Vico Thai

Vico Thai
Born
Vico Thai

Australia
OccupationActor
SpouseAline Thai
ChildrenPaquinn Thai

Vico Thai is an Australian actor, He is known for his role as Lam Bui on Disneyplus[1] series Last Days of the Space Age which premiered on Disneyplus and Hulu. His other notable roles include Justin Yang on ABC TV's award-winning drama series Total Control and as Riz in Foxtel's Dangerous TV series.

Early life

Thai was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and raised in Sydney in the suburb of Bankstown. He is of Vietnamese, Chinese and French ancestry. He began performing at an early age before receiving a prestigious national scholarship to study at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP). Thai was nominated by the Ten Network for a National Young Achiever Award for his achievements in performance.

In 2002, Thai's younger sister Jenny Thai (1997–2002) died from her second open heart surgery.

Career

Thai's first role was a guest star on Young Lions, screened on the Nine Network. Thai was next cast in his breakout role, as one of the new young stars on Foxtel's AFI nominated show Dangerous (TV series) starring alongside Joel Edgerton.[2] Thai's roles continued, appearing next in the internationally acclaimed series East West 101 with guest appearances in cult series Underbelly, award-winning comedy Review with Myles Barlow and guest starring alongside Guy Pearce in the acclaimed mini series Jack Irish.

Recently, Thai has continued his work with guests roles on ABC's Rake TV series and international crime mystery thriller series Harrow. Thai was recently cast as a lead in Hungry Ghosts as Quang, premiering on SBS. In 2021 Vico Thai was cast as a lead alongside award-winning actresses Rachel Griffiths and Debra Mailman in the second season of Total Control.[3] In 2024 Thai plays a starring role in Disneyplus original series Last Days of the Space Age as Lam Bui, starring alongside Linh Danh Pham, Iain Glen, Radha Mitchell and Jesse Spencer.[4]

Filmography

  • TV Series
Year TV Show Character Notes
2024 Last Days of the Space Age Lam Bui 8 episodes
2022 Total Control Justin Yang 6 episodes
2020 Hungry Ghosts "Quang" 4 episodes
2019 Reckoning "Young doctor" 1 episode
2018 Rake "Zhang Le Ping" 2 episode
2018 Harrow "Wei's Bodyguard" 1 episode
2013 Peter Allen, Not the Boy from OZ "Hong Kong Hilton Barman" 2 episode
2012 Jack Irish "Lester" 1 episode
2009 Review with Myles Barlow "Vince" 1 episode
2010 Underbelly "Quan" 1 episode
2007 East West 101 "David Ngo" 1 episode
2007 Dangerous "Riz" 8 episodes
2002 Young Lions Khai 1 episode
  • Films
Year Film Character Notes
2018 Danger Close Vietnamese Soldier Lead
2014 My Sister's Wedding Jay
2013 Change of Our Lives Dr Minh
2013 Felony Vico
2012 Wish You Were Here Vietnamese leader
2010 Mother Fish Chau Lead
2009 Cedar Boys Police Officer
2009 Missing Water Chau Lead
2007 In Our Name American Marine

References

  1. ^ https://www.disney.com.au/news/last-days-of-the-space-age-premieres-october-2
  2. ^ "East and west clash in edgy drama". smh.com.au. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Season two of ABC's Total Control to air Sunday, November 7th".
  4. ^ https://www.disney.com.au/news/last-days-of-the-space-age-premieres-october-2