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== Early life == |
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== Early life == |
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Derek Luh was born on June 24, 1992 in [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California]].[{{Cite web | title=Derek Luh - ]ScreenRant | url=https://screenrant.com/tag/person/derek-luh/ | website=[[ScreenRant]] | archive-url=https://archive.today/20251015031118/https://screenrant.com/tag/person/derek-luh/ | archive-date=October 15, 2025 | url-status=live | language=en-US}} He is of Chinese descent.[{{Cite news | first=Julienne Pal | last=Loreto | title=Derek Luh and London Thor on playing our favorite superpowered bigender bisexual | url=https://joysauce.com/derek-luh-and-london-thor-on-playing-your-favorite-superpowered-bigender-bisexual/ | work=[[JoySauce]] | language=en-US | quote=Add the fact that Jordan is [[Asian American]]—Luh has Chinese heritage and [[London Thor|Thor]] is of Korean descent... | url-status=live | archive-url=https://archive.today/20251014014250/https://joysauce.com/derek-luh-and-london-thor-on-playing-your-favorite-superpowered-bigender-bisexual/ | archive-date=October 14, 2025}}] |
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Derek Luh was born on June 24, 1992 in [[Valencia, Santa Clarita, California]].[{{Cite web | title=Derek Luh - Screen Rant | url=https://screenrant.com/tag/person/derek-luh/ | website=[[Screen Rant]] | archive-url=https://archive.today/20251015031118/https://screenrant.com/tag/person/derek-luh/ | archive-date=October 15, 2025 | url-status=live | language=en-US}}] He is of Chinese descent.[{{Cite news | first=Julienne Pal | last=Loreto | title=Derek Luh and London Thor on playing our favorite superpowered bigender bisexual | url=https://joysauce.com/derek-luh-and-london-thor-on-playing-your-favorite-superpowered-bigender-bisexual/ | work=[[JoySauce]] | language=en-US | quote=Add the fact that Jordan is [[Asian American]]—Luh has Chinese heritage and [[London Thor|Thor]] is of Korean descent... | url-status=live | archive-url=https://archive.today/20251014014250/https://joysauce.com/derek-luh-and-london-thor-on-playing-your-favorite-superpowered-bigender-bisexual/ | archive-date=October 14, 2025}}] |
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== Career == |
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== Career == |
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=== 2017–present: Acting career === |
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=== 2017–present: Acting career === |
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In 2017, he appeared as Brayden in ''[[Marvel's Runaways]]''.[{{Cite web | title=Derek Luh - Metacritic | url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/derek-luh/ | website=[[Metacritic]]}}] In 2022, he was in the first season of the horror-comedy series ''[[Shining Vale]]'' as Ryan He, Valerie ([[Susan Park]])'s son whom Gaynor ([[Gus Birney]]) tries to seduce,[{{Cite web | date=March 6, 2022 | first=Faefyx | last=Collington | title=Shining Vale Cast & Character Guide | url=https://screenrant.com/shining-vale-cast-characters-guide-actors/ | website=[[]ScreenRant]] | language=en-US}} and was announced as a cast member for the superhero drama ''[[Gen V]]''.[{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/london-thor-the-boys-spinoff-derek-luh-asa-germann-shelley-conn-1235020015/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=22 December 2023|title=London Thor To Replace Reina Hardesty In Prime Video's 'The Boys' Spinoff; Derek Luh, Asa Germann & Shelley Conn Join Cast|first= Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=] |
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In 2017, he appeared as Brayden in ''[[Marvel's Runaways]]''.[{{Cite web | title=Derek Luh - Metacritic | url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/derek-luh/ | website=[[Metacritic]]}}] In 2022, he was in the first season of the horror-comedy series ''[[Shining Vale]]'' as Ryan He, Valerie ([[Susan Park]])'s son whom Gaynor ([[Gus Birney]]) tries to seduce,[{{Cite web | date=March 6, 2022 | first=Faefyx | last=Collington | title=Shining Vale Cast & Character Guide | url=https://screenrant.com/shining-vale-cast-characters-guide-actors/ | website=[[Screen Rant]] | language=en-US}}] and was announced as a cast member for the superhero drama ''[[Gen V]]''.[{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/london-thor-the-boys-spinoff-derek-luh-asa-germann-shelley-conn-1235020015/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=22 December 2023|title=London Thor To Replace Reina Hardesty In Prime Video's 'The Boys' Spinoff; Derek Luh, Asa Germann & Shelley Conn Join Cast|first= Alexandra|last=Del Rosario|date=] |
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May 9, 2022}} The show began airing in September 2023 and his character was revealed to be Jordan Li, a [[bigender]] shape-shifting superhero who has both a male form (which Luh portrays) and a female form ([[London Thor]]).[{{cite magazine|accessdate=22 December 2023|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-gen-v-spinoff-crash-course/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=A to Gen V: A crash course in The Boys' college-set spinoff|first=Nick|last=Romano|date=7 September 2023}}] In September 2025, he and Thor reprised their roles for the show's second season. In a feature published on September 22, Luh posed for ''[[Men's Health]]'' alongside his ''Gen V'' co-star [[Asa Germann]]. The two talked about their friendship amid the "male loneliness epidemic", with Luh revealing that Germann introduced him to the [[acting coach]] they now share.[{{Cite magazine | first=Nojan | last=Aminosharei | date=September 22, 2025 | title=Even the Stars of Gen V Can't Believe What They're Doing | url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a46462305/asa-germann-derek-luh-gen-v-season-2-interview/ | magazine=[[Men's Health]] | language=en-US}}] |
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May 9, 2022}} The show began airing in September 2023 and his character was revealed to be Jordan Li, a [[bigender]] shape-shifting superhero who has both a male form (which Luh portrays) and a female form ([[London Thor]]).[{{cite magazine|accessdate=22 December 2023|url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-gen-v-spinoff-crash-course/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=A to Gen V: A crash course in The Boys' college-set spinoff|first=Nick|last=Romano|date=7 September 2023}}] In September 2025, he and Thor reprised their roles for the show's second season. In a feature published on September 22, Luh posed for ''[[Men's Health]]'' alongside his ''Gen V'' co-star [[Asa Germann]]. The two talked about their friendship amid the "male loneliness epidemic", with Luh revealing that Germann introduced him to the [[acting coach]] they now share.[{{Cite magazine | first=Nojan | last=Aminosharei | date=September 22, 2025 | title=Even the Stars of Gen V Can't Believe What They're Doing | url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a46462305/asa-germann-derek-luh-gen-v-season-2-interview/ | magazine=[[Men's Health]] | language=en-US}}] |
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