Dallas Liu

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Dallas Liu
Born
Dallas Liu

August 21, 2001 (age 22)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Dallas Liu is an American actor. Liu made his acting debut as young Jin Kazama in Tekken (2009). He has gone on to appear in the television series PEN15 as Shuji Ishii-Peters and as Carter in Legendary Dudas . He portrays Prince Zuko in the Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender , a live-action remake of the animated series of the same name.

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Early life

Liu grew up in San Gabriel Valley, California. [1] Liu practices Japanese Shotokan and competed in the North American Sport Karate Association. [2] He began practicing martial arts when he was 5 years old and stopped competing internationally at 13 years old. [3]

Career

Liu made his film debut as young Jin Kazama on Tekken (2009). He was referred to the audition by one of his martial arts teachers. [3] Liu's manager initially found him through karate videos uploaded onto YouTube. [4] He had a recurring role as Carter on Nickelodeon's Legendary Dudas .

Liu played Maya Erskine's brother Shuji on the Hulu dramedy Pen15 . [4]

Liu played Taylor King in Snapchat's young-adult drama series, Players. [5] Liu later appeared in the 2021 Marvel film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as the younger brother of Awkwafina's character Katy. [6]

On September 26, 2020, Liu did a virtual reading of Seven Minutes in Heaven for the play's 10th anniversary. [7]

On August 12, 2021, Netflix revealed that Liu was cast as Zuko in their live action television adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender . [8]

Personal life

Liu is of Chinese-Indonesian descent. [2] His mother's side of the family is from Jakarta, Indonesia. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2009 Tekken Jin Kazama at 6 years old
2015 Underdog Kids Young Jimmy
2017EllaAbeShort film
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ruihua Chen
2023 The Slumber Party Mikey Disney Channel Original Movie [10]

Television

Year(s)TitleRole(s)Notes
2013 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Young Bi-Han Episode: "Liu Kang and Kung Lao Reunite in Macau"
2014EnormousBoyEpisode: "Enormous"
Bones RileyEpisode: "The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator"
2015 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street YoshiEpisode: "Gortimer vs. The Terrible Touch-Up"
2016 CSI: Cyber Jake HazeltonEpisode: "Legacy"
HopefulsReedTV Movie
Legendary Dudas Carter5 episodes
2018 The Who Was? Show Bruce Lee 4 episodes
2019–2021 Pen15 Shuji Ishii-Peters14 episodes
2019 No Good Nick Pete2 episodes
2020PlayersTaylor King8 episodes
2024—present Avatar: The Last Airbender Zuko Main role

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