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    Haing S. Ngor

    Cambodian-American physician and actor

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  1. Mar 18, 2024 · Haing S. Ngor (born March 22, 1940, Samrong Young, Cambodia—died February 26, 1996, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) Cambodian physician and actor best known for his role in the movie The Killing Fields (1984), which depicted the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia that Ngor himself had lived through. In 1985 Ngor won the Academy Award for ...

  2. Sep 20, 2023 · Ngor's murder in 1996 was initially deemed a botched robbery, but there are suspicions that powerful and shadowy forces, possibly tied to the Khmer Rouge, were involved. For his debut film ...

  3. Mar 15, 2015 · With Haing S. Ngor, Jack Ong, Sophia Ngor Demetri, Luan Um Nhean. When Dr. Haing S. Ngor was forced into labor camps by the Khmer Rouge, little did he know he would escape years of torture and recreate his experiences in a film that would win him an Academy Award®.

  4. Haing S. Ngor. Actor: The Killing Fields. Haing S. Ngor was a native of Cambodia. Before the war, he was a physician & medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge. He was imprisoned & tortured. In order to escape execution, he denied being a doctor or having an education. He moved to the U.S. as a refugee in 1980.

  5. Mar 10, 2023 · Remembering Haing Ngor, The First Asian To Win Best Supporting Actor — For 'The Killing Fields' In 1985. By Mike Roe. Updated Mar 27, 2023 5:27 PM. Published Mar 10, 2023 10:24 AM. Dr. Haing...

  6. Roger Ebert March 24, 1985. Tweet. A Dr. and his Oscar. Los Angeles, California -- Early on the morning of the day that he would win the Academy Award, Dr. Haing S. Ngor found himself in the middle of the annual Oscar media circus. He was sitting in a director’s chair outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, sipping tea under a gloomy sky ...

  7. Feb 27, 1996 · Ngor Knew Role All Too Well. Roger Ebert February 27, 1996. Tweet. On the morning of the day when he won the Academy Award, Dr. Haing S. Ngor was a busy man. Just after dawn, outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, he was clicking off TV interviews, one after another: "A.M. Los Angeles," "Good Morning America."

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