Background
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.
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Ivan Shaw
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Shaw attended Upland High School and attended University of California, Los Angeles 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 television shows such as Haunted (as Tommy), Computer Society of India:New York (as Billy James), Charmed (as Attendant), The Closer (as Donnie), Monk (as a Rap Producer), The Mind of the Married Manitoba (as Machiko), All My Children (as Henry Chinese), 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 National Broadcasting Company 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 appears 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 stars 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 written a short film entitled The Tip with Kelvin Yu, and directed by Tyler Brooks.
