Henry Golding Biography

Henry Golding is a British actor of Malaysian origin who has starred in films like Crazy Rich Asians, Last Christmas, A Simple Favor, and The Gentlemen. In 2025, he had a role in Season 2 of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers. Before his acting career, he was known for his work as a presenter on ESPN, BBC, and Discovery Channel Asia.

Henry Golding Age

Golding was born on February 5, 1987, in Betong, Sarawak, Malaysia. He is 38 years old as of 2025. Golding celebrates his birthday on February 5th.

Henry Golding Height

Golding stands at an approximate height of 6 feet and 1¼ inches.

Henry Golding Family

Golding was born to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. Her mother is a native-born Sarawakian of Dayak Iban roots, while his father is English. He has two older children. The family lived in Terengganu for nearly five years before relocating to Surrey, England, when he was 8 years old. He has British citizenship. Commenting on his surname “Golding,” he said that his grandfather was possibly adopted by a Jewish family by that name after he fought in the war in London.

Henry Golding Wife

Golding married Liv Lo, a Taiwanese television presenter and yoga instructor, in August 2016 in Sarawak. After meeting on New Year’s Day 2011, he proposed to her in 2015. The couple has two daughters and lives in Venice Beach, California. The couple has two daughters, Lyla and Florence.

Lyla was born on April 1, 2021, and is 4 years old as of 2025. On April 1, 2025, Liv posted a photo of them on her Instagram account and captioned “Happy 4th Birthday to our little princess. 🧜‍♀️ 💞✨ It takes a village to raise a child. We are so lucky to have Lyla…” Florence was born in 2023 and is 2 years old as of 2025.

Liv was born on May 21, 1985, and is 40 years old as of 2025. On June 9, 2025, she posted herself on her Instagram account and captioned “True trait of a Gemini — celebrating her duality!! Celebrating my 40th birthday continues…” On May 21, 2025, she posted herself on her Instagram page and captioned “Recovery mode on! My actual bday is May 21st, but some friends and I enjoyed…”

Henry Golding Net Worth

Golding has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which he has earned through his successful career as an actor.

Henry Golding Crazy Rich Asians

Golding starred as Nicholas “Nick” Young in Crazy Rich Asians in 2018 opposite Constance Wu and Gemma Chan. Nick is the son of Phillip and Eleanor Young and the boyfriend of Rachel Yu, a Chinese-American professor. The couple travels to Singapore, where she is shocked to discover that Nick hails from one of the richest families in Singapore. This is because Nick leads a relatively modest life in New York City, working as a professor.

Golding’s role in the film won him an Outstanding Achievement in Cinema at the 9th Asian Awards in 2019. Moreover, he was nominated for the 2018 Women Film Critics Circle Best Screen Couple Award, the 2019 Teen Choice Comedy Movie Actor Award, and the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Ensemble Cast – Motion Picture Award.

Henry Golding Tattoos

Golding finished his bejalai, the Iban rite of passage into manhood, in the Borneo wilderness. He filmed the experience for over 2 months for the documentary series, Surviving Borneo, on the Discovery Channel Asia. After the end of his journey, he received a traditional hand-tapped bejalai tattoo on his right thigh. The tattoo is a fig tree that winds around other trees, taking their form to become the tree itself. Ernesto Kalum of Borneoheadhunters Tattoo in Kuching, Sarawak, tattooed him.

Golding has a tattoo on his right arm of an Iban script that translates to “child of Sarawak, son of Margaret and Clive.” Moreover, he has traditional Iban tattoos known as brinjal, eggplant flowers, on each of his shoulders. Additionally, he has tattoos on his ribs and the inside of his arms. He got another tattoo on his foot from a renowned Sarawak artist in 2023. Totally, he said that he has nine tattoos, most of which are covered up when he acts.

Henry Golding Ethnicity

Golding has Sarawakian Dayak Iban on his maternal side and English roots on his paternal side.

Henry Golding Career

Golding studied at the Warwick School, Redhill. After working as a hairdresser on Sloane Street in London for several years, he relocated to Malaysia when he was 21 in pursuit of on-camera roles in Kuala Lumpur. In 2008, he started working as a TV presenter of a weekly football show for ESPN, The Travel Show for the BBC, and Surviving Borneo for the Discovery Channel Asia.

Golding and Constance Wu were announced as part of the cast of Crazy Rich Asians in March 2017 after a global casting call. Director Jon M. Chu knew him through his accountant, Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan. One month after the film’s release, he starred in Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor with Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick.

Following the success of Crazy Rich Asians, Golding starred with Emilia Clarke in Last Christmas. In 2019, he starred in The Gentlemen opposite Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, and Michelle Dockery. He then starred in Monsoon, where he portrayed a man from London on a journey to scatter his parents’ ashes in his birth country of Vietnam.

In August 2019, Golding joined the cast of was cast in Snake Eyes in the titular character role. Snake Eyes‘ filming began in Vancouver in October 2019 and finished in February 2020 in Japan. In 2024, he appeared in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The following year, he reprised the role of Sean Townsend in Another Simple Favor.

Henry Golding Movies and TV Shows

Golding has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as

• Pisau Cukur
• Goda
• The Borneo Incident
• Star Wars: Visions
• Persuasion
• Assassin Club
• Downtown Owl
• The Tiger’s Apprentice
• Daniela Forever
• The Old Guard 2
• Nine Perfect Strangers