Remy Hii is a Malaysian-Australian actor born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Hii attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art for three years, and appeared in various theatre productions, before being cast in his first television role. Hii received his big break when he starred in the leading role of Van Tuong Nguyen in the four-part miniseries Better Man. Soon after he was cast as Hudson Walsh in the long-running soap opera Neighbours in 2013.
He is also known as Prince Zhenjin from the Netflix original series Marco Polo, Simon Van Reyk in the Australian television crime drama Harrow, chef Ben Zhao in Australian comedy series Aftertaste, Dalbert Tan in the Australian dramedy series Wellmania and Marcus in the animated steampunk series Arcane.
In film, Hii is known for his supporting roles in the romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, and Marvel's .
On 12 June 2013, Hii joined the cast of Neighbours as Hudson Walsh. Hudson was introduced as a love interest for established character Chris Pappas (James Mason). On 20 June, Hii told Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy that he had been asked back to continue filming the following month. After leaving Neighbours, Hii was cast as Prince Jingim in the Netflix drama Marco Polo. The series was cancelled after two seasons in 2016. Hii went on to appear in Paul Currie's 2017 thriller film , and he has a recurring role as Sam in the Australian television drama Sisters. Hii portrays Alistair Cheng in the 2018 romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians, based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan.
From 2018 to 2019, he played Simon Van Reyk, a forensic pathologist, in the crime drama Harrow. He appeared in every episode of the first series. In 2019, Hii played Brad Davis in . He was set to have the lead role of Luen in Jane the Novela, a spin-off from Jane the Virgin, but the series was not picked up by The CW. In February 2021, Hii starred as Ben Zhao in the ABC comedy-drama series Aftertaste. Later that year, Hii joined the ensemble cast of .
In 2023, Hii played Dalbert Tan in the Netflix comedy drama Wellmania. The series is based on Brigid Delaney's book Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness and was filmed in Sydney. Hii also voices a rabbit called Bunniguru in the Australian animated film Scarygirl.
On 28 October, Hii was named for the animated film The Pout Pout Fish.
On 11 April 2025, Hii was named in the cast of the film Posthumous.
2009 | Beyond Blood | Gabriel Truong | Short film |
Maligayang Pasko | Short film | ||
2010 | Origami | Boy | Short film |
2011 | Kiss | Tom | Short film |
2012 | Treading Water | Tom | Short film; as Remy Hill |
2013 | Mirrors | Manny | Short film |
2017 | Benny | ||
2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Alistair Cheng | |
2019 | Brad Davis | ||
2021 | Peter Maxwell | ||
2023 | Scarygirl | Bunniguru | Voice |
2024 | The Sloth Lane | Platy | Voice |
2026 | The Pout-Pout Fish | Benji | Voice |
TBA | Posthumous | Alex | Post-production |
2009 | East of Everything | Guest | Recurring role |
2009 | Bass Guitarist | Recurring role | |
2013 | Better Man | Van Tuong Nguyen | Series lead Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama |
2013–2014 | Neighbours | Hudson Walsh | Recurring role |
2014–2016 | Marco Polo | Prince Jingim | Main cast |
2017 | Sisters | Sam | Recurring role |
2018–2019 | Harrow | Simon Van Reyk | Main cast |
2019 | Jane the Novela | Luen | Unsold television pilot |
2021 | Aftertaste | Ben Zhao | |
2021 | Arcane | Enforcer/Sheriff Marcus | Voice / regular role |
2023 | Wellmania | Dalbert Tan | Main cast |
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