Dustin Nguyen | |
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Nguyen at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival.
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Born |
Nguyễn Xuân Trí September 17, 1962 Saigon, South Vietnam |
Occupation | Actor, director, writer, martial artist |
Years active | 1985–present |
Spouse(s) |
Angela Rockwood (m. 2002-2011) Bebe Pham (m. 2011-present) |
Children | Sky (b. 2013), Scarlett (b. 2015) |
Website | dustintringuyen |
Dustin Nguyen (born September 17, 1962) is a Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on 21 Jump Street and as Johnny Loh on V.I.P. In Films, he's known for starring in Little Fish, The Doom Generation and The Rebel.
Born as Nguyễn Xuân Trí in Saigon, South Vietnam, his mother My Le, was an actress and dancer, and his father, Xuan Phat, was an actor, comedian, writer, and producer in South Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces.
They arrived in Guam, then the family was moved to a refugee camp in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and finally with the assistance of a Methodist church they relocated to Des Peres, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. After Nguyen graduated from Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, CA, he attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications. Nguyen practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Eskrima, and Jeet Kune Do.