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Haing S. Ngor

1940 - 1996

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Haing Somnang Ngor (Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist. He made his acting debut in the biographical drama film The Killing Fields (1984) as journalist Dith Pran, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the first actor of Asian descent to win the award and one of the only two amateur actors to win an Academy Award, following Harold Russell. Ngor practiced as a physician before the start of the Cambodian genocide in 1975. He eventually survived the genocide, immigrating to the United States in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2024). Haing S. Ngor is the 1,895th most popular actor (up from 2,043rd in 2024), the 24th most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Actor.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Haing S. Ngor ranks 1,895 out of 13,578. Before him are Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Don Cheadle, Sylvia Sidney, Massimo Girotti, and Lindsay Duncan. After him are Julie Delpy, Marcel Dalio, Paul Guilfoyle, Lance Reddick, Malaika Arora, and Donald O'Connor.

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Among people born in 1940, Haing S. Ngor ranks 177. Before him are Jan Janssen, James Herbert Brennan, Mohammed Magariaf, James L. Brooks, Dan Hedaya, and José van Dam. After him are Charles T. Kowal, Fouad Twal, Natalia Makarova, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Michael Parks, and Louis Pilot. Among people deceased in 1996, Haing S. Ngor ranks 103. Before him are Karl Frenzel, Emile Habibi, Károly Grósz, David Packard, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, and Hervé Bazin. After him are Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Zeki Müren, Leo Joseph Suenens, Shams Pahlavi, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Dondinho.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Haing S. Ngor ranks 24 out of NaN. Before him are Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Ang Duong (1796), Ieng Thirith (1932), Kang Kek Iew (1942), Son Sann (1911), and Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914). After him are Ang Mey (1815), Khieu Ponnary (1920), Jayavarman V (958), Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), Sinn Sisamouth (1933), and Penn Nouth (1906).

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Among Actors In Cambodia

Among actors born in Cambodia, Haing S. Ngor ranks 1. After him are François Chau (1959).

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