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.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Sunny Wang
Born	(1982-11-02) November 2, 1982 New York, New York, United States
Nationality	Taiwanese American
Alma mater	New York University Stern School of Business New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	2011-present
Agent	Univerises Entertainment Marketing
Spouse(s)	Dominique Choy ( m. 2015)
Musical career
Also known as	Wang 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

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

Film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2012	100% Kiss
2015	Gatao	角頭	Michael
2016	Lost in the Pacific	蒸發太平洋
2017	My Other Home	纽约人在北京
2017	Pigeon Tango	盜命師	Malacca

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song title
2011	Valen Hsu	"Parisberries"
2011	Rainie Yang	"Imperfect Love"

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References

2. 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.
3. Dramafever http://www.dramafever.com/news/sunny-wang-is-engaged-after-a-most-romantic-proposal/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. Sunny Wang, hkmdb.com
5. Sunny Wang, chinesemov.com

External links

• Sunny Wang's Official WeiBo (in Chinese)