Berant Zhu
Berant Zhu | |
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朱軒洋 | |
![]() Zhu in November 2022 | |
Born | Zhu Xuan-yang 4 April 1999 Taichung, Taiwan |
Alma mater | Shih Chien University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2018–present |
Berant Zhu Xuan-yang (Chinese: 朱軒洋; born 4 April 1999) is a Taiwanese actor best known for his role as Chang in the crime mystery film Bad Education (2023), which earned him Best Supporting Actor in the 59th Golden Horse Awards.
Biography[edit]
Zhu was born on 4 April 1999 in Taichung, Taiwan.[1][2] He studied at Shin Min High School and took horticulture classes due to the influence of his father, who loves gardening.[3][4] When he was in high school, a junior student recommended him to an artist agent who visited their school to look for talents.[3] He was chosen and made his debut in a minor role in the 2018 romance film How to Train Our Dragon .[3][5] He moved to Taipei alone at the age of eighteen to pursue studies at Shih Chien University, majoring in fashion design.[6][7] Zhu auditioned while studying in university and landed a lead role as Tung-hao, a high school basketball player competing with his half-brother on a rival team played by Fandy Fan, in the 2019 sports film We Are Champions .[6][8] He received nominations for both Best Supporting Actor and Best New Talent in the 22nd Taipei Film Awards and began receiving film role offers after the release of the film.[5][9]
Zhu starred as Jim, a young husband searching for his wife when a virus that caused people to become cannibalistic broke out, in the 2021 horror film The Sadness.[10][11] The same year, he was cast as Pi Tse, a tuxedo tailor, in the fantasy series The Magician on the Skywalk ,[12] and credited his performance as drawing inspiration from Tony Leung Chiu-wai's character in the 1990 film Days of Being Wild.[13] He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series in the 56th Golden Bell Awards.[14] Zhu was also cast as the co-leading actor in the crime thriller series Danger Zone later in the same year.[15] He portrayed Ren Fei, a rookie police detective alongside Christopher Lee, who played his veteran supervisor.[16] Zhu performed his own stunts in the series and earned a nomination for Best Male Lead in a Television Series in the 57th Golden Bell Awards the following year.[17] Zhu suspended his university studies after the production of Danger Zone to focus on his acting career.[3][18] He landed a main role as Lin Shan-jun in the 2022 medical drama Mad Doctor alongside Janel Tsai,[19] and is set to reprise his role in the upcoming sequel.[20]
In 2022, Zhu received his breakout role in the crime mystery film Bad Education as Chang, a high school graduate who becomes entangled with a gang boss alongside his two friends played by Kent Tsai and Edison Song .[21] John Berra of Screen Daily noted that despite being a fresh-faced lead, Zhu acquitted himself well with his "ringleader" character traits, and lauded the collective strength of the trio's performance.[22] Hai Nan, writing for The News Lens, praised Zhu's performance in the final scenes of the film, which maintained the momentum of the entire "bad education" narrative.[23] Zhu won Best Supporting Actor in the 59th Golden Horse Awards and received a nomination for Best Actor in the 25th Taipei Film Awards for his role.[24] In 2023, Zhu starred in the Netflix romance anthology series At The Moment alongside Gingle Wang as a pair of young bird lovers in a pandemic era.[25] He is also set to star in a lead role alongside Kai Ko and Leon Dai in Giddens Ko's upcoming fantasy action film Kung Fu.[26]
Personal life[edit]
Zhu splits his time and work between Taipei and Taichung.[27] Zhu began dating media personality Cindy He prior to his acting debut.[28] On 28 March 2024, Zhu was spotted by paparazzi dating singer Julia Wu in Taipei while He was out of Taiwan for work.[29][30] Zhu ended his five-year relationship with He before the news was publicly released in April.[31][32]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | How to Train Our Dragon | Wang Yun-yi (王雲逸) | [5] |
2019 | We Are Champions | Chiang Tung-hao (姜桐豪) | [8] |
2021 | The Sadness | Jim (廖俊喆) | [10] |
2022 | Bad Education | Chang (張博偉) | [21] |
2024 | Tales of Taipei † | TBA | [33] |
2026 | Kung Fu † | TBA | [26][34] |
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | The Magician on the Skywalk | Pi Tse (謝派恩) | Main role[12] |
Danger Zone | Ren Fei (任非) | Main role[15] | |
2022 | Mad Doctor | Lin Shan-jun (林山君) | Main role[19] |
2023 | At The Moment | Chang Yung (張永) | Main role[25] |
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | 22nd Taipei Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | We Are Champions | Nominated | [9] |
Best New Talent | Nominated | ||||
2021 | 56th Golden Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | The Magician on the Skywalk | Nominated | [14] |
2022 | 57th Golden Bell Awards | Best Male Lead in a Television Series | Danger Zone | Nominated | [17] |
59th Golden Horse Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Bad Education | Won | [35] | |
2023 | 25th Taipei Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [24] | |
2024 | 5th Taiwan Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | [36] |
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Berant Zhu at IMDb