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Henry Golding
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Golding at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Henry Ewan Golding

(1987-02-05) 5 February 1987 (age 37)
Betong, Sarawak, Malaysia
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Liv Lo
​
(m. 2016)​
Children2
Signature
Henry Golding's autograph.jpg

Henry Ewan Golding (born 5 February 1987) is a British actor. He began his career as a television presenter before being known for his film work. He has starred in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), the thriller A Simple Favor (2018), the action comedy The Gentlemen (2019), as well as playing the title character in the action-adventure Snake Eyes (2021), and appearing in the ensemble cast of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024). He worked as a presenter on ESPN, the BBC and Discovery Channel Asia before refocusing on acting.

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Early life

Henry Ewan Golding was born on 5 February 1987 [1] in Betong, a town in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. His mother, Margaret Likan, is a native-born Sarawakian of Dayak Iban ancestry, [2] and his father, Clive Golding, is English. [3] [4] [5] [6] Golding is the youngest of three children. [7] [8] [9]

The family lived in Terengganu for almost five years before moving to Surrey, England when Golding was eight years old, and he went to The Warwick School, Redhill. Golding holds British citizenship. After working as a hairdresser [9] on Sloane Street in London for a couple of years, Golding moved back to Malaysia at age 21 [2] [6] to pursue on-camera roles in Kuala Lumpur. [5] [7] [10]

Career

Golding began working as a television presenter in 2008, presenting a weekly football show for ESPN, The Travel Show for the BBC [4] [10] [11] [12] and Surviving Borneo for Discovery Channel Asia. [9] [13]

In March 2017, after a global casting call, it was announced that Golding would star in the film Crazy Rich Asians [14] alongside Constance Wu. He was first brought to director Jon M. Chu's attention by accountant Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan, and Golding's charm and personality quickly won him his first major acting role. [15] [16] Crazy Rich Asians was released in the United States and Canada on 15 August 2018 by Warner Bros. Pictures and was met with high critical praise, becoming the number one movie in U.S. and Canadian theatres over its opening weekend. [9] [17] A month later, Golding appeared in Paul Feig's thriller A Simple Favor , co-starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, playing Sean, the husband of Lively's character. [18] [19] Following the success of Crazy Rich Asians, and, to a lesser extent, A Simple Favor, Golding was cast opposite Emilia Clarke in the romantic comedy Last Christmas , directed by Feig (in their second collaboration). [20] Filming commenced on 26 November 2018 and continued until February 2019, [21] and the film was released on 8 November 2019. [22]

Henry Golding in Singapore for the Milken Institute Asia Summit 2022 Henry Golding in Singapore for the MilkenInstitute Asia Summit 2022.jpg
Henry Golding in Singapore for the Milken Institute Asia Summit 2022

Golding starred alongside Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, and Michelle Dockery in The Gentlemen , a 2019 crime film directed by Guy Ritchie. [23] Golding went on to star in Monsoon , a Hong Khaou film, as Kit, a man who travels from London to his birth country of Vietnam to scatter his parents' ashes. [24]

In August 2019, Golding was cast in the title role of Snake Eyes , a spin-off from the G.I. Joe movie franchise, which was released in July 2021. [25] [26] [27] Filming for Snake Eyes began in October 2019 in Vancouver, and wrapped in February 2020 in Japan. [28] [15]

Personal life

Golding met Liv Lo, a Taiwanese television presenter and yoga instructor, on New Year's Day 2011. [29] [30] [31] They became engaged in 2015 and married in August 2016 in Sarawak. [32] They live in Venice Beach, California with their two daughters, born in 2021 and 2023. [33] [34]

Before his marriage, Golding completed his bejalai—the Iban rite of passage into manhood—in the wilderness of Borneo, filming the experience over two months (and carrying the camera equipment himself) for the documentary series Surviving Borneo on Discovery Channel Asia. [35] His journey ended in him receiving a traditional hand-tapped bejalai tattoo by Ernesto Kalum of Borneoheadhunters Tattoo in Kuching, Sarawak. The tattoo on his right thigh is a fig tree that wraps around other trees and takes their form to become the tree itself. [36]

When interviewed by Michele Manelis of The New Zealand Herald , Golding said of his surname, "Golding is really darn Jewish, isn't it? My grandfather during the war was in London and as the story goes, he was possibly adopted by a Jewish family by that name." [37]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Pisau Cukur Iskandar Tan Sri MuradSpecial appearance
2013The Borneo IncidentHenry
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Nick Young
A Simple Favor Sean Townsend
2019 Monsoon Kit
Last Christmas Tom Webster
The Gentlemen Dry Eye
2021 Snake Eyes Snake Eyes
2022 Persuasion Mr. Elliot
2023 Assassin Club Morgan GainesAlso executive producer
Downtown Owl Vance Druid
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Mr. HuVoice role
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Freddy Alvarez
Daniela Forever Nicolas [38]
TBA The Old Guard 2 TBAPost-production
Untitled A Simple Favor sequel Sean TownsendPost-production
Head GamesTBAPre-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2010 The 8TV Quickie HimselfPresenter
2009GodaHariz
2010–2012Football CrazyHimselfPresenter
2012Welcome to the Railworld MalaysiaHimselfPresenter
2014–present The Travel Show HimselfCo-presenter [39]
2015Welcome to the Railworld JapanHimselfPresenter [40]
2017Surviving BorneoHimselfPresenter [35]
2021 Star Wars: Visions Tsubaki (voice)Short film: Akakiri: English language dub [41]
TBANo Taste Like Home with Antoni PorowskiHimselfGuest

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
20102nd Shout! Awards Favorite TV Personality Award The 8TV Quickie Nominated
Hot Guy AwardHimselfWon
20123rd Shout! Awards Favorite TV Personality AwardWelcome to the Railworld MalaysiaNominated
Hot Guy AwardHimselfNominated
20134th Shout! Awards Hot Guy AwardHimselfNominated
2018 Women Film Critics Circle AwardsBest Screen Couple Crazy Rich Asians Nominated [42]
2019 9th The Asian Awards Outstanding Achievement in CinemaWon [43]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Movie ActorNominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble Cast – Motion PictureNominated

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