Haing S. Ngor Overview:

Actress, Haing S. Ngor, was born Haing Somnang Ngor on Mar 22, 1940 in Samrong Young, Cambodia. S. Ngor died at the age of 55 on Feb 25, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA .

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Haing S. Ngor was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields (as Dith Pran) in 1984.

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YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1984Best Supporting ActorThe Killing Fields (1984)Dith PranWon
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14 April 2004 - Courts overturned the 1998 conviction of the Oriental Lazy Boyz threesome who were jailed for the murder of Ngor. The court ruled that the original prosecutor had unfairly played on the jury sympathy in obtaining the conviction.

One of eight actors of Asian descent nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. The others are Miyoshi Umeki who won Best Supporting Actress nominated for Sayonara (1957), Sessue Hayakawa nominated for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Mako nominated for The Sand Pebbles (1966), Ben Kingsley who won Best Actor for Gandhi (1982), Pat Morita nominated for The Karate Kid (1984), Ken Watanabe nominated for The Last Samurai (2003) and Rinko Kikuchi nominated for Babel (2006).

Was not interested at first in the role of Dith Pran but after interviews with the filmmakers he changed his mind, remembering that he promised his late wife to tell Cambodia's story to the world.

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