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Ivan Shaw | |
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Born | Taipei, Taiwan |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Ivan Shaw is an American actor who made his daytime debut in December 2002, playing young Henry Chin in the ABC daytime show All My Children . [1]
Shaw moved from Taipei, Taiwan, at age 4 to Upland, California, where he grew up with his older brother, Eugene (also an aspiring actor), and grandparents. At one time, he attended Upland Chinese Presbyterian Church.
Shaw attended Upland High School and UCLA, where he studied math, economics, and computer science.
Along the way, Shaw also became interested in acting. He played lead roles at New York City's off-Broadway Century Theatre's production of Savage Love and Shurin Studio's A Boy's Life, with critically acclaimed reviews.
Following a series of appearances on TV shows such as Haunted (as Tommy), CSI: NY (as Billy James), Charmed (as Attendant), The Closer (as Donnie), Monk (as a Rap Producer), The Mind of the Married Man (as Machiko), All My Children (as Henry Chin), General Hospital (as a Band Member), The Young and the Restless (as Alan), and Baywatch Hawaii , Shaw appeared as Adam Webster on the short-lived, controversial NBC show The Book of Daniel .
Shaw has also appeared in feature films such as Get Him to the Greek (as a Pinnacle Executive), L!fe Happens (as Ivan #2), The Truth About Angels (as JC), and Rush Hour 2 (as a Triad Gangster). He also appeared as Tao in a short film directed by David Parker and Cole Schreiber (aka Sunday Paper) called Mission Chinese, starring Ron Yuan and Elaine Tan.
He also starred as the romantic lead opposite Kelly Hu in Bertha Bay-Sa Pan's feature film Almost Perfect (2011), starring Edison Chen, Tina Chen, Roger Rees, and Christina Chang.
He has also Associate Produced a film, The Time Being, starring Frank Langella and Wes Bentley, and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain, which made its premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. [2] He has also written a short film titled The Tip with Kelvin Yu, directed by Tyler Brooks.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Nocturne | Dr. Henry Cask | |
2014 | Nightmare Code | Alex Chou | |
2014 | 2 Bedroom 1 Bath | Peter | |
2012 | The Time Being | Officer | |
2012 | Mission Chinese | Tao | Short |
2011 | Life Happens | Ivan #2 | |
2011 | Almost Perfect | Dwayne Sung | |
2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Pinnacles Executive | |
2001 | Rush Hour 2 | Triad Gangster | Uncredited |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2023 | Dear Edward | Steve | Main role |
2022 | That Dirty Black Bag | Kurt | Main role |
2022 | The Cleaning Lady | Marco de la Rosa | Recurring role |
2016 | Insecure | Justin | Recurring role (season 1) [3] |
2016 | Better Things | John | Episode: "Woman Is the Something of the Something" |
2016 | Sillicon Valley | Ad Exec | Episode: "Daily Active Users" |
2015 | Chasing Life | Joaquin | Episode: "First Person" |
2014 | Rizzoli & Isles | Chef Holden | Episode: "Food for Thought" |
2013 | NCIS | Victor Cheng | Episode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" |
2012 | Sketchy | Allen | |
2010 | CSI: NY | Billy James | Episode: "Sanguine Love" |
2008 | The Young and the Restless | Alan | 2 episodes |
2007 | Monk | Rap Producer | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper" |
2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Bus Boy | Episode: "Meet Market" |
2006 | The Book of Daniel | Adam Webster | Main role |
2006 | The Closer | Donnie | Episode: "Critical Missing" |
2004 | The Division | Lee | Episode: "That's Them" |
2003 | All My Children | Henry Chin | 4 episode |
2002 | Haunted | Tommy | Episode: "Nexus" |
2002 | Charmed | Attendant | Episode: "The Eyes Have It" |
2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | Machiko | Episode: "Peter Pan" |
2002 | General Hospital | Band Member | 1 episode |
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