Harry Shum Jr.

About Harry Shum Jr.

Costa Rican actor and dancer best known for his roles as Mike Chang on Fox's Glee and Magnus Bane in the Shadowhunters television series. He also appeared in a number of dance flicks.

Harry Shum Jr. is a Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters. He was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Glee, winning once. He won the award for The Male TV Star of 2018 in the E! People's Choice Awards for Shadowhunters. He has appeared in the films Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D, White Frog, Revenge of the Green Dragons, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, Crazy Rich Asians, the Hulu web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers and the YouTube Originals series Single by 30. In 2020, he starred in Universal's romantic drama All My Life.

Children	1
Born	April 28, 1982, Limón, Costa Rica
Occupation	Actor, dancer, choreographer, singer
Years active	2000–present

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Trivia

He had a supporting role in the films Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D.

Harry Shum Jr. before fame

Shum was accepted to San Francisco State University, but he only attended for three months to focus on his dancing career, which he began in 2002 as a dancer on BET's Comic View.

Achievement of Harry Shum Jr.

In the movie Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D, he played a supporting part.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$14 Million

Harry Shum Jr. family life

When he was six years old, he and his two elder sisters relocated from Costa Rica to the United States. In 2015, he married Shelby Rabara. In 2019, they welcomed a daughter named Xia.

Associations of Harry Shum Jr.

He has a brief part in Forest Whitaker's film Our Family Wedding (2010).

Harry Shum Jr. Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	180 cm
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Facts about Harry Shum Jr.

• What dance stars motivated him to dance?
Her early influences are Dru Hill, Ginuwine, and Usher. Then he started to draw inspiration from Michael Jackson and Gene Kelly.
• What was the starting point of Harryu2019s dance career?
It was in 2002 when the young boy embarked on his dance career jumping on board of BETu2019s Comic View.
• Does he consider himself Latin or Chinese?
Although he is of Chinese descent, Harry Shum Jr. considers himself both Latin and Chinese since he has spent his early childhood in a Latin country. Harry believes that these two contrast cultures have some things in common, for instance, family values and food flavor.
• Initially, his Glee character was a guest star. In season 3, Harry Shum Jr. was promoted to the series regular. In season 5, Mike Chang became a recurring role again.
• At first, it was sports and theater that were his major interests but then he focused on dancing after joined his high school dance crew.
• How many languages can he speak?
The dancer is fluent in three languages. They are Spanish, English, and Cantonese. The latter one is a variant of Chinese. Spanish is the first language he has learned.
• Harry Shum Jr. isnu2019t afraid of eating some strange foods. Harry has tasted crickets.