Edison Song

Song was born on 4 November 1994 in Taiwan.^[1] He has an older sister,^[2] and grew up in Taipei.^[3] In high school, he aspired to become a jazz musician and was a member of the school's rock music club,^[4][5] but was discovered by a talent scout while accompanying his girlfriend to a casting audition.^[6][7] He was initially cast in Shen Ko-shang [zh]'s Siren Song, a drama film adapted from Chang Kuei-hsing's novel of the same name, but the project did not materialize.^[8] Due to his parents' objections to studying performing arts, Song attended and later graduated from Jinwen University of Science and Technology with a degree in international commerce.^[9][8] However, he developed an interest in acting and persuaded his parents to support him,^[9] beginning to film advertisements and music videos at the age of 19 while still at university.^[4]

Song made his acting debut in 2014 alongside his girlfriend in the crime film Partners in Crime,^[10][9] and he had a minor role as a student arguing with Austin Lin's character in the romance film At Cafe 6.^[11] He began his acting career in earnest in 2017, starring as Ho Shih-jung, an idealistic high school student involved in social activism, in the PTS series Days We Stared at the Sun II [zh].^[12] Director Cheng Yu-chieh approached Song after watching a 2015 short film Laser in which he starred, inviting him to join the project a year before production began.^[13][14] Since Song did not participate in the Sunflower Student Movement, he prepared for his role by reading books and watching documentaries about the protest.^[15] He subsequently landed starring roles in the homosexual-themed web series HIStory as Feng He, who falls in love with his stepbrother (played by Duke Wu),^[16] as well as in the horror web series Ghost High School [zh].^[17] Song received nominations for Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries for Ghost High School and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for Days We Stared at the Sun II in the 53rd Golden Bell Awards.^[18] He also had supporting roles in the drama films The Gangsters Daughter [zh] and The App from Heaven [zh] that same year.^[19][20]

In 2018, Song starred as Xiaosi, the lead singer of the fictional band Dictator, in the drama film Killed by Rock and Roll [zh].^[21] Han Cheung of Taipei Times remarked on his casting, noting that all the band members in the film were played by real-life musicians except for Song, whom he described as a "heartthrob".^[21] In 2019, Song was cast as the male lead, Qu Shou-zhi, in the coming-of-age romance series Brave to Love [zh] alongside Gingle Wang.^[22] He then took on another lead role as Mai-zi, a university student who develops a relationship with a junior played by Ivy Shao, in the romance film Stand By Me [zh].^[23] Song appeared as one of the three leads in the fantasy series Moonlight Romance [zh],^[24] and as part of a love triangle in the romance series I, Myself [zh], alongside Sun Ke-fang [zh] and Sam Lin.^[25] He also had a supporting role as Huang Li-tse in the thriller series The Magician on the Skywalk [zh],^[26] and made cameo appearances in the Netflix series Light the Night and the Disney+ series Women in Taipei.^[27][28]

In 2022, Song played Yuan-shou, the chairman of a high school guitar club who is secretly loved by the female lead (played by Moon Lee), in the film My Best Friend's Breakfast.^[29] That same year, he received his breakout role as Han, an enabler of a high school gang, alongside Kent Tsai and Berant Zhu in Kai Ko's crime film Bad Education.^[30] John Berra of Screen Daily praised the "fresh-faced leads" and commended Song for distinctly portraying his character's enabling nature.^[31] He also had a starring role as a friend of Sweet Potato (played by Lee Hong-chi) in the 2023 drama film Love Is a Gun, although John Berra of Screen Daily described his role as an "inconsequential cameo".^[32] He is set to star in the upcoming horror series Bloody Smart [zh].^[33]

• Edison Song at IMDb