Ivan Shaw
Born
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor

Ivan Shaw is a American actor who made his daytime debut in December 2002, playing young Henry Chin in the ABC daytime show All My Children.[1]

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" also 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), also starring Edison Chen. Tina Chen, Roger Rees and Christina Chang.

He has also Associate Produced a film The Time Being starring Frank Langella, Wes Bentley and directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain, and 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, and directed by Tyler Brooks.

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

References

  1. ↑ "AMC cuts Alberti, Seyfried, and Shaw". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ↑ "The Time Being | tiff.net". 2012-08-05. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. ↑ Bastién, Angelica Jade (2016-11-20). "'Insecure' Season 1, Episode 7: Who's Daniel?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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