Patrick Lee Pei-hsu (Chinese: 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).

Patrick Lee
李沛旭
Lee in February 2012
Born
Lee Pei-hsu

(1979-11-07) 7 November 1979 (age 45)
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Bodybuilding coach
Years active2002–present

Early life and education

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Lee was born on 7 November 1979 in Taiwan.[1] He studied at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and was a member of the school's dance club.[2] He then attended Fu Jen Catholic University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in textile design.[1][3] He began working as a model during his university years.[3][4]

Career

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While working as a model in his university years, Lee was spotted by talent agency EeLin Entertainment [zh] and signed as an artist following his graduation.[3] He made his acting debut in 2002 with a minor role in the comedy series Hot College Students [zh].[4] He received his first series regular role in the 2003 series 1 Asabulu and went on to take on supporting roles on television.[4] He landed his first lead role in the 2005 medical drama Beauty Clinic [zh],[5] and appeared in the 2008 and 2009 romantic comedy series Fated to Love You and My Queen.[1][6]

Lee's breakout role came as Hao Kangde in the 2010 romance series The Fierce Wife, playing a cheating husband with a glib tongue.[3][4] He later reprised the role in the 2012 spin-off film The Fierce Wife Final Episode [zh].[7] 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.[4][8] This became one of Lee's most iconic roles,[8] and his bilingual acting style of incorporating English words into Chinese dialogue became his signature.[3][9] Lee had a small role as Brother Nuo in the 2012 Singaporean action film Imperfect,[3] and received another lead role in the 2015 period drama Haru, playing the antagonistic Japanese detective Nakamura Kouhei.[4] Lee subsequently landed main roles in the drama series People Life, Ocean Wild [zh] and the romance series Just For You [zh],[10][11] as well as the Singaporean crime series Gifted.[12][13]

In 2020, Lee left EeLin Entertainment and announced a career switch to become a bodybuilding coach.[14][15] He signed with Catwalk Production House [zh] the following year to pursue a career in feature films.[16] Lee starred in the 2023 Singaporean horror film Circle Line,[17] and as Bolo in the 2024 French-Taiwanese action film Weekend in Taipei.[18]

Personal life

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Lee began dating his The Fierce Wife co-star Janel Tsai in 2011,[19][20] and they broke up in 2020 after Tsai revealed that their relationship had deteriorated due to her health problems that emerged in 2016.[21][22] Lee announced his marriage with a Chinese-Thai woman in July 2022.[23][24]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Fierce Wife Final Episode [zh] Hao Kangde (郝康德) [7]
Imperfect Brother Nuo (諾哥) [3]
2015 Baby Steps [zh] Danny's brother [25]
2019 Big Three Dragons [zh] Sky Bird Brother (天鳥哥) [26]
2023 Circle Line Ah Nam [17]
2024 Weekend in Taipei Bolo [18]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Hot College Students [zh] Student Guest role[4]
2003 1 Asabulu Hsiao-pao (小炮) Recurring role[4]
2005 Beauty Clinic [zh] Chou Hsi-lang (周喜郎) Main role[5]
2008 Fated to Love You Gu Chi (古馳) Recurring role[1]
2009 My Queen Wei Er-Kang (魏爾剛) Recurring role[6]
2010 The Fierce Wife Hao Kangde Recurring role[4]
Zhong Wu Yan [zh] Lin Gai-shi (林蓋世) Recurring role[27]
2011 Somewhere Over The Sky [zh] Senior official Guest role[28]
2011–2012 Office Girls Shi Te-Long (史特龍) Main role[4]
2012 The Songs Of Soil [zh] Mr. Shiraishi Recurring role[29]
In Between [zh] Meng Ke-Wei (孟克偉) Recurring role[30]
Wo Men Fa Cai Le [zh] Cheng Jian-ting (程建廷) Main role[31]
2013 Love SOS [zh] Hsiao Hsang-feng (邵翔風) Main role[32]
2014 Fabulous 30 Edison Guest role[33]
Pleasantly Surprised Food critic Guest role[1]
Say I Love You Yi Jun's ex-boss Cameo[34]
2015 Aries [zh] Chang Chia-Ming (張家明) Main role[1]
Haru Nakamura Kouhei Main role[4]
2016 A Good Day [zh] Brother Niu (紐哥) Cameo[35]
People Life, Ocean Wild [zh] Wei Huan (魏歡) Main role[10]
The Legend of Flying Daggers Tai Po (泰普) Recurring role[36]
2017 Just For You [zh] Chiao Kai-Teng (喬楷騰) Main role[11]
2018 Gifted Guan Dezhi (關得志) Main role[13][12]
Mermaid Sauna [zh] A Bu (阿布) Main role[37]
The Sound of Happiness Liu Da-wei (劉大為) Guest role[38]
2019 Best Interest [zh] Wang Cheng-Min (汪正民) Cameo[39]
2021 Tears on Fire [zh] Sun Zheng-hong (孫正弘) Cameo[40]
TBA Demonic World [zh] TBA Main role[41]

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