DAVID LEE HUYNH
Biography
Đavid Lee Huỳnh is a Ragin’ Cajun Asian who went from working on his family’s shrimp boat to making Theatre all over the world. He is based in New York City where he also serves as the co-producing artistic leader of The Sống Collective and one of the cast members of the official Dungeons and Dragons television series Encounter Party.
Off-Broadway credits include the critically acclaimed revival of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice which premiered Off-Broadway at Theatre for a New Audience before transferring to The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC and also transferred overseas to the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland; the twice Drama-Desk nominated and NY Times Critics Pick Off-Broadway revival of Henry VI (National Asian American Theatre Company); the first-ever all-Asian cast of Bus Stop by William Inge (Classic Stage Company, National Asian American Theatre Company, Transport Group); the world premiere of Once Upon a (korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theatre Company); the world premiere of the twice Drama-Desk nominated Warrior Sisters of Wu, Emperor’s Nightingale, No-No Boy (Pan Asian Rep); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Transport Group); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Gingold Theatrical Group); P*SSYC*CK KNOW NOTHING: An Extended Moment of Troubling Imagery (Target Margin Theatre).
Regional credits include Yale Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, Everyman Theatre, Mixed Blood, and many others.
TV/Film credits include Blue Bloods, FBI, Solitary (“Best in Brooklyn”, 2022 Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival, nominee for Best Actor [Short Film] alongside Andrew Scott, 2021 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival), Children of the Dust, What’s Missing, and Encounter Party. He has been shortlisted for leading roles in prestige television programs and feature films produced by HBO and Netflix Studios.
His writing has been supported by HB Studios, Second Generation Productions, Ozark Living Newspaper Theatre Company, Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America, and Ma-Yi Theatre Company. His solo show X#*! You Very Much, Mom will have a workshop run produced in New York City the Fall/Winter of 2025.
His voiceover career includes audiobook titles such as Tom Hanks’ debut novel “The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece”, “Star Wars: The High Republic - The Battle of Jedha”, “Star Wars: The Impossible Flight of Ash Angels”, “Minecraft: The Shipwreck”, the Audie-Award winning “Clementine and Danny Save the World [and Each Other]”, and over eighty other titles. He has also provided dubbing for foreign films, television programs, anime, and ADR/looping for network television series.
He is on the faculty of the Theatre Arts MFA program at Randolph College. He holds a BFA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a certificate from the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT), and an MFA from the University of Houston Professional Actor Training Program. | http://www.davidleehuynh.com/ | @huynhsome