Hoa Xuande
EducationTrinity Grammar
Alma materWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Hoa Xuande Nguyen, known professionally as Hoa Xuande is an Australian actor of Vietnamese descent. He is best known for his role as Lin in the 2021 live action remake of Cowboy Bebop. He was also in the SBS series Hungry Ghosts and the ABC comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student. In 2022, Xuande was announced as the lead in the upcoming HBO/A24 television series The Sympathizer.

Early life and education

Xuande is of Vietnamese descent.[1] Xuande studied acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[2] He attended school at Trinity Grammar in Melbourne.[3]

Career

From 2016 to 2017, Xuande portrayed Elvin in the ABC comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student,[4] alongside Ronny Chieng, Molly Daniels, Shuang Hu, Patch May and Anthony Morgan.

In 2020 he portrayed Khoa in the SBS series Hungry Ghosts.[5] He then portrayed Lin in the 2021 live action remake of Cowboy Bebop.[6][7]

In 2022, Xuande was announced as the lead in the upcoming HBO/A24 television series The Sympathizer.[8] The miniseries is an adaptation of the 2015 novel of the same name written by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2017 OtherLife Coder #1
2022 A Stitch in Time Hamish

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016-2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student Elvin Main cast (7 episodes)
2017 Top of the Lake: China Girl Walker 1 episode
2017 Cleverman Advisor #1 1 episode
2020 Hungry Ghosts Khoa 4 episodes
2021 Cowboy Bebop Lin 7 episodes
2023 Last King of the Cross Romeo 7 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "HBO's Post-Vietnam War Series 'The Sympathizer' Sets Main Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Graduates: Where Are They Now". Dircksey.
  3. ↑ "Old Trinity Grammarians' Association on Instagram: "In exciting news from Hollywood, Hoa Xuande (OTG 2005) will play the leading role in upcoming HBO series The Sympathizer. The drama series, also starring Robert Downey Jr., follows a North Vietnamese spy living in America following the Vietnam War and is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen. We look forward to seeing Hoa on-screen!"". Instagram. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "New SBS drama Hungry Ghosts to star Clare Bowen and Bryan Brown". Mediaweek. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hungry Ghosts review: a culturally rich supernatural drama". The Conversation. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "HBO Series 'The Sympathizer' With Robert Downey Jr. Sets Main Cast". Variety. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Who's Who in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop". Gizmodo.
  8. ↑ "HBO Series 'The Sympathizer' With Robert Downey Jr. Sets Main Cast". Variety. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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