Tony Le-Nguyen

Who is Tony Le-Nguyen?

Tony Le-Nguyen, born as Lê Thiện Toàn in 1968 in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam, changed his name to Tony Lee since he began working as an actor in 1985. Over the past 30 years, Le-Nguyen has worked as an actor, writer, director and producer. He is currently the Executive Producer for Le-Nguyen Productions based in Melbourne, Australia.

Le-Nguyen was the first Vietnamese Australian to be appointed as an Official Prison Visitor to Port Phillip and Fulham Correctional Centres by the Minister for Corrections, the Honourable Andre Haermeyer in 2003 to act as an independent voice for the prison system in Victoria.

He is best known for his role as Tiger in Geoffrey Wright’s 1992 feature film Romper Stomper. He has also appeared in other television productions including: Stingers, SeaChange, Raw FM, G.P., Fast Forward, All Together Now, Embassy, Secrets, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, Paradise Beach and Australia’s most wanted.

Le-Nguyen studied Television Production at RMIT in 1989 and completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1998 and Diploma of Education in 2000 at Victoria University.

He was awarded the Community Cultural Development Fellowship by the Australia Council for the Arts in 2000.