Editing Dustin Nguyen (section)

==Early life==
Nguyen was born Nguyễn Xuân Trí in [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]], and was one of two sons in his family.<ref name=":0" /> His mother, My Le, was an actress and dancer, and his father, Xuân Phát, was an actor, comedian, writer, and producer in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite news|last=Knutzen|first=Eirik|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472841481.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+04%2C+1987&author=Eirik+Knutzen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=One+Jump+ahead&pqatl=google|title=One Jump ahead|date=July 4, 1987|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=October 20, 2012|archive-date=July 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702000520/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/435598102.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul%2004,%201987&author=Eirik%20Knutzen&pub=Toronto%20Star&edition=&startpage=&desc=One%20Jump%20ahead|url-status=dead}}</ref> The family left Vietnam in April 1975 during the [[fall of Saigon]].<ref name="losangelestimes-1992">{{cite news|last= Chen |first= Vivien Lou|title= Jobless Actor Rejects Asian Stereotypes Series|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 1, 1992|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-01-me-1314-story.html|access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref>

In his teens, his family arrived in [[Guam]] as refugees, and then the family was moved to a refugee camp in [[Fort Chaffee]], [[Arkansas]]. Finally with the assistance of a [[Methodist]] church they relocated to [[Des Peres, Missouri]], a suburb of [[St. Louis]].<ref name="losangelestimes-1992" /><ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Brennan |first=Patricia |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=http://cglass.vinu.edu/21js/21art5.html |title=Dustin Nguyen Out Of Saigon And into TV |date=December 13, 1987 |publisher=cglass.vinu.edu |access-date=October 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110083640/http://cglass.vinu.edu/21js/21art5.html |archive-date=January 10, 2008 }}</ref> The ''21 Jump Street'' season 2 episode "Christmas in Saigon", which first aired in December 1987, is based in his experiences escaping Vietnam and eventually arriving in the United States; Nguyen also served as a [[technical advisor]] in the episode.

Nguyen graduated from [[Garden Grove High School]] in [[Garden Grove, California]], he attended [[Orange Coast College]]<ref name="losangelestimes-1994" /> and majored in [[communication studies|communications]] but later dropped out to pursue acting full time.<ref name=":0" />

Nguyen practices several martial arts including [[Muay Thai]], [[Tae Kwon Do]], [[Eskrima]], and [[Jeet Kune Do]].<ref name="losangelestimes-1992" />