Chasing Dreams from Kibera to Hollywood with Stephen Tongun | S1 E6

Stephen Pitya Tongun (TOPGUN) is a phenomenal Hollywood actor and a Lawyer. He was born in Juba, South Sudan during the civil war.

His family got displaced shortly after and he became a refugee at just six months old. They escaped to Nairobi, Kenya where they lived in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa, for 12 years before moving to Australia in 2000.

Stephen’s love for the performing arts and music have also seen him grace many stages as a professional actor and crooner.

He has recently appeared in the latest Netflix Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Spiderhead’, featured in the films ‘Escape from Pretoria’, ‘Never Too Late’ and on the acclaimed ABC TV series ‘Stateless’ and in ‘Danger 5’. He is also in a new Netflix TV series called ‘A Second Chance’.

Here is his amazing & fascinating journey!