Personal Info
Birth date
1989-04-19 (36 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Also known as
Σίμου Λιου
시무 류
شیمو لیو
Simu Liu
Biography
Simu Liu (born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor, writer, and stuntman. He is known for his performance as Jung Kim in the award-winning CBC Television sitcom Kim's Convenience. He received nominations at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards for his work in Blood and Water. He portrays Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Filmography
The Simpsons
8
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.9
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.In Your Dreams
7.1
Overview:
Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.3
Overview:
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.Mayday
8.2
Overview:
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.Saturday Night Live
6.944
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.INVINCIBLE
8.6
Overview:
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.217
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.The Jennifer Hudson Show
5.603
Overview:
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.Golden Globe Awards
7.2
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.Hot Ones
7.14
Overview:
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.The View
4.33
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.The Expanse
8.1
Overview:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.Nikita
7.243
Overview:
Nikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.461
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.LIVE with Kelly and Mark
5.4
Overview:
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.Warehouse 13
7.7
Overview:
After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer - find themselves assigned to the top secret Warehouse 13. The Warehouse is a massive, top secret facility that houses dangerous and fantastical objects. Together, Pete and Myka along with fellow agents Claudia, Steve Jinks and Warehouse caretaker Artie, must recover artifacts from around the globe before they can cause catastrophic damage.Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
4.6
Overview:
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.What If...?
8.076
Overview:
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.Barbie
6.944
Overview:
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.Marvel Zombies
7.3
Overview:
After the Avengers are overtaken by a zombie plague, a desperate group of survivors discover the key to bringing an end to the super-powered undead, racing across a dystopian landscape and risking life and limb to save their world.Fresh Off the Boat
7.18
Overview:
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.Orphan Black
7.81
Overview:
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.Taken
6.525
Overview:
The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.Arthur the King
7.576
Overview:
Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.Avengers: Doomsday
NYR
Overview:
The Avengers, Wakandans, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, and X-Men all fight against Doctor Doom. Plot TBA.Marvel Studios Legends
7.4
Overview:
Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each dynamic segment feeds directly into the upcoming series — setting the stage for future events. This series weaves together the many threads that constitute the unparalleled Marvel Cinematic Universe.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.5
Overview:
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.Acting
TBAUntitled Sleeping Dogs Film as Wei Shen
TBAUntitled 2000s short as Man
2026Avengers: Doomsday as Shaun / Shang-Chi
2025The Copenhagen Test (2 Episodes) as Alexander Hale
2025In Your Dreams as Dad (voice)
2025Marvel Zombies (4 Episodes) as Shang-Chi (voice)
2025My Happy Place (6 Episodes) as Self
2025Got to Get Out (8 Episodes) as Self - Host
2025Last Breath as David Yuasa
2025We The North: From Prehistoric to Historic as Self
2024Laid (2 Episodes) as Philippe
2024Jackpot! as Louis Lewis
2024Atlas as Harlan Shepherd
2024Arthur the King as Leo
2023Barbie as Ken
2023Heat Eaters (1 Episode) as Self
2023Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (10 Episodes) as Chang (voice)
2023One True Loves as Sam Lee
2023Simulant as Casey
2022StoryBots: Answer Time (1 Episode) as Unknown
2022Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self
2022Celebrity Jeopardy! (2 Episodes) as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2022Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge (1 Episode) as Self
2022Ronny Chieng Takes Chinatown as Self
2021That's My Jam (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2021Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together as Self
2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Shaun / Shang-Chi
2021What If...? (2 Episodes) as Shang-Chi (voice)
2021Hart to Heart (1 Episode) as Self
2021INVINCIBLE (3 Episodes) as Multi-Paul (voice)
2021Women Is Losers as Gilbert
2021Marvel Studios Assembled (1 Episode) as Self
2021Marvel Studios Legends (1 Episode) as Shaun / Shang-Chi (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Dish Granted (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self - Actor
2020Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (1 Episode) as Garbage Boy
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1, 2 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest Host
2019The Other Two (1 Episode) as Simu Liu
2018Corner Gas Animated (1 Episode) as Gerald Mesmerizer (voice)
2017Meeting Mommy as John
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series (1 Episode) as Self
2017Taken (10 Episodes) as Faaron
2016Kim's Convenience (65 Episodes) as Jung Kim
2016Worth It (1 Episode) as Himself
2015The Expanse (1 Episode) as Lt. Paolo Mayer
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015Antisocial 2 as Male Nurse
2015Dark Matter (1 Episode) as Technician
2015Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self
2015Fresh Off the Boat (1 Episode) as Willie
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1 Episode) as Self
2014The Akira Project as Lt. Yamada
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self
2013Orphan Black (1 Episode) as Mr. Mitchell
2013Raider Origins as Head Mercenary
2010Nikita (1 Episode) as Desk Officer
2009Warehouse 13 (1 Episode) as Bartender
2006Dragons' Den (2 Episodes) as Dragon
2003Mayday (1 Episode) as Narita Air Traffic Controller
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2 Episodes) as Self
2003The Bachelorette (1 Episode) as Self
1997The View (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Adult Hubert Wong (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Host
1975People's Choice Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Host
1953The Oscars (2 Episodes) as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter
Production
TBAUntitled Sleeping Dogs Film ... Producer
2025The Copenhagen Test (2 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2024New Wave ... Executive Producer
2023One True Loves ... Executive Producer
2023Simulant ... Executive Producer
2022Hello (Again) (9 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2017Meeting Mommy ... Executive Producer
Writing
2023One True Loves ... Lyricist
2022Hello (Again) (4 Episodes) ... Writer
2017Meeting Mommy ... Writer
Sound
2023One True Loves ... Vocals
Creator
2022Hello (Again) ... Creator