Simu Liu

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 (/ˈsm ˈljuː/ 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.