Hoa Xuande

Hoa Xuan Nguyen, known professionally as Hoa Xuande , is an Australian actor of Vietnamese descent. 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 television series The Sympathizer.

Early life and education Xuande is of Vietnamese descent. He studied acting at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Xuande attended school at Trinity Grammar in Melbourne.

Career In his early career, Xuande appeared in productions in Australia. From 2016 to 2017, Xuande portrayed Elvin in the Australian ABC comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student, alongside Ronny Chieng, Molly Daniels, Shuang Hu, Patch May and Anthony Morgan.

In 2020 he portrayed Khoa in the SBS series Hungry Ghosts. He portrayed Lin in the 2021 live action remake of Cowboy Bebop.

In 2022, Xuande was announced as the lead, the Captain, in the 2024 HBO historical black comedy drama television series The Sympathizer. The miniseries is an adaptation of the 2015 novel of the same name written by American Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series premiered on HBO in April 2024. For his performance as the Captain, Xuande was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series, the Gotham Award for Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series and the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

Filmography

Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2016–2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student Elvin Main cast (4 episodes) 2017 Top of the Lake: China Girl Walker 1 episode 2017 Cleverman Advisor #1 1 episode 2020 Hungry Ghosts Khoa 4 episodes 2021 Cowboy Bebop Lin 7 episodes 2023 Last King of the Cross Romeo 7 episodes 2024 The Sympathizer The Captain Lead role 2026 Avatar: The Last Airbender Professor Zei 3 episodes