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name: "Desmond Chiam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/desmond-chiam"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 July 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:44.472975+00:00"
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# Desmond Chiam

Actor. Born 30 July 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 July 1987, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

## Biography

Desmond Chiam is an Australian actor. He was born on 30 July 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria. He holds a law degree from the University of Melbourne and a master's degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. After briefly working as a lawyer, he turned to acting and breakdancing, beginning with short films and Australian television appearances including an episode of *Neighbours*.

Chiam is known for his roles as General Riga in *The Shannara Chronicles* (2017), Wyatt Cole in *Reef Break* (2019), Dovich in *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021), and Clarence in *Joy Ride* (2023). He has also appeared in *Now Apocalypse* (2019), *Magic Camp* (2020), *With Love* (2021–2023) and *Five Blind Dates* (2024), and is set to play King Jerrod in *Mortal Kombat II* (2026). He co-created, wrote and executive-produced the series *We, the Band*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, people.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Joy Ride* (2023), Fi1m 70, as Clarence — [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)

## Also known for

- *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* (2021), Dovich
- *Bones* (2005), Valet
- *Mortal Kombat II* (2026), King Jerrod
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Kazuya Nemoto
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), Edward Lee
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), Riga
- *Magic Camp* (2020), Xerxes
- *Five Blind Dates* (2024), Appollo Wang

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