Chris Pang

Chris Pang
Born Christopher Pang
(1984-12-29) 29 December 1984
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation Actor, Producer
Years active 2008–present
Chris Pang
Chinese 吳育剛

Christopher Pang is an Australian actor and producer of Taiwanese descent.[1][2] He is best known for his role as Lee Takkam in Tomorrow, When the War Began, which was a box office success in Australia.[3][4]

Life and career

Pang was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is the son of martial arts instructors, and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. In 2010, Chris Pang started his film career as a lead actor in Tomorrow, When the War Began. Later Christopher Pang acted in the feature film Citizen Jia Li,[5][6] I, Frankenstein starring Aaron Eckhart, The Weinstein Company's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny as well as recurred in season two of Marco Polo for Netflix.

In 2018, he appeared in the Warner Bros. film adaptation Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Tomorrow, When the War Began Lee Takkam[8]
2011 Citizen Jia Li Kong[9] Also Associate Producer
2013 California Dreaming Lin Feng Short
2014 I, Frankenstein Levi
2014 Fist of the Dragon Sin
2014 The Mule Phuk
2015 Superfast! Cool Asian guy
2016 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Flying Blade
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Colin Khoo[10]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 City Homicide Phuong Lam Episode: "Pirates"
2011 Rush Than 1 episode
2016 Marco Polo Arban 5 episodes

Awards

  • Asians On Film "Best Actor", 2013[11]

References

  1. ↑ "The Mule - Q & A with Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Georgina Haig and Chris Pang". Australians in Film. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Introducing the cast: Kevin (Lincoln Lewis), Robyn (Ashleigh Cummings), Lee (Chris Pang)". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tomorrow, When the War Began -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tomorrow, When the War Began: Casting". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Q&A – Chris Pang". Peril Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Christopher Pang". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "'Crazy Rich Asians' Adds Awkwafina". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  8. ↑ "Tomorrow When the War Began Now Casting for TV". Moviepilot. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Citizen Jia Li". If Magazine. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Instagram post by Constance Wu • Apr 25, 2017 at 6:45am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  11. ↑ "Best Actor Chris Pang (Citizen Jia Li)". Asians On Film. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.



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