Lin He-hsuan (; born 7 January 1991), also known by his stage name Da-her Lin (大鶴), is a Taiwanese actor best known for his role as Lu Qun in the comedy horror film ''Secrets in The Hot Spring'' (2018), for which he won Best Supporting Actor in the 21st Taipei Film Awards. He also starred in the

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romance films ''

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'' (2015) and '' My Best Friend's Breakfast'' (2022), as well as romance series ''

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'' (2017–2019) and '' Someday or One Day'' (2019).

Early life and education

Lin was born on 7 January 1991 in Taiwan. He has two elder brothers and a younger sister. He became interested in acting during primary school, after his class teacher invited him to join the drama club. He chose to study performing arts at the

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and was a classmate of fellow actor

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. Lin continued his studies at the

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, where he graduated with a

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in drama. Prior to his acting debut, he was one of the regular hosts of the university student-focused talk show '.

Career

Lin made his acting debut with a minor role in the 2013 romance film '. Since then, he has starred in various

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's character in the 2015 ''

''. In 2017, Lin landed a recurring role as Birdy in the supernatural romance series ''

'', which he later reprised in the second season released in 2019. Lin's breakout role came as Lu Qun, one of the three students who went to a hot spring hotel to escape school bullies, in the 2018 comedy horror film '. For this role, Lin won Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for Best New Talent at the 21st Taipei Film Awards. In 2019, Lin had a main role in the drama series ' and appeared in the romance series '' Someday or One Day''. The following year, he landed main roles in the sci-fi series ' and romance series ', for which he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series in the 56th Golden Bell Awards with the latter. He also starred in the coming-of-age romance film ', but a large portion of his scenes were cut from the final version due to pacing. In 2021, Lin received his first sole male lead role in the fantasy series ' directed by

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, for which he received a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film in the

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for this role. In 2022, Lin starred in another coming-of-age romance film, '' My Best Friend's Breakfast''. The following year, he had a recurring role in the comedy series '' Oh No! Here Comes Trouble'', and also served as the acting coach for the cast. Lin appeared in a main role as the Forensic Medical Examiner in Cheng Wei-hao's 2024 crime comedy series '' GG Precinct''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Da-her 1991 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese actors National Taiwan University of Arts alumni Taiwanese film actors Taiwanese television actors