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Đơn Dương (actor)

American actor

Bùi Đơn Dương, known in his films as Đơn Dương (August 27, – December 8, ),[1] was a Vietnamese film actor, who emigrated to the United States in He began acting in and has appeared in over 50 feature films. He won the Best Vietnamese Actor award for his role in the Vietnamese film Dấu Ấn của Quỷ ("Devil's Mark").

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The film Cỏ Lau, in which he also acted, won Best Picture at the Vietnamese National Film Festival.

Early life and education

Don Duong was born in Da Lat, South Vietnam on August 27,

Career

His first appearance in a U.S. film was in , with the release of Three Seasons, an award-winning film directed by his nephew Tony Bui and shot in Vietnam.

In , Duong traveled to the U.S. to film two films. In Green Dragon (), a film directed by Tony Bui's brother Timothy Linh Bui and starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, Duong played a Vietnamese refugee who assisted Swayze's character. In We Were Soldiers (), Duong played Nguyễn Hữu An, a PAVNlieutenant colonel who led Vietnamese forces against the soldiers led by Mel Gibson's character.[2]

Upon his return to Vietnam in , Duong was subjected to severe criticism by some Vietnamese citizens and government officials for his involvement in these two projects, particularly for his portrayal as Colonel An in We Were Soldiers where he orders his Viet Minh troops to kill captured and wounded French soldiers.[3] Within a few months, the Vietnamese Actors' Association expelled him, he was banned from working in Vietnam, and his passport was confiscated.

Duong wrote a letter to his sons, reflecting upon his ordeal and stating that they "can know the truth, to affirm that I am always and forever not a traitor." The letter was released to the public and published in the Los Angeles Times. In the letter he described the two movies as just "cinema":

Movies must reflect the portrait of history.

'Green Dragon' re-creates the refugee camps full of tragedy and chaos but still not lacking love and fellowship.

Don duong wedding Special Supplements. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. In the last month, Duong has been taken from his home and interrogated twice by Vietnamese government officials and ordered to sign a statement admitting his crime. The actor, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City with his two sons, year-old Long and year-old Linh, also faces jail time and may be prohibited from acting or leaving the country for five years.

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As the filmmaking community in the U.S. and elsewhere spoke out against the government's negative treatment of Duong, the government of Vietnam relented and allowed him and his family to emigrate to the United States.[5][6]

He has also acted in the South Korean film Farewell the River.

As of , Duong lived in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Later life and death

On December 8, , he died of heart failure and a brain haemorrhage at the age of [7][6]

Filmography

Some of his films

References

  1. ^Diễn viên Đơn Dương qua đời ở tuổi 54, Dec 7,
  2. ^"Actor quits Vietnam for US".

    BBC News. England. April 10, Archived from the original on September 4, Retrieved September 4, : CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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    Busch, Anita (September 30, ). "Vietnamese Actor Under Fire for U.S. Film Roles". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 4, Retrieved January 4,

  4. ^Busch, Anita M. (November 11, ). "Vietnamese star defends roles".

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  8. ^"Vietnamese actor Duong 'not a traitor'". The Globe and Mail. Los Angeles. 13 November Retrieved 26 August
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    15. BBC News. 7 December Retrieved 4 September

  15. ^(in Vietnamese)Phương Anh (). "Tài tử Đơn Dương xây dựng cuộc sống mới tại Hoa Kỳ (I)". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved
  16. ^ abcdefgDiễn viên Đơn Dương: Hóa kiếp những giông bão
  17. ^Đơn Dương và kỷ niệm 'Chuyện tình trong ngõ hẹp'
  18. ^Phương Anh ().

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  19. ^ ab"Chánh Tín: 'Tôi vừa giận vừa thương Đơn Dương'". Archived from the original on Retrieved

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