Dustin Nguyen
Nguyen at the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival. The 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival was held from July 19 to July 29 2007 at SF Group 's SF World Cinema at CentralWorld.
Born	Nguyen Xuan Tri September 17, 1962 (1962-09-17) (age 45) Saigon, South Vietnam
Spouse(s)	Angela Rockwood-Nguyen

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Early life

Born as Nguyễn Xuân Trí, his mother My Le was an actress and dancer and his father, Xuan Phat, was an actor, writer and producer in South Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces. The Vietnam People's Army ( VPA) (Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam is the official name of the Armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

They arrived in Guam, then the family was moved to a refugee camp in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, and finally with the assistance of a Methodist church they relocated to Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated Fort Chaffee is in the northwest Arkansas region adjacent to the city of Fort Smith, located one mile southeast of Fort Smith Regional Airport. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Kirkwood is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, in the United States. After Nguyen graduated high school, he moved to Southern California and attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications. Orange Coast College Plant NurseryJPG|thumb|250px|OCC's Plant Nursery]]Orange Coast College Forum Building Communication studies is an Academic field that deals with processes of communication commonly defined as the sharing of Symbols over distances in space and time Nguyen practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Eskrima, and Jeet Kune Do. Muay Thai ( IPA: /muɑɪtʰɑɪ/ muāitʰāi มวยไทย lit Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea " Eskrima " or " Escrima " refers to a class of Filipino Martial Arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting Jeet Kune Do ( Chinese: 截[[Wiktionary 拳|拳]] 道 Cantonese: Jitkyùndou Pinyin: Jiéquándào, lit

Acting

He made his acting debut on Magnum P.I., portraying a Cambodian freedom fighter in the episode "Crouching". Magnum PI is an American Television show starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a fictional Private investigator He was a cast member on both the television series 21 Jump Street and V.I.P., and has guest-starred on a number of other series, most notably seaQuest DSV, playing the role of Chief William Shan. 21 Jump Street (originally titled Jump Street Chapel) is an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Network. VIP (standing for and also referred to as Vallery Irons Protection) is an American syndicated Television series that ran seaQuest DSV was an American Science fiction television series created by Rockne S This is a list of the recurring characters featured on the television series SeaQuest DSV. He most recently starred in the 2007 film The Rebel. The Rebel ( Dòng Máu Anh Hùng in Vietnamese is a 2007 Vietnamese Martial arts film directed by Charlie Nguyen and starring

Family

Nguyen and his wife, former actress/model, Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, have been active in the The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center ever since a car accident left Angela Rockwood-Nguyen a quadriplegic on September 3, 2001 in an accident that claimed the life of Vietnamese-American actress Thuy Trang, a member of the original cast of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC is a program of the Christopher Reeve Foundation formed through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is a Symptom in which a human experiences Paralysis affecting all four limbs although not necessarily total paralysis Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Thuy Trang ( Vietnamese: Thùy Trang, December 14, 1973 - September 3, 2001) was a Vietnamese American Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (often abbreviated by fans as MMPR) is an American Live-action Television series, created

External links

• Dustin Nguyen at the Internet Movie Database
• Lisa Lee (July 7, 2006). No ‘Little Fish’. AsianWeek. com. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
• Patricia Brennan (December 13, 1987). Out Of Saigon And Into TV. Washington Post. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
• Allan Donnelly (March, 2002). V.I.P moves are no Hollywood make-believe. Men's Fitness. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.