Simu Liu Nationality: Is Simu Korean or Chinese?

Simu Liu is a Canadian actor. Liu was born in the Chinese city of Harbin. Liu was raised until age 5 by his grandparents in Harbin, China, “in a small apartment, without running water for much of the day”, in circumstances he recalled as “idyllic and happy.”

His parents later moved to Canada with him, where they supplemented their scholarships with dish-washing jobs before becoming successful aerospace engineers; Liu grew up in Mississauga, Ontario.

In his memoir, We Were Dreamers, he wrote of the deprivation and trauma his parents had experienced growing up in China’s Cultural Revolution, and their subsequent “tiger parenting” style.

Liu attended University of Toronto Schools for high school and studied business administration at the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School, graduating with honors in 2011.

Liu began her career as an accountant at Deloitte before being laid off in April 2012 after only nine months. He began to consider other career options and decided to become an actor and stuntman.

After becoming estranged from his parents after losing his accounting job and entering the acting business, he reconciled with them and the family became close.