Parry Shen

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Parry Shen
Born (1973-06-26) June 26, 1973 (age 50)
Queens, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesParry Allen
EducationArchbishop Molloy High School
Alma materUniversity at Buffalo
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Kim Shen
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(m. 2002)​
Children2
Websiteparryshen.com

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 Hatchet and its sequels Hatchet II, Hatchet III, and Victor Crowley. He had a recurring role as Tyler Li in the television series Tru Calling. From 2013 to 2023, he portrayed the role of Brad Cooper on General Hospital.

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

Early life[edit]

Shen was born June 26, 1973, in New York City, in the borough of Queens. He went to Archbishop Molloy High School, then an all-boys (but now co-educational) Roman Catholic school in Briarwood, in Queens, New York, and at the University at Buffalo.[1] His mother is from Hong Kong. His father is from Shanghai.[2] When he moved to California, he worked as a dorm parent at Villanova Preparatory School, a private college preparatory school in Ojai.[3] Shen is of Chinese descent and can speak Cantonese.[1]

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

Shen is best known as the lead character, Ben Manibag, in Justin Lin's seminal Asian American film, Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Shen was also a main part of the cast of Hatchet, in which he also returned for Adam Green's Hatchet II and Hatchet III.[4] Shen has appeared in Ed Decter's The New Guy (2002) opposite DJ Qualls and Zooey Deschanel (as Glen). Shen also appears as the lead husband character, Luke, in Richard Wong's Yes We're Open opposite Lynn Chen and in Dave Boyle's Surrogate Valentine (2011) as Bradley, Pearry Reginald Teo's The Gene Generation (as Jackie, the brother of Bai Ling'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 (as Chin-Hwa Dak), Criminal Minds (as Bobby Kim), Brothers & Sisters (as Dan Silk), Veronica Mars (as Hsiang 'Charleston' Chu), Thief (as Billy 'Shrimp Boy' Kwan), Without a Trace (as Steven Park), Tru Calling (as Tyler Li), Holliston (as Trent), NCIS (TV series) (as Ben Richmond), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (as Seth), Party of Five (as Kyle), Cousin Skeeter (as Billy Blowfield), Chicago Hope (as Harry Lensky), The King of Queens (as stockboy), Malibu, CA (as Kip), Beverly Hills 90210 (as Staffer), Suddenly Susan (as Robert), Caroline in the City (as Tim), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as student). Shen also played various characters on the TV series Asia Street Comedy (2004).

Shen also voices the character Takeda Takahashi in "Mortal Kombat X" (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 (2012).

On May 6, 2013, Shen debuted in the recurring role of Brad Cooper on General Hospital.[5] He also appeared in the feature film Automation.[6]

Author[edit]

Shen is Managing Editor of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology, published by The New Press in April 2009.[7] Its sequel, Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology, was published in November 2012.[8][9][1]

Screenwriting and producing[edit]

Shen has written and produced the feature film entitled Unidentified (2013), directed by Jason Richard Miller.[1]

Speaking engagements[edit]

Shen speaks at numerous universities about the entertainment industry and shares his experiences as an Asian American in the media.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Shen has been married to his wife, Kim, since August 2, 2002, and they have two daughters.[1]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Starship Troopers Student
Shrieker David
2000 Game Day Ali Comedy film directed and written by Marshall V. Davidson
2002 Better Luck Tomorrow Ben Manibag Crime-drama film directed by Justin Lin
The New Guy Glen Comedy film directed by Ed Decter
2004 Dead Scared Tim
  • Comedy-horror film directed and written by Rolfe Kanefsky
  • Originally known as The Hazing in Spain
The Perfect Party Peter Horror film directed and written by James Huang
The Deviants Jerry Comedy-romantic film directed by Reid Waterer
First Daughter Rally Leader Comedy-romantic film directed by Forest Whitaker
2005 Passages Frank Short film directed by Ted Chung
2006 Hatchet Shawn Slasher film directed by Adam Green
2007 Finishing the Game Robert Chang
The Gene Generation Jackie Biopunk science fiction film directed by Pearry Reginald Teo
2008 Rule of 3 David Thriller film directed by Eric Shapiro
Fairy Tale Police Officer Pappas Short film directed and written by Adam Green
2009 The TiVo James Short-fantasy film directed and written by Adam Green
2010 Hatchet II Justin Slasher film directed and written by Adam Green
2011 Surrogate Valentine Bradley Comedy film directed by Dave Boyle and co-written by Boyle, Joel Clark, & Goh Nakamura
2012 Yes, We're Open Luke Romantic film directed by Richard Wong
2013 Starting from Scratch Parry Romantic film directed and written by James Huang
#1 Serial Killer Murder Victim Horror film directed by Stanley Yung
Hatchet III Andrew Slasher film directed by BJ McDonnell
Snowpiercer Voice Actor (voice) Action-drama film directed by Joon-ho Bong and co-written by Bong & Kelly Masterson
Unidentified Jeremy Science fiction film directed by Jason Richard Miller and co-written by Miller, Eddie Mui, & Shen
2017 Swing State Ryan Pollard Romantic-musical film directed and written by Jonathan Sheldon
Victor Crowley Andrew Horror film directed and written by Adam Green
2019 Automation Alan Science fiction film directed by Garo Setian

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Caroline in the City Tim Episode: "Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles"
1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Student Episode: "Innocence"
Suddenly Susan Robert Episode: "Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Some of These Do It"
Beverly Hills, 90210 Staffer Episode: "Budget Cuts"
Malibu, CA Kip Episode: "Welcome to Malibu" (Pilot)
The King of Queens Stockboy Episode: "Supermarket Story"
1999 Chicago Hope Harry Lensky Episode: "Big Hand for the Little Lady"
Cousin Skeeter Billy Blowfeld Episode: "Sideshow Skeeter"
Party of Five Kyle Episode: "I'll Show You Mine"
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Dog (voice) Episode: "Dragon Me Along"
The Privateers Parrot Television film
Damaged Goods Josh Television film
2001 An American Town Sophomore Television film
2002 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Seth Episode: "Cloud Ten"
2004 NCIS Ben Richmond Episode: "Eye Spy"
Asia Street Comedy Various [unknown episodes]
2005 Tru Calling Tyler Li Recurring role
Attack of the Sabretooth Robbie Television film
The Poseidon Adventure Enlisted Man Television film[10]
Without a Trace Steven Park Episode: "Honor Bound"
2006 Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well UFAP Television film
Thief Billy "Shrimp Boy" Kwan Recurring role
Veronica Mars Hsiang "Charleston" Chu Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf"
2007 Brothers & Sisters Dan Silk Episodes: "The Other Walker", "Three Parties"
Criminal Minds Bobby Kim Episode: "True Night"
2008 Mad TV Chin-Hwa Dak Episode: "Episode 13"
2010–2014 NCIS: Los Angeles Ty Recurring role
2012 Holliston Trent Episode: "Camera Rental"
2013–2023 General Hospital Brad Cooper Recurring role
2017 Dimension 404 Animator Episode: "Chronos"
Doc McStuffins Shinji Episode: "First Responders to the Rescue"
2022 Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Weimin (voice) 3 episodes[11]

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Wet Zhi
2012 Sleeping Dogs Winston Chu [12][13]
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Zian of the Endless Shadow
2013 Far Cry 3 Additional Voices
2015 Mortal Kombat X Takeda Takahashi [14]
2016 Lego Marvel Avengers Iron Legion [13]
The Walking Dead: Michonne Zachary [13]
2023 Mortal Kombat 1 Takeda Takahashi [15]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ David DeCoteau credited as Victoria Sloan.

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Soaps.com (9 June 2015). "Parry Shen Biography". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "What is your ethnicity?". ParryShen.com. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "ParryShen's Xanga Site - Just another Xanga site". www.xanga.com.
  4. ^ "Spend Thanksgiving Weekend with Hitchcock - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. 20 September 2012.
  5. ^ "ParryShen's Xanga Site - Just another Xanga site". parryshen.xanga.com.
  6. ^ Cushman, Dustin (June 18, 2019). "Parry Shen's Thriller 'Automation' Plays on Robots Becoming Dangerous". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Yang, Jeff; Shen, Parry; Chow, Keith; Ma, Jerry (2009). Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (1st ed.). New York City: The New Press. ISBN 978-1595583987.
  8. ^ Yang, Jeff; Shen, Parry; Chow, Keith; Ma, Jerry (2012). Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. New York City: The New Press. ISBN 978-1595588241.
  9. ^ "Parry Shen". www.secretidentities.org.
  10. ^ "Red Update Alert: Poseidon Goes Belly Up Again". The New York Times. November 18, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  11. ^ @ParryShen (July 14, 2022). "Excited to finally share that I'll voicing WEIMIN (a Komodo Dragon) in Netflix's new show — KUNG-FU PANDA: THE DRAGON KNIGHT joining Jack Black's return to voicing Po! Now Streaming!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ sleepingdogsgame (17 July 2012). "Behind the Scenes: Voice-Over Talent (UK)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ a b c "Parry Shen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 3, 2017. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  14. ^ Chard, Brian [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "Huge thanks to the stellar MKX voice actors: Troy @TroyBakerVA (Shinnok/EBlack/Fujin), Ronald M. Banks (Quan Chi); Ashly Burch (Cassie)..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
    Chard, Brian [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "Michal McConnohie (Kano); Jamieson Price (Anncr, Ermac); Karen Strassman (Mileena/Kitana); Tara Strong (Ferra/Li Mei); Parry Shen (Takeda)." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Shen, Parry [@parryshen] (October 3, 2023). "I'll be returning to voice TAKEDA in MK1's DLC Kombat Pack 1! (Guy in the headband on the right) The trailer was unveiled in July at SDCC & this was the most awesome reaction video by @unCAGEDgamez to that announcement - "TAKEDA! He's my boy!! He's my boy!!" 😆" (Tweet). Retrieved October 15, 2023 – via Twitter.

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