Osric Chau was born in Vancouver, Canada, to a father from Hong Kong
and a mother from Malaysia. He had spent years training martial arts
with aspirations to work in stunts when he landed his first leading
role alongside the late
David Carradine in
Kung Fu Killer (2008) that was shot in Hengdian, China.
The following year Osric played Nima, the Tibetan monk, in
Roland Emmerich's
2012 (2009), working with veteran actors
John Cusack and
Thandiwe Newton, that grossed over $760 million worldwide. That success brought Osric back to China where he worked on the Chinese
Remake of
What Women Want (2012) alongside
Andy Lau and
Gong Li and
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) with
Russell Crowe,
Lucy Liu and director, writer, actor and rap musician
RZA.
In 2011 Osric landed another leading role in Paramount's
Fun Size (2012) with
Victoria Justice,
Thomas Mann and
Jane Levy. The Halloween comedy also includes
Chelsea Handler,
Josh Pence and
Johnny Knoxville.
In 2012 Osric started work on
Supernatural (2005) as genius high school student pulled into the role of prophet, Kevin Tran, a character he played on the show over 16 episodes in seasons 7-9 and 11. This work got him noticed and his acting roles have become more prolific since his appearance in the series.
In the process Osric has more than found a passion for acting and
filmmaking. He still enjoys stunts, and has enormous appreciation of
the skill and sacrifices involved but he'll settle with doing as many
of his own stunts as a production will allow..