Ger Duany

Biography

Ger Duany was born in Akobo, South Sudan, and forced into child soldier roles during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He fled to Ethiopia at age 14, then Kenya, before seeking refuge in the US at 16 as part of the Lost Boys of Sudan. His life experience led to a role in David O. Russell's "I Heart Huckabees" (2004), and he later appeared in "The Fighter" (2010) and starred in the documentary "Ger: To Be Separate" (2010).