Mike Chang is a member of both the McKinley High School football team and the glee club. And although he enjoys singing, his talents lie mainly in his extraordinary dance skills. He is not-so-lovingly referred to as "The Other Asian" by Sue Sylvester.
Mike signs up for glee club after Kurt gives the football team dance lessons to improve their game. Discovering his love of movement and his natural ability, he risks losing popularity to join the group. He even chooses glee over football when Coach Tanaka gives the boys an ultimatum to pick one over the other - a demand he rescinds when they all pick glee.
At sectionals, the members of New Directions are forced to come up with alternate routines on the spot because Sue has given their original set list to the competition. Mike steps up and choreographs a dance number to help lead his team to victory.
Over the summer break, Mike and Tina start dating after spending more time together in their roles as counselors at "Asian Camp." Tina is mostly attracted to Mike's abs, which he gladly exposes at every possible opportunity.
Mike is featured in his first solo, which turns out to be a poke at his weak vocal ability. He joins Tina in a duet of "Sing!" from "A Chorus Line," speaking most of his lines in the song and dancing circles around his girlfriend. When Will falls into a flu-induced dream state, Mike truly shines in a featured dance number as Will hallucinates that he and Mike are performing "Make 'Em Laugh" from "Singing in the Rain."
At sectionals, Mike and Brittany perform a dance duet contributing to New Directions' win and securing a spot at regionals. But during preparation for the performance Tina and Artie get jealous and think that Mike and Brittany are having an affair. The couples manage to get past the misunderstanding.
When Sam launches his Justin Bieber Experience tribute band, Mike, Artie, and Puck insist on being included. Mike said they all are looking for some post-Valentine's Day help with their girlfriends, pointing out that they need "a sugary-sweet jolt of the Biebs to get us some action again."
Mike reveals that he, Tina, Artie, and Brittany are part of the academic decathlon club called The Brainiacs, and they have advanced into the next round of competition in Detroit, although they can't afford to get there. The glee club stages a "Night of Neglect" benefit concert to raise funds for them as well as for New Directions' trip to nationals. Mike performs a solo dance number to Jack Johnson's "Bubble Toes" during the event.
When the glee club travels to New York for nationals, Mike joins Artie, Sam, and Puck in encouraging Finn to go after Rachel. Then the quartet serenades the couple on their date with a version of "Bella Note" from the Disney movie "Lady and the Tramp."
Born in San Jose, Costa Rica and raised in both Northern and Southern California, Harry's entertainment career began in high school when a friend of his dared him to join the school's dance team "AGHS Dance Company." Despite having no formal training, he made the team and soon began dancing professionally, touring with Kaci and followed that by dancing for such world renowned artists such as Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Ashanti, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez and Raven.
In 2004, Shum landed his first acting job on the popular Fox series, "Boston Public" and he followed that with guest-starring roles on such shows as "Zoey 101," "Greek" and recently starred in the hit TV movie "iCarly: iGo to Japan" as the arch nemesis "Yuki."
He has danced in such features as "You Got Served," "Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift," "Stomp the Yard," "Center Stage 2" and "Bewitched." In 2008, he landed his first official acting gig in "Step Up 2: the Streets" and reprised his role in "Step Up 3D," in which he played the role of "Cable."
Shum resides in Los Angeles.
