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Haing S. Ngor
Highest Rated: 93% The Killing Fields (1984)
Lowest Rated: 43% Heaven and Earth (1993)
Birthday: Mar 22, 1940
Birthplace: Samrong Young, Cambodia
Cambodian-born doctor who, after escaping from war-torn Southeast Asia to the US, came to be cast in a co-starring role in "The Killing Fields" (1984). This fact-based feature depicted events which paralleled many of Ngor's own experiences. A practicing doctor, Ngor was captured, and tortured for years, by the Khmer Rouge following their takeover of Cambodia. He eventually escaped to Thailand and then to the US where he worked at various jobs until director Roland Joffe cast the non-professional as Dith Pran, translator and assistant to The New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg (played by Sam Waterston), upon whose memoirs the drama is based. It was Ngor's acting debut and garnered him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57% | 57% | Hit Me | Billy Tungpet (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dragon Gate | Sensei (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son III | The General (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son | The General (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son IV | The General (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son II | The General (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Fortunes of War | Khoy Thuon (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 44% | 74% | My Life | Mr. Ho (Character) | $27.5M | 1993 |
| 43% | 71% | Heaven and Earth | Papa (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | Ambition | Tatay (Character) | $282.5K | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam, Texas | Wong (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Flight Out | Pham Van Minh (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam War Story: The Last Days | Major Huyen (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Iron Triangle | Col. Tuong (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | In Love and War | Major Bui (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Eastern Condors | Yeung Lung (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 93% | 91% | The Killing Fields | Dith Pran (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | Nhu Hao Duong (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highway to Heaven | Truong Vann Diep (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| 71% | 85% | Miami Vice | Inspector Nguyn Van Trahn (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |