Trung Dung: from the anonymous chef to the rare male lead on Vietnamese screens, U50 is still lonely for this reason

As one of the rarest and most talented faces in Vietnamese cinema, actor Trung Dung has long been a favorite name of the Vietnamese audience.

Trung Dung, born in 1973, is remembered by many people for his masculine, thorny face and personality in many TV series and movies. He is famous through films such as: 'Lost World, Weak Woman, Candle Palace...

In 2015, Trung Dung excellently transformed into a villain role in the movie "Female Police Apprentice. That's the role of Ho Thang, a gang leader with many cunning tricks. Yes. It can be said that the role of Ho Thang is an outstandingly successful role of Trung Dung.

Praised for his acting ability. But few people know that Trung Dung initially did not follow an acting career but worked as a chef for a hotel and restaurant in Ho Chi Minh.

Trung Dung could have become a chef at a restaurant or a certain hotel if he had not had the chance to meet his younger brother (actress Cat Tuong) who asked for a ride to the School of Theater and Cinema to register for the exam.

When Cat Tuong invited him to join the contest, he looked back at himself: not beautiful, no money, can't act... so it was "crazy" to choose that profession. Finally he dared to try. Not knowing anything about art, the two brothers passed valedictorian. Trung Dung graduated from the Faculty of Acting (course 4), Ho Chi Minh City College of Theater and Cinema in 1997.

Stepping into art, if you want to be remembered by the audience for a long time, you must have an impressive face. Trung Dung is not in the top "beautiful men" but he has a masculine, rough face. Of course, he didn't know it at the time, which was also a rare strength.

It wasn't until he was assigned the role of a soldier in the movie Non-Commissioned Officer, and then a series of other army roles, that Trung Dung knew that "it turned out that I also had an advantage". At that time, seeing Trung Dung was seeing him as a simple, straightforward, solid, rustic soldier on the screen.

Then, what is too familiar also makes the audience bored quickly. But he still quietly, persistently pursued until one day, he appeared in the role of Muoi Tri Nghia in the movie Under the Flag of Dai Nghia, the way he transformed himself helped him to have a "lifetime" role.

Most especially, the role of Kiet in the movie Glutinous Rice Gao Te premiered in 2019 has also contributed to bringing him closer to the public. This film is also a milestone marking the outstanding development in Trung Dung's career.

With a rare effort and perseverance, the actor has reached the peak of his career through the fact that he has received a series of prestigious awards such as the Golden Kite and Blue Star awards in 2015, the Plum Award. Gold in 2019, .. with a series of famous dramas.

In addition to a career full of ups and downs, Trung Dung's private life is also very popular with the public. Due to the fact that he has passed the 50-year-old threshold and is still single and quite secretive about sharing his private life story, the actor is often involved in many love rumors.

In 2014, when he participated in the movie Lac Gioi, he wrote the script as well as played the male lead. In the film, Trung Dung plays a wanted prison break-out general who has to find a wild mountain to hide, where he falls in love with a goat herder.

After the film was released, Trung Dung was caught up in gay rumors due to shocking statements: "It is normal for people to say that I am gay. I will be very happy." When the netizens' comments went too far, Trung Dung firmly affirmed one sentence: "I'm ready for men, movies and real life are completely different".

Here he also shared that he had been married and had been divorced since 2016. It is known that his wife and son are currently living and settling in the US.

Suddenly admitting to having a family, the identity of the woman next to Trung Dung was unknown because the actor did not reveal any "hint". He personally said that "the other half" is a person who is not active in showbiz, is simple and loves his husband and children very much. Due to the nature of their work, the two agreed not to share any information about each other to respect privacy. At the time of publicity, the actor's son was 8 years old.

However, not long after, due to personal reasons, the two broke up, from the beginning to the end Trung Dung's woman did not appear, not a single family photo was revealed. After "everyone went their separate ways", his ex-wife didn't want her son to accept her father, so she took her baby to live abroad, Trung Dung once confided: "My wife didn't want to let me see my father's face, so I took the child away. In showbiz There are so many people, children are forbidden, so they can't see their parents."

Until 2020, Trung Dung said that the wife he mentioned used to be a true fan, both had unintended children when he went on a business trip abroad. Currently, sometimes Trung Dung will call to visit his son, his ex-wife has a new family.

He was also entangled in dating rumors with Thuy Ngan, the actress in the movie Glutinous Rice, Gao Te. During the time of cooperation, Trung Dung surprised when he revealed that he often took his co-stars and even slept in the same room while filming.

Most notably, Trung Dung caused a stir when he confided: "The two of us pairing our necks, covering our shoulders, slapping our butts... it's okay. It's very normal. In the past, I've done more horrible things, but everyone who never said anything".

Right after that, Thuy Ngan had to clarify that the two slept in the same room with many people in the film crew, not in private. And the "shoulder to shoulder" is because she considers the senior as a family member, not thinking further.

Talking about the difficult love road, Trung Dung just laughed but shared: "God gave me a lot, also took away many things from me".

Recently, Trung Dung has once again attracted a lot of attention when participating in Flip Face 6 with the role of Khanh - a character with a complex and unpredictable psychology. Because of choosing a material lifestyle, Khanh is willing to ignore friendship to achieve her own goals. The character also has a bit of gothic blood, not afraid of anything.

In particular, Trung Dung left a strong impression with the heavy psychological scene when the character Khanh "went crazy". The actor really scared the audience with his wide eyes, his face as if he wanted to "eat" others alive. That makes it difficult for anyone to guess what the character is really thinking.

The actor's fan base also increased greatly, after the movie was broadcast. Many viewers also expect him to continue to shine in the latest works.

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