Remy Hii (born 24 July 1986) is a Malaysian-

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actor. Hii attended the

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for three years, and appeared in various theatre productions, before being cast in his first television role. Hii starred as Van Tuong Nguyen in the four-part miniseries '' Better Man'' and was cast as Hudson Walsh in the soap opera ''

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'' in 2013. He is also known as Prince Jingim from the

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original series ''

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''. From 2018 to 2019, Hii played Simon Van Reyk in the Australian television crime drama '' Harrow''. Hii has also appeared in the series ''

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'', the romantic comedy film ''

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'', and

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's '' Spider-Man: Far From Home''.

Early life

Hii was born in Malaysia to a Chinese-Malaysian father and a British mother from

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. His father's family left China during the

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and settled in Malaysia like many others. He moved with his parents to

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when he was eight. He attended the

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. His early theatre work was with ''The Emerge Project'', an arm of Switchboard Arts. There he performed in a number of original productions in Brisbane by local playwrights between 2005 and 2007. From 2009 to 2011 he attended the

(NIDA) in Sydney where he graduated in 2011. During his time at NIDA, Hii played in the Sydney indie-rock group RAPIDS, alongside Will Shepherd, and fellow actors

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and Jamie Timony. The band released a self-titled EP in 2010.

Career

Hii's professional theatre debut was with the

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's production of ''The Estimator'' in 2007, after he was noticed by its playwright David Brown performing in a play reading with ''The Emerge Project''. He was later cast in guest roles in the television series ''

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'' and '' H₂O: Just Add Water''. In 2011, Hii appeared as Tom in the short film ''Kiss''. Hii appeared in the lead role of Van Tuong Nguyen in SBS's four-part miniseries '' Better Man'', which began airing from 25 July 2013. The series is based on a true story. The role led to Hii receiving a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama at the 2014

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and the Most Outstanding Newcomer accolade the 2014

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. On 12 June 2013, Hii joined the cast of ''

'' as Hudson Walsh. Hudson was introduced as a love interest for established character Chris Pappas (James Mason). On 20 June, Hii told Daniel Kilkelly from

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that he had been asked back to continue filming the following month. After leaving ''Neighbours'', Hii was cast as Prince Jingim in the

drama ''

''. The series was cancelled after two seasons in 2016. Hii went on to appear in Paul Currie's 2017 thriller film '' 2:22'', and he has a recurring role as Sam in the Australian television drama ''

''. Hii portrays Alistair Cheng in the 2018 romantic comedy film ''

'', based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan. From 2018 to 2019, he played Simon Van Reyk, a forensic pathologist, in the crime drama '' Harrow''. He appeared in every episode of the first series. In 2019, Hii played Brad Davis in '' Spider-Man: Far From Home''. He was set to have the lead role of Luen in ''Jane the Novela'', a spin-off from ''

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'', but the series was not picked up by

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. In February 2021, Hii starred as Ben Zhao in the ABC comedy-drama series ''

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''. Later that year, Hii joined the ensemble cast of '' The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hii, Remy Male actors from Queensland Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of English descent Australian people of Malaysian descent Living people Logie Award winners Male actors of Chinese descent National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Australian male actors Australian people of Asian descent Australian actors of Asian descent 1986 births