Ricky He
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
OccupationActor
Years active2016present

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

Early life

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
2018–2020 The Good Doctor Kellan Park 6 episodes
2018 A Million Little Things Don Episode: "Band of Dads"
2018 Arrow Tony Episode: "Inmate 4587"
2020 A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Jesper Huang Television film
2021 A Cinderella Story: Starstruck Kenny Television film
2021 Warming up to You Matt Television film
2022–present 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]
2018 UBCP/ACTRA Awards, Vancouver Best Emerging Performer A Song for Christmas Nominated
2019 Leo Awards Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series The Good Doctor (for "Quarantine: Part 1") Nominated [6]
2023 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series From Won

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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