Chin Han
Biography
Chin Han is a Singaporean actor whose work in film, television, and theater spans more than twenty years. Born in Singapore, he took a leading part in Masters of the Sea in 1994, the country's first full-length English drama series. He made his American film debut in Blindness opposite Vivian Wu, then starred in Alter Asians, which earned a 2001 Asian Television Award as best TV movie. He has also directed Asian premieres of plays, including David Hare's The Blue Room. His supporting role in 3 Needles (2005) drew praise, and in 2008 he played Lau in The Dark Knight (2008), with director Christopher Nolan commending his presence. Later credits include 2012 (2009), Restless (2011), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Skyscraper (2018), and Mortal Kombat (2021), in which he played Shang Tsung. He also appeared in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and A Different Sun (2017).
56years old
Turns 57 on November 27in 16 days
- Born Singapore
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Ng Chin Han
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 21 years2005 to 2026
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First role
In 1994, Chin Han took a leading part in Masters of the Sea, which was Singapore's first full-length English drama series.
Behind the camera
Chin Han has directed Asian premieres of plays, including David Hare's The Blue Room, and he helped produce the official musical version of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet.
Behind the camera
Chin Han worked as a producer, putting together concerts in Asia that featured Tony Award winners Jason Robert Brown, Cady Huffman and Lillias White. He was also credited as Chin Han Ng when he served as Associate Producer on the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards in Los Angeles.
Chin Han movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roland Emmerich directed two of these films, Simon McQuoid two. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Tadanobu Asano's page
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Jessica McNamee's page
Lewis Tan's page
Roland EmmerichDirector, 2 films, 2009 to 2016
All films by Roland Emmerich
Simon McQuoidDirector, 2 films, 2021 to 2026
All films by Simon McQuoid
Also two films together4 more actors
- Mehcad BrooksMortal Kombat II (2026) and Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Ludi LinMortal Kombat II (2026) and Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Joe TaslimMortal Kombat II (2026) and Mortal Kombat (2021)
- Max HuangMortal Kombat II (2026) and Mortal Kombat (2021)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Chin Han's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.6 billion
9 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B28.0% of the total
- 2$791M22.0% of the total
- 3$715M19.9% of the total
- 4$390M10.9% of the total
- 5$305M8.5% of the total
- 6$170M4.7% of the total
- 7$129M3.6% of the total
- 8$84M2.4% of the total
$2.5 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total