Matthew Moy


Matthew James Moy is an American actor and artist. He co-starred as Han Lee on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls and provides the voice of Lars Barriga on Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future.

Early life and education

Moy was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Moy describes himself as a third- or fourth-generation Chinese-American. He attended the University of California, Davis, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Japanese and a minor in linguistics. Moy's father was a high school teacher, while his mother was a language therapist. He has one elder sister.

Career

Television

Moy has appeared on several television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, Criminal Minds, Zeke and Luther, Good Luck Charlie, and Kickin' It, and had a recurring role as Shawn the Mathlete on iCarly. He played Trang in the ninth season of the sitcom Scrubs. He has also made guest star appearances on Big Time Rush as famous blogger Deke and on The Middle as Takayuki, the Heck family's Japanese foreign exchange student. He appeared on the fifth episode of the Syfy reality game show Cha$e and voices Lars Barriga on the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe, a role which has earned him critical praise.
Moy co-starred as Han Lee on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. Moy's character was criticized by writer, Andrew Ti, as perpetuating "every possible Yellow Panic stereotype with an actually fairly impressive level of thoroughness" and his use of broken English was characterized as being played "like some sorry minstrel show." Moy responded to criticism by stating that "e’re a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn’t bother me. I’ve encountered this all my life. I’ve been made fun of all my life." In July 2017 Moy was cast as Zack Smith/Microbe in Marvel's New Warriors on Freeform. While a pilot was filmed, Freeform dropped the series and it was ultimately cancelled after languishing for a year.

Film

Moy played Ron, Grover's best friend, in the 2010 independent film The Grover Complex. He played Chuck in the 2011 film No Strings Attached opposite Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman.

Video games

Moy voiced Firefly in the 2009 video game , Raus in White Knight Chronicles, and Shroomboom in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise.

Artwork

When not acting, Moy enjoys drawing and painting, as evidenced by his Instagram account.

Health issues

In 2012, during the filming of the second season of 2 Broke Girls, Moy unknowingly suffered a minor stroke in his sleep, waking to feeling weakness and motor skill loss in his right side. He drove himself to urgent care, and doctors discovered bleeding in his brain, but no further deterioration. The loss of motor skills in Moy's right side required a year of physical therapy, and re-learning to write with his right hand, but he has since made a full recovery. Moy kept the incident private from media until 2017.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Mind of MenciaShort manSeason 4, episode 8
2009–10iCarlyShawn3 episodes
2009Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Party guestEpisode: "Hair"
2009How I Met Your MotherLouisEpisode: "The Window"
2009–10ScrubsTrang6 episodes
2010Criminal MindsEricEpisode: "The Uncanny Valley"
2010Zeke and LutherSchool reporterEpisode: "Skate Squad"
2010Big Time RushDekeEpisode: "Big Time Blogger"
2010Good Luck CharlieUsherEpisode: "Butt Dialing Duncans"
2010'TakayukiEpisode: "Foreign Exchange"
2011–20172 Broke GirlsHan LeeMain cast
2012Kickin' ItShenEpisode: "Kickin' It in China"
2013'Master Yijiro Episode: "The Way of the Prawn"
2013–2019Steven UniverseLars Barriga Main cast
2017'Vakala Episode: "The Journey"
2018Hell's KitchenHimselfGuest diner; Episode: "Stars Heating Up Hell"
2018New WarriorsZachary Smith/MicrobeTV Pilot
2019'Lars Barriga TV Movie
2019Steven Universe FutureLars Barriga Episode: "Little Graduation"

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010SquattersHung2 episodes
2011Awkward UniverseDarrenEpisode: "Wet Crotch Clarification"
2011Aim HighScotty Winelin5 episodes
2015Not So UnionOrbitEpisode: "Silverback"

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009'FireflyVoice
2010White Knight ChroniclesRausVoice
2012'ShroomboomVoice
2013'ShroomboomVoice
2014'Additional voices
2015'ShroomboomVoice
2016'ShroomboomVoice