Birthday: 20 July 1986, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height: 173 cm
Osric Chau was born in Vancouver, Canada, to a father from Hong Kong and a mother from Malaysia. He had spent years training martial arts with aspirations to work in stunts when he landed his first leading role alongside the late David Carradine in "Kung Fu Killer" that was shot in Hengdian, China.The following year Osric played Nima, the...
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Osric Chau was born in Vancouver, Canada, to a father from Hong Kong and a mother from Malaysia. He had spent years training martial arts with aspirations to work in stunts when he landed his first leading role alongside the late David Carradine in "Kung Fu Killer" that was shot in Hengdian, China.The following year Osric played Nima, the Tibetan monk, in Roland Emmerich's "2012" that grossed over $760 million worldwide. That success brought Osric back to China where he worked on the Chinese Remake of "What Women Want" alongside Andy Lau and Gong Li and "Man with the Iron Fists" with Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and the RZA.In 2011 Osric landed another leading role in Paramount's "Fun Size" with Victoria Justice, Thomas Mann and Jane Levy. The Halloween comedy also includes Chelsea Handler and Johnny Knoxville.In the process Osric has more than found a passion for acting and filmmaking. He still enjoys stunts, and has enormous appreciation of the skill and sacrifices involved but he'll settle with doing as many of his own stunts as a production will allow."Man with the Iron Fist" and "Fun Size" are both scheduled for an October, 26th, 2012 release. Show less «
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an en...Show more »
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom. How does one get bored of life? Show less «
I wanted to be a stuntman. I didn't really want to be an actor. I took classes when I was younger bu...Show more »
I wanted to be a stuntman. I didn't really want to be an actor. I took classes when I was younger but I really sucked. I wish I could say, 'Yeah, I was a prodigy' or whatever, but I was terrible. What helped me the most was public speaking. In high school I was president of the Student Council and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience. Show less «