Sunny Wang

Sunny Wang (simplified Chinese: 王阳明; traditional Chinese: 王陽明; pinyin: Wáng Yáng Míng) is a Taiwanese-American actor and model. He was born on November 2, 1982, in New York, New York, United States of Taiwanese origin. He pursued his post-secondary education at New York University, Stern school of business and Tisch school of arts, majoring in business and minoring in film studies. Wang is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Sunny Wang
Born (1982-11-02) November 2, 1982
NationalityTaiwanese
American
Alma materNew York University Stern School of Business
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
OccupationActor, model
Years active2011-present
AgentUniverises Entertainment Marketing
Spouse(s)
Dominique Choy
(m. 2015)
Musical career
Also known asWang Yangming

Career

Wang debuted as a model and officially joined the show business with his debut drama In Time with You.[1] 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" for a Taiwanese magazine. 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.

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, who is six years younger. 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, traveling around Asia, he eventually decide 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.[2] 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 attention for his role and tattoos. He also founded the streetwear and accessories brand Imperial Taels (金銀帝國) with partners Ryan Yeh and designer Chuck lee in 2010.

Wang announced his relationship with Australian-Taiwanese singer songwriter 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.[3] On December 27, 2015, Wang married Choy in Sydney, Australia.

Filmography

Television

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2011In Time with You我可能不會愛你Ding Liwei
2012Once Upon a Love原來愛·就是甜蜜John Lee Jinyang
2013Dragon Gate飛越龍門客棧Zhou Huai An
2014You Light Up My Star你照亮我星球Ding Yubin
2014 Mr. Right Wanted 徵婚啟事 Xiao Ma Cameo
2017The Starry Night, The Starry Sea那片星空那片海 1 & 2An Zuo / Lu Xiao
2018Secret of the Three Kingdoms唐人三國機密Guo Jia
2018Shadow of Justice aka Eclipse蝕日風暴樊 毅
2019Rebirth of Shopping Addict
2019No Secrets没有秘密的你

Film

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2012100% Kiss
2015Gatao角頭Michael
2016Lost in the Pacific蒸發太平洋
2017 My Other Home 纽约人在北京
2017Pigeon Tango盜命師Malacca

Music videos

YearArtistSong title
2011Valen Hsu"Parisberries"
2011Rainie Yang"Imperfect Love"

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References

  1. 蕭亞軒4段姐弟戀曝光 與柯震東再陷牽手門 (in Chinese). Sina. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. Dramafever http://www.dramafever.com/news/sunny-wang-is-engaged-after-a-most-romantic-proposal/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Sunny Wang, hkmdb.com
  4. Sunny Wang, chinesemov.com
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