Quoc Thao ( Nguyen Van Thao) - an actor,director,playwright
born in  Ho Chi Minh city -Viet Nam- 25/10/1963

Graduated in University of Theater in 1989

Acted 60 roles in the theater and 35 roles on television
directed 15 plays in the theater and 30 plays on television 
played 8 roles in 8 films
wrote 3 plays

Some Works:
  * "To Sir With Love" and "One-Love-Night" has won The Golden Prize for The Best Director in 2000 and 2002
* Three  Golden Medals for The Best Actor in The Contest of Professsional Theater in 1991, 1995,1998
   * voted for The Representative Actor in 1999 by Vietnamese Stage Magazine 

Other Activities:
-joined The International Conference on Theater for Social Development "PEOPLE IN MOVEMENT " .The Performing Arts Center,The International Center for Theater in Education in cooperation with The British Council organized in Amman-Jordan,August,2000
-Joined The program of Performance and Conference about Theater of The World in 2001 Norway   
-Joined A Vietmamese-English Speaking Joint Theater Venture.Cooperated with The Bristol Old Vic Theater School,England ,creating the play"THE HEALING ARTS" .
This pioneering work will be the first of many bridges between two countries and two cultures,creating a new vision of the theater


OPENING A NEW STAGE

Run a theater in that specializes in young actor, director, painter, musician, playwright... with morden ideas and problems of the youth in the present day