After spending time in a Malaysian refugee camp, the family was sponsored by a Dutch Reform Church to settle in Tasmania, Australia where he spent his early childhood.
Nguyen primarily works in television, having appeared in several productions over the past two decades.
His first major acting role was in 1994 on the TV series Heartbreak High[1] alongside Alex Dimitriades, Tony Martin and Sarah Lambert which gained significant press in Australia at the time for its groundbreaking gritty portrayal of multiculturalism[2] in Australian schools.
His second role in 1996 was a swimming athlete training for the Olympics on the TV series Sweat[3] alongside Heath Ledger and Martin Henderson.
In 2017 he appeared alongside Richard Roxburgh in Blue Murder: Killer Cop, a two-part Australian television miniseries based on true events, produced by Seven Network.