Remy Hii

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Remy Hii
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Hii in 2018
Born1986or1987(age 36–37)
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Other namesRemy Hill
Education Queensland University of Technology
National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Remy Hii is a Malaysian-Australian actor born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Hii attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art for three years, and appeared in various theatre productions, before being cast in his first television role. Hii starred as Van Tuong Nguyen in the four-part miniseries Better Man and was cast as Hudson Walsh in the soap opera Neighbours in 2013. He is also known as Prince Jingim from the Netflix original series Marco Polo . From 2018 to 2019, Hii played Simon Van Reyk in the Australian television crime drama Harrow . Hii has also appeared in the series Sisters , the romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians , and Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home .

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Early life

Hii was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia to a Chinese-Malaysian father from Sabah, Malaysia and a British mother from Manchester. [1] [2] His father's family left China during the Cultural Revolution and settled in Malaysia like many others. He moved with his parents to Townsville, Queensland when he was eight. He attended the Queensland University of Technology. His early theatre work was with The Emerge Project, an arm of Switchboard Arts. [3] There he performed in a number of original productions in Brisbane by local playwrights between 2005 and 2007. From 2009 to 2011 he attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney where he graduated in 2011. [4] [5] During his time at NIDA, Hii played in the Sydney indie-rock group RAPIDS, alongside Will Shepherd, and fellow actors Angus McLaren and Jamie Timony. The band released a self-titled EP in 2010. [6]

Career

Hii's professional theatre debut was with the Queensland Theatre Company's production of The Estimator in 2007, [7] after he was noticed by its playwright David Brown performing in a play reading with The Emerge Project. He was later cast in guest roles in the television series East of Everything and H2O: Just Add Water . [5] [8] In 2011, Hii appeared as Tom in the short film Kiss. [8] Hii appeared in the lead role of Van Tuong Nguyen in SBS's four-part miniseries Better Man , which began airing from 25 July 2013. The series is based on a true story. [9] The role led to Hii receiving a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama at the 2014 AACTA Awards and the Most Outstanding Newcomer accolade the 2014 Logie Awards. [10] [11]

On 12 June 2013, Hii joined the cast of Neighbours as Hudson Walsh. [12] Hudson was introduced as a love interest for established character Chris Pappas (James Mason). On 20 June, Hii told Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy that he had been asked back to continue filming the following month. [5] After leaving Neighbours, Hii was cast as Prince Jingim in the Netflix drama Marco Polo . [13] The series was cancelled after two seasons in 2016. [14] Hii went on to appear in Paul Currie's 2017 thriller film 2:22 , [15] and he has a recurring role as Sam in the Australian television drama Sisters . [15] Hii portrays Alistair Cheng in the 2018 romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians , based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan. [15] [16]

From 2018 to 2019, he played Simon Van Reyk, a forensic pathologist, in the crime drama Harrow . He appeared in every episode of the first series. [15] In 2019, Hii played Brad Davis in Spider-Man: Far From Home . [17] [18] He was set to have the lead role of Luen in Jane the Novela, a spin-off from Jane the Virgin , but the series was not picked up by The CW. [19] In February 2021, Hii starred as Ben Zhao in the ABC comedy-drama series Aftertaste . [20] Later that year, Hii joined the ensemble cast of The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star . [21]

In 2023, Hii played Dalbert Tan in the Netflix comedy drama Wellmania . The series is based on Brigid Delaney's book Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness and was filmed in Sydney. [22] Hii also voices a rabbit called Bunniguru in the Australian animated film Scarygirl. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Beyond BloodGabriel TruongShort film
2009Maligayang PaskoShort film
2010OrigamiBoyShort film
2011KissTomShort film
2012Treading WaterTomShort film; as Remy Hill
2013MirrorsMannyShort film
2017 2:22 Benny
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Alistair Cheng
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Brad Davis
2021 The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star Peter Maxwell
2023ScarygirlBunniguruVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 East of Everything GuestRecurring role
2009 H2O: Just Add Water Bass GuitaristRecurring role
2013 Better Man Van Tuong Nguyen Series lead
Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama
2013–2014 Neighbours Hudson Walsh Recurring role
2014–2016 Marco Polo Prince JingimMain cast
2017 Sisters SamRecurring role
2018–2019 Harrow Simon Van ReykMain cast
2019Jane the NovelaLuenUnsold television pilot
2021 Aftertaste Ben Zhao
2021 Arcane Enforcer/Sheriff MarcusVoice / regular role
2023 Wellmania Dalbert TanMain cast

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