Osric Chau
Osric Chau is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Kevin Tran in the CW series Supernatural, Vogel in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and Ryan Choi in the TV shows set in the Arrowverse.
Osric Chau

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- Name
- Osric Chau
- Occupation
- Actor
- Born
- 1986 · Vancouver.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
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Osric Chau is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Kevin Tran in the CW series Supernatural, Vogel in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and Ryan Choi in the TV shows set in the Arrowverse.
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• Name — Osric Chau • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2002–present • Website — www.osricchau.com
Life and career
Life and career
Chau's father is from Hong Kong, and his mother is from Malaysia. In 2000, he took up Wing Chun and continued to study the martial art for eight years. He also studied tai chi and traditional forms of wushu under Zhang Zhi Bing, a master from Harbin, China. After four years, upon Zhang's return to China, Chau enrolled in West Coast Chinese Martial Arts in Vancouver under head instructor Bruce Fontaine and studied modern wushu, a more performance-orientated martial art. In 2007, Chau trained for seven months with the BSU Wushu Team at Beijing Sport University in preparation for the Canadian National Team Trials. Upon his return, he became a member of the Canadian National Wushu Team. Chau originally wanted to be a stuntman rather than an actor, and worked on stunts for EA Games before appearing in his first major role opposite David Carradine and Daryl Hannah in the two-part television film Kung Fu Killer. He went on to make his feature film debut in a supporting role in the 2009 film 2012 and later became more well known through his recurring role as Kevin Tran in the CW fantasy series Supernatural. Chau has collaborated with the YouTube channel The Hillywood Show in video parodies of The Walking Dead, Supernatural, and Sherlock. He has also been involved with campaigns against stereotyping in media. In 2018, Chau starred in the Manila-set independent film Empty by Design alongside Filipina actress Rhian Ramos and Crazy Rich Asians actor Chris Pang. Empty by Design marks Chau's first feature film producing endeavor. In September 2019, Chau was cast as Ryan Choi in the Arrowverse, and was featured during three of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" episodes. In November 2019, he was cast as the lead to the Indonesian horror film, The Villa. In 2021, he returned to The Flash as Ryan Choi for the third and fourth parts of its "Armageddon" event which opened the eighth season. This was an alternate timeline version who had no family, but as part of Team Flash had taken up the mantle of Atom like in the comics.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — Cold Squad — Vic Dnang • 2007 — Dragon Boys — Teen — Television film • 2008 — Kung Fu Killer — Lang Han • 2009 — Hector — Episode: "Forest Grump" • 2011 — Best Player — Ash's buddy — Television film • 2012 — Mister French Taste — Leon — 7 episodes, writer for 1 other • Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn — J.J. • 2012–2019 — Supernatural — Kevin Tran — Recurring role, 20 episodes • 2014 — The 100 — Red Eyed Boy — Episode: "I Am Become Death" • 2015 — Beyond Redemption — Rickson • Blood and Water — Charlie Xie • 2016 — Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders — Gul • 2016–2017 — Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Vogel (member of the Rowdy 3) — Recurring role • 2019–2021 — Carmen Sandiego — The Troll — Voice • 2019, 2021 — data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash — Ryan Choi / Atom — Episodes: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3", "Armageddon" parts 3 and 4 • 2020 — Arrow — Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 4" • Legends of Tomorrow — Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 5" • 2021 — Morning Show Mysteries — Wally — Episode 6: "Murder Ever After" • 2021, 2023 — Nancy Drew — Edwin George Chen — 3 episodes • 2022 — Star Trek: Discovery — Oros — Episode: "The Galactic Barrier" • Tekken: Bloodline — Bully 1 — Voice, 1 episode • Christmas at the Golden Dragon — Rick Chen — Television film • 2023 — My Adventures with Superman — Lewis Lane — Voice, episode: "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal" • 2024 — Avatar: The Last Airbender — Tan — Episode: "Omashu" • Fire Country — Kenji — Episode: "What the Bride Said" • Holidazed — Ted Lin
Other
Other
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — Stunts — Short film • 2012 — Must Come Down — Fight choreographer and executive producer • 2014 — data-sort-value="Walking Dead Parody, The" | The Walking Dead Parody — Glenn Rhee — Parody by the Hillywood Show • 2015 — Supernatural Parody — Sam Winchester • 2016 — Sherlock Parody — Jim Moriarty • 2018 — Supernatural Parody 2 — Sam Winchester • 2019 — Umbrella Academy Parody — Ben Hargreeves

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2015
Osric Chau's spn fanvids (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2019
Osric Chau's Spn Con vids (2019) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — 2012 — Nima • 2010 — What Women Want — Chen Er Dong • 2012 — Fun Size — Peng • data-sort-value="Man With The Iron Fists, The" | The Man With The Iron Fists — Blacksmith's Assistant • 2014 — data-sort-value="Akira Project, The" | The Akira Project — Kaneda Shotaro • 2016 — data-sort-value="Matchbreaker, The" | The Matchbreaker — Sam — Independent film • 2017 — Boone: The Bounty Hunter — Denny • 2018 — Status Update — Donald Fu • 2019 — Empty by Design — Eric — Independent film; also producer • 2021 — Superhost — Teddy — Also executive producer • 2023 — Zoe.mp4 — Matt • 2025 — Worth the Wait — Nathan
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