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Haing S. Ngor is a Actor Cambodgien born on 22 march 1940
Haing Somnang Ngor (Khmer: ហ៊ាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ, Chinese: 吳漢潤; pinyin: Wú Hànrùn, March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American physician, actor, and author who is best known for winning the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his debut performance in the movie The Killing Fields, in which he portrayed Cambodian journalist and refugee Dith Pran. He was also the first ever male Asian actor to win an Oscar for a supporting performance and debut performance. His mother was Khmer and his father was of Chinese Teochew descent. Ngor and Harold Russell are the only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award in an acting category.
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Birth name Haing Somnang Ngor
Nationality Cambodge
Birth 22 march 1940
Death 25 february 1996 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nationality Cambodge
Birth 22 march 1940
Death 25 february 1996 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Hit Me (1996)
Directed by Steven Shainberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett, Bruce Ramsay, Kevin J. O'Connor, Philip Baker Hall
Roles Billy Tungpet
Rating54%
Sonny travaille dans un hôtel en faillite et mène une vie de misère avec son frère attardé, jusqu'à l'arrivée d'une jeune femme. Une relation amoureuse commence alors. Un soir, alors qu'ils venaient de faire l'amour, la jeune femme pousse un cri atroce, faisant croire aux gens qu'on l'avait violée. Les problèmes de Sonny vont empirer. Cherchant un moyen de s'en sortir, il demande de l'aide à son vieil ami, qui lui propose de voler l'argent d'un client de l'hôtel et de donner une part à la fille pour qu'elle se taise.
Heaven & Earth (1993)
, 2h20Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Robert John Burke, Timothy Carhart, Joan Chen, Tim Guinee, Haing S. Ngor
Roles Papa
Rating67%
Le Ly (Hiep Thi Le) is a girl growing up in a Vietnamese village. Her life changes when the communist insurgents show up in the village to first fight the forces of France and then the United States. During the American involvement, Le Ly is captured and tortured by South Vietnamese government troops, and later raped by the Viet Cong because they suspect that she is a traitor. After the rape, her relationship with her village is destroyed, and she and her family are forced to move.
My Life (1993)
, 1h52Directed by Bruce Joel Rubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Queen Latifah, Haing S. Ngor, Rebecca Schull, Richard Schiff
Roles Mr. Ho
Rating67%
Detroit, Michigan, 1963: Bob Ivanovich is a young boy, who prays one night for a circus in his backyard the next day after school. After school the next day, he runs home eagerly, followed by his friends. To his disappointment, no circus awaits. Angrily, Bob retreats to the closet in his room, his personal retreat space.
The Iron Triangle (1989)
, 1h31Directed by Eric Weston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Beau Bridges, Haing S. Ngor, Johnny Hallyday, Jack Ong, Ping Wu, Jim Ishida
Roles Col. Tuong, NVA
Rating58%
Un capitaine de l'US Army capturé par l'ennemi se prend d'amitié avec un jeune Viêtcong.
Eastern Condors (1987)
, 1h34Directed by Sammo Hung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Actors Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Yuen Wah, Haing S. Ngor, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Woo-ping
Roles Yeung Lung
Rating70%
Lieutenant Colonel Lam is an American army officer given a top secret mission by the US military. The mission entails entering Vietnam to destroy an old American bunker filled with missiles before the Viet Cong can get to them.
In Love and War (1987)
, 1h40Directed by Paul Aaron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors James Woods, Jane Alexander, Concetta Tomei, Richard McKenzie, Haing S. Ngor, Jon Cedar
Roles Major Bui
Rating58%
In Love and War is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's eight year imprisonment in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war. During his confinement in sub-human living conditions within such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, amongst other American prisoners, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Meanwhile back in America, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.
The Killing Fields (1984)
, 2h18Directed by Roland Joffé
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films
Actors Sam Waterston, John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray
Roles Dith Pran
Rating77%
In the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh during May 1973, the Cambodian national army is fighting a civil war with the Khmer Rouge, a result of the Vietnam War overspilling that country’s borders. Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist and interpreter for The New York Times, awaits the arrival of reporter Sydney Schanberg at the city's airport but leaves suddenly. Schanberg takes a cab to his hotel where he meets up with Al Rockoff (John Malkovich). Pran meets Schanberg later and tells him that an incident has occurred in a town, Neak Leung; allegedly, an American B-52 has bombed the town.