Tony Yang (Chinese: 楊祐寧; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Iū-lêng; born 30 August 1982) 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 (1982-08-30) 30 August 1982 (age 42)
Taipei, Taiwan
Other namesYang You-ning
Yang Yo-ning
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Melinda Wang
(m. 2020)
Children1
AwardsGolden Horse Awards Best New Performer
2005 Formula 17

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊祐寧
Simplified Chinese杨祐宁
Hanyu PinyinYáng Yòuníng
Hokkien POJIûⁿ Iū-lêng

Filmography

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Television series

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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

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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 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

Variety and reality show

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Year English title Original title Notes
2017 Divas Hit the Road 花兒與少年 Season 3; guest

Music video appearances

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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

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Year Title Role
2008 Turn Left, Turn Right
2010 Great Expectations Moses

Awards and nominations

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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

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  1. ^ "Tony Yang". chinesemov.com. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "《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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "《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.
  5. ^ "《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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "新《天龙八部》开机 杨祐宁演乔峰"尔晴"成阿朱". Sina (in Chinese). September 27, 2018.
  9. ^ 梁家辉导演处女作《深夜食堂》定档. Mtime (in Chinese). July 3, 2019.
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