Tony Lee, born Le Thien Toan in 1968 in Sa Dec, Vietnam, migrated to Australia with his family in 1978 and changed his name to Tony Lee. He later changed his name to Tony Le Nguyen in 1992, following his acting role in Romper Stomper.
Tony studied video production at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1988, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from the Victoria University of Technology, majoring in Drama and Community Development. He also toured with Handspan Theatre's production of A Change of Face from 1986 to 1988, and worked with VSO on Madama Butterfly.
Tony's acting credits include performances in Theatreworks' production of Titus, directed by David Pledger and Robert Draghin, and in Jeffrey Wright's feature film Romper Stomper, where he played the pivotal role of Tiger. He has also appeared in numerous television productions, such as Raw F.M., G.P., Fast Forward, and All Together Now.
In 1994, Tony founded Australian Vietnamese Youth Media (Vietnamese Youth Theatre),with the support of David Everist, and received funding from the Queens Trust and the Australia Council to produce Chay Vong Vong, a play written and directed by Tony Le Nguyen with the Vietnamese Community in Footscray, Melbourne.
Tony has directed numerous professional and community productions, including Now I Lay Me Down, A Time of Your Life, Taboo, and Vietnamese Chair Dance. He has also co-directed productions such as A Change of Face, Worlds Apart, and Chay Vong Vong.
