David Huynh (born February 5, 1983) is a Canadian actor.
Early life
Huynh was born in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, Canada, briefly studied at the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.David Huynh - Official Site - Bio, http://www.david-huynh.com/bio.html
Career
Huynh has appeared on TV shows such as '' ER'' (as Leo), ''
Cold Case
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'' (as Billy Takahashi, as the son of Ray Takahashi, played by
Ian Anthony Dale
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) and ''
Without A Trace
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'' (as Frankie Jones, opposite Jessika Van who plays Stacey Tan), '' Kevin (Probably) Saves the World'' and '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. In 2008, he starred in Mark Tran's film "All About Dad" (Winner of the Cinequest Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature) as a Biology major named Ty Do who quits his studies to pursue a career in filmmaking.
Huynh won a Special Jury Prize Award at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for Outstanding Newcomer and Best Emerging Actor for his performance in Juwan Chung's ''
Baby
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'', which also won a Special Jury Award for Best Feature Length Film at that year's Festival. Huynh has starred in several of Byron Q's films, including ''Bang Bang'' (201 which won a Special Jury Award for Best First Feature, Narrative, at the 2011 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival., and ''Las Vegas Story''. He also appears as the protagonist "Fong" in a pilot entitled "Chinatown Squad" about 1890s San Francisco Chinatown, directed and produced by Stephane Gauger and written by and starring ''Baby'' co-star Feodor Chin, who plays the antagonist, "Pistol Pete."
Huynh has appeared on stage at
Sacred Fools Theater Company
The Sacred Fools Theater Company is a Los Angeles-based theatre company and nonprofit organization. Founded in January 1997, it's a member organization of the LA Stage Alliance.
For 18 years the company resided at 660 N. Heliotrope in The Heliotr ...
, The Kirk Douglas Theater, starred as "Neil" in the
East West Players
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Mysterious Skin
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'', for which he was named "Best Actor in A Play" at the 20th Annual Ticket Holder Awards of 2010 and as a Best Featured Performance on Theater Critic Don Grigware's "The Best in Los Angeles Theater 2010", and starred at The Colony Theater as "Vuthy" in Michael Golamco's play ''Year Zero''.Colony Theater Presents: Year Zero, http://colonytheatre.org/shows/yearZero.html
In 2021, Huynh portrayed CJ Lam throughout season 4 of '' The Sinner''.