Desmond Chiam is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Wyatt Cole on Reef Break, General Riga on The Shannara Chronicles, Dovich on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and as the Edenian King Jerrod in the martial arts action dark fantasy film Mortal Kombat II.
Early life and education Chiam was born to parents of Chinese Singaporean descent. As a child, he spent a third of the year in Singapore due to his father's job. He holds a law degree from the University of Melbourne and a master's degree in screenwriting from University of Southern California.
Career Chiam began working as a lawyer after he graduated from the University of Melbourne. After becoming unsatisfied with a law career, he decided to pursue breakdancing and acting.
He began acting in Australian short films before eventually appearing in Australian television series such as Neighbours and Better Man. He eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Chiam has had roles in multiple American television series including NCIS: Los Angeles and Bones. He has also appeared in Con Man, a webseries by Alan Tudyk.
In February 2017, he joined the main cast of Spike TV's The Shannara Chronicles (the series was formerly on MTV) in the show's second season where he played the villain, General Riga. In 2018, he was cast as Jethro in the Starz series Now Apocalypse starring Avan Jogia. He then joined the cast of the Manila-set film Empty by Design, which featured alongside Chris Pang, Osric Chau, and Yoshi Sudarso.
In December 2018, he was cast as Wyatt Cole, the male lead in ABC and M6's 2019 crime series Reef Break opposite Poppy Montgomery. Following Reef Break's cancellation, Chiam joined the cast of the Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Dovich.
Chiam appears as Nick Zhao in Amazon's With Love, a romantic comedy television series that aired from 2021 to 2023. He provided the English voice of Werewolf Cookie in the video game Cookie Run: Kingdom.
In 2022, he appeared in Netflix's Partner Track, which starred Arden Cho. Chiam starred alongside Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park, and Sabrina Wu in Joy Ride (2023), Adele Lim's directorial debut.
Personal life
Chiam was CLEO Singapore's Bachelor of the Year in 2011.
As of 2019, he resides in Los Angeles with his wife.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes2012NeighboursJack Dutton1 episode2013Better ManHongFilm2016Bones1 episode2016NCIS: Los AngelesEdward Lee1 episode2016Con Man1 episode2017The Shannara ChroniclesGeneral RigaMain cast (season 2)2018Hawaii Five-0Kazuya Nemoto1 episode2018Asian Bachelorette 2AdenYouTube film from Wong Fu Productions2018We Were TomorrowKuo4 episodes2019Empty by DesignChance2019Now ApocalypseJethroMain cast2019Reef BreakWyatt ColeMain cast; lead role2020Magic CampXerxesFilm2021The Falcon and the Winter SoldierDovichMiniseries; 6 episodes2021Cookie Run: KingdomWerewolf CookieVideo game2021–2023With LoveNick ZhaoMain cast2022Partner TrackZ Min2023So Help Me ToddPeter Chen Episode: "Wall of Fire"2023Joy RideClarence2024Five Blind DatesApolloAmazon Prime2026Mortal Kombat IIKing JerrodFilm
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