Dat Khou Nguyen Tien is an actor, known for Noble (2014).
Dat Phan is the Original Winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and is a Headlining Comedian touring live across the U.S. He has made numerous TV and movie appearances including "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The Family Guy" voice-over, and "Cellular". Most recently Dat has appeared on "The Tyra Banks Show" discussing racial diversity. Dat Phan was born in Saigon, Vietnam and immigrated with his mother to San Diego, CA. He suffered through financial hardships most of his childhood. After 9/11 he realized life was short and decided to go for his dream to pursue comedy full time. Moving to LA he had to live out of his car and even after being robbed at gunpoint he wouldn't stop pursuing his dream. Dat answered phones for The Improv in Hollywood during the day and tried to get as much stage time as possible at night; this meant he often went on well after midnight when crowds were often more drunk than coherent. Later, Dat took the risk and auditioned for the experimental, comedy based show produced by NBC that would launch his career. The rest is history as he was named the funniest person in America on August 5, 2003 Dat's culturally insightful comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shares his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage. His youthful energy and truly unique life experiences, including all the tough times, are combined to create the message of living your dreams and reaching out for the stars. Dat Phan's mission is to bring a more positive portrayal of Asian-Americans to mainstream entertainment and Hollywood. "We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV & Movies." Dat Phan has been included in The Smithsonian Institution's exhibition of The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-American Individuals. The DVD "Dat Phan Live" was released in January 2010 and is available via Amazon. His CD "You Touch, You Buy" was released in 2009. Dat's latest CD, "Born in Saigon...California" is now available on iTunes and Amazon.
Dat Phan is known for Shattered (2022).
With 20 years in the entertainment business, Datari Turner has worked along side some of the biggest names in entertainment history. From 2010 to Date, as a feature film producer, Datari Turner has produced close to 30 feature films, making him one of the most prolific independent producers working today. "Another Happy Day" and "Salvation Boulevard" both premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. LUV premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2012. Ten Thousand Saints in 2015 and Gook premiering at Sundance in 2017. Turner produced, co-starred, and wrote the film "Video Girl" starring Meagan Good and Academy Award nominee Ruby Dee. The screenplay for "Video Girl," was recently accepted into the Academy of Motion Pictures Library and is on display in their exclusive archive. "Another Happy Day" starred Hollywood heavy weights Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn. "Salvation Boulevard" starred Oscar Winners Marisa Tomei and Jennifer Connolly in addition to A- List veterans Pierce Brosnan and Ed Harris. "LUV," produced by Turner, starring Rapper/Actor Common, Danny Glover, and Dennis Haysbert, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and opened in theaters across the country in January 2013. While working on "LUV" Turner also produced "About Cherry" starring Academy Award nominee James Franco, and Dev Petal, who starred in the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire." "About Cherry" premiered at the 62nd Annual Berlin Festival to critical acclaim. Turner then produced and starred in the popular indie comedy "Dysfunctional Friends "which premiered at both the SXSW and ABFF Film Festivals respectively. "Dysfunctional Friends" stars Turner, Meagan Good, Stacey Dash, Stacy Keibler, and NFL Icon Terrell "T.O." Owens in his acting debut. The dark comedy "It's a Disaster" produced by Turner, opened in theaters in April, 2013 and was rated one of the 5 Best Independent films of 2013 by the Huffington Post. "It's a Disaster starred Julia Stiles, and America Ferrera. "Kilimanjaro" starring Brian Geraghty and Abigail Spencer premiered at SXSW in 2013. The Neil Labute film "Some Velvet Morning" starring Alice Eve and Stanley Tucci, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013. Turner produced Kilimanjaro and was an Executive Producer on the Neil Labute film. Turner produced, co-wrote and co-starred in the film "Lap Dance" starring James Remar, Mariel Hemingway, Briana Evigan, Omari Hardwick and Lisa Raye. The John Stockwell thriller "Kid Cannabis." And the Katherine Heigl film "Jackie and Ryan" which premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival. Turner is credited as an Executive Producer on Kid Cannabis and Associate Producer on Jackie and Ryan. Thousand Saints, starring Ethan Hawke, Emil Hircsh, and Hailee Steinfeld, became Turners 4th Produced Sundance Film in five years. Turner signed a First Look deal with CodeBlack/ Lions Gate Films in 2015. Datari Turner is currently producing, writing, and staring in "Supermodel" a film about the fashion industry which also stars Tyson Beckford, Sessilee Lopez, Roger Guenveur Smith and many others. "A Girl Like Grace" produced and co-starred in by Turner, stars Meagan Good, Raven Symone and Garcelle Beauvais, premiered at the LA Film Festival last June. "9 Rides" produced by Turner premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to critical acclaim. Gook, a story about two Korean Kids who protect their shoe store in South Los Angeles during the L.A. Riots in 1992, won the prestigious Audience Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn for theatrical release in August, 2017. Supermodel was acquired by Netflix and premieres in the fall of 2017. A Boy. A Girl. A Dream is currently in production starred Omari Hardwick, Meagan Good, and Jay Ellis. In Television: Datari recently signed a First Look Television Producing Deal with the largest Independent studio in the world, Entertainment One, to create, produce and develop new original programing. Turner has produced over 100 hours of original programming for networks WEtv, BET, TvOne, Starz, and the Oxygen network. Most recent television credits include "Love Thy Sister" premiering on the WE Channel in January of 2015. Datari serves as the shows Creator and Executive Producer. "Growing Up Hip-Hop" is in it's forth season staring Angela Simmons and Romeo for the WETV Channel. Datari serves as the shows Creator and Executive Producer. Growing Up Hip has turned into a lucrative franchise and is currently the highest rated television series on WETV. Growing Up Hip-Hop Atlanta, the first spin-off from the franchise, is in it's second season. Datari currently resides in Beverly Hills, California and currently sits on the board of The Black House Foundation. He is an alum of the ABC/ Disney program and is repped at CAA.
Datdrion Lopy is known for Paradise Beach (2019).
Dathan Smith is the award-winning writer and director of the series L.I.F.E. Anthologies. In 2012 he moved from Dallas to New Orleans where he found a niche in stand-in work alongside A-list talent. During that time, he worked on Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens (Nick Jonas), Mr. Right (Sam Rockwell), Now You See Me (Mark Ruffalo), The Whole Truth (Keanu Reeves), and 22 Jump St. (Dave Franco) to name a few. Dathan, now in Oklahoma, also works in front of the camera as commercial and film talent in industry booming Oklahoma. Random Fact: Dathan graduated with only 11 other students in a town with a population of 231
Dathan Thigpen is the season eight winner of BET's "Sunday Best: All Stars." Dathan returned to win the hit competition series in 2015 after first making an indelible impression on season three of "Sunday Best" in 2010. The Atlanta-based singer/actor is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, where he honed his skills in music as part of the legendary Mississippi Mass Choir. He's also been featured on albums by John P. Kee, Benjamin Cone, III and the Mississippi Children's Choir. In 2007, Dathan was featured on the compilation "Wedding Songs," on a remake of K-Ci & JoJo's "All My Life." Dathan will release his solo recording debut in 2016 on Kirk Franklin's Fo Your Soul Entertainment/RCA Records. A talented actor, Dathan has appeared on Tyler Perry's hit series "The Have & The Have Nots" on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network. He also starred in Perry's theatrical production "Madea's Neighbors From Hell." In addition to his work with Perry, the Atlanta-based entertainer has starred in other theater productions and musicals, among them Edward Fernandez's "What God Joined Together" and "Black Nativity." Dathan was featured on an episode of Travel Channel's "Time Traveling with Brian Unger" and also had roles in "Scary Movie 5" and the independent film "Lyfe's Journey."
Dathaí Keane is a director and writer from Ireland. He began his career as an editor and worked for over a decade cutting projects for both TV and film. His first projects as writer and director were documentaries and he has written and directed a number of award-winning documentary series for Irish television. Two of his drama-documentary series have been sold internationally - The Irish Mob (Netflix) and Easter 1916 (Amazon Prime). In 2015, he created and directed a Western Drama series called An Klondike that ran for two seasons on Irish national television. The series has been distributed internationally and is available on Netflix under the title Dominion Creek. Dathaí was awarded the IFTA for Best Director Drama at the 2017 Irish and Film Television Awards for his work on the second season of An Klondike. In 2018 he co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Finky. The film was funded by Screen Ireland and premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2019 where it won the award for Best Cinematography. Most recently, Dathaí has been working on the thriller series Smother. He directed the first series in 2020 and wrapped filming on the second season in June 2021. The second season is due to air in Spring 2022.
Dathu is known for Tenali Ramakrishna BA.BL (2019), Madhagaja (2021) and Daynii.
Datin Sri Shaila v Nair is known for Pulanaivu (2019), Maindhan (2014) and Vedigundu Pasangge (2018).