Known for:	The Killing Fields, Heaven & Earth, Dung fong tuk ying
Birthday:	22 March 1940, Samrong Young, Cambodia

He lost half his right little finger to the Khmer Rouge. He was the first non-professional since Harold Russell in The Best Years of Our Lives to win an Academy award. He was probably shot during the robbery for resisting giving up a cherished gold watch and chain bearing the picture of his wife, whom Khmer Rouge soldiers allowed to die in childbirth in 1975. Was not interested at first in the role of Dith Pran but after interviews with the filmmakers he changed his mind, remembering that he promised his late wife to tell Cambodia's story to the world. Was the third Asian actor to win an Oscar. The first was Yul Brynner, of Mongolian descent, and the second Miyoshi Umeki, of Japanese descent. 14 April 2004 - Courts overturned the 1998 conviction of the Oriental Lazy Boyz threesome who were jailed for the murder of Ngor. The court ruled that the original prosecutor had unfairly played on the jury sympathy in obtaining the conviction. 7 July 2005 - A US federal appeals court reinstated the 1998 convictions, rejecting claims of misconduct on the part of the original prosecutor.

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