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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

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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.

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Highest rated movies

93% 91% The Killing Fields
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57% 57% Hit Me
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44% 74% My Life Watchlist
43% 71% Heaven and Earth
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The Dragon Gate
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Last Flight Out
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Vanishing Son
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33% In Love and War
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Vanishing Son IV
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15% Ambition
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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 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 III 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

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Commish Nhu Hao Duong (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Truong Vann Diep (Guest Star) 1989
71% 89% Miami Vice Inspector Nguyn Van Trahn (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1986