Vico Thai

Vico Thai is an Australian actor, He is known for his role as Lam Bui on Disneyplus series Last Days of the Space Age which premiered on Disneyplus and Hulu. His other notable roles include Justin Yang on ABC TV's award-winning drama series Total Control and as Riz in Foxtel's Dangerous TV series.

Early life

Thai was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and raised in Sydney in the suburb of Bankstown, [New South Wales|Bankstown]. He is of Vietnamese, Chinese and French ancestry. He began performing at an early age before receiving a prestigious national scholarship to study at the Australian Theatre for Young People. Thai was nominated by the Ten Network for a National Young Achiever Award for his achievements in performance.
In 2002, Thai's younger sister Jenny Thai died from her second open heart surgery.

Thai's first role was a guest star on Young Lions, screened on the Nine Network. Thai was next cast in his breakout role, as one of the new young stars on Foxtel's AFI nominated show Dangerous (TV series) starring alongside Joel Edgerton. Thai's roles continued, appearing next in the internationally acclaimed series East West 101 with guest appearances in cult series Underbelly, award-winning comedy Review with Myles Barlow and guest starring alongside Guy Pearce in the acclaimed mini series Jack Irish.
Recently, Thai has continued his work with guests roles on ABC's Rake TV series and international crime mystery thriller series Harrow. Thai was recently cast as a lead in Hungry Ghosts as Quang, premiering on SBS. In 2021 Vico Thai was cast as a lead alongside award-winning actresses Rachel Griffiths and Debra Mailman in the second season of Total Control. In 2024 Thai plays a starring role in Disneyplus original series Last Days of the Space Age as Lam Bui, starring alongside Linh Danh Pham, Iain Glen, Radha Mitchell and Jesse Spencer.

Year	TV Show	Character	Notes
2024	Last Days of the Space Age	Lam Bui	8 episodes
2022	Total Control	Justin Yang	6 episodes
2020	Hungry Ghosts	"Quang"	4 episodes
2019	Reckoning	"Young doctor"	1 episode
2018	Rake	"Zhang Le Ping"	2 episode
2018	Harrow	"Wei's Bodyguard"	1 episode
2013	Peter Allen, Not the Boy from OZ	"Hong Kong Hilton Barman"	2 episode
2012	Jack Irish	"Lester"	1 episode
2009	Review with Myles Barlow	"Vince"	1 episode
2010	Underbelly	"Quan"	1 episode
2007	East West 101	"David Ngo"	1 episode
2007	Dangerous	"Riz"	8 episodes
2002	Young Lions	Khai	1 episode