Tai Nguyen
Tai Nguyen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 February 1975 |
| Other names | Tai Tan Nguyen |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Television | Heartbreak High, Sweat |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Children | 1 |
Tai Nguyen (born 25 February 1975) is a Vietnamese-Australian actor. Nguyen began his acting career and best known for his role as Jack Tran Nguyen on the 1994 Australian teen drama series Heartbreak High.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam. His family escaped Vietnam by boat in 1980. After spending time in a Malaysian refugee camp, the family was sponsored by a Dutch Reform Church to settle in Tasmania, Australia where he spent his early childhood. Nguyen has appeared as himself in a documentary by the ABC about the plight of refugees.
Career
[edit | edit source]Nguyen primarily works in television, having appeared in several productions over the past two decades. His first major acting role was in 1994 on the TV series Heartbreak High[1] alongside Alex Dimitriades, Tony Martin and Sarah Lambert which gained significant press in Australia at the time for its groundbreaking gritty portrayal of multiculturalism[2] in Australian schools. His second role in 1996 was a swimming athlete training for the Olympics on the TV series Sweat[3] alongside Heath Ledger and Martin Henderson.
Nguyen's television work includes Heartbreak High, Sweat and Wildside.
In 2017 he appeared alongside Richard Roxburgh in Blue Murder: Killer Cop, a two-part Australian television miniseries based on true events, produced by Seven Network.
Filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heartbreak High | Jack Tran Nguyen |
| 1996 | Sweat | Nhon "Noodle" Huong Tran |
| 1997 | Kamikazi | Taxi Driver |
| 1997 | Nightride | Nurse |
| 1999 | Wildside | Phong Ling |
| 1999 | Fresh Air | Tripod |
| 2001 | Life Support | Young Man |
| 2002 | Young Lions | John |
| 2007 | Death's Requiem | Cigarette Seller |
| 2008 | Glass | The Cleaner |
| 2013 | The Woman On The Top Floor | Man next door |
| 2017 | Blue Murder: Killer Cop | Detective Filkins |
| 2021 | The Tailings | Marcel |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Tai Nguyen at IMDb
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- 1975 births
- 20th-century Australian male actors
- 20th-century Vietnamese male actors
- 21st-century Australian male actors
- 21st-century Vietnamese male actors
- Australian male film actors
- Australian male stage actors
- Australian male television actors
- Australian people of Vietnamese descent
- Living people
- Male actors from Tasmania
- Male actors from Ho Chi Minh City
- Vietnamese emigrants to Australia
- Vietnamese male film actors
- Vietnamese male television actors