Leonardo Nam

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Leonardo Nam
on the cover of KoreAm, September 2008, with Justin Chon and Aaron Yoo
Born	November 1979 (1979-11) (age 34) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Actor
Years active	Since 2001

Leonardo Nam (born in Buenos Aires, November 1979) is an Argentine Australian actor of Korean origin.

Early life

Nam was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Korean descent. At the age of 8, he moved to Sydney, Australia. Nam attended Sydney Technical High School and studied architecture at the University of New South Wales. Nam left Sydney to follow his dreams of an acting career in New York City, United States at the age of 19. He studied with several acting teachers in New York, namely Austin Pendleton and William Carden at HB Studios. His brother is a choreographer, and his sister is a teacher; they both live in the United Kingdom.

Acting career

Before his Hollywood success, he struggled to make ends meet by working at Lotus Bar in the Meatpacking District of New York and acted in Georgia Lee's Educated with Fay Ann Lee. His breakthrough role came in his performance of Roy in The Perfect Score (2004). He had a small role in the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Brian McBrian, a hardcore gamer. He then played a larger role in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" as Tibby's boyfriend. He also made an appearance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Morimoto.

Filmography

Educated (2001) – John
Target Practice (2001) – Sax
Meridian (2002) – Tall
Homework (2002) – Student
Hacks (2002) – Phuong
Nobody's Perfect (2002) – Teo
The Perfect Score (2004) – Roy
Debating Robert Lee (2004) – Jordan Kramer
Little Athens (2005) – Kwon
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) – Brian McBrian
Room 10 (2006) – Shane
10 Items or Less (2006) – Sales Kid
Undoing (2006) – Joon
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) – Morimoto
American Pastime (2007) – Lane
Finishing the Game (2007) – Eli
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) – Brian McBrian
Half-Life (2008) – Scott Parker
Vantage Point (2008) – Kevin Cross
Crossing Over (2009) – Kwan
He's Just Not That into You (2009) – Joshua
One for the Money (2012) - John Cho

External links

Leonardo Nam at the Internet Movie Database
UGO Interview

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Name	Nam, Leonardo
Alternative names
Short description	Australian actor
Date of birth	1979
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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