Troy Liu

Liu was born on 30 January 2003.^[1] He is the son of Taiwanese actor Renzo Liu [zh] and actress Chen Jin.^[2] Liu wasn't interested in acting when he was young. However, film director Chen Wei-ling, a friend of Renzo Liu, discovered his talents and encouraged Liu to participate in school dramas.^[3] After several performances in junior high school, Liu became fond of acting and Chen invited him to star in her television series On Children in 2018 when Liu was 14.^[3][4] In 2020, Liu auditioned and won his breakout role as Chang Chen in the drama film The Silent Forest,^[5] a hearing-impaired student at a special school who discovered a fellow female student being gang-raped and sexually harassed by the school bullies.^[6] Liu won an IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) in the 51st International Film Festival of India,^[7] and was nominated for Best New Talent in the 23rd Taipei Film Awards with the role.^[8] Liu took a hiatus from acting in 2021 and attended Taipei University of Marine Technology to study fashion styling design and management.^[9]