Brent Hsu, born Hsu Ming-chieh (; born 12 May 1993), is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was a member of the boyband

SpeXial SpeXial is a Taiwanese boy band formed by Comic International Productions in 2012. The group name is a combination of "eXtra" and "Special", which expresses the desire of the group to be unique. The group started off with four members and debute ...

from 2012 to 2020.

Biography

Hsu Ming-chieh was born in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

, Taiwan on 12 May 1993. His mother, Hsu Xianji, is an opera singer. He attended and graduated from

Taipei City University of Science and Technology The Taipei City University of Science and Technology (TPCU; ) is a technological university located in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. History TPCU's original name "Kuang Wu" is derived from Emperor Guangwu of Han. After entering the 21st centu ...

. Hsu debuted as a singer in 2012, after being scouted on the street with his friend Sam Lin, and became one of the four founding members of the boyband

, alongside Wes,

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, and Sam. Later that year, Huang debuted as an actor with a main role in the drama ''KO One Return''. In the following years, he continued appearing in web series and movies, mostly with his bandmates. In December 2014, Hsu temporarily left SpeXial in order to fulfill his mandatory military service. He was absent for the release of the group's first extended play, ''

Love Killah ''Love Killah'' is Taiwanese Mandopop boyband SpeXial's first Mandarin extended play (EP+DVD). The "Fan Meeting Pre-Order Edition" was pre-ordered from 21 January 2015. The first edition "Deluxe Edition" was released on February 4, and the second ...

'', as well as the first SpeXial fan meeting at the

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. He finished his military service on 10 December 2015 and rejoined the group on 24 January 2016, during the presentation of SpeXial at the KKBox Music Awards, where they performed the songs ''Love Guardian'', ''Dangerous'' and ''Silly Girl'', respectively.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Official web site
{{Authority control 1993 births Living people Taiwanese male television actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese pop singers Taiwanese idols Taipei City University of Science and Technology alumni