Parry Shen

Parry Shen
Born	June 26, 1973 (1973-06-26) Queens, New York, U.S.
Other names	Parry Allen
Years active	1997 - present

Parry Shen (born June 26, 1973) is an American actor.

Early life

He was educated at Archbishop Molloy High School, then an all boys,(now a co-educational) Roman Catholic school in Briarwood, in Queens, New York, and at the University at Buffalo. When he moved to California he worked as a dorm parent at Villanova Preparatory School, a private college preparatory school in Ojai, California. He is of Chinese descent and can speak Cantonese.

Movie career

Shen is best known as the lead actor in the 2002 movie Better Luck Tomorrow. He is currently Managing Editor of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology due to be published by The New Press in April 2009. Shen was also a main part of the cast of Hatchet, in which he also returned for Adam Green's Hatchet 2.

Filmography

• Hatchet II (2010)
• Rule of Three (2008)
• Finishing the Game (2007)
• Hatchet (2007)
• The Gene Generation (2006)
• The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
• Attack of the Sabretooth (2005)
• First Daughter (2004)
• The Deviants (2004)
• The Perfect Party (2004)
• The Hazing (2004)
• The New Guy (2002)
• Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
• Damaged Goods (2000) (TV)
• Game Day (2000)
• The Privateers (2000) (TV)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Shrieker (1997)

Series

• Tru Calling (2005)
• Asia Street Comedy (2004)
• NCIS: Los Angeles (2010)

Other works

• Commercial for Circuit City.
• Commercial for Dell Computers.

External links

• Parry Shen's official Web site
• Parry Shen's MySpace
• Parry Shen at the Internet Movie Database