Harry Shum, Jr was born in Limon, Costa Rica on April 28, 1982. His father is from Fujian province, China, and his mother was born in Hong Kong. He states, "I feel I have the best of so many worlds.
I speak Chinese and Spanish. Spanish is actually my first language before I learned Chinese and English" . He started dancing with his high school Dance Company team and continued his career in San Francisco, California under several different studios.
Shum launched his career as the only male dancer on BET's Comic View in 2002 and has continued his dancing career from there. He was also one of the lead dancers with stars such as Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, and Jessica Simpson. He was a silhouette for the now-famous iPod commercials, as well .
He now plays Mike Chang, a football player who joins the Glee club, on the Fox musical tv show Glee. An upcoming project Shum is involved in is Step Up 3D, scheduled to be released in 2010. It includes a 3D look at New York style street dancing.
Now Mike Chang can Sing... Am I too Late for This?
Ok so here it is. I'm not really watching Glee but when the remote passes by the show on Starworld here in the Philippines I actually stick my... more
Now Mike Chang can Sing... Am I too Late for This?
Ok so here it is. I'm not really watching Glee but when the remote passes by the show on Starworld here in the Philippines I actually stick my eyes on it. Well because the main characters are too mainstream, Mike Chang played by Harry Shum Jr.is the man! Looking at the first few episodes or most of it, this guy is just like the silent one then continuing he showed us his loud moves. It was so breath taking and super fantastic. It's on him and you can see it on his facial expressions when he do the moves. Days and months had past now and the show is on it's third season. As a teaser shown for the third season, Katy Perry's Last Friday Night has been re-ignited by some of the cast including Mike having a few parts. Not bad for a guy that I never heard of any dialogue before... 5 stars for you on that!