1. Edward Peng Yu-Yan is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model.
30 Facts About Eddie Peng
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Eddie Peng is best known for starring in the films Hear Me, Unbeatable, Fleet of Time, Operation Mekong, Duckweed, Wu Kong, and Hidden Man.
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In 2024, Eddie Peng starred in Black Dog, which premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard prize.
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Eddie Peng moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the age of thirteen.
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Eddie Peng began his career when he was cast as in Tomorrow by director Yang Daqing during a summer vacation in Taiwan.
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Eddie Peng built a teenage fan following after the romantic comedy gained popularity.
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Eddie Peng then starred in Chinese xianxia drama Chinese Paladin and wuxia drama The Young Warriors, which were extremely popular during their run and led to increased recognition for him in the Mainland.
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Thereafter, Eddie Peng made his big screen debut in the movie Exit No 6, directed by Yu-Hsien Lin.
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In 2007, Eddie Peng was nominated as Best New Actor at the 44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his performance in My DNA Says I Love You.
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In 2009, Eddie Peng was involved in a contract dispute lawsuit against his former manager, reaching the nadir of his career.
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However, during this period, Eddie Peng starred in the movie Hear Me, directed by Fen-Fen Cheng, about a delivery boy who falls for a deaf girl and communicates with her using sign language.
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Eddie Peng was nominated in the Best Actor category at the 2nd Macau International Movie Festival for his performance.
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Eddie Peng reportedly trained eight months to portray an athlete.
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Eddie Peng earned nominations as Best Actor at the 48th Golden Horse Film Festival and 13th Taipei Film Festival, which marked the turning point of his career.
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In 2013, Eddie Peng starred in action film Unbeatable, playing a mixed martial arts fighter.
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Eddie Peng practised boxing for four hours a day for his character.
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In 2014, Eddie Peng was cast as Wong Fei-hung in Rise of the Legend, the latest film about the iconic Kung-Fu master.
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Eddie Peng reportedly practiced 10 hours of martial arts every day to prepare for the role.
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Eddie Peng was nominated in the Best Actor category at the 34th Hong Kong Film Award.
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In 2015, Eddie Peng played a professional cyclist in sports film To the Fore.
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Eddie Peng reportedly received training and earned qualifications for competitive racing during filming.
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Eddie Peng was appointed the first Chinese Goodwill Ambassador of the 2015 Tour de France.
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Eddie Peng achieved another breakthrough in 2016 with the film Operation Mekong, where he portrayed a hardcore undercover agent along with veteran actor Zhang Hanyu.
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Eddie Peng starred in romance film Run for Love alongside Zhang Ziyi, police thriller Cold War 2 as an antagonist, war epic Call of Heroes, and Zhang Yimou's historical epic The Great Wall.
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In 2017, Eddie Peng co-starred in Han Han's film Duckweed alongside Deng Chao and Zanilia Zhao.
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Eddie Peng then starred in war film Our Time Will Come directed by Ann Hui, playing a complicated anti-hero.
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Eddie Peng then headlined his first film, fantasy epic Wu Kong where he played the title character.
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In 2020, Eddie Peng starred in The Rescue, a thriller film directed by Dante Lam which focuses on an emergency rescue operative.
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Eddie Peng is set to star in period romance film Love After Love, directed by Ann Hui.
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On June 17,2018, at the Weibo Movie Night, Eddie Peng, who was supposed to be seated in the second row, allegedly took a first-row seat intended for Li Bingbing, angering the actress to the point that she refused to enter the ceremony until she was called on stage to receive her award.