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November 4, 1991 (age 32) Fresno, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Actor, activist. Years active. 2008βpresent. Bee Vang ( RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: π¬π¬°π¬¨π¬΅ π¬π¬°π¬, Chinese-Mandarin: ηι; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran ...
Gran Torino. Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. The film features a large Hmong-American cast (the first time for an American mainstream film), [4] as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott.
Luj Yaj ( Pahawh: π¬π¬Άπ¬ π¬π¬°π¬€) is a popular Hmong singer from Thailand. [citation needed] He is considered to be one of the most well known of Hmong singers to date. He gained notoriety when two of his songs appeared in a Hmong dubbed Thai film called "Kev Hlub Txiav Tsis Tau". [1] Those two songs were "Nco Koj Ib Leeg" (Miss You ...
Several characters of Gran Torino. From left to right, Walt Kowalski ( Clint Eastwood ), Thao Vang Lor ( Bee Vang ), Vu Lor (Brooke Chia Thao), Gran (Chee Thao), and Sue Lor ( Ahney Her ). The following is a list of significant characters who feature in the 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood . Casting calls were held in Fresno ...
Walter Kowalski is a fictional character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the 2008 American film Gran Torino. Walt is depicted as an irritable and prejudiced Korean War veteran whose aging Metro Detroit neighborhood has become home to Hmong immigrants and is plagued with gang violence . The character of Walt and Eastwood's performance have ...
The Hmong immigrant population of Detroit is a central focus of the 2008 film Gran Torino, though that city does not have a significant Hmong population. Religious persecution [ edit ] Hmong Catholics , Protestants and animists have been subjected to military attacks, police arrest, imprisonment, forced disappearances , extrajudicial killings ...
James Hong filmography. James Hong is an American character actor, producer and director who has appeared in more than 600 films, TV shows and video games. [1] His career began in the 1950s when he redubbed soundtracks of several Asian films. Notable roles include Hannibal Chew in Blade Runner (1982), David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China ...
The 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood, was the first mainstream US film to feature Hmong Americans. Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski , an elderly, racist Korean War veteran living in Detroit, Michigan who befriends a Hmong teenager named Thao, played by Bee Vang , who previously tries to steal his Gran Torino as an initiation into a ...