Lin He-hsuan (Chinese: 林鶴軒; born 7 January 1991), also known by his stage name Da-her Lin (大鶴), is a Taiwanese actor best known for his role as Lu Qun in the comedy horror film Secrets in The Hot Spring (2018), for which he won Best Supporting Actor in the 21st Taipei Film Awards. He also starred in the coming-of-age romance films Our Times (2015) and My Best Friend's Breakfast (2022), as well as romance series The Teenage Psychic (2017–2019) and Someday or One Day (2019).

Early life and education

Lin was born on 7 January 1991. He has two elder brothers and a younger sister. He became interested in acting during primary school, after his class teacher invited him to join the drama club. He chose to study performing arts at the Taipei Municipal Fuxing Senior High School and was a classmate of fellow actor Greg Hsu. Lin continued his studies at the National Taiwan University of Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama. Prior to his acting debut, he was one of the regular hosts of the university student-focused talk show College Talk[zh].

Career

Lin made his acting debut with a minor role in the 2013 romance film Campus Confidential[zh]. Since then, he has starred in various coming-of-age romance films, beginning with the 2014 Café. Waiting. Love, and gained public recognition for his role as the gang buddy of Darren Wang's character in the 2015 Our Times. In 2017, Lin landed a recurring role as Birdy in the supernatural romance series The Teenage Psychic, which he later reprised in the second season released in 2019.

Lin's breakout role came as Lu Qun, one of the three students who went to a hot spring hotel to escape school bullies, in the 2018 comedy horror film Secrets in The Hot Spring[zh]. For this role, Lin won Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for Best New Talent at the 21st Taipei Film Awards. In 2019, Lin had a main role in the drama series On The Road[zh] and appeared in the romance series Someday or One Day. The following year, he landed main roles in the sci-fi series Amensalism[zh] and romance series I, Myself[zh], for which he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series in the 56th Golden Bell Awards with the latter. He also starred in the coming-of-age romance film Do You Love Me As I Love You[zh], but a large portion of his scenes were cut from the final version due to pacing.

In 2021, Lin received his first sole male lead role in the fantasy series The Pond[zh] directed by Cheng Wei-hao, for which he received a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film in the 57th Golden Bell Awards for this role. In 2022, Lin starred in another coming-of-age romance film, My Best Friend's Breakfast. The following year, he had a recurring role in the comedy series Oh No! Here Comes Trouble, and also served as the acting coach for the cast. Lin appeared in a main role as the Forensic Medical Examiner in Cheng Wei-hao's 2024 crime comedy series GG Precinct.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Campus Confidential[zh]Geek
2014Café. Waiting. LoveBookclub Chairman
2015Our TimesDa He (大賀)
2017Meant to Be[zh]Wei (阿偉)
2018Secrets in The Hot Spring[zh]Lu Qun (魯群)
A-Hu[zh]Qing Zi (慶仔)
2019Big Three Dragons[zh]Sheng Yi-chang (盛一章)
Stand By Me[zh]Chicken (吹雞)
2020Do You Love Me As I Love You[zh]A Chong (阿衝)
Get the Hell OutKu Te-you (古德祐)
2021The SoulLai Cheng-guang (賴承光)Cameo
Treat or Trick[zh]Tsung (小聰)
2022My Best Friend's BreakfastTang Jung-shian (唐忠獻)
Marry My Dead BodyMao's high school classmateCameo; deleted scene
2024Dead Talents SocietyNon-Believer (超鐵齒)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Can't Be Without You[zh]Yang Ming-hsun (楊明勳)Guest role
2017Lion PrideZhou Wen-xin (周文信)Recurring role
HIStoryBai Chang-chang (白常常)Recurring role (season 1)
2017–2019The Teenage PsychicBirdy (鳥哥)Recurring role (season 1–2)
2019On The Road[zh]Zhong Han-wen (鍾翰文)Main role
Someday or One DayChen Si-yuan (陳思源)Recurring role
2020Amensalism[zh]Lin Chun-xiong (林春雄)Main role
I, Myself[zh]Chang Yi-jui (張一瑞)Main role
Non Reading Club[zh]CustomerCameo
2021The Pond[zh]Chiang Hsiao-yu (江小魚)Main role
Danger Zone[zh]Guan Mingyang (關銘洋)Guest role
Rainless Love in a Godless Land[zh]Da He (大賀)Cameo
2022Lang, Always by Your Side[zh]Brother Yu (魚弟)Main role
2023Oh No! Here Comes TroubleLu Qun (魯群)Recurring role
2024Love On a Shoestring[zh]Michael ChaoCo-starring
Haunted House for Sale[zh]Masked ManCameo
GG PrecinctThe Forensic Medical ExaminerMain role
TBAAgent from AboveTBARecurring role

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
201921st Taipei Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorSecrets in The Hot Spring[zh]Won
Best New TalentNominated
202156th Golden Bell AwardsBest Supporting Actor in a Television SeriesI, Myself[zh]Nominated
202257th Golden Bell AwardsBest Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television FilmThe Pond[zh]Nominated

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