Vichea Ten | |
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Born | ~1963
[1] Cambodia |
Occupation | Actor |
Notable work | In Between |
Vichea Ten is a Cambodian born Australian actor. [2] For his performance in In Between he was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Mini Series. [1] He played the character of Saret, an illegal immigrant who fled Kampuchea after Pol Pot took power. [3]
Vichea was born in Cambodia where his parents and two siblings died after the Khmer Rouge took power. After escaping from Cambodia when Vietnam invaded he went to a refugee camp in Thailand for three years and was then sponsored to Australia by two of his sisters. [1]
Vichea Ten | |
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Born | ~1963
[1] Cambodia |
Occupation | Actor |
Notable work | In Between |
Vichea Ten is a Cambodian born Australian actor. [2] For his performance in In Between he was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Mini Series. [1] He played the character of Saret, an illegal immigrant who fled Kampuchea after Pol Pot took power. [3]
Vichea was born in Cambodia where his parents and two siblings died after the Khmer Rouge took power. After escaping from Cambodia when Vietnam invaded he went to a refugee camp in Thailand for three years and was then sponsored to Australia by two of his sisters. [1]