Dương Bá Lộc
Biography
Jean Moreau (1925 - 19th April 2004), commonly known as Dương Bá Lộc, was a Vietnamese actor, politician and university lecturer. Born into a family of a French office worker and a Vietnamese-Italian mother, he changed his name to Dương Bá Lộc and joined the Vietminh in 1945, working as a spy and intelligence officer in the South. After the 1954 Geneva Accords, he moved to North Vietnam, where he dabbled in acting in addition to his career in the military, and often took on the roles of colonial officers or American soldiers.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Cố vấn Mỹ
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as J. Williams
Following the 1954 Geneva Accords that partitioned Vietnam into two zones at the 17th parallel, a pregnant Dịu remains back in the South with her family while her husband has to move up North. At home, the young woman has to juggle between the duties of a liberation fighter and a mother while enduring her enemies' tortures and imprisonment, as she assumes the leadership of an underground liberation movement after its previous secretary was assassinated
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Upon meeting a young Vietnamese soldier during his brief stay in the Lao mountains, a woman begins recalling to her daughter episodes of her life ever since she had to leave Northwest Vietnam in 1952, including her fateful encounter with a Lao mother.