Parry Shen (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and producer. Shen's first major acting role was in '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' as Ben Manibag, the film's leading character. He also starred in another Asian American film, '' Surrogate Valentine''. He has since starred in the horror film ''

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'' and its sequels ''

Hatchet II ''Hatchet II'' is a 2010 American slasher film written and directed by Adam Green. It is the sequel to Green's film, ''Hatchet'' and the second installment in the ''Hatchet'' film series. Picking up right where the first film ended, ''Hatchet II ...

'', ''

Hatchet III ''Hatchet III'' is a 2013 American slasher film written by Adam Green and directed by B. J. McDonnell. It is the sequel to Adam Green's ''Hatchet'' and '' Hatchet II'', and the third installment in the ''Hatchet'' film series. Kane Hodder portr ...

'', and ''

Victor Crowley ''Hatchet'' is an American horror franchise created by Adam Green, that consists of four slasher films. The main antagonist in the series is Victor Crowley, a deformed boy who was kept hidden from the world by his father. One Halloween, a grou ...

''. He had a recurring role as Tyler Li in the television series ''

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''. Since 2013, he has portrayed the role of Brad Cooper on ''

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''. He is also known for his voice acting in the video games '' Sleeping Dogs'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Shen was born June 26, 1973, in

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, in the

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Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

. He went to

Archbishop Molloy High School Archbishop Molloy High School (also called Molloy, Archbishop Molloy, or AMHS) is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic school for grades 9-12, located on on 83-53 Manton Street, Briarwood, Queens, New York. It is part of the Roman Cath ...

, then an all-boys (but now co-educational) Roman Catholic school in Briarwood, in Queens, New York, and at the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 1846 ...

. His mother is from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. His father is from

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. When he moved to California, he worked as a dorm parent at

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, a private

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school in

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. Shen is of

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descent and can speak

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Career

Acting

Shen is best known as the lead character, Ben Manibag, in

Justin Lin Justin Lin (, born October 11, 1971) is a Taiwanese Americans, Taiwanese-American film director. His films have grossed US$2.3 billion worldwide as of March 2017. He is best known for his directorial work on ''Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002), the ...

's seminal Asian American film, '' Better Luck Tomorrow'' (2002). Shen was also a main part of the cast of ''

'', in which he also returned for Adam Green's ''

'' and ''

''. Shen has appeared in Ed Decter's ''

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'' (2002) opposite

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and

Zooey Deschanel Zooey Claire Deschanel (; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She made her film debut in '' Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film '' Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known for h ...

(as Glen). Shen also appears as the lead husband character, Luke, in Richard Wong's ''Yes We're Open'' opposite

Lynn Chen Lynn Chen () is a Taiwanese-American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Vivian Shing in the film ''Saving Face (2004 film), Saving Face'', a role for which she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awar ...

and in

Dave Boyle Dave Boyle (born 1982) is an American director, writer, editor, and actor. He has written and directed several movies that utilize primarily Asian or Asian-American casts, including the feature films ''Big Dreams Little Tokyo'' (2006), ''White ...

's '' Surrogate Valentine'' (2011) as Bradley, Pearry Reginald Teo's ''

The Gene Generation ''The Gene Generation'' is a 2007 biopunk science fiction film about an assassin who battles DNA hackers. The film was directed by Pearry Reginald Teo, and stars Bai Ling, Parry Shen, Faye Dunaway, and Alec Newman. Synopsis In a futuristic wor ...

'' (as Jackie, the brother of

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's character), and Eric Shapiro's ''Rule of 3'' (2008) (as David). Shen has appeared on the TV shows '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' (as Ty), ''

MADTv ''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by '' Mad'' magazine. In its initial run, it aired on Fox from 1995 to 2009. After a one-off reunion show in 2015 to celebrate the twentiet ...

'' (as Chin-Hwa Dak), ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was r ...

'' (as Bobby Kim), '' Brothers & Sisters'' (as Dan Silk), ''

Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series prem ...

'' (as Hsiang 'Charleston' Chu), ''

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'' (as Billy 'Shrimp Boy' Kwan), ''

Without a Trace ''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...

'' (as Steven Park), ''

'' (as Tyler Li), ''

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'' (as Trent), ''

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'' (as Ben Richmond), ''

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'' (as Seth), ''

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'' (as Kyle), ''

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'' (as Billy Blowfield), ''

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'' (as Harry Lensky), ''

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'' (as stockboy), ''

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'' (as Kip), ''

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'' (as Staffer), ''

Suddenly Susan ''Suddenly Susan'' is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, ...

'' (as Robert), '' Caroline in the City'' (as Tim), and ''

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'' (as student). Shen also played various characters on the TV series ''Asia Street Comedy'' (2004). Shen also voices the character Takeda Takahashi in "

" (2015), Winston Chu in Square Enix's '' Sleeping Dogs'' (2012), Mogu Zai in Blizzard's '' World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' (2012), and Tang/Privateer/Thug in ''

Far Cry 3 ''Far Cry 3'' is a 2012 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the third main installment in the ''Far Cry'' series after ''Far Cry 2''. The game takes place on the fictional Rook Islands, a tro ...

'' (2012). On May 6, 2013, Shen debuted in the

recurring role A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who frequently appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in more than one episode, sometimes being the main foc ...

of Brad Cooper on ''

''. He will be in the upcoming feature film ''Automation''.

Author

Shen is Managing Editor of '' Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology'', published by

The New Press The New Press is an independent non-profit public-interest book publisher established in 1992 by André Schiffrin

Screenwriting and producing

Shen has written and produced the feature film entitled ''Unidentified'' (2013), directed by Jason Richard Miller.

Speaking engagements

Shen speaks at numerous universities about the

entertainment industry Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have dev ...

and shares his experiences as an

Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

in the media.

Personal life

Shen has been married to his wife, Kim, since August 2, 2002, and they have two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

References

Notes

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credited as Victoria Sloan.

Citations

External links

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