--- name: "Chin Han" canonical: "https://film.one/person/chin-han" fi1m_id: "chin-han" imdb_id: "nm1977856" tmdb_id: 101015 wikidata_id: "Q938855" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 November 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-05T11:11:11.380425+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Chin Han ## Identity Chin Han - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chin-han - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** chin-han - **IMDb ID:** nm1977856 - **TMDB ID:** 101015 - **Wikidata ID:** Q938855 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Han_(actor,_born_1969), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977856/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101015 Actor. Born 27 November 1969 in Singapore. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 November 1969, Singapore - **Active:** 2008–present - **Also known as:** Chin-han Ng , 黄经汉, 친 한, Ng Chin Han - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (2), 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 50 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Drama 1 - **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $2,778m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Han_(actor,_born_1969), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1977856/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101015 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Dark Knight*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md) (85), [*Mortal Kombat II*](https://film.one/film/mortal-kombat-ii.md) (50) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Chin Han > Chin Han gives calculating men a quiet credibility, without insisting that we admire the performance. We rate him as a supporting actor; the limitation comes when a film mistakes his seriousness for sufficient menace. The mob needs an accountant, and in *The Dark Knight* (2008) Chin Han gives it Lau. He has the quiet seriousness for the job: this is an actor who can suggest calculation without making a spectacle of it. We rate that restraint, particularly alongside Heath Ledger's Joker, whose cruelty requires so little apparent effort. Chin Han helps make the criminal business credible even when the film's gadgetry starts demanding attention. Christopher Nolan gave him his Hollywood breakthrough here, and the surrounding craft helps explain why the casting works. Wally Pfister gives the action physical weight, while Nathan Crowley's production design makes the setting credible as a place for a crime thriller. Chin Han's unshowy approach belongs there. Our reservation about the film is almost the reverse: Christopher and Jonathan Nolan's screenplay keeps explaining choices the actors have already made clear. More speeches are not what this cast needs. *Contagion* (2011) casts him as Sun Feng in an ensemble where Scott Z. Burns's script gives most characters one job and little space to be human. We were frightened by the hands touching everyday surfaces, because Steven Soderbergh's camera stays with a bus pole or a doorframe long enough to make contact seem dangerous. Chin Han's quiet authority suits a film that builds tension from procedures and frightened people doing their work. Soderbergh and editor Stephen Mirrione keep the story moving between continents without making every character a separate drama. There is a cost: the film cares more about transmission than about individuals. The work after Lau has taken him through Tenzin in *2012* (2009), Jia Sidao in the television series *Marco Polo* (2014), and Shang Tsung in *Mortal Kombat* (2021). His frequent casting as serious authority figures can become restrictive. *Mortal Kombat* exposes the problem: solemnity alone does not give an antagonist enough menace. The reservation is about how little such casting asks of him, rather than a wish to see him become louder. Start with *The Dark Knight*; we would welcome more parts that give his restraint something to do. ## Biography Chin Han is a Singaporean actor. Born Ng Chin Han on 27 November 1969 in Singapore, he studied at the National University of Singapore and began his career in theatre before appearing in the Singapore television series *Masters of the Sea* (1994). He made his Hollywood debut in *The Dark Knight* (2008) as Lau and went on to appear in films including *2012* (2009), *Contagion* (2011) as Sun Feng, *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014) and *Ghost in the Shell* (2017). His television credits include recurring roles in *Marco Polo* (2014) and *The Blacklist*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Mortal Kombat II* (2026), Fi1m 50, as Shang Tsung — [page](https://film.one/film/mortal-kombat-ii.md) - *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Fi1m 77, as Councilman Yen — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md) - *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Sun Feng — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md) - *2012* (2009), Fi1m 57, as Tenzin — [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md) - *The Dark Knight* (2008), Fi1m 85, as Lau — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md) ## Complete filmography (27) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mortal Kombat II* (2026), as Shang Tsung — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/mortal-kombat-ii.md) - *Avatar: The Last Airbender* (2024), series, as Long Feng - *American Born Chinese* (2023), series, as Simon Wang - *Mortal Kombat* (2021), as Shang Tsung - *Skyscraper* (2018), as Zhao Long Ji - *A Different Sun* (2017), as Zu Qing - *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), as Togusa - *Lethal Weapon* (2016), series, as Detective Henry Cho - *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016), as Commander Jiang Lao - *The Spoils Before Dying* (2015), series, as Salizar Vasquez DeLeon - *Marco Polo* (2014), series, as Jia Sidao - *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), as Councilman Yen — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md) - *Final Recipe* (2013), as David Chan - *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Wujing — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) - *Serangoon Road* (2013), series, as Kay Song - *The Sixth Gun* (2013), as Chow - *Arrow* (2012), series, as Frank Chen - *Restless* (2011), as Dr. Lee - *Contagion* (2011), as Sun Feng — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md) - *2012* (2009), as Tenzin — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md) - *Fringe* (2008), series, as Neil Chung — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) - *The Dark Knight* (2008), as Lau — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md) - *3 Needles* (2005), as Soldier Xuan - *Blindness* (1998), as Daniel Hong - *Masters of the Sea* (1994), series, Actor - *Revenge of a Swordswoman* (1963), as Han Da Hai - *The Big Fix*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-ed3d8db081ae.jpg) Chin Han — Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Ng_Chin_Han_%26_Hannah_Quinlivan_2018.jpg/1280px-Ng_Chin_Han_%26_Hannah_Quinlivan_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-21d235fb057e.jpg) Chin Han — Image via TMDB - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-d20a568cb9ed.jpg) Chin Han — Image via TMDB - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-76c7dfc05ed9.jpg) Chin Han — Image via TMDB - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-428a4f7b3224.jpg) Chin Han — Image via TMDB - ![Chin Han](https://film.one/media/person/9474/gallery-28bdca0f4255.jpg) Chin Han — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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