Dustin Nguyen

Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyen Xuan Tri on September 17, 1962, in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American actor. Dustin Website fan permission recieved http://h. ... Dustin Website fan permission recieved http://h. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam and, as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn), was the capital of South Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... A Vietnamese American is a resident of the United States who is of Vietnamese descent and the majority of them are of Kinh ethnicity. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

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 to Saint Louis, Missouri. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... National Liberation Front (NLF) flag The National Front for the Liberation of Southern Vietnam (Vietnamese Mặt Trận Dân Tá»™c Giải Phóng Miền Nam), also known as the Viet Cong (VC), the National Liberation Front (NLF), and as the Front National de Liberté (FNL... The Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) is the term used by the Vietnamese for their army, but which during the Vietnam War (1961–1975) was incorrectly and erroneously known by foreigners and some foreign powers as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), or Army of North Vietnam. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee (R) Senators Blanche Lincoln (D) Mark Pryor (D) Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Saint Louis (pronounced in English, in French), frequently spelled St. ...

After Nguyen graduated high school, he moved to Southern California and attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications. Orange Coast College (OCC), founded in 1948, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges and universities. ... Communication studies is the academic discipline that studies communication; subdisciplines include animal communication, argumentation, speech communication, rhetoric, communication theory, group communication, information theory, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, intrapersonal communication, marketing, organizational communication, persuasion, propaganda, public affairs, public relations and telecommunication. ...

He made his acting debut on Magnum P.I. portraying a Cambodian freedom fighter, in the episode "Crouching". Magnum, P.I. was an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. ...

He has been a regular on the television series 21 Jump Street and V.I.P., and has guest-starred on a number of other series. 21 Jump Street was an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Television Network. ... V.I.P. was an American syndicated television series than ran for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. ...

Trivia

• Nguyen and his wife, former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, have been active in the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation 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.

• Practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, the Filipino-based styles of Kali and Escrima, and Jeet Kune Do.

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External links

• Dustin Nguyen Photographs
• 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
• Dustin Nguyen at the Internet Movie Database