| Native Name: | 劉修甫 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Birth Place: | Taiwan |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 2018–present |
Liu Hsiu-fu (; born 1997) is a Taiwanese actor best known for his debut role as Chung Kuo-yen in the PTS series On Children (2018), which earned him a nomination for Best Newcomer in a Miniseries in the 54th Golden Bell Awards.
Liu was born in 1997 in Taiwan.[1] He has an elder sister who studied abroad in Hong Kong.[2] His parents divorced when he was in kindergarten, and the siblings were raised by their father.[3] [4] Liu described his relationship with his father as close and his childhood as one spent in a "strict household", which contributed to him achieving good academic results.[5] He attended a private school starting in junior high, and was a member of the rock club in high school.[6] He later enrolled at National Taichung University of Science and Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Design, majoring in product design.[7] During his university years, he was invited by a friend to star in a senior's graduation film project, which sparked his interest in acting,[8] and he also worked as a model for magazine covers and advertisements.
When Liu was in his third year of university, he participated in an audition on his sister's recommendation.[9] He was selected by director Chen Wei-ling, who found his "melancholic aura" very suitable for the role after seeing him at casting.[10] [11] Liu made his debut at the age of 19 as Chung Kuo-yen in the segment "Child of the Cat" of the 2018 PTS series On Children,[12] starring alongside Chung Hsin-ling. His performance earned him a nomination for Best Newcomer in a Miniseries or Television Film in the 54th Golden Bell Awards, and prompted him to move to Taipei to work full-time as an actor after receiving the nomination.[13] Following his debut, Liu starred as Ying Si-de, the stepbrother of the characters played by Pets Tseng and, in the 2019 drama series The World Between Us, and took on a main role as Bryan Chang's deceased brother in the 2020 series .
In 2021, he appeared in a supporting role in the sci-fi thriller Plurality, and was named Top Talent by the Taipei Film Festival.[14] Liu played another significant role as Guan Heng-da, the younger brother of the male lead played by Marcus Chang, in the 2023 romance series . In 2024, he appeared as the son of characters played by Christopher Lee and Tien Hsin who suffers from ALS, in the sci-fi series . That same year, Liu landed his first lead role in the feature film Pierce, a Singapore-Taiwan-Poland project, where he played Zijie, a fencer and the younger brother of a former fencing champion portrayed by Tsao Yu-ning. John Lui of The Straits Times praised Liu's "breakthrough performance", which captures "both the physical demands of competitive fencing and the psychological complexity of a young man";[15] while John Berra of Screen Daily described Liu's portrayal as "wholly empathetic", naturally reflecting the character's youthful and skeptic nature.[16]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Plurality | Lin Zi-ping (林子平) | [17] | |
| 2024 | Pierce | Zijie (子滐) | [18] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | On Children | Chung Kuo-yen (鍾國衍) | Main role; segment: "Child of the Cat"[19] | |
| 2019 | The World Between Us | Ying Si-de (應思德) | Recurring role[20] | |
| 2020 | Shi Da-heng (時大恆) | Main role[21] | ||
| 2023 | Guan Heng-da (關恆達) | Main role[22] | ||
| 2024 | Hsiao Kuang (小匡) | Main role[23] | ||
| Main role[24] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 54th Golden Bell Awards | Best Newcomer in a Miniseries or Television Film | On Children | [25] | ||
| 2024 | 19th Rome Film Festival | Best First Film Award | Pierce | [26] |