Remy Hii - Biography

Who is Remy Hii?

Remy Hii is an actor by profession and Australian by nationality. He is well known for starring in films Crazy Rich Asians, Spider-Man: Far From Home, in series Sisters, Harrow, Marco Polo, Better Man and in soap opera Neighbours.

Remy Hii – Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings

Remy Hii’s birth took place on 5 April 1986 in Queensland, Australia. There is a bit of confusion when it comes to his exact date of birth as many claims it to be 24 July 1986. However, Hii had posted on a picture of his old passport on Instagram, which gives out his birthday.

young Remy Hii (Instagram)

He was born to an English mother and a Malaysian-Chinese father who was from Sarawak. Remy Hii has not talked about his siblings but in recent years have shared pictures of his nephew, indicating that he is not the only child of his parents and has brothers and/or sisters.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended the Queensland University of Technology after graduating from high school. And from 2009 to 2011 he studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Moreover in a October 2019 interview, he revealed that he was a "bit of a nerd in high school" but did not reveal the name of the high school he graduated from.

His ethnicity includes Malaysian, Chinese, English.

Remy Hii – Girlfriend, Wife, Children

Remy Hii has been secretive about his relationships and girlfriends. However, in 2014 he seems to be had dated Canadian actress Olivia Cheng, also his Marco Polo co-star.

Although we take Remy Hii to be a single man, a secret affair cannot be ruled out. He is yet to marry, take a wife and have children.

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Remy Hii – Career

Early Career

While still a student, Remy Hii began theatre work with The Emerge Project. And between 2005 and 2007, he performed in several original productions in Brisbane by local playwrights.

While studying at NIDA, Hii played in the Sydney indie-rock group RAPIDS. The group consisted of fellow actors Angus McLaren, Jamie Timony, and Will Shepherd. Their EP titled RAPIDS was released in 2010.

Acting

After playwright David Brown noticed him, he was cast in TV series East of Everything and H2O: Just Add Water. This was followed by lead role of Van Tuong Nguyen in miniseries Better Man, as Hudson Walsh in Australian soap opera Neighbours (2013-2014), and as Prince Jingim in Marco Polo (2014-2016).

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Since then he has starred in TV series Sisters (2017), Harrow (2018-2019), Jane the Novela (2019), which was unaired. In films Remy Hii has portrayed roles in 2:22 (2017), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) as Alistair Cheng, and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) as Brad Davis.

Co-stars

On Crazy Rich Asians, Remy Hii worked with Gemma Chan, Chris Pang, Jon M. Chu. 

He starred alongside Donovan Mitchell, Hemky Madera, Numan Acar, Jacob Batalon in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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Remy Hii – Awards, Nominations

For his work in Better Man, Remy Hii has won 2013’s Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer and was nominated for 2013 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama.

Remy Hii – Net Worth, Salary

His net worth is estimated to be around $800 thousand while his annual salary is under review.

Remy Hii – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media, Remy Hii is active on Twitter, Instagram with thousands of followers but is absent from Facebook.

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