Patrick Lee (actor)
{{Short description|Taiwanese actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Patricklee.png
| caption = Lee in February 2012
| native_name = 李沛旭
| native_name_lang = zh
| birth_name = Lee Pei-hsu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Taiwan
| education = {{ubl|Fu Jen Catholic University (BA)}}
| othername =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|Bodybuilding coach}}
| yearsactive = 2002–present
}}
Patrick Lee Pei-hsu ({{zh|t=李沛旭}}; born 7 November 1979) is a Taiwanese actor. He began his career on television and rose to prominence with his roles as Hao Kangde in The Fierce Wife (2010) and Shi Te-long in Office Girls (2011–12), followed by a lead role as Nakamura Kouhei in the period drama series Haru (2015). He has also appeared in the Singaporean crime series Gifted (2018), and the French-Taiwanese action film Weekend in Taipei (2024).
Early life and education
Lee was born on 7 November 1979 in Taiwan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20150321001122-260603?chdtv |title=不甩另一半蔡淑臻 李沛旭甜蜜壁咚王樂妍 |date=21 March 2015 |website=China Times |author=李幼軍 |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803142236/https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20150321001122-260603?chdtv |url-status=live }} He studied at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and was a member of the school's dance club.{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2396757 |title=李沛旭開工「充滿血絲」驚人模樣曝! 自爆師大附中熱舞社:人生走歪了 |date=15 February 2015 |website=TVBS News |author=黃盈容 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216081317/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2396757 |url-status=live }} He then attended Fu Jen Catholic University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in textile design.{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9C%80%E5%BC%B7%E7%B6%A0%E8%91%89-%E3%80%8C%E6%9D%8E%E6%B2%9B%E6%97%AD%E3%80%8D%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E3%80%8C%E5%8F%8D%E5%90%91%E6%80%9D%E8%80%83%E3%80%8D%E9%97%96%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%80%E7%89%87%E5%A4%A9-043958590.html |title=最強綠葉 「李沛旭」利用「反向思考」闖出一片天 |date=6 November 2017 |website=Yahoo! News |author=王淯宣 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh}} He began working as a model during his university years.{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%87%B7%E8%88%8A%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C-%E6%9D%8E%E6%B2%9B%E6%97%AD-%E5%A4%A7%E8%85%95-%E7%B4%9A%E5%AE%8C%E7%BE%8E%E7%99%96-%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%95%E9%9B%A3%E6%90%9E%E4%BD%86%E6%B1%82%E7%84%A1%E6%82%94%E7%84%A1%E6%84%A7-092730086.html |title=懷舊專題/李沛旭「大腕」級完美癖 不怕難搞但求無悔無愧 |date=11 December 2015 |website=Yahoo! News |author=阜方人 |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803142239/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E6%87%B7%E8%88%8A%E5%B0%88%E9%A1%8C-%E6%9D%8E%E6%B2%9B%E6%97%AD-%E5%A4%A7%E8%85%95-%E7%B4%9A%E5%AE%8C%E7%BE%8E%E7%99%96-%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%95%E9%9B%A3%E6%90%9E%E4%BD%86%E6%B1%82%E7%84%A1%E6%82%94%E7%84%A1%E6%84%A7-092730086.html |url-status=live }}
Career
While working as a model in his university years, Lee was spotted by talent agency {{ill|EeLin Entertainment|zh|伊林娛樂}} and signed as an artist following his graduation. He made his acting debut in 2002 with a minor role in the comedy series {{ill|Hot College Students|zh|麻辣高校生}}. He received his first series regular role in the 2003 series 1 Asabulu and went on to take on supporting roles on television. He landed his first lead role in the 2005 medical drama {{ill|Beauty Clinic|zh|好美麗診所}},{{Cite web |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/5667365 |title=【專訪】李沛旭謙虛不敢教演戲 自嘲進化佛系藝人 |date=26 July 2018 |website=Nownews |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803142236/https://www.nownews.com/news/5667365 |url-status=live }} and appeared in the 2008 and 2009 romantic comedy series Fated to Love You and My Queen.
Lee's breakout role came as Hao Kangde in the 2010 romance series The Fierce Wife, playing a cheating husband with a glib tongue. He later reprised the role in the 2012 spin-off film {{ill|The Fierce Wife Final Episode|zh|犀利人妻最終回:幸福男·不難}}. Starting in 2011, Lee took on a lead role as Shi Te-long in the comedy series Office Girls, portraying a mean-spirited and sycophantic department store employee.{{Cite web |url=https://star.setn.com/news/994066 |title=瑤瑤快看!《小資女》史特龍一語成讖 網笑翻:畫面有聲音 |date=7 September 2021 |website=SET News |author=劉沛妘 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320161442/https://star.setn.com/news/994066 |url-status=live }} This became one of Lee's most iconic roles, and his bilingual acting style of incorporating English words into Chinese dialogue became his signature.{{Cite web |url=https://www.setn.com/m/news.aspx?newsid=1232511 |title=李沛旭嬌妻「無罩正面照」公開了!網讚翻:難怪包緊緊 |date=1 January 2023 |website=SET News |author=梁雪婷 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806000717/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1232511 |url-status=live }} Lee had a small role as Brother Nuo in the 2012 Singaporean action film Imperfect, and received another lead role in the 2015 period drama Haru, playing the antagonistic Japanese detective Nakamura Kouhei. Lee subsequently landed main roles in the drama series {{ill|People Life, Ocean Wild|zh|海海人生}} and the romance series {{ill|Just For You (2017 TV series)|lt=Just For You|zh|只為你停留}}, as well as the Singaporean crime series Gifted.
In 2020, Lee left EeLin Entertainment and announced a career switch to become a bodybuilding coach.{{Cite web |url=https://star.setn.com/news/931817 |title=李沛旭「20年前青澀照」曝光!網一看驚呆:根本蘇有朋 |date=29 April 2021 |website=SET News |author=李艾庭 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023182023/https://star.setn.com/news/931817 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1619226 |title=李沛旭「巨手臂」打完BNT衝健身房 無後遺症嘆:老人認證 |date=27 October 2021 |website=TVBS News |author=張士哲 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031032514/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/1619226 |url-status=live }} He signed with {{ill|Catwalk Production House|zh|凱渥}} the following year to pursue a career in feature films.{{Cite web |url=https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/3345634 |title=李沛旭掰了20年伊林跳槽凱渥拚轉型電影咖 |date=8 November 2020 |website=Liberty Times |author=李依純 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh}} Lee starred in the 2023 Singaporean horror film Circle Line, and as Bolo in the 2024 French-Taiwanese action film Weekend in Taipei.
Personal life
Lee began dating his The Fierce Wife co-star Janel Tsai in 2011,{{Cite web |url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/327323 |title=「有了就會結婚」 李沛旭蔡淑臻交往3年好事近 |date=21 February 2014 |website=ETtoday |author=吳玫穎 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805143824/https://star.ettoday.net/news/327323 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=505645 |title=情斷蔡淑臻早有跡象?李沛旭爆被毀婚關鍵是「她」 |date=1 March 2019 |website=SET News |author=王奕棋 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806000719/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=505645 |url-status=live }} and they broke up in 2020 after Tsai revealed that their relationship had deteriorated due to her health problems that emerged in 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=800708 |title=情斷8年李沛旭!蔡淑臻藏7個月 終於鬆口「分手關鍵」 |date=21 August 2020 |website=SET News |author=李嘉翎 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125113437/https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=800708 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://style.udn.com/style/story/8065/4798943 |title=與李沛旭8年情斷!蔡淑臻鬆口談分手原因 |date=21 August 2020 |website=United Daily News |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806000743/https://style.udn.com/style/story/8065/4798943 |url-status=live }} Lee announced his marriage with a Chinese-Thai woman in July 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/patrick-lee-calls-out-men-stare-wife-678101 |title=Taiwanese Actor Patrick Lee Calls Out Other Men For Staring At His Wife’s Hot Body While Getting Coffee |date=25 August 2022 |website=8days |last=Toh |first=Ziyi |access-date=5 August 2024 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906114800/https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/patrick-lee-calls-out-men-stare-wife-678101 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230427001566-260404?chdtv |title=李沛旭結婚半年鬆口「夫妻彼此疑慮」 認了:嫁宅男的結果 |date=27 April 2023 |website=China Times |author=蕭雅文 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=zh}}
Filmography
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References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Taiwanese actors
Category:Fu Jen Catholic University alumni