Jerry Yan

He dated top Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling for awhile but later broke up. There were rumours that they are together again, but his official status remains single on social media. There are also rumours that he is dating model and actress, Seanna Chang and a few other co-stars.

Jerry Yan was born Liao Yang Zhen on January 1, 1977 in Taiwan. He came from a middle class family of Mongolian ethnicity. He and his sister were brought up in Taoyuan, Taiwan, by a single mother, as his father died when he was 12 years old. When he was young he took up menial jobs to make ends meet of his family. However, he always dreamt of becoming a star and overcoming his family’s poverty.

As a young lad he decided to become an actor and model and took part in a number of talent competitions to try his luck. His talent finally got recognised in 1998 when he won the TVBS Modelling competition and the Men’s UNO Modelling Competition that launched his career into show business.

He started his career as a model by filming for advertisements of various brands in 2000. He also appeared in a few music videos and debuted with a minor role in the television serial ‘Love Scar’.

He first rose to fame with his role as Dao Ming Si in the prime time Taiwanese television drama serial ‘Meteor Garden’. The show was a great success as a result of which it was closely followed by its sequel ‘Meteor Garden II’ that was equally popular.

The cast of ‘Meteor Garden’ consisted of Jerry and his close friends Vic Chou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu who continued their association on stage by forming the boy band called ‘F4’. The band released their first studio album in 2003 which became a hit in Asia. The band ‘F4’ steadily gained popularity and became a youth sensation.

Jerry released his first solo studio album ‘Jerry for You’ in 2004 that took the music world by storm. The album won multiple awards and was one of the Top 10 Selling Mandarin Albums of the year 2004. He made his film debut the same year by acting in the comedy movie ‘Magic Kitchen’ with movie stars Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng. By then Jerry was a youth icon in Taiwan and China.

Jerry gained popularity in the rest of Asia when he starred in the Taiwanese medical serial titled ‘The Hospital’ that was imported by the Japanese television company NHK in 2006. He played the lead role as Su Yihua, who is a professor and a surgeon in the hospital.

Jerry Yan has released three solo studio albums titled ‘Jerry for You’ (2004), ‘Freedom’ (2009) and ‘My Secret Lover’ (2010) under the label of Sony Music Taiwan in Mandarin language.

He has also been part of the music albums titled ‘Meteor Rain’ (2001), ‘Fantasy 4ever’ (2002) and ‘Waiting for You’ by the group F4.

He has played the lead roles in the movies ‘Magic Kitchen’ (2004), ‘Ripples of Desire’ (2012), ‘Lupin III: Necklace of Cleopatra’ (2014) and ‘Our Times’ (2015).

His major television serials include ‘Meteor Garden’ (2001), ‘The Hospital’ (2006), ‘Down With Love’ (2010), ‘Loving Never Forgetting’ (2014), ‘My Best Ex-Boyfriend’ (2015) and ‘Because Love’ (2016).