Dallas Liu Returns to Netflix Series Avatar The Last Airbender
By James Moreau | 25 Jun, 2026

Before commanding the screen in the hit streaming series, Liu leveraged his early karate background to launch a budding career.

Dallas Liu returns to Netflix on June 25th for the highly anticipated second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, reprising his breakout starring role as Prince Zuko.  He anchored all 10 episodes of the hit first season as the conflicted, fire-bending royalty.

The fantasy epic quickly became a dominant success for the streaming platform, racking up 71 million views in the first half of 2024 alone and securing a dual renewal to finish out its three-season arc.

Before chasing the Avatar on screen, Liu built a standout television presence by playing Maya Erskine’s protective, cool-guy older brother across 14 episodes of the critically acclaimed Hulu comedy-drama Pen15 from 2019 to 2021.

Liu’s versatility has steadily expanded into the cinematic landscape as well, appearing in Marvel Studios’ 2021 blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Ruihua, the younger sibling of Awkwafina’s character, Katy.

His initial break-in to the industry came at just seven years old when he made his debut as a young Jin Kazama in the martial arts film Tekken, which was released in 2010.

Now 24, the Chinese-Indonesian American actor has forged his early background in competitive martial arts into a full-time passion for acting.  Liu’s rising visibility points toward a breakout trajectory that looks to accelerate with his return to the screen for season two of Avatar: The Last Airbender.