Career Wu Kang-jen

1 career

1.1 2007–2009: acting debut , recognition
1.2 2010–2012: continued project offers
1.3 2013–present: first acting award

career
2007–2009: acting debut , recognition

he started career model, moved being actor debut performance in gay role in fragile in love: poetry in motion (沿海岸線徵友). directed mickey chen , chi chen jun, short film featured @ lgbt civil rights movement film festival , @ tokyo international lesbian & gay film festival among others. first television miniseries came afterwards in talking boyfriend s ex-girlfriend (與男友的前女友密談). mini-series awarded best mini-series screenplay award , best editing award @ 43rd golden bell awards in 2008. same year, cast in hong kong film miao miao actors alice ke , wing fan. film selected @ 2009 melbourne international film festival, later pulled out due controversies china s boycott against film festival, premiering @ 59th berlin international film festival wherein film received crystal bear award nomination. film paved way wu s first nomination best newcomer award @ 11th taipei film festival.

in 2009, talking boyfriend s ex-girlfriend s director chen hui jing cast him once again in first idol drama autumn s concerto starring vanness wu , ady an, said suitable play role of hua tuo ye. in later years, stated scolded li qiyuan because cannot deliver lines in shootings. series received favorably viewers , paved way wu s better recognition in entertainment industry.

2010–2012: continued project offers

wu started receive more television , film projects. in ttv s zhong wu yan, played character of howard, blind man finds love in wu yen, played cheryl yang. starred in when love comes garnered multiple nominations different award-giving ceremonies.

during press conference of ttv s local hero in 2011, wu stated accidentally injured left hand while shooting. still participated in scheduled charity event game requires peeling fruits despite hand injury, nevertheless, because stated wanted kids enjoy. year later, cast in 4 more television series. among them ttv s love co starring jade chou.

in 2012, wu got role of rong guang, farmer raising son single parent, in film third wish. in preparation role, skinny farmer diagnosed of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als), wu started running 5-kilometer races in hot sun, , ate boiled eggs , guava. lost 8 kilograms of weight in 10 days. started acting father child actor chen yu-cheng week before filming began study father-and-son s lifestyle.

2013–present: first acting award

i not born actor... these experiences (doing manual labor jobs @ young age) made me aware of how money earned try best hardworking actor. — wu kang-jen

in january, wu cast in ttv s king flower co-starring james wen , nikki xie. played character role of ouyang tai, gm of shen da realty engaged du liang yan, later killed accident. series consistently topped viewers ratings during timeslot, garnering 1.57 total average end of series. before year ended, performance in 2012 tv series emerging light (愛在旭日升起時) earned him best actor in leading role award @ 18th asian television awards on december 5, 2013 held in singapore.

in 2014, played role of zhou shu yu , david in rock n road (a咖的路) , winnie boob (小胸維妮的幸福旅程) respectively , consecutively. once again paired judy chou, co-star in love, in latter series. acted alongside ella chen in lying game (謊言遊戲) towards end of year. late 2015 2016, starred in period drama touch of green young fighter pilot, won award best actor in leading role @ golden bell awards 2016.