Ricky He is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Kenny Liu in the
Epix horror series ''
From''.
Early life
He was born in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, 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
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. After studying psychology for three years at
UBC,
he left university to pursue a career in acting.
Career
He claimed in an interview that it was at a
John Legend
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concert at Vancouver's
Orpheum Theatre was where he knew he wanted to pursue performing, acting, and singing.
On television, Ricky has appeared on
The CW
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's ''
The Flash'',
Fox
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Twelv ...
'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
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
21st-century Canadian male actors
Male actors from Vancouver
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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