Desmond Chiam

Desmond Chiam is an Australian actor who first trained in law, earning a degree from the University of Melbourne before he added a master's degree in screenwriting, earned at the University of Southern California, and then chose breakdancing and acting instead. His earliest screen work came in Australian short films, followed by parts in the homegrown shows Neighbours and Better Man, and after he moved to Los Angeles he took roles in American series such as NCIS: Los Angeles and Bones and in Con Man, the webseries by Alan Tudyk. In 2017 he joined The Shannara Chronicles as its villain, General Riga, and he later played Wyatt Cole, the lead of the crime series Reef Break, and Dovich in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. His other credits include With Love, Partner Track, voice work in Cookie Run: Kingdom, and Joy Ride (2023).