James Wen | |
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1 August 2010 in Taiwan
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Background information | |
Chinese name | 溫昇豪 (traditional) |
Chinese name | 温升豪 (simplified) |
Pinyin | Wēn Shēngháo (Mandarin) |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Un Seng-hô (Hokkien) |
Origin | Republic of China, (Taiwan) |
Born |
Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
22 February 1978
Occupation | actor, model |
Years active | 2006–present |
Ancestry | Gaoshu, Pingtung |
James Wen (traditional Chinese: 溫昇豪; simplified Chinese: 温升豪; pinyin: Wēn Shēngháo; born 22 February 1978) is a Taiwanese actor, model and former reporter. He is known for his supporting performance in Taiwanese drama My Queen, for which he received one of his four Golden Bell Awards nominations. According to Yahoo! Search, Wen was the 9th most searched celebrity from January to April 2009.
Wen's ancestral home is in Gaoshu, Pingtung but was born in Kaohsiung. He graduated from College of Journalism and Communication at Shih Hsin University. In 1999 Wen won Most Photogenic Award at the Men's UNO model contest, subsequently worked as a model and reporter before turning to acting.
In 2016, Wen was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in the International Emmy Awards for his role in Echoes in Time.