make films in Vietnam full-time. He made his feature directorial debut in the Vietnamese fantasy film Once Upon a Time in Vietnam, in which he also starred. He then starred in the Vietnamese film Gentle that premiered at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival where he received strong reception for his performance. He was cast in Cinemax's Warrior in a recurring role before he officially joined the main cast in season two of the series. Nguyen also was cast in The Accidental Getaway Driver which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Personal life After a car accident late at night that occurred on September 3, 2001, on California's Interstate 5 Highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles during a Labor Day weekend that left his wife (Angela Rockwood) a quadriplegic, Nguyen and his wife became active in The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center. The accident also claimed the life of Vietnamese actress Thuy Trang, a member of the original cast of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as the original Yellow Ranger, Trini. He and Rockwood divorced in 2012. Nguyen is based in Vietnam full-time. In 2012, he married Vietnamese actress-model Bebe Pham with whom he has two daughters, born in 2013 and 2015. He is fluent in English and Vietnamese. Filmography Film Television Producer A Tourist's Guide to Love (2023)– Consulting Producer CinemAbility (2011) (filming) – Himself The Amazing Race Vietnam (2012) – Himself 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards (2007) – Himself The Slanted Screen (2006) – Himself "E! True Hollywood Story" – Himself (1 episode, 2004) "Howard Stern" – Himself (4 episodes, 1999) "The Howard Stern Radio Show" – Himself (2 episodes, 1999) "Intimate Portrait" – Himself (1 episode) Awards In March 2009, Nguyen won the Vietnamese Cánh Diều Vàng (Golden Kite Award) for best actor, for his starring role in the Phuoc Sang Films vehicle Huyền Thoại Bất Tử (The Legend Is Alive). For the same role, that year he won a Golden Lotus Award (Vietnam's Oscar) for Best Actor. He also won China's Golden Rooster Award for Best International Actor at China's Golden Rooster and Thousand Flowers International Film Festival 2009. In 2015, at the Milan International Film Festival, Dustin won the Leonardo da Vinci Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor in the Vietnamese film GENTLE; an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's A GENTLE CREATURE." References External links 1962 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century