DUSTIN NGUYEN

''For Dustin Nguyen the Comic artist, see'' Dustin Nguyen (artist).

'Dustin Nguyen', born 'Nguyễn Xuân Trí' on September 17, 1962, in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American actor.
His mother My Le was an actress and dancer and his father Xuan Phat an actor, 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 Arkansas, and finally with the assistance of a Methodist church they relocated to St. Louis, Missouri.
After Nguyen graduated high school, he moved to Southern California and attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications.
He made his acting debut on ''Magnum P.I.'' portraying a Cambodian freedom fighter, in the episode "Crouching".
He was a cast member on both the television series ''21 Jump Street'' and ''V.I.P.'', and has guest-starred on a number of other series, most notably ''seaQuest DSV'', playing the role of Chief William Shan.
He most recently starred in the 2007 film The Rebel.
Nguyen and his wife, former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, have been active in the The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center since a car accident left Rockwood-Nguyen a quadriplegic on September 3, 2001. This accident claimed the life of Vietnamese-American actress Thuy Trang, a member of the original cast of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers''.
Nguyen practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Eskrima, and Jeet Kune Do.

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★ Dustin Nguyen Photographs

★ Dustin Nguyen Is No ‘Little Fish’

★ Biographical Information Dustin Nguyen

★ Interview: Dustin Nguyen V.I.P. Live event Will Johnny Loh get lucky with Nikki?

★ Movie Credits Dustin Nguyen

★ Fan Site Dustin Nguyen

★ Dustin Nguyen Out Of Saigon And Into TV

★ Dustin Nguyen's V.I.P moves are no Hollywood make-believe; he's a genuine, accomplished martial artist - Cooldown - Interview