Alec Su

Biography

Alec Su (born on September 11, 1973 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a versatile Chinese singer and actor. His career started in 1988, at the age of 15, when he joined the Little Tigers (Xiao Hu Dui), which became the first idol singing group in the Taiwanese music industry. The trio's popularity was unprecedented: Little Tigers attracted fans from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and within other Chinese communities around the world. The success of the band started a new generation of Taiwanese pop culture in the early 1990s. During his early years in show business, Su was also epitomized as a superior student. He attended Taiwan's number one high school, Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, and was accepted at the prestigious National Taiwan University. His experiences as a high school student preparing for the strenuous Taiwan national college examinations while coping with the demands of his singing career are recorded in his book entitled "My Days at Jian Zhong" (aka "Youth Never Die"). In 1995, after the break-up of Little Tigers, Alec Su embarked on a film career. His role as the fifth prince in the Chinese TV series blockbuster Huan zhu ge ge (1998) ("Princess Returning Pearl") won him fame as an television actor in 1997. He has continued acting in television productions, with several hit TV series, including Profound Love in Heavy Rain (2001) ("Romance in the Rain"), Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (2002) (Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre), Love of the Aegean Sea (2003), Warriors of the Yang Clan (2003), and The Mischievous Princess (2005) (Mischievous Princess). His most recent television production is Da Zhen Fan, a drama with a 1950s working class setting, which completed filming in June 2008. In addition to television, Alec has acted in a dozen theatrical…