Dustin Nguyen

Dustin Nguyen (born Nguyễn Xuân Trí, September 17, 1962) is a Vietnamese American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on 21 Jump Street and as Johnny Loh on VIP. In film, he is known for starring in Little Fish, The Doom Generation and The Rebel. Nguyen was born Nguyễn Xuân Trí in Saigon, South Vietnam. His mother, My Le, was an actress and dancer, and his father, Xuan Phat, was an actor, comedian, writer, and producer in Vietnam. The family left Vietnam in April 1975 as it fell to Communist Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army forces. They arrived in Guam, and 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 Des Peres, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. After Nguyen graduated from Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, CA, he attended Orange Coast College and majored in communications. Nguyen practices several martial arts including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Eskrima, and Jeet Kune Do.