Da-her Lin

Lin was born on 7 January 1991.^[2] He has two elder brothers and a younger sister.^[3] He became interested in acting during primary school, after his class teacher invited him to join the drama club.^[4] He chose to study performing arts at the Taipei Municipal Fuxing Senior High School and was a classmate of fellow actor Greg Hsu.^[5] Lin continued his studies at the National Taiwan University of Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama.^[2][6] Prior to his acting debut, he was one of the regular hosts of the university student-focused talk show College Talk [zh].^[7]

Lin made his acting debut with a minor role in the 2013 romance film Campus Confidential [zh].^[2] Since then, he has starred in various coming-of-age romance films,^[8] beginning with the 2014 Café. Waiting. Love,^[9] and gained public recognition for his role as the gang buddy of Darren Wang's character in the 2015 Our Times.^[4][10] In 2017, Lin landed a recurring role as Birdy in the supernatural romance series The Teenage Psychic, which he later reprised in the second season released in 2019.^[11][12]

Lin's breakout role came as Lu Qun, one of the three students who went to a hot spring hotel to escape school bullies, in the 2018 comedy horror film Secrets in The Hot Spring [zh].^[13] For this role, Lin won Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for Best New Talent at the 21st Taipei Film Awards.^[14][15] In 2019, Lin had a main role in the drama series On The Road [zh] and appeared in the romance series Someday or One Day.^[16][17] The following year, he landed main roles in the sci-fi series Amensalism [zh] and romance series I, Myself [zh],^[18][19] for which he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series in the 56th Golden Bell Awards with the latter.^[20] He also starred in the coming-of-age romance film Do You Love Me As I Love You [zh], but a large portion of his scenes were cut from the final version due to pacing.^[21]

In 2021, Lin received his first sole male lead role in the fantasy series The Pond [zh] directed by Cheng Wei-hao,^[22] for which he received a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film in the 57th Golden Bell Awards for this role.^[23] In 2022, Lin starred in another coming-of-age romance film, My Best Friend's Breakfast.^[24] The following year, he had a recurring role in the comedy series Oh No! Here Comes Trouble,^[25] and also served as the acting coach for the cast.^[26] Lin appeared in a main role as the Forensic Medical Examiner in Cheng Wei-hao's 2024 crime comedy series GG Precinct.^[27]