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Vang was born in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], [[California]], four years after his [[Hmong people|Hmong]] parents emigrated from [[Thailand]].<ref name="AP-Novice actor">{{cite news| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28696628/| title=Clint Eastwood makes novice teen actor's day| publisher=Associated Press| last=Baenen |first= Jeff| date=16 January 2009 | accessdate=2009-05-18}}</ref> He had five brothers and one sister.<ref name="Interview7">"''Gran Torino''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 7.</ref>
Vang was born in [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], [[California]], four years after his [[Hmong people|Hmong]] parents emigrated from [[Thailand]].<ref name="AP-Novice actor">{{cite news| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28696628/| title=Clint Eastwood makes novice teen actor's day| publisher=Associated Press| last=Baenen |first= Jeff| date=16 January 2009 | accessdate=2009-05-18}}</ref> He had five brothers and one sister.<ref name="Interview7">"''Gran Torino''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 7.</ref>


He resided in the [[Twin Cities]] area. He grew up in a neighborhood in [[Minneapolis]] that he described as "poor."<ref name=shrug>{{cite web|last=Vang|first=Bee|title=Opinion: Why I can't shrug off KDWB's hateful slur against Hmong community|url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_17786705|publisher=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|accessdate=7 April 2011 |date=7 April 2011 }}</ref> He later lived in [[Robbinsdale, Minnesota]].<ref>Xamoua. "[http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/01/23/gran-torino-interview-bee-vang.html "Gran Torino" interview with Bee Vang]." ''[[Hmong Today]]'' at ''[[Twin Cities Daily Planet]]''. January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 14, 2012.</ref> For his freshman year he attended [[Patrick Henry High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|Patrick Henry High School]], and he was in the [[University of Minnesota]]'s advanced program.<ref>C. J. "[http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/39341277.html A big, new Hollywood star? Why, he says: 'No, I'm Bee Vang']." ''[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]''. February 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.</ref> He also attended [[Robbinsdale Armstrong High School]] in [[Plymouth, Minnesota|Plymouth]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_11411830| title=He auditioned on a lark. Now, he's Eastwood's co-star.| work=''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]''| last=Hewitt | first= Chris| date=9 January 2009 | accessdate=2009-01-19| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122090043/http://www.twincities.com/ci_11411830| archivedate= 22 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Vang, before being cast in ''Gran Torino'', had planned to go into a [[premed]] program.<ref name="Schein">Schein, Louisa. "[http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=506b407281c5f9afd1a757cb9c3dca80 Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family]." ''[[Hmong Today]]'' at ''[[New America Media]]. October 4, 2008. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.</ref> Due to his role in ''Gran Torino'', Vang considered getting into filmmaking.<ref name="Baenen">Baenen, Jeff. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BTxJAAAAIBAJ&pg=2517,1335505 Teen makes acting debut after auditioning 'on a lark']." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[The Post and Courier]]''. Tuesday January 20, 2009. 2A. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (2 of 21) on March 17, 2012.</ref>
He resided in the [[Twin Cities]] area. He grew up in a neighborhood in [[Minneapolis]] that he described as "poor."<ref name=shrug>{{cite web|last=Vang|first=Bee|title=Opinion: Why I can't shrug off KDWB's hateful slur against Hmong community|url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_17786705|publisher=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]|accessdate=7 April 2011 |date=7 April 2011 }}</ref> He later lived in [[Robbinsdale, Minnesota]].<ref>Xamoua. "[http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/01/23/gran-torino-interview-bee-vang.html "Gran Torino" interview with Bee Vang]." ''[[Hmong Today]]'' at ''[[Twin Cities Daily Planet]]''. January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 14, 2012.</ref> For his freshman year he attended [[Patrick Henry High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|Patrick Henry High School]], and he was in the [[University of Minnesota]]'s advanced program.<ref>C. J. "[http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/39341277.html A big, new Hollywood star? Why, he says: 'No, I'm Bee Vang']." ''[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]''. February 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.</ref> He also attended [[Robbinsdale Armstrong High School]] in [[Plymouth, Minnesota|Plymouth]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.twincities.com/ci_11411830| title=He auditioned on a lark. Now, he's Eastwood's co-star.| work=''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]''| last=Hewitt | first= Chris| date=9 January 2009 | accessdate=2009-01-19| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122090043/http://www.twincities.com/ci_11411830| archivedate= 22 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Vang, before being cast in ''Gran Torino'', had planned to go into a [[premed]] program.<ref name="Schein">Schein, Louisa. "[http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=506b407281c5f9afd1a757cb9c3dca80 Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617082429/http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=506b407281c5f9afd1a757cb9c3dca80 |date=2011-06-17 }}." ''[[Hmong Today]]'' at ''[[New America Media]]. October 4, 2008. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.</ref> Due to his role in ''Gran Torino'', Vang considered getting into filmmaking.<ref name="Baenen">Baenen, Jeff. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BTxJAAAAIBAJ&pg=2517,1335505 Teen makes acting debut after auditioning 'on a lark']." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[The Post and Courier]]''. Tuesday January 20, 2009. 2A. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (2 of 21) on March 17, 2012.</ref>


He attends [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=shrug/> At Brown Vang planned to pursue an acting career and study filmmaking and the [[Chinese language]].<ref name="Interview8">"''Gran Torino''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 8.</ref> He is also part of the Asian American Students Association at Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION|url=http://brownaasa.weebly.com/about.html|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
He attends [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]].<ref name=shrug/> At Brown Vang planned to pursue an acting career and study filmmaking and the [[Chinese language]].<ref name="Interview8">"''Gran Torino''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 8.</ref> He is also part of the Asian American Students Association at Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION|url=http://brownaasa.weebly.com/about.html|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>


As a youth he mainly watched Asian films. In an interview Vang said that from his early teenage years he had watched various Western films, ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]'', ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'', ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II|Rambo]]'', and other war movies.<ref name="Interview2">"''Gran Torino'''s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 2.</ref> He also watched [[Clint Eastwood]] [[western film|westerns]],<ref>"[http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/012709-Film-BeeVang Bee Vang feels lucky: Actor debuts opposite Eastwood in 'Gran Torino']." ''[[Salisbury Post]]''. Tuesday January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.</ref> and had been a fan of Eastwood for a long period of time. Vang owned copies of several films starring Eastwood, such as ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', and ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.<ref name="Schein"/> Vang said that he had a preference for Asian films, and specifically the original language versions with English subtitles. In an interview he criticized the film ''Heaven & Earth''.<ref name="Interview2"/>
As a youth he mainly watched Asian films. In an interview Vang said that from his early teenage years he had watched various Western films, ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Heaven & Earth (1993 film)|Heaven & Earth]]'', ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'', ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II|Rambo]]'', and other war movies.<ref name="Interview2">"''Gran Torino'''s Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 2.</ref> He also watched [[Clint Eastwood]] [[western film|westerns]],<ref>"[http://www.salisburypost.com/Lifestyle/012709-Film-BeeVang Bee Vang feels lucky: Actor debuts opposite Eastwood in 'Gran Torino']{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[Salisbury Post]]''. Tuesday January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.</ref> and had been a fan of Eastwood for a long period of time. Vang owned copies of several films starring Eastwood, such as ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', and ''[[Letters from Iwo Jima]]''.<ref name="Schein"/> Vang said that he had a preference for Asian films, and specifically the original language versions with English subtitles. In an interview he criticized the film ''Heaven & Earth''.<ref name="Interview2"/>


By 2010,<ref name="AfterGT">"[http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/gran-torino After Gran Torino: Forum on Race, Violence, Sexuality, and Asian American Masculinities]." ([http://www.webcitation.org/66GTxWLoY?url=http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/gran-torino Archive]) [[University of California Berkeley]].</ref> Vang became an activist.<ref>"[http://asia.isp.msu.edu/calendar/details.htm?id=42806&pf=t Beyond Gran Torino: Hmong {{not a typo|Persepctives}} and Media Futures (Lecture)]." ([http://www.webcitation.org/66GTgYEL8?url=http://asia.isp.msu.edu/calendar/details.htm?id%3D42806%26pf%3Dt Archive]) Asian Studies Center, [[Michigan State University]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2012.</ref> Vang collaborates on [[social justice]] film, internet, and print products with Louisa Schein, a Hmong media expert, Va-Megn Thoj, a Hmong filmmaker, and Ly Chong Thong Jalao, a [[University of California Santa Barbara]] [[Ph.D.]] student. Vang travels around the United States doing public speaking regarding ''Gran Torino'' and post-''Gran Torino'' issues related to the Hmong community.<ref name="AfterGT"/> In 2011 Vang wrote an editorial criticizing a ''[[KDWB]]'' radio comedy segment, saying that it offensively portrayed Hmong people.<ref name=shrug/>
By 2010,<ref name="AfterGT">"[http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/gran-torino After Gran Torino: Forum on Race, Violence, Sexuality, and Asian American Masculinities]." ([http://www.webcitation.org/66GTxWLoY?url=http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/gran-torino Archive]) [[University of California Berkeley]].</ref> Vang became an activist.<ref>"[http://asia.isp.msu.edu/calendar/details.htm?id=42806&pf=t Beyond Gran Torino: Hmong {{not a typo|Persepctives}} and Media Futures (Lecture)]." ([http://www.webcitation.org/66GTgYEL8?url=http://asia.isp.msu.edu/calendar/details.htm?id%3D42806%26pf%3Dt Archive]) Asian Studies Center, [[Michigan State University]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2012.</ref> Vang collaborates on [[social justice]] film, internet, and print products with Louisa Schein, a Hmong media expert, Va-Megn Thoj, a Hmong filmmaker, and Ly Chong Thong Jalao, a [[University of California Santa Barbara]] [[Ph.D.]] student. Vang travels around the United States doing public speaking regarding ''Gran Torino'' and post-''Gran Torino'' issues related to the Hmong community.<ref name="AfterGT"/> In 2011 Vang wrote an editorial criticizing a ''[[KDWB]]'' radio comedy segment, saying that it offensively portrayed Hmong people.<ref name=shrug/>

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Bee Vang
Born (1991-11-04) November 4, 1991 (age 32)
Fresno, California, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, activist, student
Years active2008—

Bee Vang (born November 4, 1991) is an American actor. He is the co-star of Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino, playing the character Thao Vang Lor. Before this role, he did not have any known acting experience.[1]

Personal life

Vang was born in Fresno, California, four years after his Hmong parents emigrated from Thailand.[1] He had five brothers and one sister.[2]

He resided in the Twin Cities area. He grew up in a neighborhood in Minneapolis that he described as "poor."[3] He later lived in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.[4] For his freshman year he attended Patrick Henry High School, and he was in the University of Minnesota's advanced program.[5] He also attended Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota.[6] Vang, before being cast in Gran Torino, had planned to go into a premed program.[7] Due to his role in Gran Torino, Vang considered getting into filmmaking.[8]

He attends Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[3] At Brown Vang planned to pursue an acting career and study filmmaking and the Chinese language.[9] He is also part of the Asian American Students Association at Brown.[10]

As a youth he mainly watched Asian films. In an interview Vang said that from his early teenage years he had watched various Western films, A Clockwork Orange, Heaven & Earth, Heavenly Creatures, Rambo, and other war movies.[11] He also watched Clint Eastwood westerns,[12] and had been a fan of Eastwood for a long period of time. Vang owned copies of several films starring Eastwood, such as Dirty Harry, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Letters from Iwo Jima.[7] Vang said that he had a preference for Asian films, and specifically the original language versions with English subtitles. In an interview he criticized the film Heaven & Earth.[11]

By 2010,[13] Vang became an activist.[14] Vang collaborates on social justice film, internet, and print products with Louisa Schein, a Hmong media expert, Va-Megn Thoj, a Hmong filmmaker, and Ly Chong Thong Jalao, a University of California Santa Barbara Ph.D. student. Vang travels around the United States doing public speaking regarding Gran Torino and post-Gran Torino issues related to the Hmong community.[13] In 2011 Vang wrote an editorial criticizing a KDWB radio comedy segment, saying that it offensively portrayed Hmong people.[3]

Filmography and television

Year Film Role
2008 Gran Torino Thao Vang Lor
2011 Modern Family Himself

Since Gran Torino Vang acted in independent films and stage performances.[13] Vang acted in a YouTube parody of one scene in Gran Torino, titled "Thao Does Walt: Lost Scenes from Gran Torino."[15] In addition, he acted in "Anatomically Incorrect," "Fallen City," and "Sunset on Dawn."[13]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b Baenen, Jeff (16 January 2009). "Clint Eastwood makes novice teen actor's day". Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  2. ^ "Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 7.
  3. ^ a b c Vang, Bee (7 April 2011). "Opinion: Why I can't shrug off KDWB's hateful slur against Hmong community". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  4. ^ Xamoua. ""Gran Torino" interview with Bee Vang." Hmong Today at Twin Cities Daily Planet. January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 14, 2012.
  5. ^ C. J. "A big, new Hollywood star? Why, he says: 'No, I'm Bee Vang'." Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Hewitt, Chris (9 January 2009). "He auditioned on a lark. Now, he's Eastwood's co-star". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-19. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b Schein, Louisa. "Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Hmong Today at New America Media. October 4, 2008. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Baenen, Jeff. "Teen makes acting debut after auditioning 'on a lark'." Associated Press at the The Post and Courier. Tuesday January 20, 2009. 2A. Retrieved from Google News (2 of 21) on March 17, 2012.
  9. ^ "Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 8.
  10. ^ "ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION". Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 2.
  12. ^ "Bee Vang feels lucky: Actor debuts opposite Eastwood in 'Gran Torino'[permanent dead link]." Salisbury Post. Tuesday January 27, 2009. Retrieved on March 15, 2012.
  13. ^ a b c d "After Gran Torino: Forum on Race, Violence, Sexuality, and Asian American Masculinities." (Archive) University of California Berkeley.
  14. ^ "Beyond Gran Torino: Hmong Persepctives and Media Futures (Lecture)." (Archive) Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. Retrieved on March 18, 2012.
  15. ^ "Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." p. 1.

Further reading

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