Sunny Wang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Sunny Wang
Born 王陽明 (Traditional)
王阳明 (Simplified)

(1982-11-02) November 2, 1982
New York City, United States of America
Residence Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Other names 台灣第一帥 (Taiwan's first handsome), Sunz
Citizenship American
Education Business
Alma mater New York University Stern School of Business, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation Actor, Model
Years active 2011-present
Agent Univerises Entertainment Marketing Limited
Notable work In Time with You (2011), Once Upon a Love (2012)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Spouse(s) Dominique Choy (Dizzy Dizzo)
Website www.facebook.com/pages/Sunny-%E7%8E%8B%E9%99%BD%E6%98%8E/198872790164061

Sunny Wang (simplified Chinese: 王阳明; traditional Chinese: 王陽明; pinyin: Wáng Yáng Míng) is an American-born Taiwanese actor and model. He was born on November 2, 1982 in New York City, United States of America of Shanghainese descent and Taiwanese origin. He pursued his post-secondary education at New York University, school of business and school of arts, majoring in business and minoring in film studies. He is also the grandson of a shipping tycoon and his family owns Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation. Wang is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Personal life

Wang moved to Taiwan shortly after birth and did not return to the States until he was seven. He grew up in the States with his grandma, mother and younger sister Yvonne, whom is six years younger and both attended Montclair Kimberley Academy in New Jersey.[2] Wang had loved to perform since young, but his family wanted him to complete his studies and also to work in the family business. After several years of working for his uncle, travelling around Asia, he finally had the courage to pursue his dream to enter the entertainment scene and taken up a role in drama, with the help of ex-girlfriend Elva Hsiao. Prior to his debut, he was widely known as the ex-boyfriend of the singer. Wang met Elva in 2003 during his university winter holiday return to Taiwan. Their relationship ended in March, 2005. They got together again 8 months later but broke up again.[3] The two currently are under the same agency and manager. He made his debut as the second male lead of "In Time with You" and received a lot of attention for his unique role and intense tattoos on his body.

Wang participated in the first season of Mainland dating variety show Perhaps Love and partnered up with Chinese actress Zhang Li in early 2014 and the two developed feelings for each other. In December 2014, Wang revealed that he was no longer dating the actress and that they had broken up shortly after his birthday in November 2014. Rumors believe that his current fiancée may have been the third-party interference in their relationship.[4]

Wang announced his relationship to Taiwan-based Australian-Chinese singer, Dominique Choy in early 2015. They met in 2005 and their relationship first began in 2007, but did not further due to long distance. They rekindled their romance again in late 2014, and got engaged in April 2015. Wang proposed to Dominique on her birthday on April, 7th, saying "that she has made him believe in fate, and regardless of whether it'll be in this life or the next life, he'd always find her wherever she might be".[5] The news received a lot of backlash due to the controversy that was raised after he had broke up with Zhang Li. The couple has not announced an exact date for their marriage, but are currently living together.

On December 27, 2015, Wang married Dominique Choy in Sydney, Australia.

Career

2011 to present: In Time with You and Once Upon a Love

Wang debuted as a model and officially joined the showbiz with his debut drama In Time with You. He also rose to fame instantly in the entertainment circle within the short slightly over one year of time.[6] Before he started his career as an actor, one of his previous notable work as a model was for a charity photo shoot known as "Important Person". In 2012, Wang starred in Once Upon a Love which also stars actress Cheryl Yang.

Along with several close friends, Wang developed a silver jewelry brand called Imperial Taels around 2010. The brand is majorly influenced by renown silver jewelry brand Chrome Hearts and Chinese art. He is also a co-owner of a boutique called Vanitas owned by his cousin Crystal.

Filmography

Television

Year Network Title Chinese title Role Notes
2011 FTV In Time with You 我可能不會愛你 Ding Li Wei (丁立威) Second male lead
2012 FTV Once Upon a Love 原來愛·就是甜蜜 Li Jin Yang (李勁陽) /John Lee Lead role
2013 TVBS Entertainment Channel Dragon Gate 飛越龍門客棧 Zhou Huai An (周懷安) Lead role
2014 FTV You Light Up My Star 你照亮我星球 Ding Yu Bin (丁禹彬) Third male lead
2014 TTV Mr. Right Wanted 徵婚啟事 Xiao Ma (小馬) Guest Role

Film

Year Title Chinese title Role Notes
2015 Gatao 角頭 Michael Lead role
2016 Lost in the Pacific 蒸發太平洋
2016 My Other Home 纽约人在北京

Music videos

Year Artist Song title Notes
2011 Valen Hsu Parisberries -
2011 Rainie Yang Imperfect Love -

Endorsements

References

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