Jasper Liu

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Jasper Liu (born August 12, 1986) is a Taiwanese actor, model, and singer.

Liu started out as a model before heading to acting and gaining traction in Taiwan and other Asian regions.

Early life

Jasper Liu Yi-how was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 12, 1986. He has one older sister and is the younger cousin of actor Angus Hsieh, who is best known for his role in the 2004 film The Outsiders. Liu studied and graduated from Dayeh University, majoring in Visual Design.

Liu's father had a major influence on his life. Liu's father, a swimmer and volleyball player in his youth, was active, so he encouraged him to exercise regularly and strengthen his physique in his late teens. Liu's father played the guitar and compelled him to play the piano for the first time.

Liu said one of the reasons he entered show business was because his father and older sister, who both have higher college degrees than him. Although he was a good student, he was never able to defame his sister at school, and his grades often fell short of what he was expecting. Although his mother might have aided him in his poor ratings from his father, he was also a student who didn't want to attend tutoring classes. He has said that rather than studying for his exams, he would spend time in his hobby of drawing or painting.

2010 was one of Liu's lowest and most depressing years in his life. Despite receiving few jobs, his grandmother died, his mother died of breast cancer, his older sister suffered from elevated blood pressure, and his pet Pomeranian dog "Chi" who he'd raised for 17 years (and often referred to as his first girlfriend) died.

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

Personal life

Liu and his parents were born in Taipei, and they are now together. During his free time, he enjoys travelling and going on vacations with his parents.

Liu is also known to be keen on oil painting in addition to writing songs. His dog "Yellow" is a favorite subject of his drawings. Liu has also donated some of his works to charity.

Liu's two brown furred Canaan dogs, named "Yellow" and "Yeahbe," are two popular Canaan dogs, who he posted pictures on social media. Liu's 13-year-old dog "Yellow" died as a result of bacterial infections in 2018.

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Career

He entered the "2008 Eelin Male Model Search" competition, earning him third place during Liu's senior year in University. Liu's father was keen against him entering show business because he was unfamiliar with the entertainment industry, but Liu's father requested that Liu give him a two-year contract in the industry. He was signed to the company but had no success in the first three years as a model with an average monthly salary of NT$20,000 (estimated US$658.00). After playing as "Mei Nam" in the 2011 idol film In Time with You, where he had to perm his naturally straight hair into short curls, his modeling career flourished in 2011. He was soon known for his distinctive curly hair, which resembled the top of a broccoli head, earning him the nickname "Village Chief of Broccoli Village" and appearing in publications like FHM, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar Magazine, and GQ.

Liu's big break came in 2011, when he appeared in "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 reputation was well-known as the intelligent male student with curly hair. Liu decided to keep his curly hairstyle of his character, which would later become his signature look in the industry, and continue to appear in amateur dramas such as 2012's Once Upon a Love as one of the rebellious high school students.

Liu landed his first male leading role in PTS' critically acclaimed and award-nominated drama The Patisserie with No Name as "Allen", a stranded backpacker who stumbles into a small French pastry shop when trying to recover his stolen items and then demands to remain at the bakery store by working for room and board, and then asks to remain in PTS' critically acclaimed and award-nominated drama "Allen." "Luo Jia He" is a man who falls in love with a girl who was raised like a sibling of his character, who was also seen in IUUI as "Luo Jia He."

In 2014, his fame in Japan began to extend when he appeared as a foreign exchange high school student in one episode of NTV's famed mystery drama, Kindaichi Case Files. Despite knowing Liu is a Japanese, his voice was dubbed by a Japanese voice actor in the drama.

His career as a leading man began 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. For his role as "Louis Fu Zi Jie," a skilled French chef who returns home and falls in love with his childhood friend "Du Kai Qi," played by Kuo, he wanted to go for a more mature look. Liu and Kuo's chemistry as a screen couple was fruitful and well-received. At the 2014 Sanlih Drama Awards, the two couples went on to win the "Best Kiss" award.

In the same year, two of Liu's musical films that were shot in 2013 were shown in theaters. In October 2014, Live@Love, in which he appeared in his first leading role in a dramatic film, co-star Cheryl Yang, who appeared in the 2012 GTV television drama Once Upon a Love playing an older version of her son. Liu is the film's young assistant, and it's a mystery detective comedy. Second Chance, the singer of Taiwanese band Mayday, appears alongside guitarist and guitarist Monster in a supporting role. The film is about a teenage girl played by Huang Peijia who enters a billiards competition in order to pay off her family's debt. Liu's character has a love interest in Huang Peijia's life.

Liu attended a press conference on October 14, 2014, the day after Pleasantly Surprised wrapped up filming for his latest drama I Am Sorry, I Love You, which is being produced and produced by Chinese internet streaming firm Tudou. The story has been described as a light-hearted fantasy romance comedy. Liu will continue to haunt his college ex-girlfriend played by Andrea Chen, and she may be able to help her move forward and find a new passion played by Bryant Chang. In November 2014, filming was scheduled to begin. In early 2015, the drama began airing. Liu took a few months off before starting his new project after wrapping up filming of My Ghost Friend in March. He appeared in Sanlih's second time in their Sunday night drama When I See You Again opposite Mandy Wei in early May 2015. During his youth, he played an unattractive guy who later became attractive.

Following a fruitful Live Tour around Taiwan with his band, Morning Call, at the end of 2015, Liu's first half of 2016 was a quiet period for the tyrant. Even though it was supposed to begin filming early 2016, his ostensibly first-perience Chinese Wuxia drama was postponed. He could not attend any film festivals during this time because of his commitments and to avoid potential conflicts. In between, he only took on shorter projects, including filming endorsement CF works and dubbing for his first voice acting role on "Chibi Maruko-chan: Italia Shnen" as the male lead, Andrea. Despite going through a relatively quiet period, his positive image and growing success in Taiwan is still renowned in Taiwan, where he has landed on several advertisements such as Visa Taiwan Debit Card and been named as the ambassador for a variety of charity events.

He finally took on the role of "Rex," a hot-tempered and talented Indie band vocalist, after months of filming hiatus. Me Too: Chloe" co-star Chris Wu and actress Nana Lee, with acclaimed actor Chris Wu and actress Nana Lee. The series revolves around the titular lead, "Chloe," a career-women portrayed by Lee, and his love and life revolves around it. In the film "Chloe," Liu plays the love interest and new boyfriend. Liu's new challenge was the ability to sing, since he was deemed "the guitarist in his band, Morning Call, and he never officially sing a full song on screen. The role "Rex" is hot-tempered and brash, drastically different from the earlier roles.

His career took off his career at Nadoyo, Korea's travel website, by staging his first ever Fanmeet in Seoul, South Korea, on July 31. According to news, 500 tickets were sold out in ten minutes and hundreds of Korean fans greeted him in the airport, demonstrating his fame in South Korea. In September, he was named with the Asian Male Star Award at the 11th Seoul Drama Awards.

Liu, a school student, began filming Taking Me to the Moon in September, opposite Vivian Sung. The film was inspired by the name of the late Taiwanese singer-songwriter Chang Yu Sheng's song. The film, which takes place in 1997 Taiwan, revolves around a group of high school classmates who formed The Moon Band and spent the last few nights before their graduation day. It was released in Taiwan on December 1, 2017.

Liu's first film, Mary Sue & Jack Sue, a romantic comedy web series, began filming in China in March 2017. Su Zhi Huan, the heroine's warm childhood friend, as well as a little-known comic writer, are portrayed by him.

Lin Qing Wen, the protagonist in the historical-period Chinese TV drama set in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period, appears as the son of Zuo Xiao Qing.

Ivy Chen and Liu were reunited as a couple in More than Blue, a remake of the 2009 South Korean romance film of the same name, having worked together in Taiwan for year 2018. Chang Che-kai, the gloomy protagonist who fights with terminal illness, is Liu. Liu had to grow stubble and wavy wig for this role, a departure from his usual clean style. The film's filming wrapped up in mid-February and will be announced on November 30, 2018.

Liu plays a new character in Taiwanese romantic idol drama My Goddess, a few days after the completion of his film. He co-stars with Nana Lee in the series, and once more co-stars the actor. The series is scheduled for release on November 16, 2018. IQiyi Taiwan, Taiwan's equivalent of China's streaming video behemoth, is the series's production, and it's projected date is November 16, 2018.

Liu's film Take Me to the Moon in Korea's success in mid-2018 contributed to his increasing success in Korea. Liu had been around in Korea ever since his social media photos circulated on Korean internet in 2013 and became a top-ranked post on the Korean portal website. During his Korean promotional period for film Taking Me to the Moon, he ranked first in the Korean Naver real-time search rankings. In episodes 229 and 232, he appeared on Korean TV show The Return of Superman as a visitor to Ko Ji-yong's family. Liu returned as an award presenter in the 2018 Seoul International Drama Awards as the Asian Star Award winner in 2016.

His film More Than Blue, which opened in late 2018 at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival, attracted a warm reception. 5000 tickets of the world premiere in the open cinema category were sold out within 5 minutes, and the film festival awarded the "Face of Asia" award.

More Than Blue's international film, which was the highest grossing domestic film in Taiwan in 2018, had grossing US$123,078.854 worldwide by the year 2019. The highest grossing Taiwanese film in China, where it was announced on March 14th, grossed US$113.02 million, topping the daily box office charts for weeks and becoming China's highest grossing Taiwanese film. In addition, international figures showed promising results.

Liu reunited with Puff Kuo, a Pleasantly Surprised co-star, for drama Before We Get Married, which is based on a book of the same name. Following its introduction on May 31, 2019, it has generated a lot of buzz in mainland China and Taiwan for its controversial and quirky plot, in which both leads fell in love with each other despite having significant others. It did well on online streaming services, with over 400 million views and a sold broadcasting license in more than 90 countries around the world. Liu's role in the film was widely praised because it showed a different image from his previous optimistic and bright characters. Chu Kehuan's role in China and other nations gave him much more fame and success.

Liu had left his ten-year agency Eelin Entertainment after his employment had ended and he would be operating under his own name, teaming with Eddie Peng's boss to manage his career in June 2019. He also works with the Angelababy, Liu Haoran, and Lin Chi-ling team to oversee his career in China.

Lee Seung Gi and Liu are partners in Netflix's original Korean travel adventure program Twogether, which was created by the team behind popular Korean shows Running Man and Busted, will visit their fans in various countries.

He co-starred with actress Eugenie Liu in the Netflix second Mandarin original series Triad Princess, which was released in December 2019. In late October 2019, filming for Chinese Republican fantasy drama Twelve Legends began, in which Jin Xing Jian plays both a deity and a demon.

Shen Yue stars in late May 2020's filming for romance-comedy. Gu Ren Qi, the male lead, was born in a man with germophobia who grew up in a dysfunctional family.

Liu is the guitarist for the well-known Taiwanese indie band Morning Call, which was signed to and managed by Eelin Entertainment, whether modeling or acting. The group, which was established in 2011, writes and produces their own songs. They made their official debut in 2015 by releasing digital singles after being in underground live houses for many years. The group appears in small music venues around Asia. Following the departure of keyboardist Xiao Ying, the band's Facebook announced in December 2016 that they would be on indefinite hiatus. Meng Shu also left the band after this year. Liu's departure from Eelin Entertainment in 2019, the group has gradually disbanded, as a result of Liu's departure.

Liu was included as a rapper in Summer Meng's single Happy Offshore Island ().

Liu performed the complete version of A Kind of Sorrow, the film More Than Blue theme song, on his birthday, August 12, 2019, under the Pourquoi Pas Music record label, marking his debut as a solo artist.

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