Greg Hsu

Taiwanese actor and singer (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hsu Kuang-han (Chinese: 許光漢; pinyin: Xǔ Guānghàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Kong-hàn; born October 31, 1990), also known as Greg Hsu[1][2] and Greg Han,[3] is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was nominated for Golden Bell Awards twice for his roles in the television series Have You ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang? (2016) and Someday or One Day (2019–2020). He also appeared in the television series Love of Sandstorm (2016) and Nowhere Man (2019), as well as the films A Sun (2019) and My Love (2021). In 2020, he entered the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list for the first time, ranking 69th.[4]

Born
Hsu Kuang-han

(1990-10-31) October 31, 1990 (age 35)
OthernamesGreg Han
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
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Greg Hsu
許光漢
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Born
Hsu Kuang-han

(1990-10-31) October 31, 1990 (age 35)
Other namesGreg Han
EducationChinese Culture University (BS)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2013–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese許光漢
Simplified Chinese许光汉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Guānghàn
Bopomofoㄒㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄢˋ
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKhó͘ Kong-hàn
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Hsu released his debut single "Yesterday No More" in 2020 and the next year he released his self-titled debut studio album. In 2022, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards.

Early life and education

Hsu was born in Taiwan on October 31, 1990.[5] His father was a soldier in the Republic of China Army.[5] He was named "Kuang" (光) as it was his family's generation name.[6]

As a child, Hsu suffered from asthma and, at the encouragement of his mother, participated in national table tennis tournaments.[6] At age 13, he appeared as a young male lead in Jay Chou's music video for "Class 3-2".[7] He attended Zhongzheng Elementary School in New Taipei City, then went to school in Taipei, where he graduated from Taipei Municipal Jingmei National Middle School and Taipei Municipal Fuxing Senior High School.[8] He was the lead vocalist for his high school's music club.[6]

After high school, Hsu attended Chinese Culture University, where he was classmates with Hong Kong actor Sunny Sun (孙阳).[9] He studied mass communications there and graduated with a degree in information management.[8] As an undergraduate, he began working as a male model and made appearances in modeling shows.[10]

Career

In 2013, Hsu made his television debut in the Malaysian drama series Dive into Love. In 2015, he studied acting at Q Place, a drama academy established by director Wang Shaudi. He followed this appearing in well-received series Love of Sandstorm and Have You ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang? in which he was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the 52nd Golden Bell Awards. Hsu also made performances in Netflix's Nowhere Man and Oscar short-listed A Sun. In 2019, he starred as leading actor in hit series Someday Or One Day. The popular series got him nominated for Best Leading Actor at the 55th Golden Bell Awards, and made him now one of the most sought-after young actors in Asia. In 2020, he released the music single "Yesterday No More". The song immediately landed No. 1 on KKBox charts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Endorsements

On July 14, 2022, Fendi announced that Hsu became the brand's ambassador.[20][21]

Personal life

On August 21, 2024, Hsu announced on social media that he had joined the Taiwanese military to fulfill his 1 year mandatory service requirements.[22] He had enlisted as a military trainee at Cheng-gong Ridge Camp in Taichung, Taiwan, on August 20,[23] and began active service on September 13, 2024, at Zhongxhing New Village in Nantou City, Taiwan.[24] He was discharged on August 6, 2025.[25]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Back to the Good Times Night market guest Cameo [26]
2019 A Sun Chen Jianhao (A-hao) [27]
2021 My Love Zhou Xiaoqi [28]
2022 Someday or One Day Li Ziwei / Wang Quansheng Film adaptation of the 2019 series [29]
2023 Marry My Dead Body Wu Ming-han [30]
2024 Pigsy Bajie Voice [31]
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days Jimmy Taiwanese-Japanese film [32]
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Dive into Love Chen Minhao 20 episodes [33]
A Complete Life Wu Yiheng's classmate Bit part, Television film [34]
2016 Love of Sandstorm Zhuang Haoyang 7 episodes [35]
Have You ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang? Chen Weizheng 6 episodes [36]
2017 My Dear Boy Nigulu 20 episodes [37]
Attention, Love! Jin Yubin 15 episodes [38]
Art in Love Qin Lang 39 episodes [39]
Inference Notes Lin Xiao Guest (episode 10) [40]
2018 Meet Me @1006 Zhou Dajun 26 episodes [41]
Hijra in between Wen Tangsheng Television film [42]
2019 Nowhere Man Lin Jizi / Wang Xiaoqiu 8 episodes [43]
Someday or One Day Li Ziwei / Wang Quansheng 13 episodes [44]
2020 Road: Taiwan Express Kevin Guest (episode 3) [45]
2021 Rainless Love in a Godless Land Kakarayan Guest (episode 10 and 11) [46]
Light the Night Yuen's classmate Cameo (episode 3) [47]
2024 No Way Out: The Roulette Mr. Smile Korean drama [48]
GG Precinct Wu Ming-han 6 episodes [49]
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Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2003 "Class 3-2" Jay Chou
2012 "Express My Love" Kuo Shu-yao
2013 "How could You Sleep at Ease" Penny Tai
2014 "Forgot to Go Back" Chou Chuan-huing
2017 "Losing Voice" Kenji Wu
2019 "Vanilla Villa" Sunset Rollercoaster
2020 "Let it..." Hebe Tien
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Discography

Studio album

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Golden Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series Have You Ever Fallen in Love, Miss Jiang? Nominated [50]
2020 Youth Film Handbook Award Best Supporting Actor A Sun Nominated [51]
2020 Golden Bell Awards Best Leading Actor in a Television Series Someday Or One Day Nominated [52]
2020 iQIYI Scream Night Best Screen Couple of the Year
(shared with Alice Ko)
Someday or One Day Won [53]
2020 Esquire Man at His Best Awards Annual Artist of Hong Kong and Taiwan Someday or One Day Won [54]
2020 Tencent Video All Star Awards Promising Actor of the Year Someday or One Day Won [55]
2020 Golden Blossom Internet Film and Television Awards Popular Actor of the Year Someday or One Day Won [56]
2021 Huading Awards Best New Actor My Love Nominated [57]
2022 Canadian Chinese Pop Music Awards Best New Artist Greg Han (album) Won [58]
2022 Hito Music Awards Favorite New Artist Greg Han (album) Won [59]
2022 Freshmusic Awards Top 50 Singles of the Year "Good Night, Good Night" Won [60]
Top 10 Albums of the Year Greg Han (album) Nominated [61]
Best New Artist Greg Han (album) Nominated [62]
2022 Golden Melody Awards Best New Artist Greg Han (album) Nominated [63]
2023 Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor Marry My Dead Body Nominated [64]
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