Desmond Chiam
Actor · Born July 30, 1987 (39) · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.”.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 30, 1987 (39)
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Desmond Chiam's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Nick Zhao in With Love (2021)
- Threshold guardianas Patrick in You, Always (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Desmond Chiam's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Desmond Chiam's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Mortal Kombat II(2026)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
You, Always(2025)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Five Blind Dates(2024)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Joy Ride(2023)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
So Help Me Todd(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
With Love(2021)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Hot Mess Holiday(2021)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Magic Camp(2020)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Reef Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Empty by Design (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Now Apocalypse(2019)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
The Shannara Chronicles(2016)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Con Man(2015)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all showsNatural (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Hawaii Five-0(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The Home Song Stories(2007)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Biggest box office
Joy Ride (2023)
Highest rated
Joy Ride (2023)
Most popular right now
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Film career
Peak 2024 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2016Screen debut· The Shannara Chronicles
- 2020First film· Magic Camp
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Desmond Chiam's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th9
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 24. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Desmond Chiam's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.