Gareth Yuen

{{short description|Australian actor}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

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| name = Gareth Yuen

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| yearsactive = 1992–present

|education = National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)

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Gareth Yuen is an Australian actor who portrays the character Dax Lo, the Blue Ranger on the 2007 television series Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive. He appeared at the Power Morphicon in June 2007.[http://www.powermorphicon.org/guests.php Power Morphicon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717221748/http://www.powermorphicon.org/guests.php |date=17 July 2007 }}

He is a 2005 graduate of Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).{{cite web|url=https://www.nida.edu.au/news/catch-nida-alumni-at-a-theatre-near-you|title=Catch NIDA Alumni at a theatre near you|work=NIDA|access-date=August 2, 2023|date=August 11, 2022}}

Career

Yuen has been on many Australian films television shows ranging from Sky Trackers, Neighbours, Head Start, Bed of Roses, Kath & Kim, Underbelly, and Party Tricks. He was cast in Knowing starring Nicolas Cage and Liam Hemsworth. He was the Blue Ranger Dax Lo in Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive in 2007 and in 2011, he appeared in the New Zealand independent feature My Wedding and Other Secrets alongside Michelle Ang and Cheng Pei-pei.

In 2016, he was cast in comedian and The Daily Show senior correspondent Ronny Chieng's comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student,{{Citation|last=Brough|first=Jonathan|title=Ronny Chieng: International Student|date=1 January 2000|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5279200/mediaviewer/rm1955205888|accessdate=19 November 2016}} which was part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Comedy Showroom where viewers vote which pilot they want green lit.

In 2019, he joined the main cast for SBS's limited series Hungry Ghosts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2019/05/13/bryan-brown-and-clare-bowen-star-new-sbs-drama-hungry-ghosts|title=Bryan Brown and Clare Bowen to star in new SBS drama 'Hungry Ghosts'|website=Guide|date=13 May 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2004

| Stiff

| Uniformed Officer

|

2007

| The Jammed

| Lai

| Feature film

2007

| Petit Homme

|

| Video short

2009

| Knowing

| Donald

| Feature film

2009

| Saved!

| Justin Chan

| Feature film

2009

| Bani Ibrahim

| Rick

| Short film

2010

| Matching Jack

| Radiologist

| Feature film

2011

| My Wedding and Other Secrets

|Jason

| Feature film

2011

| Red Orchard

| Son

| Short film

2013

| The Audition

| Kizamu, the producer

| Short film

2014

| Replacement Protocol

| Hashi

| Short film

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!TV Title

!Role

!Notes

1992

| Round the Twist

| Horse

| Episode: "Copy Cat"

1994

| Sky Trackers

| Joe

| 26 episodes

1999

| Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude

| Andrew

| Episode: "Winter / Jude"

1999

| Stingers

| Leon

| Episode: "Swarm"

2000

| Neighbours

| Tom Wu

| Episode #1.3523

2000

| Eugénie Sandler P.I.

| Lifesaver

| Episode #1.5

2001

| Head Start

| Loc Minh Vu

| 22 episodes

2001–2002

| Ponderosa

| Hop Sing

| 15 episodes

2002

| MDA

| Dr. Angus Yu

| 2 episodes

2002

| Marshall Law

| Quoc Le

| Episode: "Snorting Charlie"

2004

| Kath & Kim

| Fong

| Episode: "Cactus Hour"

2006

| Tripping Over

| Charlie

| 3 episodes

2007

| Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

| Dax Lo

| Series regular, 32 episodes

2008

| Underbelly

| Foreign Young Man

| Episode: "Scratched"

2008

| City Homicide

| Li Phat Lung

| Episode: "Life After Death"

2010

| Bed of Roses

| Chin Tsung Chi

| 8 episodes

2010

| Lowdown

| Golf Administrator

| Episode: "A Lavish Singer"

2013

| Upper Middle Bogan

| Lin

| Episode: "Behind You!"

2014

| Party Tricks

| Lucas Fry

| 5 episodes

2016

| Comedy Showroom: Ronny Chieng - International Student

| Denedict

| TV pilot

2016

| Hunters

| Jeff

| Episode: "Telegraph"

2017

| Doubt

| Sammie Kim

| Episode: "Top Dog/Underdog"

2019

| Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries

| Chung Li

| Episode: "Seasoned Murder"

2019

| Hungry Ghosts

| Paul Nguyen

| Main cast; limited series

References

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