Ivan Shaw
{{short description|American actor}}
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}}{{Infobox person
| name = Ivan Shaw
| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
| education = University of California, Los Angeles
| 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2003/0714-alberti_seyfried_shaw.php|title=AMC cuts Alberti, Seyfried, and Shaw|website=soapcentral.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}
Early life and education
Shaw moved from Taipei, Taiwan, to Upland, California, at age 4, where he grew up with his older brother, Eugene, who is also an aspiring actor, and their grandparents. He was a member of the Upland Chinese Presbyterian Church for some time.
Shaw attended Upland High School and later UCLA, where he studied mathematics, economics, and computer science.
Career
Shaw played lead roles in the off-Broadway production of Savage Love at New York City's Century Theatre and A Boy's Life at Shurin Studio, both of which received critical acclaim.
He went on to make 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 later appeared as Adam Webster on the short-lived and 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 played the role of Tao in the short film Mission Chinese, directed by David Parker and Cole Schreiber (also known as Sunday Paper),{{cite web | url=https://www.sunday-paper.com/about | title=About }} and starring Ron Yuan and Elaine Tan.
In 2011, Shaw starred as the romantic lead opposite Kelly Hu in Bertha Bay-Sa Pan's feature film Almost Perfect, which also featured Edison Chen, Tina Chen, Roger Rees, and Christina Chang.
He has also been the associate producer for 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.{{Cite web|url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/timebeing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805235100/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/timebeing|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-05|title=The Time Being {{!}} tiff.net|date=2012-08-05|access-date=2020-04-25}} He also co-wrote a short film titled The Tip with Kelvin Yu, which was directed by Tyler Brooks.
Selected filmography
=Film=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
|Dr. Henry Cask | |
| 2014
|Nightmare Code |Alex Chou | |
| 2014
|2 Bedroom 1 Bath |Peter | |
| 2012
|Officer | |
| 2012
|Mission Chinese |Tao |Short |
| 2011
|Ivan #2 | |
| 2011
|Dwayne Sung | |
| 2010
|Pinnacles Executive | |
| 2001
|Triad Gangster |Uncredited |
=Television=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2023
|Steve |Main role |
| 2022
|Kurt |Main role |
| 2022
|Marco de la Rosa |Recurring role |
| 2016
|Justin |
| 2016
|John |Episode: "Woman Is the Something of the Something" |
| 2016
|Ad Exec |Episode: "Daily Active Users" |
| 2015
|Joaquin |Episode: "First Person" |
| 2014
|Chef Holden |Episode: "Food for Thought" |
| 2013
|NCIS |Victor Cheng |Episode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" |
| 2012
|Sketchy |Allen | |
| 2010
|Billy James |Episode: "Sanguine Love" |
| 2008
|Alan |2 episodes |
| 2007
|Monk |Rap Producer |Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Rapper" |
| 2007
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Bus Boy |Episode: "Meet Market" |
| 2006
|Adam Webster |Main role |
| 2006
|Donnie |Episode: "Critical Missing" |
| 2004
|Lee |Episode: "That's Them" |
| 2003
|Henry Chin |4 episode |
| 2002
|Tommy |Episode: "Nexus" |
| 2002
|Attendant |Episode: "The Eyes Have It" |
| 2002
|Machiko |Episode: "Peter Pan" |
| 2002
|Band Member |1 episode |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|1296459|Ivan Shaw}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male actors of Chinese descent
Category:American male television actors
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Upland, California
Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni