Harry Shum Jr.

Harry Shum Jr.
Shum at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2011
Born	(1982-04-28) April 28, 1982 (age 36) Limón, Costa Rica
Residence	Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Dancer Singer Choreographer
Years active	2000s–present
Spouse(s)	Shelby Rabara (m. 2015)
Website	www.tenthandfourth.com

Harry Shum Jr.
Chinese	岑勇康
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cén Yǒngkāng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sàhm Yúhnghōng Jyutping sam4 jung5 hong1

Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Chinese-American and Costa Rican American actor, dancer, singer and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015) for which he was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning once, and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–).

He 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),^[1]Crazy Rich Asians (2018), the Hulu web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (2010–2011) and the YouTube Red series "Single By 30" (2016).

Contents

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Filmography
  
  
  
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    4.1 Film
    
  
  
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    4.2 Television
    
  
  
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    4.3 Web
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Awards and nominations
  


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  6 Discography
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Early life

Shum was born in San José, Costa Rica. His mother is a native of Hong Kong, and his father is from Guangzhou, China. They relocated to Costa Rica, where Shum and his two older sisters were born. When Shum was six years old, the family moved to San Francisco, California.^[2] He stated, "I feel I have the best of so many worlds. I speak Cantonese and Spanish. Spanish is actually my first language before I learned Cantonese and English."^[3][4] He later stated that he has not spoken Spanish fluently since the age of 6.^[5][6]

Shum spent most of his schooling years in the San Luis Obispo area and graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 2000.^[7] Initially, he had been more interested in theater and sports but found a passion for dance after auditioning for his high school dance team on a dare.^[7][8][9] Shum attended San Francisco State University for a year, before dropping out to pursue a dance career in Los Angeles.^[10] In an interview, he said that his earliest motivations to dance were from watching Ginuwine, Dru Hill, and Usher, before becoming influenced by dancers like Gene Kelly and Michael Jackson.^[8]

Shum has stated that he identifies as being somewhat Latino. He said, "It's strange that I am full Chinese and born in a Latin country, but I love the fact that I was immersed in that culture at birth while maintaining my Chinese roots," and added, "I think the cultures share a lot of similarities as far as family values and the love for flavor in their foods. I do consider myself somewhat Latin."^[11]

Career

From 2009 until 2015, he portrayed the role of Mike Chang, a dancer who joins the glee club, on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.^[12] Known for a while as "Other Asian" on Glee, with very few lines during the show's first season, Shum's character was given storylines in the second season, mostly involving his relationship with fellow glee club member Tina Cohen-Chang (Jenna Ushkowitz). He subsequently gave performances of "Make 'Em Laugh" in "The Substitute", "Sing" from A Chorus Line in "Duets", "Valerie" in "Special Education", and the show's first dance solo in "A Night of Neglect". He was promoted from guest star to series regular for the third season.^[13] He was given a major storyline in the third episode of the season, "Asian F", and performed "Cool" from West Side Story, his first solo song. On June 28, 2013, it was reported that Shum would not return as regular on Glee's fifth season, but would be a recurring guest star.^[14]

Shum has been featured in many productions done by Wong Fu Productions.^[15] In 2010, he appeared in Step Up 3-D as Cable.^[16]
He is also a dancer and choreographer for the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers.^[17] In 2011, Shum completed a short action film, 3 Minutes, directed Ross Ching and produced by Don Le and George Wang.^[18]

Shum was cast in the role of the Kuai Liang (the younger Sub-Zero) in the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy.^[19] In 2014, he had a major role in crime drama film Revenge of the Green Dragons, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. Shum was cast as the warlock Magnus Bane in the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters, based on The Mortal Instruments series of novels by Cassandra Clare.^[20] His portrayal of Bane, a bisexual man of color, helped Shadowhunters to win the 2017 GLAAD media award for an "Outstanding Drama Series", which he accepted with his co-star Matthew Daddario.^[21] In 2016, he appeared as the character Wei-Fang in the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, titled Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.^[22] In 2016, Shum was cast as the male lead in "Single By 30" as Peter Ma on YouTube Red's original series from Wong Fu Productions and New Form Digital after starring in the original pilot in 2015. The first season of the series premiered on August 24, 2016, on Wong Fu Productions' Channel.^[23]

Personal life

Shum began a relationship with Filipino-American dancer Shelby Rabara in 2007.^[24] The two became engaged in October 2013 while on vacation in Hawaii,^[25] and were married on November 22, 2015 in Costa Rica.^[26][9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	You Got Served	Dancer	Cameo
2007	Stomp the Yard	Crew Dancer	Cameo
2008	Step Up 2: The Streets	Cable
2008	Center Stage: Turn It Up	Club Dancer	Cameo
2010	Our Family Wedding	Harry
2010	Step Up 3D	Cable
2011	3 Minutes	Hunter #1	Short film
2011	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Mike Chang	Concert film
2012	White Frog	Chaz Young
2012	Already Gone	Scott Lee	Short film
2014	Moms' Night Out	Joey
2014	Revenge of the Green Dragons	Paul Wong
2015	Fire City: End of Days	Frank
2016	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	Wei-Fang
2018	Crazy Rich Asians	Charlie Wu
TBA	Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station	Bao
2018	Plume	Officer Liu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Boston Public	Fletcher	Episode: "Chapter Sixty"
2005	Committed	Chinese Delivery Guy	Episode: "The Apartment Episode"
2007	Viva Laughlin	Construction Dancer	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	Zoey 101	Roy	Episode: "Trading Places"
2008	Rita Rocks	Zack	Episode: "Flirting with Disaster"
2008	The American Mall	Dancing Taco	Television film
2008	Greek	Omega Chi Brother	3 episodes
2008	iCarly	Yûki	Episode: "iGo to Japan"
2009–2015	Glee	Mike Chang	Main role, 76 episodes
2013	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	1 episode
2016–present	Shadowhunters	Magnus Bane	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–2011	The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers	Elliot Hoo	9 episodes
2013	Mortal Kombat: Legacy	Kuai Liang	2 episodes
2014	Caper	Luke Washington	9 episodes
2016	Single by 30	Peter Ma	8 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Glee	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Won
		Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music: Group (with cast)	Nominated
		Lesbian/Bi People's Choice Awards	Favorite Music Duo or Group (with cast)	Nominated
		Gay People's Choice Awards	Favorite Music Duo or Group (with cast)	Won
2011	Glee	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Nominated
		Grammy Awards	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated
		Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music: Group (with cast)	Nominated
	Himself	East West Players Visionary Awards	Breakout Performance Award	Won
2012	Glee	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Nominated
		Grammy Awards	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (with cast)	Nominated
2013	Glee	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Nominated
	Himself	Hawaii International Film Festival	Rising Star of the Year	Won
	Remixed	Streamy Awards	Best Choreography	Nominated
2016	Shadowhunters	TV Scoop Awards	TV Breakout Star – Male	Won
		MTV Fandom Awards	Ship of the Year (shared with Matthew Daddario)	Nominated
2017	Shadowhunters	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Summer Actor	Nominated
			Choice TV: Ship (shared with Matthew Daddario)	Nominated
			Choice TV: LipLock (shared with Matthew Daddario)	Nominated
		Bisexual Representation Award	Best Bisexual Representation by a Supporting Character Male	Won
2018	Shadowhunters	TV Scoop Awards	TV Best Drama Actor	Nominated
			TV Best Couple (shared with Matthew Daddario)	Nominated
		Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Ship (shared with Matthew Daddario)	Nominated
		Bisexual Representation Award	Best Bisexual Representation by a Supporting Character Male	Pending
		People's Choice Award	The Male TV Star of 2018	Pending

Discography

Main article: Glee discography

References

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    ^ Ausiello, Michael (June 28, 2013). "Glee Exclusive: 4 Original Cast Members Not Returning as Series Regulars for Season 5". TVLine.
    


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