Eddie Peng

Eddie Peng

Peng in 2008
Background information
Chinese name 彭于晏 (traditional)
Chinese name 彭于晏 (simplified)
Pinyin Péngyúyàn (Mandarin) (Mandarin)
Jyutping paang4 jyu1 aan3 (Cantonese)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī Phîⁿ Û-òaⁿ (Hokkien) (Hokkien)
Ethnicity Hakka Chinese
Born 24 March 1982 (age 34)
Penghu, Taiwan
Occupation actor, singer, model
Genre(s) Mandopop
Years active 2002-present
Ancestry Han Chinese

Eddie Peng (Chinese: 彭于晏; pinyin: Péng Yúyàn, born in Taipei, also known as Peng Yu-yen) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, and model. Peng moved to Vancouver, Canada at the age of thirteen. In 2000, he graduated from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.[1] Subsequently, he was admitted into the University of British Columbia and majored in economics, but later dropped out to begin his acting career.

The incident of returning to Taiwan to attend his beloved grandmother's funeral set out a new fate for him when he was referred by a family member to director Yang Daqing, who cast him in the TV series named The White Paper of Love.

Career

2002–2008: Career Beginnings

Peng began his career when he was cast as the 2nd male lead in The White Paper of Love by director Yang Daqing. The drama is adapted from the Japanese manga series Asunaro Hakusho, written by Fumi Saimon. In 2003, he took on his first leading role in the Taiwanese drama series Scent of Love, which tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who transcend life and death to find one another in their many reincarnations.[2]

In 2005, he starred in the idol drama When Dolphin Met Cat, portraying a autistic youth. To prepare himself for the filming, Peng took one month to learn how to interact with dolphins from a trained instructor. His dedication to his craft and professionalism was praised by the director. He then starred in the Chinese wuxia drama Chinese Paladin and rose to fame in China. This was followed with another leading role in The Young Warriors, which further raised his popularity.

The following year, Peng made his big screen-debut in the movie Exit No.6, directed by Yu-Hsien Lin. Since then, he was attracted to the film industry and embarked on a number of movies including My DNA Says I Love You, All About Women, My So Called Love. Peng was nominated as Best New Actor in the 44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his performance in My DNA Says I Love You.[3]

2009–2010: Contractual Disputes

In 2009, Peng was involved in a contract dispute lawsuit against his former manager, reaching the nadir of his career. However during this period, Peng continued to work, starring in the movie Hear Me, directed by Fen-Fen Cheng, about a delivery boy who falls for a hearing impaired girl and communicates with her using sign language. The film was released a week prior to the opening of the 21st Summer Deaflympics, and Peng learned sign language to lend more realism to the story.[4] Hear Me became the highest grossing locally produced movie at Taiwan's box office in 2009.[5]

After winning the lawsuit,[6] he released his debut EP titled Must Love No Matter What, which featured 5 songs,[7] under the management of Avex Group[8] in 2010.

In the same year, he starred as the male lead in the movie Close to You. In order to portray his role as a boxer, Peng trained for three months prior to filming. He was nominated as the Best Actor at the 2nd Macau International Movie Festival for his performance.[9]

2011–2013: Rising Popularity and Critical Acclaim

In 2011, Peng's portrayal of a gymnast in Jump Ashin!, directed by Yu-Hsien Lin, earned him several nominations for Best Actor at the 48th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards and 13th Taipei Film Festival, which marked the turning point of his career. The movie became a box-office hit and stayed in theaters for three months in Taiwan.[10]

In 2012, he took on several roles in movies such as LOVE, Cold War,[11]Tai Chi 0 and Tai Chi Hero,[12] boosting his acting acclaim, giving critics and audiences alike a taste of his versatility and growing competence in challenging roles.

In 2013, his popularity increased after shooting the movie A Wedding Invitation starring Bai Baihe. The movie grossed RMB¥192 million (US$31.4 million) in China and ￦127 million (US$118,000) in South Korea.[13] Peng also starred in MMA action movie Unbeatable, which received strong reviews from critics and topped the box office in Hong Kong. The movie earned over HK$43 million and became the highest grossing locally produced movie of 2013.[14] Peng's realistic portrayal of a MMA fighter in the film was highly praised, and he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Award and 50th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.

2014–present: Career Peak

In 2014, Peng played the male lead, General Wei Wuji in the Chinese drama series Sound of the Desert, based on the novel Ballad of the Desert (also known as Da Mo Yao), written by Tong Hua. The drama aired in October[15] and gained huge popularity.

Peng then starred in Rise of the Legend as the titular Wong Fei-hung, an iconic martial artist in China, who previously had been portrayed by Jet Li,[16]Vincent Zhao[17] and Jackie Chan.[18] Peng rejected all the other filming offers in 2013 to focus on his martial arts training. After 9 months of immense training, he was able to do most of the action scenes by himself.[19] He then earned the nomination for Best Actor at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards.

This was followed by a starring role in the movie Fleet of Time, adapted from the famous novel of the same name written by Jiuye Hui. The film is the highest grossing movie of the month at the box office of China, pulling in about RMB¥578 million.[20] By March 2015, the movie grossed RMB¥589 million in China.[21] Peng's continual success in the TV and film industry brought his career to a new height.

In 2015, Peng played the role of a professional cyclist in sports-themed movie To the Fore, and continued to receive praises and favorable reviews from critics in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a result, he was appointed to become the first Chinese Goodwill Ambassador of the 2015 Tour de France.[22] To the Fore is Hong Kong's submission for the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film [23] and won Outstanding Film at the 16th Huabiao Awards. Peng's movie with Shu Qi, The Last Women Standing was also released in the same year.

In 2016, Peng starred in a number of films, including Run for Love, Cold War 2, Call of Heroes, Operation Mekong and The Great Wall. Operation Mekong was another significant milestone in Peng's career; it topped box office charts and joined the "1 billion yuan box office" club, becoming Peng's first film as a leading actor to do so.[24] The film is also the highest grossing Chinese cop film.

Peng will play Sun Wukong in the upcoming film The Tales of Wukong.[25] He is also cast in the action film The Great Escape alongside Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo, and is set to star in another film, Ride the Winds, Break the Waves with Deng Chao.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Chinese Title Role
2005 A Record 记录 Ah Xiang
2006 Open To Midnight 午夜照相馆 A Hai
2007 Muddy but Pure White 泥巴色的纯白 Tang Xuchuan
Exit No. 6 六号出口 Fan Dayin
My DNA Says I Love You 基因决定我爱你 Xiao Xiong
2008 Sleeplessness All Through the Night 公主在台北彻夜未眠 Gong Ping
All About Women 女人不坏 Mo Qiyan
My So Called Love 爱的发声练习 A Liang
2009 Hear Me 听说 Tian Kuo
2010 Lover's Discourse 恋人絮语 Li Guangsheng
Close to You近在咫尺的爱恋 Zhao Dajie
2011 Love You You 夏日乐悠悠 You Lele
Jump Ashin! 翻滚吧!阿信 Ashin
2012 LOVE 爱 Ah Kai
Tai Chi 0 太极1：从零开始 Fang Zijing
Tai Chi Hero 太极2：英雄崛起 Fang Zijing
Cold War 寒战 Joe Lee
2013 A Wedding Invitation 分手合约 Li Xing
Unbeatable 激战 Lin Siqi
2014 Rise of the Legend 黄飞鸿之英雄有梦 Wong Fei-hung
Fleet of Time 匆匆那年 Chen Xun
2015 12 Golden Ducks 12金鸭 Special Appearance
To the Fore破风 Qiu Ming
The Last Women Standing 剩者为王 Ma Sai
2016 Run for Love奔爱 Feng Yujian
The Bodyguard我的特工爷爷 Special Appearance
Cold War 2寒战2 Joe Lee
Call of Heroes危城歼霸 Ma Feng
Operation Mekong湄公河行动 Fang Xinwu
The Great Wall长城 General Wu
2017 The Tales of Wukong悟空传 Sun Wukong
The Great Escape 明月几时有 Liu Heizai
Ride the Winds, Break the Waves 乘风破浪 Xu Chengzheng

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TV series

Year Title Chinese Title Role
2002 Tomorrow 爱情白皮书 Xu Shouzhi
2003 Scent of Love恋香 Jin Chengtian
2005 I Only Care About You我只在乎你 Lin Qingyun
Chinese Paladin 仙剑奇侠传 Tang Yu
When Dolphin Met Cat 海豚爱上猫Xu Wei
2006 The Young Warriors 少年杨家将 Yang Yansi /Qilang
2007 Wayward Kenting 我在垦丁*天气晴 Zhong Hanwen
Liao Zhai 聊斋 Yang Yuedan
2008 Honey and Clover 蜂蜜四叶草 Ren Sentian
2009 The Concerto 协奏曲Yuan Hao
2010 My Sassy Girl 牵牛的夏天Jin Qianniu
2014 Sound of the Desert 风中奇缘 Wei Wuji

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Representative works

Hear me[34]

This movie starred Eddie Peng, Ivy Chen and Chen Yanxi. Inspired by the Paralympic Games, the main characters, Yang Yang and Tian Kuo, were portrayed by Ivy Chen and Eddie Peng respectively.

The female protagonist, Yang Yang, was accompanying her disabled sister to practice in the natatorium for the upcoming Paralympic Games when Tian Kuo met her. He was delivering boxed lunches to the members of the swimming team. He saw Yang Yang communicating in sign language to some children and fell in love with her at first sight.

Afterwards, Yang Yang fell while riding a moped. Tian Kuo helped her up and sent her to hospital. On the way there, he asked her for her MSN ID, prompting the beginning of their friendship. Subsequently, Tian Kuo, whose parents ran a small restaurant, brought lunch to Yang Yang every day. Sometimes, he personally made "love" lunch boxes for her. Yang Yang was very touched by his actions, however, she continued to insist on paying him for her lunches.

Finally, Tian Kuo decided to confess his love for Yang Yang. He took her to his restaurant to pay a formal visit to his parents. Believing that she was mute, Tian Kuo's parents used a board to communicate with Yang Yang. When Yang Yang was asked if she was willing to marry Tian Kuo, she said yes aloud. Both Tian Kuo and his parents were shocked to discover that Yang Yang could in fact speak perfectly well. It was only then that Tian Kuo and Yang Yang realised that they had mutually misunderstood each other - they were, in fact, both perfectly normal people who had built up a silent relationship assuming that the other was physically disabled.

Jump Ashin![35]

This movie was an inspirational story about a physically disabled boy who persevered in pursuing his dreams and eventually succeeded. The main character, Ashin, contracted polio at a young age; however, he was greatly talented in sports. Ashin became very interested in gymnastics and set a personal goal to become an excellent gymnast. Ashin was discovered by a talent scout who decided to cultivate his natural talent. However, the strain of the highly intense training took a toll on Ashin's weak body - his legs could not withstand training and his physical health deteriorated. His mother opposed further training. The tremendous pressure of both mental and physical stress almost crushed Ashin, leading him to stray onto a destructive path of alcoholism and brawling. Fortunately, with the support of his friends and mother, he rebuilt his confidence and finally returned to gymnastics.

Discography

Albums

Year Title Released date Label
2010 Fei Ai Bu Ke (非爱不可) April 23, 2010 Avex Taiwan

Singles

Year Title Album Notes
2003 "Cannot Reject" (不能拒绝) Scent of Love OST
2005 "The Sea loves Blue Sky" (大海爱蓝天) When Dolphin Met Cat OST
2008 "Give Me Love" Honey and Clover OST sung with Joe Cheng and Ito Chiaki
"Lucky Clover's Happiness" (幸运草的祝福) sung with Clover Band
2013 "Didn't We Agree To It" (我们不是说好了吗) A Wedding Invitation OST sung with Bai Baihe

Music videos appearances

Books

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Awards

Film

Year Movie Awards Category Result
2007 My DNA Says I Love You 44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2010 Close To You 2nd Macau International Movie Festival Best Actor Nominated
2011 Jump Ashin! 13th Taipei Film Festival Best Actor Nominated
48th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best Actor Nominated
2012 12th Chinese Film Media Awards Audience's Most Anticipated Actor Nominated
11th Changchun Film Festival Best Actor Nominated
2013 Cold War 13th Chinese Film Media Awards Audience's Most Anticipated Actor Nominated
Unbeatable 50th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2014 14th Chinese Film Media Awards Audience's Most Anticipated Actor Nominated
33rd Hong Kong Film Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
12th Changchun Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Cold War 32nd Hundred Flowers Award Best New Actor Nominated
2015 Rise of the Legend 15th Chinese Film Media Awards Audience's Most Anticipated Actor Nominated
34th Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor Nominated
To the Fore 7th Macau International Movie Festival Best Actor Nominated

TV

Year TV Series Awards Category Result
2006 I Only Care About You 41st Golden Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2008 Wayward Kenting 43rd Golden Bell Awards Best Actor Nominated

Music

Year Album Awards Category Result
2010 Fei Ai Bu Ke TVB8 Mandarin Music On Demand Awards Presentation Best New Singer (Gold Award) Won
2012 11th CCTV-MTV Music Award Ceremony Annual Most Popular Singer: Hong Kong/Taiwan Won

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Endorsements

Year Brand Region
2004 Coca-Cola
2007 Sony VAIO
2010-2013 Extra Chewing Gum PRC
2011 Men's Bioré
2011-2013 ALBA Watches
2011-2015 Adidas Neo Label PRC
2012 Volvo S60
2012 Nikon
2012-2013 LEE Jeans PRC
2012-2013 Lipton Milk Tea PRC
2013-now Head and Shoulders Men's Shampoo PRC
2013-now Biotherm Homme Asia
2014-now Longines Ambassador of Elegance Worldwide
2015- Minute Maid
2015- Monster Hunter OL
2016- Adidas Performance PRC
2016- HUGO Boss Eyewear Asia
2016- Vivo X9
2016- Airbnb

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References

  1. ↑ SWC Biography, tribes,18 March 2007
  2. ↑ Scent of Love, MTime
  3. ↑ Complete List of Nominees of 44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, 搜狐娱乐,13 November 2007
  4. ↑ Ho Yi,FILM REVIEW: A love story in silence, Taipei Times,28 August 2009
  5. ↑ 《听说》上映3天突破160万 再现《海角》奇迹, 搜狐娱乐，1 September 2009
  6. ↑ Eddie Peng announces his freedom; Star Power: Judge has final say, Oriental News,8 June 2009
  7. ↑ 《非爱不可》, Baidu Baike
  8. ↑ 彭于晏中文官方网站, Avex Taiwan
  9. ↑ 澳门国际电影节今开幕 彭于晏想称帝有得拼, 网易娱乐,7 December 2010
  10. ↑ Ho Yi,Movie review: Jump Ashin! , Taipei Times,12 August 2011
  11. ↑ James Marsh,Counterpoint Review: COLD WAR Brings a Spark to the Boardroom, Twitch Film,3 November 2012
  12. ↑ James Marsh,Review: TAI CHI HERO Bides Its Time Before The Final Throwdown, Twitch Film,18 October 2014
  13. ↑ Kevin Ma,Korean cinema, Chinese characteristics, Film Business Asia,20 March 2015
  14. ↑ DEAN NAPOLITAN,‘Unbeatable’ Earns Its Name at Hong Kong Box Office, The Wall Street Journal:Scene Asia,3 January 2014
  15. ↑ Cleo Fagela,Song of the Dessert to Air on Oct 1, China Topix,20 September 2014
  16. ↑ Once Upon a Time in China and America, IMDb
  17. ↑ Once Upon a Time in China, IMDb
  18. ↑ The Legend of Drunken Master, IMDb
  19. ↑ 专访《黄飞鸿之英雄有梦》主演彭于晏, Mtime,24 November 2014
  20. ↑ 12月贺岁票房大战《匆匆那年》5.78亿意外夺冠, 腾讯娱乐,1 January 2015
  21. ↑ , CBO中国票房
  22. ↑ Heidi Hsia,Eddie Peng elected goodwill ambassador of Tour de France, YAHOO!News Singapore,7 July 2015
  23. ↑ Patrick Frater,Hong Kong Selects ‘To The Fore’ as Oscar Contender, Variety, 21 September 2015
  24. ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2016-09/09/content_39267127.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2015-07/14/content_36057977.htm
  26. ↑ YIP WAI YEE Eddie Peng Well Cast in Rise of the Legend, The Straits Times,26 November 2014
  27. ↑ James Marsh,Dante Lam,Eddie Peng Back In The Saddle for TO THE FORE, Twitch Film,23 December 2014
  28. ↑ Jingles,Shu Qi and Eddie Peng Star In New Movie, Jaynestars,21 January 2015
  29. ↑ Marc Graser,Matt Damon Leads Cast of Lengedary's The Great Wall,Variety,11 March 2015
  30. ↑ Liz Shackleton,Benny Chan war epic 'The Deadly Reclaim' casts up, Screen Daily,23 March 2015
  31. ↑ Heidi Hsia,Zhang Ziyi and Eddie Peng in new movie, Yahoo!Entertainment Singapore,19 March 2015
  32. ↑ Peng Yuyan at imdb.com
  33. ↑ Peng Yuyan at chinesemov.com
  34. ↑
  35. ↑
  36. ↑ FM S.H.E#Music videos
  37. ↑ 彭于晏.垦丁15x6，豆瓣读书
  38. ↑ List of Nominees The Official Hong Kong Film Awards Website
  39. ↑ List of Nominees The Official Golden Horse Awards Website
  40. ↑ Eddie Peng's Baidu Baike
  41. ↑ Apple Lam,Eddie Peng and Leighton Meester front new Biotherm campaign, 17 June 2014
  42. ↑ Longines presents its new Longines Ambassador of Elegance: Eddie Peng (Taiwan, Taiwan), Longines,6 June 2014

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