Harry Shum Jr.
Biography
Harry Shum Jr., an American actor and dancer, began his career in Los Angeles as a backup dancer for Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey. Born in Limón, Costa Rica, he moved to San Francisco as a child. He appeared in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and played Mike Chang on Glee. He received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for best ensemble performance, winning for Glee and Everything Everywhere All at Once. As Magnus Bane on Shadowhunters, he won the People's Choice Award for Male TV Star of 2018. He went on to appear in Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Love Hard (2021), and starred in All My Life (2020) and Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021). He had a supporting role in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and later joined Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Benson Kwan. He also voiced Brainiac 5 in Legion of Super-Heroes (2023).
44years old
Turns 45 on April 28in 169 days
- Born Limón
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 18 years2008 to 2026
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First role
Shum was 18 when choreographers Rosero McCoy and Jamal Sims spotted him and sent him on a UK tour with singer Kaci, the start of his professional dance career.
A role that slipped away
In 2018, Harry Shum Jr. was cast as Charlie Wu in Jon M. Chu's Crazy Rich Asians. Most of his scenes were cut so the film could focus on one romantic pairing, but he still turns up briefly in a mid-credits scene.
Behind the camera
Shum starred in and executive produced the conspiracy thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2021.
Harry Shum Jr. movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jon M. Chu directed two of these films. Michelle Yeoh appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michelle Yeoh's page
Darren Criss's page
Jimmy O. Yang's page
Chris Pang's page
Eugenia Yuan's page
Shuya Chang's page
All films by Jon M. Chu
Box office
What Harry Shum Jr.'s films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$600 million
10 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$239M39.7% of the total
- 2$151M25.1% of the total
- 3$139M23.2% of the total
- 4$39M6.4% of the total
- 5$19M3.1% of the total
- 6$10M1.7% of the total
- 7$2.0M0.3% of the total
- 8$1.8M0.3% of the total
$132,785from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total