Chin Han

Chin Han’s career in acting began as a teen, participating in stage productions such as Moliere’s ‘L’Ecole des femmes’ and Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’. He later starred in Singapore’s first English language television series, ‘Masters of the Sea’. In 1998, he made his U.S. film debut in ‘Blindness’, which was an Official Selection at the 2nd Hollywood Film Festival. His early work also includes the Singapore mini-series ‘Alter Asians’, which received the 2001 Asian Television Award for Best TV Movie of the Year. Beyond acting, Chin Han has directed acclaimed Asian Premieres of plays and co-produced the official musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’. He has also produced concerts for Tony Award winners like Jason Robert Brown, Cady Huffman, and Lillias White in Asia, and served as Associate Producer for the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards in Los Angeles.

His transition to prominent international film roles gained momentum with a significant supporting performance in Thom Fitzgerald’s ‘3 Needles’, leading to his casting as Lau in the 2008 blockbuster ‘The Dark Knight’. Director Christopher Nolan publicly recognized his “great presence” in this role. Chin Han further established his presence in Hollywood by appearing in Roland Emmerich’s disaster film ‘2012’, which grossed over $750 million worldwide. He continued to work with acclaimed directors, collaborating with Oscar-nominated Gus Van Sant on ‘Restless’, an official selection for the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and joining the ensemble cast of Steven Soderbergh’s biohazard thriller ‘Contagion’. Chin Han has also demonstrated versatility by crossing from DC to the Marvel Universe, playing Councilman Yen in ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’.

On television, Chin Han has held recurring roles in various U.S. prime-time series, including J.J. Abrams’ ‘Fringe’, ‘Last Resort’ (ABC), and ‘Arrow’ (CW). He played Wu Jing in NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’ and featured in IFC’s comedy miniseries ‘The Spoils Before Dying’. Returning to Asian productions, he starred alongside Michelle Yeoh in ‘Final Recipe’ and led the international cast of HBO Asia’s ‘Serangoon Road’. His role as Chancellor Jia Sidao in Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ earned critical acclaim. Subsequent major film projects include Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’, Rupert Sander’s ‘Ghost In The Shell’ with Scarlett Johansson, and Universal’s action-disaster film ‘Skyscraper’ opposite Dwayne Johnson. He is currently filming ‘Mortal Kombat II’, reprising his role as Shang Tsung.