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Joe Le
Joe Le is an Actor, Screenwriter, Best Know for his role as (Van, a homeless youth) in the Film The Finished People(2004). and self appearance in Australian Television's SBS documentary Once Upon A Time in Cabramatta(2012)

Early Life
Joe's mother left Vietnam in 1982 as a boat refugee while pregnant with Joe, and landed in Bidong Malaysia,

Joe was born in Bidong, Malaysia and was named Nguyen Hoang Tu Kim. Soon after, Joe and his mother arrived in Sydney, Australia as Vietnamese refugees in February 1983. Joe's name was changed from his birth name Nguyen Hoang Tu Kim in 1988 before he started grade school to his current name Joe Le. He attended Patrician Brothers College in Fairfield, graduating in 1998 and later on went on to study Sound and Audio Engineering at JMC Academy and Travel and Tourism at Martin College in Sydney. His younger brother; Dr Jimmy Le is a current practicing Medical practitioner with a Masters degree in Eastern Medicine and his older half brother Jack Le is a Tiler by trade.

Film Awards
Nominated for Australian Film Industry award(AFI Awards)currently the AACTA Awards,for Best Screenplay/Original in 2004.

Selected filmography
Actor
 * Hidden Peaks(2018)
 * Maximum Choppage(2015) (TV Series)
 * Thugs' Love (2014)(Sydney Film School Student short film)
 * Nameless: Blood and Chains(2014) (TV Series)
 * Change of Our Lives(2013)
 * Mother Fish(2009)
 * Footy Legends(2006)
 * The Finished People(2003)

Writer
 * The Finished People(2003) (writer)

Documentary Miscellaneous Crew
 * Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta(2012) (TV Series documentary)
 * Chasing the Dragon Return to Vietnam(2015)
 * Mother Fish(2009) (production assistant / unit assistant)