Harry Shum Jr Has the Moves in Glee and the New iPod Nano Commercial

By jozjozjoz | Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 8 Comments

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iPod Nano Commercial Video Camera from Harry Shum on Vimeo.

It’s Wednesday night, which means it’s Glee night! In honor of my favorite new show of the season, I’d like to give a shout-out to Harry Shum, Jr.

We haven’t seen him– or rather his character Mike Chang– too much yet, but according to IMDB he is appearing in at least 9 episodes this season. I’m hoping they’ll do a little more character development on some of the newer members of the McKinley HS Glee Club soon, but until then, I’m glad to see this talented guy singing and dancing in the background.

If you think Harry looks familiar, then maybe it’s because you’ve seen him in any number of other incarnations– as a member and choreographer of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (The LXD), as a recurring guest actor on iCarly, as a dancer in Step Up 2, or any number of iPod commercials. Not only is Harry in the newest iPod nano commercial (he’s silver/grey in the video above), he was one of the original “silhouettes” in the highly successful Apple iPod commercial and print campaign. Harry’s resume is extensive and impressive, and I’m sure we’re only going to see more of him!

About his heritage, Harry tells Asiance Magazine:

I have a unique story. I am full Chinese. My father is from Fujian and my mom was born in Hong Kong. I was actually born in Costa Rica because they moved there to start a business. My sisters were born there as well. I feel I have the best of so many worlds. I speak Chinese and Spanish. Spanish is actually my first language before I learned Chinese and English, so it kind of messes with your brain when there are three different languages going on. It can be pretty intense but I got through it. [full story]

I’m glad that I get to have a weekly Wednesday night date with this hottie on Glee! You can follow him @iharryshum and check out his moves from his reel from over a year ago:

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kumokun

HOTTIE!
http://www.thesweetesttongue.com eggrollstan

My fellow Spanish Chinese brother!
LindaChan

He was terrific in last night’s episode. Hope you got your fill of Harry, Joz–I certainly did.
http://twitter.com/Luv4theGame Philip

I have all the episodes recorded so far but I haven’t watch it yet. I’ll be on the look out for the Chino-Latino.
daybreaq

There’s a Harry Shum who is a programmer/executive at Microsoft. I’m curious if he’s his dad. Probably not since “Harry” isn’t the MS Harry Shum’s birth name. Also … um … Apple commercial … so most likely not. It’s just funny that both come up with Googling the name. It’s like another Mac vs PC commercial: they each their own Harry Shum.
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http://twitter.com/inswongful StephRWong

What an inspiration bc I’m also a Chinese dancer and actress. hmmm I should get in touch with this Harry Shum…

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