Vico Thai is an Australian actor, known for his role as Lam Bui on Disney+https://www.disney.com.au/news/last-days-of-the-space-age-premieres-october-2 series Last Days of the Space Age which premiered on Disneyplus and Hulu. His other notable roles include Justin Yang on ABC TV's award-winning drama series Total Control and as Riz in Foxtel's Dangerous TV series.
Early life Thai was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and raised in Sydney in the suburb of Bankstown. He is of Vietnamese, Chinese and French ancestry. He began performing at an early age before receiving a prestigious national scholarship to study at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP). Thai was nominated by the Ten Network for a National Young Achiever Award for his achievements in performance.
In 2002, Thai's younger sister Jenny Thai (1997–2002) died from her second open heart surgery.
Career Thai's first role was a guest star on Young Lions, screened on the Nine Network. Thai was next cast in his breakout role, as one of the new young stars on Foxtel's AFI nominated show Dangerous starring alongside Joel Edgerton. Thai's roles continued, appearing next in East West 101 with guest appearances in Underbelly, comedy Review with Myles Barlow and guest starring alongside Guy Pearce in the mini series Jack Irish.
Recently, Thai has continued his work with guests roles on ABC's Rake and international crime mystery thriller series Harrow. Thai was recently cast as a lead in Hungry Ghosts as Quang, premiering on SBS. In 2021 Vico Thai was cast as a lead alongside award-winning actresses Rachel Griffiths and Debra Mailman in the second season of Total Control. In 2024 Thai plays a starring role in Disney+ original series Last Days of the Space Age as Lam Bui, starring alongside Linh Danh Pham, Iain Glen, Radha Mitchell and Jesse Spencer.https://www.disney.com.au/news/last-days-of-the-space-age-premieres-october-2
Filmography TV Series Year TV Show Character Notes2024Last Days of the Space AgeLam Bui8 episodes2022Total ControlJustin Yang6 episodes 2020 Hungry Ghosts Quang 4 episodes 2019 Reckoning Young doctor 1 episode 2018 Rake Zhang Le Ping 2 episode 2018 Harrow Wei's Bodyguard 1 episode 2013 Peter Allen, Not the Boy from OZ Hong Kong Hilton Barman 2 episode 2012 Jack Irish Lester 1 episode 2009 Review with Myles Barlow Vince 1 episode 2010 Underbelly Quan 1 episode 2007 East West 101 David Ngo 1 episode 2007 Dangerous Riz 8 episodes 2002 Young Lions Khai 1 episode
Films Year Film Character Notes 2018 Danger Close Vietnamese Soldier Lead 2014 My Sister's Wedding Jay 2013 Change of Our Lives Dr Minh 2013 Felony Vico 2012 Wish You Were Here Vietnamese leader 2010 Mother Fish Chau Lead 2009 Cedar Boys Police Officer 2009 Missing Water Chau Lead 2007 In Our Name American Marine
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