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Jasper Liu ({{zh|t=劉以豪|first=t}}; born August 12, 1986) is a Taiwanese actor, model, and musician. Liu started out as a model before crossing over to acting and gained popularity in Taiwan and other parts of Asia.

Early life

Jasper Liu was born on August 12, 1986 in Taiwan. He has an older sister, and is also the younger cousin of Angus Hsieh, who is best known for starring in the drama The Outsiders. Liu attended and graduated from Dayeh University, majoring in Visual Design.

Liu's father highly influenced his life. His father was a swimmer and volleyball player in his youth, his healthy and active lifestyle encouraged Liu to workout regularly and body build his physique during his late teens. His father also played the guitar and influenced Liu to take up the instrument himself.^[1]

Liu has said one of the reasons he entered show business is because he often felt over shadowed by his father and older sister who both hold higher college degrees than him. Though a fair student, he was never able to best his sister at school and sometimes barely passed his grades. Although his mother would help him cover up his bad grades from his father, he was also never a student that needed to attend tutoring school.^[2] He has said that instead of studying for his tests he would spend time in his hobby of drawing or painting.

2010 was one of Liu's lowest and most depressing year in his life. Besides receiving few work offers, his grandmother died, his mother battled breast cancer, his older sister suffered high blood pressure and his pet Pomeranian dog "ChiChi" that he'd raised for 17 years (and often referred to as his first girlfriend) died.^[3]^[4]

The turning point in his life and the start of his career came in 2011 when he was cast in a minor role in the idol drama In Time with You. Although naturally straight haired he decided to keep the curly permed look of his character "Mei Nam" after filming of the drama completed since the curly hair style had become his signature look.

Career

Modeling

2008-2010: Pre-debut

During Liu's senior year in University, he entered the "2008 Eelin Male Model Search" contest which he came in 3rd place. Liu's father was highly against him entering showbiz as he was unfamiliar with the entertainment industry, but Liu pleaded with his father to give him a 2-year time period in the industry.^[5] He was signed to the agency, but found little success in his first three years as a model earning an average monthly salary of NT$20,000 (estimated USD$658.00).^[6] In 2011 his modeling career took off after starring as "Mei Nam" in the 2011 idol drama In Time with You where he had to perm his naturally straight hair into short curls. Soon he was known for his signature curly hair which resembled the top of a broccoli head giving him the nickname "Village Chief of Broccoli Village" and quickly became a popular male model in demand in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, walking the runways for major fashion designers and appearing in magazines such as FHM, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar Magazine, and GQ.^[7]

Acting and popularity

2011-2012: Acting debut

After playing non-credited roles and starring in micro films Liu's big break came in 2011, when he starred in the minor supporting role as "Mei Nam" in the popular GTV drama In Time with You, playing a high school classmate to lead actors Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen. His character was known as the handsome male student with curly hair. After recognition and success of In Time with You, Liu decided to keep the curly hair look of his character which would eventually become his signature look in the industry, and continued to play supporting roles in idol dramas, such as 2012's Once Upon a Love in a small cameo role and the teen comedy drama Confucius as one of the rebellious high school students.

2013: The Patisserie with No Name

It wasn't until 2013 that Liu landed his first male leading role in PTS's critically acclaimed and award nominated drama The Patisserie with No Name as "Allen" a stranded backpacker, who accidentally stumbles into a small French pastry shop while trying to recover his stolen belongings and then requesting to stay at the pastry shop by working for room and broad. Also IUUI as a man who falls in love with a girl that was raised like a sibling to his character "Luo Jia He".

In 2014 his popularity crossed over to Japan when he starred as a foreign exchange high school student in one episode of NTV's franchised mystery drama Kindaichi Case Files. Even though Liu knows minor Japanese his voice was eventually dubbed by a Japanese voice actor in the drama.

2014: Pleasantly Surprised and film debut

His acting career as a leading man continued to rise in 2014 when he signed with Taiwan cable network Sanlih E-Television to star in their dramas. Liu's first project with Sanlih was 2014's SETTV's romantic comedy Pleasantly Surprised, opposite Taiwanese model, singer and actress Puff Kuo. Wanting to go for a more mature look, he cropped off his signature curly hair for his role as "Louis Fu Zi Jie", a skilled French chef who returns home, reconnects and falls in love with his childhood friend "Du Kai Qi", played by Kuo.^[8] Liu and Kuo's chemistry as a screen couple was successful and well received. The two went on to win the "Best Kiss" award at the 2014 Sanlih Drama Awards.^[9]

That same year, two of Liu's theatrical films that were filmed in 2013 were released in theaters. In October 2014, Live@Love in which he stars in his first leading role in a theatrical film, co-stars Cheryl Yang whom he previous worked with in 2012 GTV television drama Once Upon a Love playing an older version of her son. The film is a mystery detective comedy with Liu playing Yang's young assistant. Then in November 2014, Second Chance has him in a supporting role starring opposite Taiwanese band Mayday's leader and guitarist Monster. The movie is about a young girl played by Huang Peijia, who enters a billiards competition in order to pay off her family debt. Liu plays the love interest of Huang Peijia's character.

2015: Ghostly role and When I See You Again

The day after Pleasantly Surprised wrapped up filming, Liu attended a press conference on October 14, 2014, for his new drama I Am Sorry, I Love You that is being developed and produced by Chinese web streaming company Tudou. The drama has been described as a light-hearted fantasy romance comedy. Liu will play a ghost who continues to haunt his college ex-girlfriend played by Andrea Chen, and possibly help her move on and find a new romance played by Bryant Chang. Filming was scheduled to begin in November 2014. The drama is slated to air in early 2015.^[10] After wrapping up filming of My Ghost Friend in March, Liu took a few months off before starting his next project. In early May 2015 he collaborated with Sanlih for a second time starring in their Sunday night drama When I See You Again opposite Mandy Wei. He will play a unattractive guy during his school days who later becomes handsome.^[11]

2016: First Fanmeeting and Take Me to The Moon

Following after a successful Live Tour across Taiwan with his band, Morning Call in the year-end of 2015, the first half of 2016 was a quiet period for Liu. His supposedly first period Chinese Wuxia drama 王道劍 was constantly delayed even though it was slated to start filming early 2016. Bounded by his contracts and to avoid possible conflicting schedules, he could not take up other film works during this period of time. In between, he only took shorter projects such as filming endorsement CF works and dubbing for his first voice acting project for "Italia Kara Kita Shōnen" as the male lead, Andrea. Despite going through a relatively quiet period, his positive image and rising popularity is still prominent in Taiwan as he lands on several endorsements like Visa Taiwan Debit Card and appointed as the ambassador for various charity events.

After months of hiatus from filming, he finally took on the role of a hot-tempered and talented Indie band vocalist, "Rex" in web-series "Lost? Me Too: Chloe", starring along with acclaimed actor Chris Wu and actress Nana Lee. The series revolves around the love and life of titular lead, "Chloe", a career-women played by Lee. Liu plays the love interest and new boyfriend of "Chloe" in the series. This role was a great new challenge for Liu as the role requires him to sing, he was known to be the guitarist in his band, Morning Call and have never officially sing a full song on screen. The role "Rex" is very hot-tempered and brash, vastly different from the warmer roles he took in the past.^[12]

Collaborating with Korea's travel website, Nadoyo, his career took off to another level by holding his first ever Fanmeeting in Seoul, South Korea on July 31. According to news reports, 500 tickets were sold out in 10 minutes and hundreds of Korean fans greeted him in the airport, proving his popularity in South Korea.^[13]^[14] He was awarded with Asian Male Star Prize at 11th Seoul Drama Awards in September.^[15]

In September, Liu began filming the nostalgia high school musical romance, Take Me to the Moon, playing a high school student, opposite Vivian Sung. The film was inspired by the song of the same name by late popular Taiwanese singer-songwriter Chang Yu Sheng. Set in 1997 Taiwan, the film revolves around a group of high school schoolmates who formed The Moon Band and the last few nights before their graduation day. It was released in December 1, 2017 in Taiwan.^[16]

2017-present: Rising Popularity

In March 2017, Liu began filming his first work in China, Mary Sue & Jack Sue, a romantic comedy web series. He plays the heroine's warm childhood friend Su Zhi Huan and a secretly well-known comic artist.

Following after the wrap of his previous work, he stars as the protagonist, Lin Qing Wen in the historical-period Chinese TV drama that is set in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial era, My Bittersweet Taiwan (台湾往事), playing as the son of Zuo Xiao Qing.

Having collaborated earlier for Samsung Galaxy A8 series endorsement in Taiwan for year 2018, Ivy Chen and Liu are once again reunited as a couple in Taiwanese romantic melodrama film, More than Blue, a remake of the 2009 South Korean romance film of the same name. Liu plays the gloomy protagonist Chang Che-kai, who battles with terminal illness. Liu had to grow stubbles and wear long hair wig for this role, vastly different look from his usual bright and clean styling.^[17] Filming for the movie wrapped up in mid-February and would be released in November 30, 2018.

A few days after the completion of his movie, Liu enters a new role, playing as a well-established music producer that's on a decline, Yan Dong Ming in Taiwanese romantic idol drama My Goddess. In the series, he pairs up with Annie Chen and once again, co-stars with Nana Lee. The series is a production of IQiyi Taiwan, the Taiwanese version of China streaming video giant and the series is slated for broadcast in November 16, 2018^[18]

In mid-2018, the box office success of Liu's film Take Me to the Moon in Korea contributes to his rising popularity in Korea^[19]. Liu had been relatively known in Korea ever since his social media pictures circulated on Korean web in 2013 and appeared as a top ranking post on Korean portal site^[20]. During his Korean promotional period for film Take Me to the Moon, he tops Korean Naver real-time search ranking^[21]. He appeared on Korean TV Show The Return of Superman as guest to Ko Ji-yong's family in episodes 229 and 232. Being the Asian Star Award winner in 2016, Liu returned as an award presenter in 2018 Seoul International Drama Awards. In October 2018, his new film More than Blue received warm response in 23rd Busan International Film Festival, 5000 tickets of world premiere in open cinema category was sold out within 5 minutes and he was awarded the "Face of Asia" prize by the film festival^[22]. As of 11 December, by the 11th day of release in Taiwan, More Than Blue has made $135 million NTD, attracting a total of 580,000 audience, it became the highest grossing Taiwanese film of 2018 ^[23].

Liu is reunited with Pleasantly Surprised co-star Puff Kuo for drama Before We Get Married which is adapted from a novel of same title and started filming in September 2018, it is slated to be released in 2019^[24]. In November 2018, it was announced that he would co-star with actress Eugenie Liu for Netflix second Taiwanese original series Triad Princess, which is also slated to be released in 2019^[25].

Music

When not modeling or acting, Liu is the guitarist for popular Taiwanese indie band Morning Call. The group writes and produces their own songs. The group has not released any albums but self produced limited copies of their music is available. The group often tours in small music venues around Asia. The group is currently signed to and managed by Eelin Modeling Agency Ltd.

In October 2018, Liu was featured as a rapper in Summer Meng's single Happy Offshore Island (幸福離島)^[26].

Image

Liu has been referred to as "Taiwanese Rain" by the Taiwanese media due to his resemblance to the Korean star Rain.^[27] His other nicknames are "Village Chief of Broccoli Village" because his curly hair resembles the top of a broccoli head.^[28] With his sunshine smile and dimples he is often dubbed as "Taiwan's Most Adorable Boyfriend", because of his popularity and warm image, he is also dubbed as "Taiwan's Nation Boyfriend" by the media.

Personal life

Liu lives with his parents in his childhood home in Taipei. He enjoys traveling and going on vacations with his parents during his time off.^[29]

Besides writing songs, Liu is also known to be interested in oil painting. His dog "Yellow" is a favorite subject of his paintings. Liu has also donated some of his paintings to charity and also gave his painting to his Pleasantly Surprised co-star Puff Kuo of her pet kitten on her 26th birthday.^[30]

Liu has two brown furred Canaan dogs, named "Yellow" and "Yeahbe", that he often shared pictures on his social media.^[31]

Filmography

Television series

Feature film

Short film

Music video appearances

Publications

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

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