Simu Liu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
The native form of this personal name is Liu Simu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Simu Liu
刘思慕
Liu in 2024
Born (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 (age 35)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
CitizenshipCanada[1]
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Occupations
  • Actor
  • author
Years active2012–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese劉思慕
Simplified Chinese刘思慕
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Sīmù
IPA[ljǒʊ sɹ̩́.mû]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLau4 Si1 Mou6

Simu Liu (/ˈsiːmuː ˈliːjuː/ SEE-moo LEE-yoo;[2] Chinese: 刘思慕; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He also played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience from 2016 to 2021,[3] and one of the Ken dolls in Barbie (2023).[4] He received nominations at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for his work in Blood and Water.[5]

In 2022, Liu authored the memoir We Were Dreamers,[6] and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world (in the "Artists" section).[7]

  1. ^ Liu, Simu [@SimuLiu] (20 January 2017). "@Lillianna277 I'm a Canadian citizen. I'm good" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Liu, Simu [@SimuLiu] (2 May 2021). "Your friendly #AsianHeritageMonth reminder: "SEE-moo LEE-ew" "SHONG-chee" "Dad" Thank you for coming to my TED Talk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Kim's Convenience – CBC Media Centre". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Simu Liu – Academy.ca". Academy.ca. 8 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ^ "From immigrant to superhero: Simu Liu tells his own origin story in memoir 'We Were Dreamers'". wbur.org. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Simu Liu: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.