Harry Shum Jr. | |||||||||||||
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 Shum in 2017 | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 28, 1982 Limón, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 2000–present | ||||||||||||
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| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 岑勇康[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||
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Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015), Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019), and Benson Kwan on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy (2022–present). He was nominated for six Screen Actors Guild Awards for best ensemble performance in Crazy Rich Asians, Glee and Everything Everywhere All at Once, winning for the latter two. Shum won The Male TV Star of 2018 award in the E! People's Choice Awards for Shadowhunters.
Shum has appeared in the films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008), Step Up 3D (2010), White Frog (2012), Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), the Hulu web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (2010–2011) and the YouTube Originals series Single by 30 (2016). In 2020, he starred in Universal Pictures's romantic drama All My Life. In 2021, Shum starred in the thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion and appeared in Netflix's holiday rom-com Love Hard. In 2022, Shum had a supporting role in A24's critically acclaimed film Everything Everywhere All at Once, and is set to star in a Crazy Rich Asians spinoff centered around his and Gemma Chan's characters.
Shum and his wife, Shelby Rabara, released their first kids picture book Martee Dares to Dance on September 21st, 2024 published by independent kid publisher Gloo Books. The story is pulled from their own experiences with dance and parenting. "We wrote this book because it takes courage to dance in front of others,” say Shum and Rabara. [2]
- ^ Shum, Harry Jr. [@HarryShumJr] (August 1, 2010). "岑勇康 woah!!! My first Chinese tweet! Lol. That's my Chinese name. Wish I knew how to write more..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 5, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Actors Harry Shum Jr and Shelby Rabara Bring Passion for Dance and Ima". Gloo Books. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-10-23.