Le Nguyen was born in as Lê Thiện Toàn[1]Sa Đéc, Mekong Delta, Vietnam on 3 October 1968.

[citation needed] Le Nguyen played Tiger in Geoffrey Wright’s 1992 Australian drama film Romper Stomper.

[4] He has also appeared in other television productions including: Stingers, SeaChange, Raw FM, G.P., Fast Forward, All Together Now, Embassy, Secrets, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, Paradise Beach, Australia’s most wanted & Sword of Honour[5] Between 1986 and 1987, Le Nguyen toured with Mary Coustas in Handspan Theatre’s[6] production A Change of Face[7] written by Andrea Lemon and directed by Carmelina di Guglielmo.

In May 1994, he founded Australian Vietnamese Youth Media[8] with the support of Huu Tran and David Everist, the theatre coordinator at the Footscray Community Arts Centre.

Le Nguyen studied Television Production at RMIT in 1989 and completed his Bachelor of Arts (Drama/Community Development) in 1998 and Diploma of Education in 2000 at Victoria University.