Background
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.
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.
After Nguyen graduated from Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, California, he attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications.
He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on 21 Jump Street and as Johnny Loh on Very Important Person In Films, he"s known for starring in Little Fish, The Doom Generation and The Rebel. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Congress 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 Saint Louis.
Nguyen practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Eskrima, and Jeet Kune Do.
