Fabio Grangeon

Grangeon was born on 27 January 1989, in Toulouse, France.^[1][2] Since his parents have a strong passion for travel, he had been residing in different countries in the Caribbean since childhood and attending various schools.^[2][3] Grangeon attended Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University to study international commerce in 2010 and worked part-time as a model during his university years.^[4][5] In 2010, Grangeon went on exchange at Ming Chuan University for nine months to learn more about Asian culture.^[6][7] He completed his bachelor's degree and briefly took acting classes in Paris after returning to France.^[8] However, he became reminisced with the life in Taiwan and returned to Taiwan shortly afterwards.^[3]

After returning to Taiwan, Grangeon began to work as a freelance model and joined EBC's talk show Half and Half [zh] as one of the hosts in 2014.^[3][5] He began to receive public attention with the show and was invited to co-host several other EBC television programs in the following year.^[9] Grangeon also appeared in the 2017 romance film All Because of Love and starred in a main role in the 2019 romance film When Green Turns to Gold [zh].^[10][11]

In 2020, Grangeon was cast in a supporting lead role in the homosexual-themed romance film Your Name Engraved Herein.^[12] He portrayed a French-Canadian priest who was hesitated to bless the young gay couple's relationship and garnered public renown with the role.^[13][14] Grangeon landed his first major television role as Charles Le Gendre, a French-born American diplomat who was tasked to investigate the Rover incident, in the 2021 historical drama series Seqalu: Formosa 1867 [zh].^[15] To prepare for the role, Grangeon gained 8 kg of weight and lost 5 kg of fat.^[16] He also did research on the history of nineteenth century Taiwan, in order to authentically portray the historical figure.^[3]

Grangeon became engaged to Desiree Wu in August 2020,^[17] and married in late 2021.^[18] Their daughter was born in November 2022.^[18]