In 1994, Chin Han had a leading role in
Masters of the Sea, the first full-length English drama series to be produced in Singapore. In 1998, he made his US film debut in
Blindness, an Official Selection at the 2nd Hollywood Film Festival in a leading role opposite
Vivian Wu. Soon after, he starred in the Singapore mini-series
Alter Asians which won the 2001 Asian Television Award for Best TV Movie of the Year. As a director, he has helmed acclaimed Asian premieres of plays like
David Hare's The Blue Room and co-produced the official musical adaptation of
Ang Lee's
The Wedding Banquet. As a producer, Chin Han has also created concerts for Tony Award winners
Jason Robert Brown,
Cady Huffman and
Lillias White in Asia. In Los Angeles, he served as Associate Producer (credited as Chin Han Ng) on the 2006
Asian Excellence Awards that featured stars like
Jackie Chan,
Maggie Q,
Quentin Tarantino and
Danny DeVito. Returning to the big screen, his strong supporting performance in Thom Fitzgerald's
3 Needles with
Lucy Liu,
Sandra Oh and
Chloe Sevigny led one movie reviewer to note that for his 'small but important role, (Chin Han) delivers in SPADES' (I-S Magazine). In 2008, Chin Han co-starred as Lau in the summer blockbuster movie
The Dark Knight and was described by director
Christopher Nolan as having 'a great presence... it was exactly what the character required' (South China Morning Post). The following year, he joined
John Cusack,
Chiwetel Ejiofor and
Woody Harrelson in
Roland Emmerich's epic disaster movie
2012, which grossed more than $750 million worldwide. Chin Han then worked with Oscar-nominated director
Gus Van Sant on the film
Restless, produced by
Ron Howard and
Brian Grazer, and official selection for the
64th Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard Opening Gala Film. The film also starred
Mia Wasikowska and
Henry Hopper. Following his history of working with award-winning directors, he next joined the star-studded ensemble in
Steven Soderbergh's biohazard thriller
Contagion from
Warner Bros as epidemiologist Sun Feng. The film also starred
Matt Damon,
Kate Winslet,
Marion Cottilard,
Jude Law and
Gwyneth Paltrow. On US prime time television, Chin Han has guest-starred on
J.J. Abrams's
Fringe and has had recurring roles on ABC's
Last Resort and the CW's hit show
Arrow. In 2013, he completed
The Sixth Gun, a pilot based on the popular graphic novel for
NBC Universal and played Wu Jing in NBC's breakout show
The Blacklist with
James Spader. In 2014, he had a role as Councilman Yen in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe movie
Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Versatile as an actor, he is also one of the main players in IFC's 2015 comedy miniseries
The Spoils Before Dying with
Will Ferrell and
Kristen Wiig. Back in Asia, Chin Han has starred with
Michelle Yeoh in
Final Recipe, an intergenerational drama about celebrity chefs produced by
CJ Entertainment, South Korea's largest entertainment company. Heading up an international cast for
HBO Asia's groundbreaking series
Serangoon Road, Chin Han's other Asian credits include China-US co-production of acclaimed Chinese short story
A Different Sun and
A Sweet Life from China hit producer
Ning Hao. In 2015, Chin Han played
Chancellor Jia Sidao in the Netflix series
Marco Polo and followed that with a 2nd collaboration with director
Roland Emmerich on the long-awaited sequel to
Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence. In 2017, he co-starred with
Scarlett Johansson and Japanese legend
Takashi 'Beat' Kitano in
Rupert Sander's live-action adaptation of anime
Ghost In The Shell for
Paramount/DreamWorks SKG. Chin Han subsequently had substantial roles in the action-disaster film
Skyscraper from Universal, co-starring with
Dwayne Johnson and
Neve Campbell, and New Line's 2021
Mortal Kombat and its 2026 sequel, playing
Shang Tsung. == Filmography ==