Henry Golding

Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is an English-Malaysian actor, model and television host who has been a presenter on BBC\'s The Travel Show since 2014. He is best known for his role as Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians and Sean Townsend in Paul Feig\'s thriller A Simple Favor (both in 2018).\n', ' Golding was born in Betong, Malaysia and grew up in East Malaysia in Sarawak. His mother, Margaret Likan Golding, is a Malaysian of Iban ancestry. His father, Clive Golding, is English. Henry spent almost 5 years of his childhood in Terengganu on the east coast of Malaysia before his family moved to Surrey, England, when he was 8 years old where he went to The Warwick School, Redhill. He moved to Kuala Lumpur when he was 21 to pursue on-camera roles after working as a hairdresser on Sloane Street in London for a couple of years.\n', ' In March 2017, after a global casting call, it was announced that Golding would star in the film Crazy Rich Asians alongside Constance Wu. He was first brought to director Jon M. Chu\'s attention by accountant Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan, and Golding\'s charm and personality quickly won him his first acting role. Crazy Rich Asians was released in the United States and Canada on 15 August 2018 by Warner Bros. Pictures and was met with high critical praise, becoming the number one movie in U.S. and Canadian theatres over its opening weekend. A month later, Golding appeared in Paul Feig\'s thriller A Simple Favor, co-starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, playing Sean, the husband of Lively\'s character.\n', '