Kingone Wang


Kingone Wang 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 "傳一" 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 of Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, his mark was always very first-class. So the school recommended him for admission to National Chiao Tung University.
Kingone 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.

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 to form a 6-man boy band Comic Boyz where he was the leader of the group. They acted in several Taiwanese dramas and released 3 albums: Hey Hah!, 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 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 in 2005 and Why Why Love 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 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.

Filmography

Film

Mediacorp TV series

Hosting

Solo EP

Original soundtrack

Comic Boyz albums

Book

Men's Talk