Ian Tran, was born October 4th, 1979, in Pasco, Washington. The middle son of 5 boys to immigrant parents who were forced to flee their native Vietnam due to the war, he was the first to be born in the U.S. Without many influences or creative outlets in his hometown for acting, his first introduction to the arts was the saxophone, which he played for 3 years in the school jazz band. He also played football, ran track, and wrestled. However, even with all these activities, he couldn't help but feel that something was missing. He didn't realize his passion for acting until the age of 21, when he and his girlfriend moved to Seattle and he began attending a small community college in the area. Always looking for new ways to impress her, and with her full support, he found the courage to step on the stage of the college theatre and audition for that season's production. After booking the dramatic lead role, he knew he'd found what he was looking for his whole life. And it impressed his girlfriend too...he married Ashley in 2005. Since arriving in L.A., Ian vowed to stay away from stereotypical roles he felt were degrading to people of Asian descent, and has since been cast in a wide range of characters including Fragz, an internet pirate in the award winning festival favorite short film "Shadow.net", and even a zombie slaying gangster named Howard in "Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood!" starring C. Thomas Howell. He's most proud of his latest turn as the Indonesian-Muslim-Punk-Skater-Stoner Fasiq in the feature film "The Taqwacores", adapted from the novel by Michael Muhammad Knight, and directed by Eyad Zahra. It is an Official Selection for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and will have its world premiere in Park City, Utah on January 24th, 2010.
American born, but can also speak Vietnamese.Trained in flair bartending and breathes fire.Was trained in assault rifles and other weaponry by Warriors INC.His favorite actors are Ben Foster, James Franco, Chow-Yun Fat, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and too many others...Practices the Sudarshan Kriya.First began acting to impress his girlfriend at the time, now his wife, since 2005.
A family in Los Angeles finds themselves separated during a convergence of history's greatest disasters: a super volcano, a mega earthquake and a massive twister. While the world endures this near apocalyptic event, our heroes must persevere on their own skills and wit to reunite and survive.
Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "un-orthodox" house mates soon introduce him to Taqwacore- a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists out west. As the seasons change, Taqwacore influences the house more and more. The living room becomes a mosque during the day, while it continues to host punk parties at night. Ultimately, Yusef is influenced by Taqwacore too, as he begins to challenge his own faith and ideologies. The Taqwacores deals with the complexities of being young and Muslim in modern-day America.
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