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Biography

Leonardo Nam was born in Argentina to Korean immigrant parents and raised in Sydney, Australia where he attended Sydney Technical High School and studied architecture at the University of New South Wales. He then decided to move to New York City at the age of 19 to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.

His breakout role came in the Paramount Studios comedy THE PERFECT SCORE starring Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, and Erika Christensen. Since then he has gone on to star in a string of movies, including THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 1 & 2, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT,VANTAGE POINT, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, ONE FOR THE MONEY and the Sam Raimi produced comedy MURDER OF A CAT. Nam has wrapped lead roles in feature films PHOBIAS, HUMMINGBIRD, and Alex Noyer’s folk-horror film LOVE IS THE MONSTER.

Most recently, Nam can be seen in Ava Duvernay’s feature film ORIGIN which was nominated for the Best Film category at Venice Film Fest ‘23. His next starring role hits Disney+ this July in feature film DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED.

On the television front, Nam is most well-known for playing Felix Lutz on the critically acclaimed, award-winning HBO series WESTWORLD. Additional credits include series regular roles on Hulu’s MAGGIE and Marvel’s WEREWOLF BY NIGHT on Disney+, a recurring role on the Amazon series BETAS, a series regular role on CBS’ Pilot FOR JUSTICE, a recurring role on DC’s SWAMP THING, MACGYVER and SNEAKY PETE. Nam has also appeared on STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, PACIFIC RIM: THE BLACKS, CLOSE ENOUGH, ROBOT CHICKEN, SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, ROYAL PAINS, BONES, FRANKLIN & BASH, and STALKER.

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Selected filmography

Descendants: The Rise of Red
- Character: Maddox Hatter
- Year: 2024
Origin
- Character: Nathan Kostlin
- Year: 2023
Werewolf by Night
- Character: Liorn
- Year: 2022
Maggie
- Character: Dave
- Year: 2022
YES DAY
- Character: Mr. Chan
- Year: 2021
Phobias
- Character: Johnny
- Year: 2021
Batman: Death in the Family
- Character: Vincent Omata (voice)
- Year: 2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Character: Australian Street Punk (voice)
- Year: 2020
Swamp Thing
- Character: Harlan Edwards
- Year: 2019
Perfect
- Character: Hans
- Year: 2019
The Rookie
- Character: Sato
- Year: 2018
Happy Anniversary
- Character: Hao
- Year: 2018
Westworld
- Character: Felix Lutz
- Year: 2016
MacGyver
- Character: Aubrey
- Year: 2016
Sneaky Pete
- Character: Alexandre Park-Sun
- Year: 2015
Stalker
- Character: Howard Granger
- Year: 2014
Cat Run 2
- Character: Zhang
- Year: 2014
Murder of a Cat
- Character: Yi Kim
- Year: 2014
One for the Money
- Character: John Cho
- Year: 2012
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
- Character: Chen
- Year: 2011
Franklin & Bash
- Character: Gene Toy
- Year: 2011
Hawaii Five-0
- Character: Harley Taylor
- Year: 2010
The 2 Bobs
- Character: The Dark Prince
- Year: 2009
He's Just Not That Into You
- Character: Joshua
- Year: 2009
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
- Character: Brian McBrian
- Year: 2008
Vantage Point
- Character: Kevin Cross
- Year: 2008
Half-Life
- Character: Scott Parker
- Year: 2008
Undoing
- Character: Joon
- Year: 2007
American Pastime
- Character: Lane Nomura
- Year: 2007
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Character: Morimoto
- Year: 2006
Bones
- Character: Nate Grunenfelder
- Year: 2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Character: Brian McBrian
- Year: 2005
The Perfect Score
- Character: Roy
- Year: 2004
Nobody's Perfect
- Character:
- Year: 2002
Love Is the Monster
- Character:
- Year: 1969
Prey
- Character: John
- Year: 1969
Their Town
- Character:
- Year: 1969
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
- Character: Maddox
- Year: 1969