Haing S. Ngor
Cambodian-American physician and actor (1940–1996)
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- Fame59.5
- Momentum6.0
- Doctors rank#47
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Lived 1940–1996, aged 56
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Updated 2026-06-20
Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist. He made his acting debut in the biographical drama film The Killing Fields (1984) as journalist Dith Pran, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the first actor of Asian descent to win the award and one of the only two amateur actors to win an Academy Award, following Harold Russell.
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