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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 ...
Hollywood has steadily increased the number of diverse actors onscreen, including many new South Asian faces.. Stars like Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, among others, have ...
Philip Ahn, actor often considered the first Korean American in Hollywood; Asa Akira, pornographic actress; Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, actress, Modern Family; Aziz Ansari, actor and comedian, Human Giant and Parks and Recreation: Television series Funny People and I Love You, Man: Films; Lulu Antariksa, actress; Devon Aoki, actress and model
The Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa began appearing in films around 1914. [5] Signed to Paramount Pictures, he had roles in more than 20 silent films including The Wrath of the Gods (1914) and The Typhoon (1914), and was considered to be a Hollywood sex symbol. [5]
'Interior Chinatown' star Chloe Bennet is opening up about how her experiences as a half-Asian actress in Hollywood led to her role in the new Hulu show. How Chloe Bennet Is Breaking Free From ...
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
Lance Krall – actor; Hiep Thi Le (1971–2017) – actress; Jeannie Mai – makeup artist, fashion expert; Dustin Nguyen – actor [1] Olivia Munn – former model, TV personality; Maggie Q – former model and actress [2] Tiffany Pham – actress, model, author, and entrepreneur; Ke Huy Quan – actor and stunt choreographer [3] Chantal Thuy ...