Osric Chau

Osric Chau strikes me as a model of the modern, fan-conscious actor. Born in Vancouver, he broke through as Kevin Tran in Supernatural and kept building with roles like Vogel in Dirk Gently and Ryan Choi across the Arrowverse. Carving out real presence as an Asian Canadian performer in American genre television was never easy, and he did it through steady, accumulated work rather than one lucky break. What I admire is the balance, the on-screen charisma paired with years of martial-arts training that took him onto the Canadian national wushu team. That mix of visibility and sincerity is exactly the kind of career I find worth rooting for.

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Name (English)

Osric Chau

Name (Japanese)

オスリック・チャウ

Reading

おすりっく・ちゃう

Born

July 20, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.osricchau.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/osricchau/
• Xhttps://x.com/OsricChau
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osric%20Chau
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117619

Tags

• British Columbia
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 28, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.