Ivan Shaw

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Ivan Shaw
Born
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

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]

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Early life and education

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.

Career

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.

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Nocturne Dr. Henry Cask
2014Nightmare CodeAlex Chou
20142 Bedroom 1 BathPeter
2012 The Time Being Officer
2012Mission ChineseTaoShort
2011 Life Happens Ivan #2
2011 Almost Perfect Dwayne Sung
2010 Get Him to the Greek Pinnacles Executive
2001 Rush Hour 2 Triad GangsterUncredited

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Dear Edward SteveMain role
2022 That Dirty Black Bag KurtMain role
2022 The Cleaning Lady Marco de la RosaRecurring role
2016 Insecure JustinRecurring role (season 1) [3]
2016 Better Things JohnEpisode: "Woman Is the Something of the Something"
2016 Sillicon Valley Ad ExecEpisode: "Daily Active Users"
2015 Chasing Life JoaquinEpisode: "First Person"
2014 Rizzoli & Isles Chef HoldenEpisode: "Food for Thought"
2013 NCIS Victor ChengEpisode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
2012SketchyAllen
2010 CSI: NY Billy JamesEpisode: "Sanguine Love"
2008 The Young and the Restless Alan2 episodes
2007 Monk Rap ProducerEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper"
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bus BoyEpisode: "Meet Market"
2006 The Book of Daniel Adam WebsterMain role
2006 The Closer DonnieEpisode: "Critical Missing"
2004 The Division LeeEpisode: "That's Them"
2003 All My Children Henry Chin4 episode
2002 Haunted TommyEpisode: "Nexus"
2002 Charmed AttendantEpisode: "The Eyes Have It"
2002 The Mind of the Married Man MachikoEpisode: "Peter Pan"
2002 General Hospital Band Member1 episode

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