Stunning New Star Wars: Visions Trailer Debuts". StarWars.com. 17 August 2021 . Retrieved 17 August 2021. Liu initially worked as an accountant at Deloitte but was laid off in April 2012 after nine months. [12] He began to explore other career options and decided to pursue a career as an actor and stuntman. [13] [14] Liu became distant from his parents after losing his accounting job and entering acting, but after discussing the matter with his parents, the family reconciled and became closer as a result. [15] Career [ edit ] 2012–2018: Early work and television roles [ edit ]

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 would later receive his first award nominations for this role at the ACTRA Awards and Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. [17] Liu in 2016

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Discography [ edit ] Singles [ edit ] List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Tinoco, Armando (12 August 2022). "Saturn Awards Nominations: The Batman, Nightmare Alley, Spider-Man, Better Call Saul Top List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 16 August 2022. Kollaboration SF Community Spotlight: Simu Liu. Kollaboration SF. 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 . Retrieved 21 November 2021– via YouTube. Chew, Cohan (23 May 2019). "INTERVIEW: Kim's Convenience star Simu Liu answers YOUR questions". Resonate . Retrieved 17 January 2020. Liu was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. [48] Liu was named one of Hello!'s 50 Most Beautiful Canadians and 25 Hottest Bachelors in 2017 and 2018. [49] [50] [51] In May 2021, Liu became the first East Asian man to cover Men's Health magazine in over a decade since Jet Li in 2010. [52] In November 2021, Liu became the fourth actor of Chinese descent to host Saturday Night Live. [53] He has previously hosted the Juno Awards of 2022 and the Juno Awards of 2023. [54] [55]

Ahsan, Sadaf (10 June 2021). "Simu Liu offers sneak peek at upcoming memoir". Etalk . Retrieved 12 September 2021.Ultimately, it is Simu's singular determination to make his dreams come true that not only leads him to succeed as an actor but also opens the door to reconciliation with his parents. For by the time he is thirty—the same age his parents were when they immigrated—he recognizes that he and his parents have much in common, most notably their courage to dream, and to dream big. DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS NOMINEES" (PDF). Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts . Retrieved 8 October 2016. Released Monday, the first trailer for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” gives fans a sneak peek at Marvel’s first superhero of Asian descent. In 2017, Liu appeared in the second season of Slasher as well as the CityTV miniseries Bad Blood, both as recurring characters. [20] Later, he says, “when I was further on in my career, I was like, is it going to be more of that, or is there going to be an opportunity to step up? I remember feeling discouragement when I would read these breakdowns and look at who is producing, who’s writing. Even if there was an Asian character, the people making the decisions, none of them were Asian-American, Asian-Canadian.”

The star of Marvel’s first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing the role of a lifetime. Pride in the individual, pride in one’s culture and heritage, and pride in one’s community. I am proud of everything accomplished during our run and cannot wait to see how the legacy of the show and others like it impact future generations in finding their voice and telling their own stories.” EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays – Candlelight Processional". disneyworld.disney.go.com . Retrieved 29 June 2023.Sandra Gonzalez (21 July 2019). "Marvel's latest leading man Simu Liu will soon be a 'household name' ". CNN . Retrieved 21 July 2019. Liu, who spent five seasons on the Canadian comedy series, Kim’s Convenience, writes about shaking the “model-minority Asian” card, as well as the experiences that pushed him to leave the “comfort zone” of a finance career to pursue acting.