Grey’s Anatomy has found in Glee vet Harry Shum Jr. its fifth and final new resident.
Shum is boarding the ABC drama’s upcoming 19th season as Daniel “Blue” Kwan, a sharp-witted, impatient, and brilliant new surgical resident, TVLine has confirmed. “Blue is generous by nature but competitive to a fault, naturally gifted, and used to winning at everything,” per the official character description provided by ABC. “A family crisis interfered with his career plans and now he’s got a lot to prove.”
Our sister pub Deadline first reported the news of Shum’s casting.
Shum joins fellow Season 19 newbies Adelaide Kane (playing Jules Millin, a first year surgical resident who “was raised by drug addled artist/hippies and somehow emerged as the only real grown-up in the family”), Midori Francis (playing scrappy first-year surgical resident Mika Yasuda), Alexis Floyd (playing Simone Griffin, a first-year surgical resident who is high-achieving, funny and whip smart), and Niko Terho, (playing Lucas Adams, a first-year surgical resident described as “the charming black sheep of his family).
Following Glee, Shum starred for three seasons on Freeform’s Shadowhunters.
Grey’s Anatomy‘s 19th season kicks off Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9/8c on ABC.