Dallas Liu
Born
Dallas Liu

August 21, 2001 (age 22)
Los Angeles, California
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 will portray Prince Zuko in the upcoming Netflix live action remake series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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. He portrayed Ruihua, the younger brother of Awkwafina's 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]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2009 Tekken Jin Kazama at 6 Years Old
2015 Underdog Kids Young Jimmy
2017 Ella Abe Short film
2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ruihua
2023 The Slumber Party Mikey Disney Channel Original Movie[9]

Television

Year(s) Title Role(s) Notes
2013 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Young Bi-Han Episode: "Liu Kang and Kung Lao Reunite in Macau"
2014 Enormous Boy Episode: "Enormous"
2014 Bones Riley Episode: "The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator"
2015 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Yoshi Episode: "Gortimer vs. The Terrible Touch-Up"
2016 CSI: Cyber Jake Hazelton Episode: "Legacy"
2016 Legendary Dudas Carter 5 episodes
2018 The Who Was? Show Bruce Lee 4 episodes
2019–2021 PEN15 Shuji Ishii-Peters 14 episodes
2019 No Good Nick Pete 2 episodes
2020 Players Taylor King 8 episodes
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Zuko Main role

References

  1. ↑ Bonnet, Alexandra (October 5, 2020). "Dallas Liu, A Breath of Fresh Air – BELLO Mag". Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. 1 2 Casino, Khier (2019-02-16). "Dallas Liu Aspires to Be the Next Jackie Chan". NextShark. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, Patricia (2020-09-01). "Interview: We Speak To Young Actor Dallas Liu Ahead of Season Two of PEN15". hello asia!. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. 1 2 Clark, Nicole (September 18, 2020). "Dallas Liu of 'Pen15' on defying stereotypes as the cool older brother". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ↑ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2021-03-31). "'Pen15's Dallas Liu To Appear In Marvel's 'Shang-Chi And The Legend of the Ten Rings'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  6. ↑ Stone, Sam (2021-09-02). "Shang-Chi: Dallas Liu Tackles Bringing a Family Perspective to the MCU Epic". CBR. Archived from the original on 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  7. ↑ Gans, Andrew (September 11, 2020). "In the News: Leslie Odom Jr., Sting Set for Virtual SummerStage Jubilee Concert, Steven Levenson's Seven Minutes in Heaven to Launch Colt Coeur Season, More". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  8. ↑ Carras, Christi (August 12, 2021). "Meet the live-action stars of Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  9. ↑ Denise Petski (September 27, 2022). "'The Slumber Party' Coming-Of-Age Comedy Movie Based On 'The Sleepover' Teen Novel Ordered By Disney Branded Television". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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