Tony Yang (Chinese: 楊祐寧; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Iū-lêng) is a Taiwanese actor who rose to prominence for his debut film role in Formula 17 (2004), for which he won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer. He is also known for his roles in the Taiwanese box office hits Zone Pro Site (2013) and David Loman (2013), as well as starring in the television series Crystal Boys (2003), Holy Ridge (2006) and Ex-boyfriend (2011).[1]
Tony Yang | |
|---|---|
 Yang in October 2022 | |
| Born | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Other names | Yang You-ning Yang Yo-ning |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse |
Melinda Wang (m. 2020) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best New Performer 2005 Formula 17 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 楊祐寧 |
| Simplified Chinese | 杨祐宁 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Yòuníng |
| Hokkien POJ | Iûⁿ Iū-lêng |
Filmography
editTelevision series
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | My Fair Girl:100% Girl | 百分百女孩 | Da Zhi | CTV |
| 2002 | Ugly Girl Transformation | 醜女大翻身 | Shou Hwa | CTS |
| 2003 | U-Touch Dorm No. 4 | U-Touch四號宿舍 | Hsu Hao | CTS |
| 2003 | Crystal Boys | 孽子 | Zhao Ying | PTS |
| 2003 | Heartbeat Train | 心動列車-南向北向的列車 | A Huang | TTV |
| 2003 | Mascara | 公視人生劇展－睫毛膏 | Jerry | PTS |
| 2003 | Orange Frangrance | 又見橘花香 | Meng Shiao Po | GTV |
| 2004 | Seventeenth Winter 3 | 十七歲的冬天3 | Wei Kang | |
| 2004 | My Pet Husband | 我的寵物老公 | Gary | ETTV |
| 2006 | Holy Ridge | 聖稜的星光 | Zhao Guang | CTS |
| 2008 | Dancing Behind You | 背著你跳舞 | Rudy | Subway series |
| 2010 | Ni Yada | 倪亞達 | Ni Zhongxin | TTV |
| 2011 | The Glamorous Imperial Concubine | 傾世皇妃 | Liu Lianxi | Hunan Television |
| 2011 | Ex-boyfriend | 前男友 | Lai Zhiming | TTV |
| 2012 | Love Forward | 向前走向愛走 | Du Tianze | SETTV |
| 2013 | The Pursuit of Happiness | 愛的生存之道 | Du Tianze | SETTV |
| 2015 | Lady & Liar | 千金女賊 | Sheng Jiewen | Jiangsu Television |
| 2015 | OB-Gyns 2 | 愛的婦產科2 | Yang Junbo | Hunan Television |
| 2016 | In Love | 滾石愛情故事-挪威的森林 | Zhuang Zekai | PTS |
| 2019 | All Is Well | 都挺好 | Shi Tiandong | Zhejiang Television Jiangsu Television[2] |
| 2020 | Love Yourself | 他其实没有那么爱你 | Chen Nan | [3] |
| 2020 | The Message | 风声 | Wu Zhiguo | [4] |
| 2020 | Breath of Destiny | 一起深呼吸 | Li Tiancheng | [5] |
| 2020 | My Best Friend's Story | 流金岁月 | Wang Yongzheng | CCTV-8[6] |
| 2021 | The Rebel Princess | 上阳赋 | Ma Zidan | [7] |
| 2021 | The Demi Gods and Semi Devils | 天龙八部 | Qiao Feng | [8] |
| 2021 | Light the Night | 華燈初上 | Pan Wen-cheng | |
| 2022 | Twisted Strings | 良辰吉時 | Liu Chang-kun | |
| 2022 | Chasing the Undercurrent | 罰罪 | Zhao Peng-chao |
Film
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Formula 17 | 十七歲的天空 | Zhou Tiancai | |
| 2004 | Dream in Hawaii | 夢遊夏威夷 | A Zhou | |
| 2005 | Any Kind of Romance is OK | 怎麼浪漫都可以 | A Gao | |
| 2006 | Catch | 國士無雙 | Wu Lezhi/ Wu Hwaiyi | |
| 2007 | Ming Ming | 明明 | A Tu | |
| 2007 | Blood Brothers | 天堂口 | Shiao Hu | |
| 2009 | Snowfall in Taipei | 台北飄雪 | A Lei | |
| 2010 | Au Revoir Taipei | 一頁台北 | Raymond | |
| 2010 | In Case of Love | 街角的小王子 | Li Jianjun | |
| 2010 | The Tempests of First Love | 初戀風暴 | Wang Yizhe | |
| 2011 | Before Dawn | 天亮以前 | Horror novelist | Short film |
| 2011 | The Next Magic | 下一個奇蹟 | Guo Jie | |
| 2011 | Love on Credit | 幸福額度 | Shen Tao | |
| 2012 | Seed | 種子 | A Mao | Short film |
| 2012 | Love Journey | 逐愛之旅(末日之戀) | A Liang | Short film |
| 2012 | Wishing for Happiness | 想幸福的人 | Yu Xiang | Short film |
| 2013 | The Bendover | 率性生活之末日逆襲 | Xiao Hai | Short film |
| 2013 | David Loman | 大尾鱸鰻 | He Xiang | |
| 2013 | Zone Pro Site | 總舖師 | Ye Ruhai | |
| 2014 | The Crossing | 太平輪：亂世浮生 太平輪：驚濤摯愛 | Yan Zeming | Part 1 and 2 |
| 2014 | The House That Never Dies | 京城81號 | Huo Lianqi | |
| 2015 | The Queens | 我是女王 | Tony | |
| 2015 | Where the Wind Settles | 風中家族 | Sheng Peng | |
| 2015 | Time to Love | 新步步驚心 | Fourth Prince | |
| 2016 | Phantom of the Theatre | 魔宮魅影 | Gu Weibang | |
| 2016 | Distance | 再見，在也不見 | Lin Renzheng | |
| 2016 | My War | 我的戰爭 | Zhang Luodong | |
| 2016 | David Loman 2 | 大尾鱸鰻2 | He Xiang | |
| 2016 | Cold War 2 | 寒戰II | He Guozheng | |
| 2017 | The Village of No Return | 健忘村 | Ding Yuan | Cameo |
| 2017 | This Is Not What I Expected | 喜歡·你 | Cheng Ziqian | |
| 2017 | The Founding of an Army | 建軍大業 | Qian Dajun | |
| 2017 | The Adventurers | 俠盜聯盟 | Chen Xiaobao | |
| 2018 | Monster Hunt 2 | 捉妖記2 | Yunqing | |
| 2019 | Midnight Diner | 深夜食堂 | [9] | |
| 2020 | A Leg | 腿 | Zheng Zihan | |
| 2021 | Dynasty Warriors | 真·三國無雙 | Liu Bei | |
| 2021 | Plurality | 複身犯 | 193 | |
| 2021 | Anita | 梅艷芳 | Benjamin Lam | |
| 2023 | Bursting Point | 爆裂点 | Ying Xiu's husband | Cameo |
| 2025 | Mudborn | 泥娃娃 | Chang Hsu-Chuan |
Variety and reality show
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Divas Hit the Road | 花兒與少年 | Season 3; guest |
| 2024 | Ai's Kitchen | 艾嘉食堂 | Manager[10][11] |
Music video appearances
edit| Year | Artist | Song title |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Aaron Kwok | "Journey" |
| 2000 | Stefanie Sun | "Realize" |
| 2000 | Sandy Lam | "Never Ending Story" |
| 2001 | Shunza | "Can't Forget" |
| 2001 | Sammi Cheng | "Complete" |
| 2001 | Stefanie Sun | "Kite" |
| 2001 | S.H.E | "Too Much" |
| 2002 | Jill Hsu | "Every Day Without You" |
| 2003 | Wakin Chau | "Sad Song" |
| 2004 | Rock Bang | "Wǒ xiǎng nǐ de kuài lè shì yīn wèi wǒ" |
| 2004 | Chris Yu | "Thousand Days and Nights" |
| 2004 | Valen Hsu | "One Kilometer" |
| 2009 | Amber Kuo | "Bù guò wèn" |
| 2011 | Elva Hsiao | "Being Brave" |
| 2012 | Rainie Yang | "Wishing for Happiness" |
| 2012 | Jason Zhang | "Night Blindness" |
| 2012 | Kary Ng | "Rén fēi cǎo mù" |
| 2013 | Michelle Chen | "Sorry" |
| 2019 | Mayday | "World Crazy #MaydayBlue20th" |
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Turn Left, Turn Right | |
| 2010 | Great Expectations | Moses |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 41st Golden Horse Awards | Best New Performer | Formula 17 | Won |
| 2005 | 5th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best New Performer | Nominated | |
| Best Actor | Nominated | |||
| 2006 | 41st Golden Bell Awards | Best Actor | Holy Ridge | Nominated |
| 2012 | 47th Golden Bell Awards | Ex-boyfriend | Nominated | |
| 2016 | 8th Macau International Movie Festival | Best Supporting Actor | My War | Nominated |
| 2022 | 23rd Taipei Film Awards | Best Actor | Plurality | Nominated |
| 57th Golden Bell Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Television Series | Light the Night | Nominated | |
| Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film | Twisted Strings | Nominated | ||
References
edit- ↑ "Tony Yang". chinesemov.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ↑ "《都挺好》今首播 杨祐宁首搭姚晨演绎"最美爱情"". People's Daily (in Chinese). March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ "宋茜郑恺新作《他其实没有那么爱你》定档818 《我的前半生》原班人马打造". Ynet (in Chinese). August 17, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ↑ "《风声》首爆人物海报 杨祐宁戎装硬汉英气逼人". Sina (in Chinese). October 13, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ↑ "《一起深呼吸》曝先导海报 戚薇杨祐宁参演首部援外医疗群像剧". Ynet (in Chinese). December 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ 亦舒《流金岁月》陈道明董子健加盟，刘诗诗倪妮或演闺蜜. Beijing News (in Chinese). April 29, 2020. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- ↑ "章子怡首演大剧《帝凰业》杀青 周一围杨祐宁赵雅芝加盟 2019年开播". Mtime (in Chinese). November 28, 2018. Archived from the original on June 6, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ↑ "新《天龙八部》开机 杨祐宁演乔峰"尔晴"成阿朱". Sina (in Chinese). September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ↑ 梁家辉导演处女作《深夜食堂》定档. Mtime (in Chinese). July 3, 2019. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ↑ "台版「尹食堂」羅PD攜手B2打造《艾嘉食堂》張艾嘉領軍楊祐寧、柯佳嬿、王大陸在泰國蘇梅島開快閃餐廳". marieclaire.com.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
- ↑ "(G)I-DLE舒華加盟《艾嘉食堂》！羅PD親手打造台版《尹食堂》，10月上線Netflix". ELLE Taiwan (in Chinese (Taiwan)). September 27, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
