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Harry Shum Jr.

Harry Shum Jr.

4 films · 359 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20192023

Born 28 April 1982 · Puerto Limón, Costa Rica

Harry Shum Jr. is a Costa Rican-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–19). He was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Glee, winning once. He won the award for The Male TV Star of 2018 in the E!

How their films are shot

Measured across 359 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Harry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 45% natural — the look of the work Harry takes.

Time of day

Night60%
Interior19%
Day19%

Lighting

Natural45%
Low key37%
High key17%

Shot size

Medium63%
Closeup18%
Wide9%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level90%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense25%
Ominous8%
Lonely7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 359 frames from Harry Shum Jr.'s 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.