Dustin Nguyen

Dustin Nguyen

Born: September 17, 1962
in Saigon, Vietnam
Dustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on “21 Jump Street”, and as Johnny Loh on “VIP”. In films, he is known for starring in “Little Fish”, “The Doom Generation” and “The Rebel”.

Movies for Dustin Nguyen...

The Accidental Getaway Driver
Title: The Accidental Getaway Driver
Character: Tây
Released: January 23, 2023
Type: Movie
During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. Based on a true story.
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Blade of the 47 Ronin
Title: Blade of the 47 Ronin
Character: Nikko
Released: October 25, 2022
Type: Movie
In this sequel to "47 Ronin," a new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.
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Title: NCIS: Hawai'i
Character: Sunny Oania
Released: September 20, 2021
Type: TV
Jane Tennant, the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, and her unwavering team of specialists balance duty to family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
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Title: Warrior
Character: Zing
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: TV
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
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798Muoi
Title: 798Muoi
Character: Mười
Released: February 16, 2018
Type: Movie
A poor man who cannot marry because of a debt must choose between money and loyalty to a dear friend.
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Voodoo Doll
Title: Voodoo Doll
Character: Hùng
Released: February 24, 2017
Type: Movie
After a long delay, the Doll returned to the box office race under the new name Linh Duyen: The Secret From Doll. The work of the couple director Vo Ngoc - Hanh Nhan impressed when bringing a story full of ghostly and scary about the subject of cursed figures and the principles surrounding the law of cause and effect.
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Title: This Is Us
Character: Bao
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.
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Zero Tolerance
Title: Zero Tolerance
Character: Johnny
Released: September 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Johnny and Peter, former paramilitary operatives, search Bangkok - leaving carnage in their wake - to find the men who killed Johnny's daughter, Angel.
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The Man with the Iron Fists 2
Title: The Man with the Iron Fists 2
Character: Li Kung
Released: March 10, 2015
Type: Movie
When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and the terrifying Lord Pi.
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Jackpot
Title: Jackpot
Character: Tu Nghia
Released: February 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Inspired by a true story, Jackpot (Trúng Số) is a heartfelt comedy.
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Gentle
Title: Gentle
Character: Thien
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Gentle is a film set in modern-day South Vietnam and based on the short story 'A Gentle Creature' by the Russian novelist Dostoevsky.
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22 Jump Street
Title: 22 Jump Street
Character: Vietnamese Jesus
Released: June 5, 2014
Type: Movie
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
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The Gauntlet
Title: The Gauntlet
Character: Jin-Soo
Released: August 23, 2013
Type: Movie
In a sunken Castle underneath the earth, five strangers wake. They have no food. No memory. No water. And no way out. These strangers are from every normal walk of life, yet they each have a secret. They don’t know it yet, but they’re capable of something they never imagined. They must organize and band together for the sinister adventure that awaits them.
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Once Upon a Time in Vietnam
Title: Once Upon a Time in Vietnam
Character: Đạo
Released: August 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Assigned to protect a small town in Vietnam, Dao arrives to fight against the crime boss; but soon his past catches up with him, threatening to destroy the cherished village.
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Title: Cuộc đua kỳ thú
Character: Host
Released: May 18, 2012
Type: TV
Vietnamese version of "The Amazing Journey"
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Between Two Worlds
Title: Between Two Worlds
Released: July 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Between Two Worlds is a 2011 Vietnamese psychological horror that follows a young and beautiful woman who commits suicide because of depression. Fortunately, she didn’t die and ended up marrying a wealthy man, making her hope that life would be better. The film makes the whole chance scenario look like a normal process that can happen to anyone. What a shame. Living it big, she starts to encounter paranormal instances in her new home that somehow has a strange connection to her husband. Bet she didn’t expect that.
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Floating Lives
Title: Floating Lives
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Released: December 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Set in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, the film tells a story of Mr. Vo and his children. Vo, enraged by his wife’s infidelity, burns down his house and all his memories of the past.
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Fool for Love
Title: Fool for Love
Character: Dũng
Released: January 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Typically you know what you are getting into when you go see a movie billed as "romantic comedy." And often they lack romance or comedy and sometimes both. Not to mention that the simplicity of the characters often make the movie very predictable. That said, romantic comedies often don't work overall and viewers are left with a few good moments here or there. All that is said to explain what you won't find in "Fool For Love." That is because the two main characters, in particular Dustin Nguyen's character "Dung" have a complexity to them that creates a real life foundation from which the romance and comedy can be built.
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Legend is Alive
Title: Legend is Alive
Character: Long
Released: September 18, 2009
Type: Movie
An impoverished mentally disabled boy in Vietnam learns to deal with the loss of both of his parents.
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The Rebel
Title: The Rebel
Character: Sy
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
In French ruled Vietnam in 1922, the French and Vietnamese officers plot to sniff out arch-rebel De Canh.
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Saigon Eclipse
Title: Saigon Eclipse
Character: Kim
Released: April 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Saigon Eclipse is inspired by the "Story of Kieu", the classic Vietnamese epic poem written by Nguyen Du in the early 19th century. Our story revisits and updates the poem's principal themes of filial devotion, redemption and woman's submission; themes structuring Asian feudal society.
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Title: Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Character: Troy Poon
Released: January 21, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
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Title: I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2006
Type: TV
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series in the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it premiered on VH1 July 10, 2006 until July 14, 2006, airing at 8pm and 9pm ET each night.
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The Slanted Screen
Title: The Slanted Screen
Character: Himself
Released: January 3, 2006
Type: Movie
From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and television, and how new filmmakers are now re-defining age-old stereotypes.
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Little Fish
Title: Little Fish
Character: Jonny
Released: July 19, 2005
Type: Movie
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
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Title: V.I.P.
Character: Johnny Loh
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
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Hundred Percent
Title: Hundred Percent
Character: Isaac
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams, and loses his balance after meeting a femme fatale called Thaise. Slim is a Rastafarian smoking pot all the time, who is trying to elude a local mobster. Troy is an actor, who has to choose between his career and his girlfriend.
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Title: Die Gang
Character: Marc Wiessner
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: TV
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The Doom Generation
Title: The Doom Generation
Character: Quickiemart Clerk
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
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Title: JAG
Character: Lt. Bao Hien
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Title: VR.5
Released: March 10, 1995
Type: TV
VR.5 is an American television program originally broadcast on the Fox network from March 10, 1995 to May 12, 1995. Ten of its thirteen episodes were aired during its original run. The title of the show refers to the degree of immersion the protagonist experiences in the virtual world.
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Vanishing Son IV
Title: Vanishing Son IV
Character: Hung
Released: October 15, 1994
Type: Movie
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for his place in the world. He is hit by a van of two college students. Jian is taken in and nursed by Megan, a secluded artist. Jian is also befriended by the ghost of brother Wago. Wago must act as an angel to Jian-wa to gain acceptance into heaven. Meanwhile, the students from the hit and run plan to kill Jian-wa so he doesn't talk to the police.
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Title: Phantom 2040
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Phantom 2040 is a French-American animated science fiction television series loosely based on the comic strip hero The Phantom, created by Lee Falk. The central character of the series is said to be the 24th Phantom. The unusual character designs are the work of Peter Chung, creator of Æon Flux. The show debuted in 1994 to rave reviews, though it survived only 35 episodes before it was relegated to weekend repeats in 1996. Along with action sequences, stories focused on intelligent plotting and character development, winning the series praise for its subtle teaching of such values as individuality, freedom, and the volatility of humanity. It also spawned comic books tie-ins and other merchandise. Featured voice actors included Scott Valentine, Margot Kidder, Ron Perlman, and Jeff Bennett, while Mark Hamill, Debbie Harry, Rob Paulsen, and Paul Williams had recurring roles.
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3 Ninjas Kick Back
Title: 3 Ninjas Kick Back
Character: Glam
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge.
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No Escape, No Return
Title: No Escape, No Return
Character: Tommy Cuff
Released: December 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Two cops go undercover to infiltrate a violent drug ring, and are in for a shock when they find out who's running it.
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Heaven & Earth
Title: Heaven & Earth
Character: Sau
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Le Ly lives in a small Vietnamese village whose serenity is shattered when war breaks out. Caught between the Viet Cong and the South Vietnamese army, the village is all but destroyed. After being both brutalized and raped, Le Ly resolves to flee. She leaves for the city, surviving desperate situations, but surviving nonetheless. Eventually she meets a U.S. Marine named Steve Butler who treats her kindly and tells her he would like to be married -- maybe to her.
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Title: seaQuest DSV
Character: Chief William Shan
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
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Title: Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Character: Lo Gee
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: TV
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27, 1993 to January 1, 1997, and was broadcast in over 70 countries. Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reruns of the show have been aired on TNT. The show was canceled when its producer, Prime Time Entertainment Network, ceased operations and no other network opted to continue the series.
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Title: Highlander: The Series
Character: Chu Lin
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: TV
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
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Title: Highlander: The Series
Character: Jimmy Sang
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: TV
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
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Rapid Fire
Title: Rapid Fire
Character: Paul Yang
Released: August 21, 1992
Type: Movie
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
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Earth Angel
Title: Earth Angel
Character: Peter
Released: March 4, 1991
Type: Movie
When a prom queen dies in 1962, her only means of entering Heaven is by returning to 1990 earth, to assist friends from her youth.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Harry Truman Ioki
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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Title: Danger Bay
Character: Duk Chin
Released: October 7, 1985
Type: TV
Danger Bay is a Canadian television series, produced in Vancouver, with first-run episodes broadcast on CBC Television and the Disney Channel starting October 7, 1985. One hundred and twenty three installments were filmed, ending in 1989, but the series, perceived as wholesome and exciting fare for older children and adolescents, continued to be seen through the 1990s in numerous countries around the world. The plots of the episodes followed the exploits of the Roberts family, led by marine veterinarian Grant "Doc" Roberts, and his two children, Nicole and Jonah. The 30-minute episodes featured the Vancouver Aquarium in nearly every installment. Most episodes focused on environmental issues such as pollution, wildlife endangerment and forest preservation. The series was also broadcast in Gibraltar Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, Finland
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Sunset Strip
Title: Sunset Strip
Character: Chinese Youth
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The stage is set for a series of confrontations when photographer Mark Jefferson (Tom Eplin) agrees to help his friend Roger (John Mayall) defend his night club against a handful of organized crime figures. Mark has an added incentive for becoming involved as his ex-girlfriend Carol (Cheri Cameron Newell) sings at the club. But the gangsters are willing to use mayhem and murder in order to take over Roger's business. It appears that the petty mobsters are out to sell illegal weapons to anyone who wants them, especially L.A.'s youth, instead of using the club as a front for a prostitution ring as Roger suspects. Soon Mark and his trusty motorcycle have their work cut out for them.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: David Kuan
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: The A-Team
Character: Bobby
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: TV
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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Title: Sinking Spring
Character: Ho Dinh
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Two lifelong friends from Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob a country house, but the small-scale grift quickly becomes a matter of life and death. The friends soon unravel as they find one of the biggest narcotics corridors on the East Coast.