense of humor in leading the program such as: Say It Out (a program for foreigners to learn the Vietnamese language), Cau Vong Nghe Thuat, So You Think You Can Dance, Gala Laughing 2011, or Vietnamese version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?.

He is able to mimic many voices; such as Lam Truong, Duy Manh, Thanh Lam, Hong Ngoc, Viet Anh, Thanh Loc, Viet Huong, Minh Nhi, Trung Dan and Le Thuy. Generally, the mimicking ability enabled him to easily works for voice role in many Vietnamese-adapted animation movies such as Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Despicable Me 2 and Turbo.

In January 2016, he joined Vietnam's Got Talent as a judge for its fourth season. Later, in May 2016, he was fined 32,5 million VND for playing a role in the comedy play "To Anh Nguyet Remix" (generated from To Anh Nguyet by Tran Huu Trang) in Paris By Night 116 show.

He married Vietnamese-Korean singer and actress Hari Won on December 25th, 2016 in Ho Chi Minh City.

My-ca Dinh Le was born on 8 January 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He died on 23 July 1982 in Indian Dunes, California, USA.

Kathleen Luong was born on 13 November 1974 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She was an actress, known for Threat Matrix (2003), 2 Days in the Valley (1996) and Baywatch (1989). She died on 28 October 2020 in Westminster, California, USA.

Exotic, buxom, and shapely brunette beauty Angela Jane Melini was born to a Vietnamese mother and an Italian-American soldier father on July 25, 1969 in Saigon, South Vietnam. Her father was killed in action during the Vietnam war prior to the birth of Angela and her twin brother. In 1975 both Angela and her mother immigrated to America, where they settled in the suburbs near Olympia, Washington. Melini graduated from Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington in 1987. Angela has a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Washington. She was discovered by a "Playboy" photographer while sitting curbside at "Playboy" headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Melini was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1992 issue of the famous men's magazine. Angela worked steadily for "Playboy" for over ten years: She not only appeared in a handful of "Playboy" videos and various newsstand special editions, but also worked as a promotional model and a feature reporter for the Playboy Channel. Moreover, Angela played Bonnie in the action thriller "Silk Degrees."

Although now retired from modeling, Melini still does occasional promotional work for "Playboy" at the Palms Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she lives with her son Jackson (age 11) and her daughter Lauren (age 7).

Khoa Do was born in 1979 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is a director and writer, known for Mother Fish (2009), The Finished People (2003) and Better Man (2013).

Thanh Son Le was born on 13 March 1977 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is a director and assistant director, known for Jailbait (2017), Clash (2009) and Mong Vuot (2024). He was previously married to Kimmy Nguyen.

Thai Hoa was born on 10 August 1974 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is an actor and writer, known for Little Teo (2013), In the Name of Love (2012) and Saigon Bodyguards (2016). He has been married to Hong Thu since 2012. He was previously married to Phuong, Cat.

Tai Tan Nguyen was born on 25 February, 1975 in Saigon, Vietnam. He is of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese descent. His father Phat Tan Nguyen was a mechanic and his mother Tuyet Phuong Huynh ran the local cafe in the small village where his family was from in the Mekong Delta. In 1980, his family escaped Vietnam when he was five years old. On their voyage, they were attacked by Thai pirates whilst sailing across the South China Sea. They finally made safe harbour after surviving a storm that had threatened to smash their small fishing vessel against the cliffs. After one month in Palua Bidog, nicknamed "Hell Island" and three months in Kuala Lumpur refugee camps in Malaysia, they were sponsored by a Dutch Reform Church in Tasmania to start a new life in Australia. His first onscreen appearance as a child was in a documentary highlighting the plight of refugees for ABC network. He went on to attend a selective high school in Sydney called Fort Street where Australia's first prime minister came from. His parents separated when he was sixteen.

His younger sister after having read an article in the newspaper about a new show coming out encouraged him to try out for it. This new show wanted someone that could play soccer and was of Asian descent. He figured that being paid to play soccer on TV wasn't such a bad deal so he went and met with Sandra Mckenzie the casting director. She liked his enthusiasm and energy and introduced him to the show runners Michael Jenkins (The Leaving of Liverpool) and Ben Gannon (The Boy From Oz). After a screen test with Alex Dimitriades (Heartbreak Kid), he was given the role of Jack Tran in Heartbreak High in 1994. This was a major turning point in his life. He realized he had a passion for acting after learning the craft from Nico Lathouris (Mad Max: Fury Road) on set and continued to improve his craft with private lessons and mentoring from some of Australia's leading acting coaches.

Heartbreak High gained significant press in Australia at the time for its groundbreaking gritty portrayal of multiculturalism in Australian schools and was broadcast in over 25 countries. In 2021, Netflix invested in a reboot of the series because of it's huge fan base from around the world. After Heartbreak High, his second role in 1996 was a swimming athlete training for the Olympics in a television show called Sweat alongside Heath Ledger (Batman), Martin Henderson (Virgin River) and Ingrid Hornstra (McLeods Daughters). He trained with an ex-Olympian swimmer to perfect his technique.

in 2001 his younger brother committed suicide with whom he was living with. His brother had leapt of Sydney Harbour Bridge, Japanese tourists found his brothers body on Hickson Road. This tragedy was a major devastation in his life as he was very close to his brother at the time and was trying to get him of his heroin addiction. His acting career floundered for a while before he resumed his passion for it. He did various jobs from salesman, waitering and kitchen hand work in between acting gigs.

In 2017 he appeared in Blue Murder: Killer Cop alongside Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!) in a two-part Australian television miniseries based on true events, produced by Seven Network. in 2019, he won Best Actor in a Sci-Fi short film called Zonter Park for the CWFA in the USA. in 2020 he moved to Tasmania with his wife Renate and their six year old son Joshua. During the Covid-19 lock down, he was involved in the only television production to be shot in Tasmania in 2020. The role was for a gay lover named Marcel in a web-series called The Tailings which was aired in 2021 on the SBS network.

Viet Huong was born on 15 October 1976 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for Five Fairies in the House (2013), Sam Hoi (2021) and Xom Tro 3D (2017).

Robert Fontaine was born on 6 June 1924 in Saigon, Vietnam [now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]. He was an actor, known for Black Girl (1966), Emitai (1971) and Profession: Aventuriers (1973). He was married to Anne-Marie Jelinek. He died on 20 April 1973 in Dakar, Senegal.

Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc was born on 4 April 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for Jackpot (2015), Tam Cam: The Untold Story (2016) and Thuy (2013).

Miu Le was born on 5 July 1991 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for Five Fairies in the House (2013), The Girl from Yesterday (2017) and She's the Boss (2017).

Ngoc Chi Bao was born on 3 August 2000 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for Tunnel (2025), Anh T Tran (2025) and How an Apocalypse Ends (2025).

Nguyen Phuong Tra My was born in 2004 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for The Third Wife (2018).

Diem My was born on 27 January 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress, known for The Lady Assassin (2013), Once Upon a Time in Vietnam (2013) and Giao lo dinh menh (2010).

Vi Van Hua was born on 25 December 1979 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is an actor, known for My Mr. Wife (2018), Giao lo dinh menh (2010) and Dandelion (2014).

Maud Druine was born on 13 January 1999 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is an actress and writer, known for Roommates, Polisse (2011) and The Secret Scripture (2016).

Huynh Dong was born on 5 November 1983 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is an actor and director, known for Oán (2017), Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) and Loved Child (2022).

Ngo Kien Huy was born on 29 June 1988 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is an actor, known for Kiss & Spell (2017), Super X (2015) and Dandelion (2014).

Anh Thu was born on 26 April 1983 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She was an actress, known for Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007), Sam Hoi (2021) and Truong Ba's Soul in Butcher's Body (2006). She died on 22 November 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Kelly Nguyen is an actress on both the stage and film. Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Kelly only discovered her interest in acting at the age of 14. She began taking theatre classes in high school and majored in Theatre at the University of Montevallo. Despite her love for the arts, she also shared an interest in science, thus, resulting her Bachelor of Science in Theatre degree, which she obtained in December 2016.

Phu Hong is a filmmaker based in Northern Virginia, known for his work as a director, writer, cinematographer, and executive producer on more than a dozen independent productions. As the co-founder of 5/7 Pictures, he has played a key role in shaping independent cinema, collaborating with creatives and college students from various institutions across the DMV.

His directorial debut, Unlinked, garnered over 1,600 views and was selected for multiple film festivals in the U.S., most notably Shockfest Film Festival in 2021. Since then, he has continued to expand his portfolio with projects that explore human emotions and immersive storytelling.

Recently, he served as a producer on Almost Special (2025) and Spend Some Time in the Sunshine (2024), further establishing his distinctive visual and narrative style. His upcoming works include A Proposal, The Man in Suits, and On Call.