Ian Iskandar Gouw (, born 9 April 1997) is an actor, artist, and producer from Hong Kong.

Career

At the age of eight, Gouw was cast as a lead role in the film Fu zi (also known as "After This Our Exile"), directed by Patrick Tam. Gouw modelled for

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Clothing in 2006. At age nine, Gouw went on to become the youngest actor ever to win and receive the

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for Best Supporting Actor. Gouw also went on to become the youngest ever to win two Hong Kong Film Festival awards for his debut film Fu zi for Best New Performer, and Best Supporting actor respectively. In the fall of 2009, Gouw also voiced the Cantonese version of

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Personal life

Ian Gouw's mother is the late Hong Kong actress Michelle Sima and his father, Togi Gouw, is a Dutch businessman of

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descent.

Filmography

Awards

Awards won

References

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* 1997 births 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Living people Canadian male actors of Hong Kong descent Canadian male film actors Dutch people of Chinese descent Dutch people of Hong Kong descent Dutch people of Indonesian descent Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Hong Kong male child actors Hong Kong male film actors 21st-century Chinese male actors {{HongKong-actor-stub