Nguyễn Lê Việt Anh (born September 8, 1981), commonly known by his stage name Việt Anh, is a Vietnameseactor. He is famous for his role as Cao Thanh Lam in the film Justice for sale (Chạy án) of the TV series Criminal Police. In 2017, he continued his success with the role of the rich kid Phan Hai in The Arbitrator (Người phán xử).[2] Viet Anh also participated as a host of the TV show "We are soldiers" (Chúng tôi là chiến sĩ) broadcast on channel VTV3 of Vietnam Television.[3]
Biography
Viet Anh was born in 1981 in Hanoi. He is the youngest of two siblings, his older brother Nguyen Le Viet Thang is 2 years older than him. Although both his parents were state civil servants, due to the economic difficulties of that time, his whole family lived with his grandparents and 2 uncles in an apartment on the 4th floor of Kim Lien Collective Area, Đống Đa district. When he was in secondary school, his parents divoiced, the two siblings lived with their mother while his father moved to live in Ho Chi Minh City.[4]
Career
After graduating from National Economics University. In 2003, his chance to enter the film industry was formed when he was forced to attend a TV actor training class of Vietnam Television Film Centre (this was the first year of the actor training course organized by VFC). Here, he met the head teacher Hoàng Dũng (at that time he was a Meritorious Artist and the Director of Hanoi Drama Theater), a teacher that Viet Anh initially felt unsympathetic and uncomfortable with, but later he respected and admired him very much.[5][6]
On the TV, with his good-looking and tall appearance, Viet Anh is often assigned by directors to play villain roles. After a number of films that did not leave much of an impression, his acting career turned a new page since he participated in 2 parts of the film Justice for sale (Chạy án). After the resounding success of the two parts of the series, from an unknown actor, Viet Anh gradually became familiar to audiences nationwide. He emerged as a young and talented actor in the Northern film industry in particular and Vietnam in general.
2009 – 2016: Self-made film and won the Golden Kite Award
Initially gaining a foothold in the profession, Viet Anh established the New Style Advertising and Event Services Joint Stock Company (New Style) headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, with himself as the Director, and his brother Viet Thang as the manager of New Style's projects. At the end of 2009, Viet Anh's New Style Company cooperated with NS Picture (Toan Phuong Advertising Services Limited Liability Company) to produce the film Where Love Begins; this is a 30-episode psychological and emotional drama about the smile surgery journey of the Operation Smile organization, ordered by HTV to be broadcast on HTV7 around April 2010.[7] In the film, Viet Anh also participated in the role of lawyer Quoc Minh; however, after the film started filming for 5 episodes, New Style had a capital dispute with its partner, causing the film project to be stalled. Director Ho Ngoc Xum turned to other film projects, HTV had to change its broadcast schedule, and the two production companies were caught up in a spiral of litigation. After the first instance (July 19, 2010) and appeal (January 11, 2011) trials, Viet Anh's company was declared the winner of the lawsuit by the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City and was awarded 99 million VND in compensation.[8][9][10] The film project was later canceled.
On October 8, 2015, Viet Anh held a press conference to announce the movie project produced by his company called Bodyguard, Lady and Fool (Vệ sĩ, tiểu thư và thằng khờ). In this film, in addition to his role as an actor, this is the first film that Viet Anh participates in as a Producer, co-director and co-screenwriter.[11] Filming began on October 12, 2015. This film is considered the first Vietnamese film to exploit the poetic and majestic beauty of the world's natural wonder Ha Long Bay.[12] The film was then officially released in theaters on December 2, 2016.[13]
2017 – present: Continued success with The Arbitrator
Around the end of March 2017, he marked his return to the crime film genre when he participated in filming the film The Arbitrator with a script inherited from The Arbitrator of the Israeli television film industry, this is a film in the series Criminal Police of VFC but The Arbitrator does not delve into the work of police officers investigating and solving cases, but it is a multi-dimensional picture of life, thoughts, emotions, complex relationships and the battle for power in the modern underworld.[14] In The Arbitrator, Viet Anh plays the role of the rich kid Phan Hai - the son of the boss of Phan Thi Group, Phan Quan (played by People's ArtistHoàng Dũng. Phan Hai is a spoiled young master since childhood, so he has a playful nature, is impulsive, hot-tempered, always does things his way and causes a lot of trouble for himself and his family's Phan Thi Group. In addition, although he is married to Diem My (played by Dan Le), a beautiful lawyer, and has a son named Phan Hung, Phan Hai still often has an affair with his capricious girlfriend Van Diep played by Thanh Bi (after Van Diep left him for fear of Phan Hai's revenge, Huong "phố" played by Tran Thuy An), which greatly affects the family's happiness.[15] As for Viet Anh, he once again proved that playing the villain is his forte when he was able to portray the danger and brutality of Phan Hai but still sometimes showed his naivety through humorous lines or scenes where he "acted like he wasn't acting" when paired with his teacher Hoang Dung.
Notable lines:
Hey, I turn off my phone is just to add to the solemnity, okay!!! (Này, đây tắt máy chẳng qua là chỉ để tăng thêm phần long trọng thôi, nhá!!!) Who said that at home the father is stupid and the wife is insolent (Ai bảo ở nhà bố thì ngáo, vợ thì láo)
But I also don't understand why dad and Luong Bong are so afraid of that The "one-eyed"? (Mà con cũng chả hiểu tại sao bố với Lương Bổng lại sợ cái tên Thế "chột" đấy thế nhề?) Ever since I was a kid, I wasn't afraid of him. He gave me candy and I didn't even take it. What the hell am I afraid of!!! (Ngay từ ngày bé con đã đếch sợ hắn rồi, hắn cho con kẹo con còn đếch thèm lấy ấy, sợ quái gì!!!)
— Phan Hai in The Arbitrator (episode 7)
Are you crazy? If you die, who will take care of my child? (Cô bị điên à, cô mà chết thì ai chăm con tôi?)
— Phan Hai in The Arbitrator (episode 11)
Personal life
In early 2007, Viet Anh married reporter Thuy Linh. The wedding took place on February 26, 2007. Linh was a student of Viet Anh's mother when she was an English teacher. Due to work requirements, Linh moved to work as an editor at Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV). Viet Anh decided to move to Ho Chi Minh City with his wife to start a career. After a period of living together, they had a daughter named Song Anh and then the two officially divorced on January 15, 2010. After the divorce, Linh and her daughter moved to the US to settle down.[17]
In early 2016, Viet Anh registered to marry his girlfriend Tran Huong but the two had organized the wedding before. Tran Huong was born in 1989 and is a freelancer.[18][19][20] On the morning of March 7, 2017, she gave birth to her first baby boy at a hospital in Hanoi. Viet Anh gave to his son nickname is Đậu.[21][22] In 2019, he and his wife announced their divorced.[23]
