Simu Liu is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
34 Facts About Simu Liu
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Simu Liu played Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience and received nominations at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for his work in Blood and Water.
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In 2022, Liu authored the memoir We Were Dreamers, and was named one of Times 100 most influential people in the world, in the section "Artists".
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Simu Liu was born in Harbin, China, on 19 April 1989, son of Zhenning and Zheng Simu Liu.
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Simu Liu's parents met while attending university in Beijing, where they both studied engineering.
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Simu Liu's parents "hothoused him in maths at the age of five and set 'homework' that included reading biographies of scientists and studying algebra".
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Simu Liu attended University of Toronto Schools for high school and studied business administration at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, graduating with honours in 2011.
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Simu Liu initially worked as an accountant at Deloitte but was laid off in April 2012 after nine months.
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Simu Liu began to explore other career options and decided to pursue a career as an actor and stuntman.
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Simu Liu became distant from his parents after losing his accounting job and entering acting, but after discussing his memories of childhood with his parents, the family reconciled and became closer as a result.
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Simu Liu appeared as a stuntman in Sick: Survive the Night and the TV miniseries Heroes Reborn.
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In 2015, Simu Liu was cast in his first significant recurring role, appearing as a series regular in seven episodes of the Omni Television crime drama series Blood and Water.
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Later in 2015, Simu Liu was cast in his first main role as Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience, a TV adaptation of the play of the same name.
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Simu Liu starred in the series until its conclusion in 2021.
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In 2016, Simu Liu was cast in a recurring role as the ex-CIA analyst Faaron, loosely modeled on real-life ex-analyst Rodney Faraon, in the NBC prequel series Taken based on the film franchise starring Liam Neeson.
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In 2017, Simu Liu appeared in the second season of Slasher as well as the CityTV miniseries Bad Blood, both as recurring characters.
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In early 2019, Simu Liu guest-starred in the 100th episode of ABC's Fresh Off the Boat as a noodle vendor named Willie.
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Simu Liu guest-starred in an episode of the TV series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as Garbage Boy.
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Simu Liu had asked about playing the role on Twitter in December 2018 when the movie was revealed to be in development.
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In February 2022, Simu Liu joined the cast of Greta Gerwig's Barbie film for Warner Bros.
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In December 2022, Simu Liu was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional.
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In 2014, Simu Liu was paid $100 to model for a set of stock photos for FatCamera; the photos appeared in subway stations, advertisements, storefronts, pamphlets, and textbook covers.
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The photos received widespread media coverage upon Simu Liu's mainstream acting breakthrough in 2021.
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Simu Liu has directed, produced, and written several other shorts, including Crimson Defender vs The Slightly Racist Family.
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In 2016, Simu Liu helped write Blood and Water, during which he helped break the story for the show and wrote an episode for its second season.
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In 2017, Simu Liu worked with Wong Fu Productions on their short Meeting Mommy, which he wrote and produced with Tina Jung.
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In December 2017, Simu Liu wrote for Maclean's magazine about his experiences growing up in an immigrant family.
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Simu Liu was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
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In May 2021, Simu Liu became the first East Asian man to cover Men's Health magazine in over a decade since Jet Li in 2010.
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In November 2021, Simu Liu became the fourth actor of Chinese descent to host Saturday Night Live.
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Simu Liu has previously hosted the Juno Awards of 2022 and the Juno Awards of 2023.
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Simu Liu was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award and an ACTRA Award in 2017 for his work in Blood and Water.
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On stage, Simu Liu was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in the Outstanding Ensemble category alongside his castmates in the 2016 Factory Theatre remount of the play Banana Boys.
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Simu Liu won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Host in a Live Entertainment Special for the 2022 Juno Awards.