Long Nguyen
Uncle Nam

As an actor, Long Nguyen took on supporting roles in Oliver Stone’s Heaven and Earth (1992), Operation Dumbo Drop (1996), directed by Simon Wincer, Into Thin Air (1997), directed by Robert Markowitz, 97), Green Dragon (2002), directed by Timothy Linh Bui and Missing Brendan (2002), directed by Eugene Brady. His latest project is a leading role in JOURNEY FROM THE FALL (2005). As an artist, Nguyen’s works have been exhibited internationally. His coming solo show will be a semi-retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Arts. His paintings are in the collection of the Oakland Museum of Arts, San Jose Museum of Arts and Triton Museum. Nguyen is a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Art, the California Art Council and the Fleishhacker foundation grant. For Long Nguyen, making art and acting are two disciplines the compliment each other, to get under a character's skin is the same as to lose oneself in a painting or sculpture.