Gareth Yuen

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Gareth Yuen
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
Years active1992–present

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. [1] He is a 2005 graduate of Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). [2]

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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, [3] 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 . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004StiffUniformed Officer
2007 The Jammed LaiFeature film
2007Petit HommeVideo short
2009 Knowing DonaldFeature film
2009 Saved! Justin ChanFeature film
2009Bani IbrahimRickShort film
2010 Matching Jack RadiologistFeature film
2011 My Wedding and Other Secrets JasonFeature film
2011Red OrchardSonShort film
2013The AuditionKizamu, the producerShort film
2014Replacement ProtocolHashiShort film

Television

YearTV TitleRoleNotes
1992 Round the Twist HorseEpisode: "Copy Cat"
1994 Sky Trackers Joe26 episodes
1999Queen Kat, Carmel & St JudeAndrewEpisode: "Winter / Jude"
1999 Stingers LeonEpisode: "Swarm"
2000 Neighbours Tom WuEpisode #1.3523
2000 Eugénie Sandler P.I. LifesaverEpisode #1.5
2001 Head Start Loc Minh Vu22 episodes
2001–2002 Ponderosa Hop Sing15 episodes
2002 MDA Dr. Angus Yu2 episodes
2002 Marshall Law Quoc LeEpisode: "Snorting Charlie"
2004 Kath & Kim FongEpisode: "Cactus Hour"
2006 Tripping Over Charlie3 episodes
2007 Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Dax LoSeries regular, 32 episodes
2008 Underbelly Foreign Young ManEpisode: "Scratched"
2008 City Homicide Li Phat LungEpisode: "Life After Death"
2010 Bed of Roses Chin Tsung Chi8 episodes
2010 Lowdown Golf AdministratorEpisode: "A Lavish Singer"
2013 Upper Middle Bogan LinEpisode: "Behind You!"
2014 Party Tricks Lucas Fry5 episodes
2016Comedy Showroom: Ronny Chieng - International Student DenedictTV pilot
2016 Hunters JeffEpisode: "Telegraph"
2017 Doubt Sammie KimEpisode: "Top Dog/Underdog"
2019 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Chung LiEpisode: "Seasoned Murder"
2019 Hungry Ghosts Paul NguyenMain cast; limited series

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References

  1. Power Morphicon Archived 17 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Catch NIDA Alumni at a theatre near you". NIDA. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. Brough, Jonathan (1 January 2000), Ronny Chieng: International Student , retrieved 19 November 2016
  4. "Bryan Brown and Clare Bowen to star in new SBS drama 'Hungry Ghosts'". Guide. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.