Kingone Wang

Kingone Wang (; born 5 May 1980) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and host. He was part of the boy band Comic Boyz and winner of Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He is the alumni of both National Chiao Tung University and Chinese Culture University.

Early life On 5 May 1980, Wang was born in Taipei. He is the only child in his family. His given name "" means "the one to inherit".

His father is a senior doctor in dermatological department. His mother died of cancer when he was only 17.

During his years at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Wang frequently topped the class; the school subsequently recommended him for admission to National Chiao Tung University.

Career

Wang began his media career in modeling and attracted public attention with his figure and looks. Many feel that Wang's attractive figure is a combination of the Hong Kong popstar Andy Lau and Taiwanese popstar Jay Chou. in 2002, Wang was signed by Sony Music (Taiwan) to form a 6-man boy band Comic Boyz (可米小子) where he was the leader of the group. They acted in several Taiwanese dramas and released 3 albums: Hey Hah! (可米小子), 2002; 青春紀念冊 2003; Goodbye 可米小子新歌+精選, 2005 before disbanding in 2005.

After Comic Boyz disbanded, Wang continued to pursue his career in the Taiwanese entertainment industry, hosting TV shows and playing supporting roles in TV dramas. In 2005, Wang played a supporting role in the drama Evil Scorpion (魔蠍) for which he won the 2005 Best Supporting Actor at the 40th Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan. He also starred alongside Rainie Yang and Mike He in Devil Beside You (惡魔在身邊) in 2005 and Why Why Love (換換愛) in 2007, where he played a sensitive university basketball team captain and a large shopping centre's CEO, respectively. Wang is currently signed by Ocean Butterflies Music Co Ltd, and released his first EP Love, KingOne (換換愛) on 14 August 2007.

In 2009, Kingone was nominated for the second time for Best Supporting Actor at the 44th Golden Bell Awards, Taiwan for his role as Gao Yi in Black & White.

Personal life Wang married Lin Hsiao-wei in November 2017 after two years of relationship. Together they have a daughter who was born in 2018.

Wang is able to speak English, Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. He is currently completing Graduate degrees in both Civil Engineering at National Chiao Tung University and Philosophy at Chinese Culture University.

In his spare time, Wang likes music and sport, especially golf and darts.

Filmography

Film Year English title Original title Role Notes 2010 Love 50% 愛情折扣 Zhang Wen-kai 2010 My Own Justice 愛情折扣 公視人生劇展- 再見全壘打Lin Xin-yi Television 2012 Penguin Fufu 企鵝夫婦 Fan Hsiao-jiang 2014 Rite of Spring 2016 Mole of Life 黑白 Zhang An-ping 2017 The Detective Caught 全民情敵 Li Jie-ao 2020 Bo Knows Love 我叫梁山伯 Liang Shan-bo Television 2020 Prequel of the Monkey King 大聖前傳 Sun Wukong 2022 S–Girl 科學少女 Liu Jia-qi 2022 Ni gan bu gan? 你，敢不敢？－隔壁女兒的書包 Television

Television series

2012

2015 The Day I Lost You|失去你的那一天 Meng Zeming

2019 Goodbye My Princess 东宫 Li Chengye Youku

Hosting Azio TV Asia Entertainment Centre (weekend host) Azio TV Azio Music Expert (東風音樂通) Comic Boyz Adventure (惡童探險記) Eastern U-STAR Asia Popular New Artiste co-host (東風U-STAR亞洲新紅人選主持人之一) Magic Love Horoscope (星座愛情魔法) 2005 Golden Bell Awards, red carpet co-host

Discography

Solo EP Album info Track listing Love, KingOne (EP) (換換愛) Format: Extended Play (AVCD) Released: 14 August 2007 Label: Ocean Butterflies Music Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop "Why Why Love" MV (換換愛 MV) "Why Why Love" (換換愛) "The World I Want" (我要的世界) "Welcome to My Heart"

Soundtrack contributions Album info Track listing Goku Dou High School Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (極道學園電視原聲帶) Format: Studio album (CD) Released: 5 October 2006 Label: Ocean Butterflies Music Language: Mandarin Genre: Mandopop "Lovin' U" (Wang Kingone) "極道戰役" (Wang Kingone+李偉豪+馬如龍+藤岡靛)

Comic Boyz albums Album # Album info Track listing 1st Hey Hah!! Comic Boyz Released: 25 November 2002 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: Mandopop "Hey!Hah!" "求愛復刻版" (Old School Love) "超人心" (The Heart Of Superman) "最重要的你" (The Most Important You) "我忍住哭" (I Hold on My Tears) "喜歡你" (Loving U) "Blue Miracle" "Buddy" "相信" (Belief) "青春無敵" (Forever Youth) "Hey! Hah!" (Asia Remix) "Hey! Hah!" (Euro Remix) 2nd Youth Souvenir Book (青春紀念冊) Released: 29 December 2003 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: Mandopop "Number 2" "青春紀念冊" (Youth Souvenir Book) "紅蜻蜓" (Red Dragon Fly) "花季" (Flower Season) "他" (Him) "Hold Me Close" "我討厭" (I Hate It) "我的野蠻女友" (My Sassy Girlfriend) "愛的入場劵" (Love Coupon) "愛像什麼" (Love What) 3rd Goodbye Comic Boyz (New + Best Selection) (Goodbye 可米小子 新歌+精選) Released: 21 January 2005 Label: Sony Music Taiwan Language: Mandarin Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: Mandopop "愛情不用翻譯" – Starry Night (愛在星光燦爛時) ending theme (new) "好奇無上限" – Starry Night (愛在星光燦爛時) opening theme (new) "Hey!Hah!" "求愛復刻版" (Old School Love) "紅蜻蜓" (Red Dragon Fly) "我忍住哭" (I Hold on My Tears) "花季" (Flower Season) "超人心" (The Heart Of Superman) "Number 2" "Hold Me Close" "青春無敵" (Forever Youth) "喜歡你" (Loving U) "我的野蠻女友" (My Sassy Girlfriend) "青春紀念冊" (Youth Souvenir Book)

BookMen's Talk'' (型男Talk): A book co-written by Wang and Matt Wu, men's talk around their lives, the world and philosophy. . Release date: 20 December 2006)