Anh Do

Anh Do

Anh Do with wife Suzanne in 2005, walking the red carpet at the premiere of Footy Legends
Born Anh Do
(1977-06-02) 2 June 1977
Vietnam
Occupation Actor,
stand-up comedian, author
Spouse(s) Suzanne
Children 4
Website http://www.anhdo.com/

Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and artist. He has appeared on many Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing With The Stars in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney.[1] He is the brother of film director Khoa Do and has acted in several of Khoa's films, including Footy Legends, which he co-wrote and produced. In 2012, his TV show Anh Does Vietnam began airing. He was twice a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

Biography

Refugee

Anh Do and his family fled to Australia as refugees in 1980.[2] In his 2010 autobiography, The Happiest Refugee, Do tells of how his family survived five days in a leaky fishing boat nine and a half metres long and two metres wide. During the trip his family and the rest of the passengers were attacked by two different bands of pirates. The first group stole one out of the two engines and the second group of pirates stole the second engine, which had been broken but repaired by Anh's father using a piece of rubber from a thong. It was reported that as the second band of pirates left, one of them threw a gallon of water onboard which kept all but one of the refugees alive, until they were finally rescued by a German Merchant ship.[3] The boat was packed with 40 Vietnamese refugees fleeing across the Indian Ocean. "We were crammed in like sardines," he said.[4] The Happiest Refugee has won many awards, including the 2011 Australian Book of the Year, Biography of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, as well as the Indie Book of the Year Award 2011, Non-fiction Indie Book of the Year 2011, and it was shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Community Relations Commission Award.[5]

Career

Anh Do attended St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point for his secondary education.[6] When he was 14 he started a small business breeding tropical fish. While studying his first year of law at the University of Technology, Sydney, he owned a stall which sold American-Indian artefacts, which he later expanded to four franchised stores. Six months before finishing his combined Business Law degree, law firms offered him jobs which required 60 hours of work a week. He opted to take up stand-up comedy instead.[2] Since 2013 Do has cut back on comedy to focus on painting full-time. He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2014 and 2017 .

In 2016, Do hosted Anh’s Brush with Fame.[7]

Personal life

Anh Do is married to Suzanne (Suzie) and they have three sons and a daughter.[8] His mother, Hien, played the role of Van Nguyen's mother, Kim, in Better Man, a film which was produced by Khoa Do.[9]

Awards

Acting filmography

Filmography (as himself)

References

  1. ↑ Celebrity Speakers Anh Do
  2. 1 2 "Profile: Anh Do". The Age. Melbourne. 2 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Do, Anh (2010). The Happiest Refugee. Allen&Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74237-238-9.
  4. ↑ http://www.stevedow.com.au/Default.aspx?id=403
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ McCowen, Sharyn. "Happiest refugee gives 'all credit to big fella upstairs'". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (30 July 2016). "Airdate: Anh’s Brush with Fame". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Andrew (5 September 2014). "Why comedian Anh Do turned his hand to painting for the Archibald Prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  9. ↑ David Wenham proud of Better Man's message, TV Tonight, 30 July 2013
  10. ↑ Comedian Anh Do wins indie book prize | ABC Radio 26 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2013
  11. ↑ Comedian wins top book prize | ABC News 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2013
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