Chin Han
Actor
Chin Han made a name for himself as one of Singapore’s top actors of stage, film, and television before breaking into the North American market in the 2005 independent film 3 Needles. He then quickly found a place in studio films, starting with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
He recently reprised his role as ‘Shang Tsung’, the lead antagonist in Warner Brother and New Line’s MORTAL KOMBAT II. The film serves as a continuation of the 2021 adaption and follows the original protagonists and some newcomers as they are drawn into a brutal, high-stakes tournament in Outworld. The film debuted theatrically this past Friday, May 8th with a $40 million domestic opening weekend in North America, taking second place at the box office and marking the largest opening in the film franchise's history.
Later this summer, Chin Han will star in the second season of Netflix’s AVATAR: THE LAST AIR BENDER where he will portray Long Feng leader of the secret police force, ‘Dai Li’. The new season follows Aang and his friends as they travel deeper into the Earth Kingdom, including the massive city of Ba Sing Se, while continuing their fight against the Fire Nation and Fire Lord Ozai.
It was also recently announced that he will be starring alongside Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed for Baltasar Kormákur’s The Big Fix.
Chin Han also starred in Universal’s Skyscraper and Paramount Pictures’ Ghost in the Shell, opposite Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche and Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano. Other Asian features include starring roles in the Chinese/German film A Different Sun and in CJ Entertainment's Final Recipe starring opposite Michelle Yeoh and Henry Lau which premiered at the 2013 San Sebastián International Film Festival.
In 2016, Chin Han starred in the Fox feature Independence Day: Resurgence. His other North American credits include Roland Emmerich’s 2012, and Columbia Pictures' Gus Van Sant movie Restless, which was the opening film for Cannes Un Certain Regard 2011. He also led in Contagion for Steven Soderbergh and had a cameo in Captain America: Winter’s Soldier.
On television, Chin Han is best remembered as the lead villain Jia Sidao in Netflix’s Marco Polo, and opposite Joan Chen in the original series Serangoon Road for HBO Asia. He has also starred in the limited IFC series The Spoils Before Dying for Adam McKay and Will Ferrell and has had recurring roles on television including Last Resort, Arrow, and The Blacklist. In 2023, Chin Han was also a series regular on the Disney plus series American Born Chinese opposite Michelle Yeoh, Ky Huy Quan and Daniel Wu.
Chin Han was named to CNNgo’s 2010 list of Asia’s 25 Greatest Actors of All Time, and was nominated in March 2013 for Variety’s Asian Star of the Year Award.
He is based in Los Angeles.
