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cocojoe · 07-17-2012, 11:39 PM

IMDb: Asian Vancouver Actors - a list by MandyIQ

1.Grace Park
Actress, The Plan
2.Kristin Kreuk
Actress, EuroTrip
Kristin Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She attended and graduated from Eric Hamber High School. Although she did some stage work in school, she focused more on her studies. She described herself as shy and boring. For her first professional work, she went to an open casting audition for Edgemont...
3.Osric Chau
Actor, 2012
Osric was born in Vancouver, Canada. He had spent years training martial arts with aspirations to work in stunts when he landed his first leading role alongside the late David Carradine in "Kung Fu Killer" that was shot in Hengdian, China. The following year Osric played Nima, the Tibetan monk, in Roland Emmerich's "2012" that grossed over $760 million worldwide...
4.Rick Tae
Actor, 2012
Rick resides in Vancouver, BC, having spent the last two decades working in the entertainment industry following a BFA in Theatre Arts from Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In the past few years, Rick has created and written original feature films, shorts, television series packages and online content in various stages of development...
5.Terry Chen
Actor, I, Robot
Terry Chen was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a Taiwanese father and Chinese mother. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in order to pursue his dream of being an actor, after two years traveling throughout Cuba and the Cayman Islands. He made his debut in a supporting role as 'Ben Fong Torres' in the much-lauded film Almost Famous (2000)...
6.Olivia Cheng
Actress, A Call to Arms
As an actress, broadcast journalist, published writer and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight Canada, Olivia Cheng is a versatile young talent who often finds herself in the spotlight in more ways than one. Born and raised in Edmonton, she demonstrated her star quality early on. While attending Edmonton's Mandarin Bilingual Program she'd cast her schoolmates in lunch-hour plays...
7.Sarah Lian
Actress, American Pie Presents Beta House
Sarah Lian is a Chinese Malaysian actress and television personality based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Taiping, Perak Malaysia but mainly grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Lian is an actor versatile in film, television and theatre. Her entertainment career spans across North America and Asia, having worked in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.
8.Valerie Tian
Actress, Juno
9.Darren E. Scott
Actor, Case 39
A native of Richmond, BC Canada Darren began studying Karate at the age of 8 and received his black belt at the age of 11. He pursued his training through out his high school and college/post college years and became a Canadian National Champion in both forms and point sparring. The 1995 feature film "The Hunted" was his first on set experience where he played a ninja along side the stuntmen...
10.Jayson Li
Actor, Somebody to Love
11.Caroline Chan
Actress, Fetching Cody
12.Kea Wong
Actress, X-Men 2: X-Men United
13.Robert Ito
Actor, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
14.Hiro Kanagawa
Actor, Elektra
Hiro was born in Sapporo, Japan and spent his childhood in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. He returned to Japan at age 14 and attended International Christian University High School in Tokyo where he acted in his first student films and stage productions and studied classical guitar...
15.Raugi Yu
Actor, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
16.Johnson Phan
Actor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Johnson Phan was born in a refugee camp located in Malaysia (KL) August 6th 1980. His parents and older brother had successfully escaped from communism in Vietnam. Soon after Johnson's birth the Canadian government helped the Phan family safely transition to Canada, and they would eventually settle down in Vancouver calling it home...
17.Curtis Lum
Producer, Will
Curtis Lum is an actor born and raised in Vancouver with the dedication to leave his mark on the world. He grew up in a working class family, who prided themselves on traditional hard work. Coming from an asian background, becoming an actor was the last career choice that was expected of him but with the burning desire to entertain, he continued working on his craft...
18.Derek Lowe
Actor, Romeo Must Die
19.Henry Mah
Actor, Scary Movie 4
20.Mike Ching
Stunts, Inception