Simu Liu

Simu Liu
Simu Liu
	Liu in 2024
Born	19 April 1989 (age 36); Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Citizenship	Canada (naturalized)
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario
Occupations	Actor; author;
Years active	2012–present
Partner(s)	Allison Hsu (2022–present; engaged)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘思慕
Traditional Chinese	劉思慕
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Sīmù
IPA	[ljǒʊ sɹ̩́.mû]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Lau4 Si1 Mou6
IPA	[lɐw˩ si˥.mɔw˨]

Simu Liu (/ˈsiːmuː ˈliːjuː/ SEE-moo LEE-yoo;^[1] simplified Chinese: 刘思慕; traditional Chinese: 劉思慕; born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian^[2] actor. He rose to prominence by starring as Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).

Liu was born in Harbin and raised in Ontario. He has also played Paul Xie in the Omni Television crime drama series Blood and Water—for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award^[3] and an ACTRA Award—Jung Kim in the CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience (2016–2021),^[4] and one of the Ken dolls in the fantasy comedy film Barbie (2023).^[5] In 2022, Liu published the memoir We Were Dreamers^[6] and was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Simu Liu – Academy.ca". Academy.ca. 8 January 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "Kim's Convenience – CBC Media Centre". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "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.