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Best Actor: Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes 1956 Yul Brynner: The King and I: King Mongkut: Won Buryat (Mongol) descent as well First Asian (and first Asian-American, overall) to be nominated for Best Actor, First Asian (and first Asian-American) to win Best Actor. Brynner became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943. 1982 Ben ...
The 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, featured several Asian American actors in prominent roles including Constance Wu, alongside other actors of Asian descent. The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 2019 Golden Globe ...
Pat Morita (1932–2005), comedian and Academy Award-nominated actor best known for work on Happy Days and The Karate Kid; Olivia Munn, actress, model and television personality; Hiro Murai, filmmaker; Dr. Haing S. Ngor (1940–1996) won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985. Derek Nguyen, filmmaker; Dustin Nguyen, actor, 21 Jump ...
John Cho (born Cho Yo-Han; June 16, 1972) [1] is an American actor known for his roles as Harold Lee in the Harold & Kumar films, and Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek rebooted film series, [2] Better Luck Tomorrow, Columbus, and Searching, which made him the first Asian American actor in history to headline a mainstream thriller film in Hollywood.
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In the last few years, there has been a rise of Asian and Asian American representation in hit films, like the history-making best picture winner "Parasite," the rom-com hit "Crazy Rich Asians ...
Haing S. Ngor – actor; won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Killing Fields; Julia Nickson-Soul – actress, most notable for playing the role of Co-Bao in Rambo: First Blood Part II; Jimmy Ouyang (歐陽萬成) – actor, writer and comedian; Will Pan (潘瑋柏) – singer and songwriter; Janel Parrish – actress and singer
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