Leonardo Nam

Leonardo Nam (born November 5, 1979) is an actor.

Born in Argentina to South Korean immigrant parents, he emigrated to Australia as a child before moving to the United States in the 1990s to begin his career as an actor.

He made his breakthrough as Roy in The Perfect Score (2004), and gained further recognition for his roles as Morimoto in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and Brian McBrian in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008).

His breakthrough role came in his performance of Roy in The Perfect Score (2004).

He had a small role in the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Brian McBrian, a hardcore gamer.

He played Brian again in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2; in the sequel, his character has a larger role.

Nam also made an appearance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Morimoto.

In 2016, Nam began starring as Felix Lutz in Westworld (2016–2020) which brought him widespread recognition.

Nam was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to South Korean immigrant parents.

At the age of six, he moved to Sydney, Australia.

Nam attended Sydney Technical High School and studied architecture at the University of New South Wales.

Nam left Sydney to follow his dreams of an acting career in New York City, United States, at age 19.

He studied with several acting teachers in New York, namely Austin Pendleton and William Carden at HB Studio.

Before his Hollywood success, Nam traveled to New York City to pursue his acting career.

His first few nights he slept in Central Park and then found jobs working as a waiter and bartender.

In 2016, he joined the cast of the HBO series Westworld.

They have twin sons (born 2017) together.

The family lives in San Diego.

In 2018 he was featured in the music video "Waste It on Me" by Steve Aoki featuring BTS.

Nam is married to Michael Dodge.