Khanh Trieu

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. In Australia's Next Top Model 2011, a reality show hosted by Sarah Murdoch, his role as fight choreographer brought together his passion of martial arts and modeling, with Trieu instructing contestants on choreography he designed. In "Convenience", Trieu co-starred with David Field in a performance which garnered an official selection invitation to the Busan International Film Festival 2012 and had its world premiere at the festival in October 2012. His foray into feature films include major Tamil/Kollywood film "Thalaivaa" (2013) and independent films "Butterfly Crush" (2010), "The System" (2015), "Love Socks" (2015) and "Embedded" (2016). Other prominent appearances include TV commercials for Wild Turkey, Nissan Australia and roles in Opera Australia's "Madama Butterfly" (2014), Sydney Tallships' "Attack of the Pirates" (2014), Paul Fenech's "Fat Pizza vs Housos" (2014), Screen Australia's "Australiana Hostel" (2016), Connor Fairclough's "Head Above Water" (2016) and Nautanki Theatre's "The Jungle Book" (2017). Trieu is set to appear in upcoming feature film 'Titans Blood' alongside Australian actress Renee Lim.