Vietnamese-American actor in new American TV series
Vietnamese-American actor, director and martial artist Dustin Nguyen will play a role in Warrior, a new Cinemax crime-drama series based on the writings of martial art legend Bruce Lee.
Vietnamese-American actor and martial artist Dustin Nguyen will appear in new Cinemax action-drama series Warrior (Photo VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Vietnamese-American actor, director and martialartist Dustin Nguyen will play a role in Warrior, a new Cinemaxcrime-drama series based on the writings of martial art legend Bruce Lee.
The 10-episode series is executive produced by Shan Lee, Lee’s daughter, Fastand Furious 6 director Justin Lin, and writer Jonathan Tropper.
It is about a martial arts prodigy who emigrates to San Francisco from Chinaduring the Tong Wars of the city in the second half of the 19th century. In the film, Dustin will play Zing who fights against the leading characterplayed by British actor Andrew Koji.
Dustin made his acting debut in 1985 with a role in Magnum, PI., anAmerican crime drama series that ran from 1980 to 1988. He has played in American series like 21 Jump Street and VIP, andmovies such as Little Fish, The Doom Generation and The Rebel.
In 2008, he played a leading role in Huyen Thoai Bat Tu (The Legend IsAlive), a production of Phuoc Sang Studio, Sai Gon Media and Wonder BoyEntertainment.
The role brought him the Golden Lotus Award given by the Vietnam CinemaAssociation and the Golden Kite Award by the Vietnam Cinema Department.
In 2013, Dustin wrote, directed, and played a leading role in action movie LuaPhat (Once upon a Time in Vietnam).
He has directed films such as De MaiTính (Fool for Love) in 2010, Trung So (Jackpot) in 2015, Bao GioCo Yeu Nhau (When We Fall in Love) in 2016, and 789 Muoi in 2018.
Warrior’s premiere on Cinemax is scheduled for April 5.-VNA
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Vietnamese-American actor and martial artist Dustin Nguyen will appear in new Cinemax action-drama series Warrior (Photo VNA)
