Biography

From an early age, Khanh Trieu has toed the limelight and enjoyed moments in the spotlight as a violinist in the Warwick Community Youth Orchestra (from age 6 to 14) and as an actor in Warwick West Primary School's productions of The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, Swan Lake and The Pirates of Penzance (from age 10 to 13). Trieu's childhood exposure to performance enchanted him; music, television and motion pictures captivated him.

The adult Trieu studied acting at the Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts just three years after graduating from law school at the behest of his father, who would have preferred his son pursue a less-risky career path.

Drawing on his skillset that also includes over 16 years of martial arts training Trieu gained on set experience working on high profile TV commercials for Peugeot, Panasonic, Uncle Ben's Sauces and Mother Energy Drink.

He won the Make Your Mark NYE X film competition in 2010 and a talent scholarship to the New York Film Academy for 2010 which spurred him onto greater things.

His foray into feature films include "Butterfly Crush" (2010), Thalaivaa (2013), Fat Pizza vs Housos (2014), "The System" (2015), "Love Socks" (2015), "Embedded" (2016), "Head Above Water" (2018), "Moonrock for Monday" (2020), "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (2021) and "Lickerish"(2023).

A lead role in "Abrupt Chaos" (2022) was a career highlight with the film making Official Selection at Byron Bay and St Kilda Film Festivals and making the list of contenders for Best Short film at the AACTA Awards (2024).

Other highlights include guest roles in ABC's "Significant Others" (2022) and Disney+'s "Last Days of the Space Age" (2024).

- IMDb mini biography by: Sir Freelancelot