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Įven as he was cast in main and recurring roles, Liu continued to appear as an extra on several television shows, appearing in an episode of the hit BBC- Space series Orphan Black as well as in the Canadian science fiction series Dark Matter. In 2016, 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. Liu starred in the series until its conclusion in 2021. It remains his most notable television success to date, with the series being nominated for and winning multiple awards internationally, including Best Comedy Series at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards and "Most Popular Foreign Drama" at the 2019 Seoul International Drama Awards.
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Later in 2015, 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. He would later receive his first award nominations for this role at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. In 2015, 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 (2015–2016). He appeared as a stuntman in Sick: Survive the Night (2012) and the TV miniseries Heroes Reborn. Liu got his start in acting working as an extra and stuntman, appearing in movies and music videos such as Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim and Avicii's " I Could Be the One." His other early onscreen credits include Nikita (2012) and Beauty and the Beast (2014). Career 2012–2018: Early work and television roles 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. He began to explore other career options and decided to pursue a career as an actor and stuntman. Liu initially worked as an accountant at Deloitte but was laid off in April 2012 after nine months. He attended University of Toronto Schools and studied business administration at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. Liu's parents "hothoused him in maths at the age of five and set 'homework' that included reading biographies of scientists and studying algebra".
In his memoir, We Were Dreamers, he wrote of the deprivation and trauma his parents had experienced growing up in China's Cultural Revolution, and their subsequent "tiger parenting" style, saying he felt they "wanted to rid life of joy or happiness", and recalling "the weight of what he describes as impossible expectations, 'to be the star child, the studious academic, the obedient son'", being "belittled and physically punished" for perceived failings.


His parents later emigrated with him to Canada, where they supplemented their scholarships with dish-washing jobs and eventually became successful aerospace engineers Liu was raised in Mississauga, Ontario. His father, Zhenning, went to the United States to study for a PhD whilst his mother worked in Beijing, and Liu was raised until age 5 by his grandparents in Harbin, China, "in a small apartment, without running water for much of the day", in circumstances he recalled as "idyllic and happy".

His parents met while attending university in Beijing, where they both studied engineering. Liu was born in Harbin, China, on 19 April 1989, son of Zhenning and Zheng Liu. In 2022, Liu authored the memoir We Were Dreamers, and was named one of Time 's 100 most influential people in the world, in the section " Artists". He also 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. He is known for portraying Shang-Chi in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Simu Liu ( / ˈ s i m u ˈ l i j uː/ SEE-moo LEE-ew Chinese: 刘思慕 born 19 April 1989) is a Canadian actor.
