Portrait of Desmond Chiam

Desmond Chiam

Acting

Biography

Desmond Chiam is an Australian actor who is best known for playing Wyatt Cole on the television series “Reef Break” and for playing General Riga on the television series “The Shannara Chronicles.” Chiam was born in Melbourne, Australia, and he went on to earn his law degree from the University of Melbourne and his master’s degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. Chiam originally pursued a career in law but was unhappy with his career and decided to pursue a career in acting and dancing. From there, Chiam began acting in various short films before making his television debut in an episode of “Neighbours.” Since then, his television credits have gone on to include “Better Man,” “Offspring,” “Bones,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Hawaii Five-0,” and he has played Jethro on “Now Apocalypse” and Dovich on the Disney+ original series “The Falcon and the Winter Solider.” Chiam has also been a co-creator, executive producer and writer for the series “We, the Band.”.

Born: July 30, 1987

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Filmography

2026
Mortal Kombat II

as King Jerrod

2024
Five Blind Dates

as Appollo Wang

2023
Joy Ride

as Clarence

2022
So Help Me Todd

as Peter Chen

2022
Dirty Laundry

as Self - Guest

2021
With Love

as Nick Zhao

2021
Hot Mess Holiday

as Daniel Li

2020
Magic Camp

as Xerxes

2019
Reef Break

as Wyatt Cole

2019
2019
2015
Con Man

as Auditioner #2

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Kazuya Nemoto

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Edward Lee

2007
The Home Song Stories

as Cinema-goer(uncredited)

2005
Bones

as Valet