Ricky He

Ricky He is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Kenny Liu in the Epix horror series From.[1]

Early life

He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, after his parents emigrated from China in the early 1990s. He attended a drama program in high school, and once graduated, enrolled at the University of British Columbia. After studying psychology for three years at UBC,[2] he left university to pursue a career in acting.[3]

Career

He claimed in an interview that it was at a John Legend concert at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre was where he knew he wanted to pursue performing, acting, and singing.[4] On television, Ricky has appeared on The CW's The Flash, Fox's Wayward Pines, Freeform's Beyond, CBC's The Romeo Section, NBC's Trial & Error, ABC’s The Good Doctor and Syfy's The Magicians. He has also appeared in the television films Christmas Solo (2017), A Gift to Remember (2017), Looks like Christmas (2016), and Blurt (2018).

Filmography
Ricky He television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Second Chance Chinese Teen Boy Episode: "When You Have to Go There, They Have to Take You In"
2016 The Flash Patron #1 Episode: "Trajectory"
2016 Wayward Pines Puking Resident Episode: "City Upon a Hill"
2016 Looks Like Christmas Pizza Delivery Guy Television film
2016 The Romeo Section PA #2 Episode: "Final Measures"
2017 The Magicians First Year Student Episodes: "Hotel Spa Potions", "First Year Student"
2017 A Gift to Remember Josh Television film
2017 Christmas Solo Henry Television film
2018 Blurt Chess Club President Television film
2018 Beyond Orderly #2 Episode: "I Scream, You Scream"
2018 Trial & Error Tyler Recurring role, 5 episodes
2018 Freaky Friday Adam Disney Channel Original Movie
2018 No One Would Tell Gus Television film
2018–present The Good Doctor Kellan Park 4 episodes
2018 A Million Little Things Don Episode: "Band of Dads"
2018 Arrow Tony Episode: "Inmate 4587"
2022 From Kenny Liu Main role

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated Work Result Ref
2018 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Television Movie Christmas Solo Nominated [5]
2019 Leo Awards Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series The Good Doctor (for "Quarantine: Part 1") Nominated [6]

References
  1. Nguyen, Hanh (2018-08-11). "'Freaky Friday' Review: Disney Channel's Infectiously Charming Musical Reboot Is a New Instant Classic". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  2. "Ricky He didn't get the role he auditioned for. Then, he was asked to read for the romantic lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  3. Lauf, Jordan. "Why This 'Freaky Friday' Star Thought He'd Play The Best Friend, Not The Romantic Lead". Bustle. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4. "Ricky He Is Love Interest in New Disney Musical Remake of Freaky Friday – CAAM Home". caamedia.org. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  5. "Leo Awards, 2018 Nominees by Name". www.leoawards.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  6. "2019 LEO AWARDS, Nominees & Winners by Name". Leo Awards. Retrieved March 21, 2010.


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