Vichea Ten
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Vichea Ten | |
|---|---|
| Born | ~1963[1] Cambodia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Notable work | In Between |
Vichea Ten is a Cambodian born Australian actor.[2] For his performance in In Between he was nominated for the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Mini Series.[1] He played the character of Saret, an illegal immigrant who fled Kampuchea after Pol Pot took power.[3]
Vichea was born in Cambodia where his parents and two siblings died after the Khmer Rouge took power. After escaping from Cambodia when Vietnam invaded he went to a refugee camp in Thailand for three years and was then sponsored to Australia by two of his sisters.[1]