He is best known for his role as Lin in the 2021 live action remake of Cowboy Bebop and as the Captain in the 2024 HBO/A24 television series The Sympathizer.
[4] He studied acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
From 2016 to 2017, Xuande portrayed Elvin in the Australian ABC comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student,[7] alongside Ronny Chieng, Molly Daniels, Shuang Hu, Patch May and Anthony Morgan.
[9][10] In 2022, Xuande was announced as the lead, the Captain, in the 2024 HBO/A24 historical black comedy drama television series The Sympathizer.
[11] The miniseries is an adaptation of the 2015 novel of the same name written by American Viet Thanh Nguyen.