Gareth Yuen
{{short description|Australian actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gareth Yuen
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| yearsactive = 1992–present
|education = National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
}}
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
| 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
| 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
| Horse | Episode: "Copy Cat" |
1994
| Joe | 26 episodes |
1999
| Queen Kat, Carmel & St Jude | Andrew | Episode: "Winter / Jude" |
1999
| Stingers | Leon | Episode: "Swarm" |
2000
| Tom Wu | Episode #1.3523 |
2000
| Lifesaver | Episode #1.5 |
2001
| Loc Minh Vu | 22 episodes |
2001–2002
| Hop Sing | 15 episodes |
2002
| MDA | Dr. Angus Yu | 2 episodes |
2002
| Quoc Le | Episode: "Snorting Charlie" |
2004
| Fong | Episode: "Cactus Hour" |
2006
| Charlie | 3 episodes |
2007
| Power Rangers Operation Overdrive | Dax Lo | Series regular, 32 episodes |
2008
| Foreign Young Man | Episode: "Scratched" |
2008
| Li Phat Lung | Episode: "Life After Death" |
2010
| Chin Tsung Chi | 8 episodes |
2010
| Lowdown | Golf Administrator | Episode: "A Lavish Singer" |
2013
| Lin | Episode: "Behind You!" |
2014
| 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
| Paul Nguyen | Main cast; limited series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0950725}}
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Category:20th-century Australian male actors
Category:21st-century Australian male actors
Category:Australian male child actors
Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian people of Chinese descent
Category:Male actors from Melbourne
Category:National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni
Category:Male actors of Chinese descent
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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