Early life
Ming Dao was raised and born in Taiwan, his family was really poor. At the tender age of 12, Ming Dao helped his family to run a stall in Da Guan Qiao market selling dried fish and various kind of preserved seafood. Ming Dao grew up in a loving and close-knitted family, he often talked about his childhood with excitement and is never ashame of his unprivilledged background. Instead, he felt that it was an important learning process for him as a person and credited his warm personality from his humble background. It was reported that he used to suffer from infantile paralysis and his brother has to carry him around when he was young. In his Middle School, Ming Dao would come to the wet market everyday after school to help out with his family stall, when he bumped into his classmates and friends, Ming Dao never felt inferior. He would happily greet his classmate and coax them to purchase from his stall. This earned him the nick " Market Prince". In fact, Ming Dao never aspires to join the entertainment industry, he initially wanted to open a bike Shop. Unfortunately, his family fell into debt because of wrong investment, this became the driving factor for Ming Dao to host the King of Adventure and marked the start of becoming a celebrity. Ming Dao never look back since.
Career
Modelling
Ming Dao was first discovered in 1999 when he took part in a variety show hosted by Jacky Wu titled Guess Guess Guess, . The show invited Zhao Wei,Ruby Lin and Fan Bing Bing, who were the main actresses of Princess returning Pearl at that time. They were supposed to guess who is voted as the most Manly and Suave . 100 female students were supposed to vote for the five contestants and 40 voted for Ming Dao. Ruby Lin was the only one with the correct guess. This showed her foresight for many years later this young boy became one of the most famous Taiwanese Idol of all time. In the interview Ming Dao said that his friend who admired him a lot enrolled him for the contest, and he said that the reason he won is because of his young age which is much closer to the female voters. Such humbleness indeed come in handy when he join the showbiz later on.
After this show, Ming Dao was discovered by an unknown modeling agency. Later on, he modeled for various advertisement. Due to his good look and charismatic smile, Ming Dao became staple in many bridal photo shoot. Afterwards, he also appeared in several MVs:Fei Shiang's SHE, R&B's Love Bubble , and Zhou Bo Xiong's I am beside you .
In 2000, he participated in Super sunday, in a selection to choose for F4 members. However he was unsuccessful.
Early Work
King of Adventure
Ming Dao was featured in King of Adventure as a down-to-earth Taiwanese Student from a relatively poor background, whose parents were just a hawker and never set a foot outside Taiwan his entire life. Then, many people were skeptical of his ability to host this program due to the lack of experience and his then poor English language proficiency. This made him work harder than anyone else, in order to prove his ability. Ming Dao rely on his basic instinct and his interaction with his new surrounding to let the viewer discover the different culture and history of various cities that he visited.
The countries that he visited when hosting King of Adventure are India, Korea,Egypt, Germany, Namibia, New Zealand, Laos, Guam, Fiji, Alaska, Mexico, Oman, and Indonesia, Kalimantan.
Eventually after two years, Ming Dao's hard work was recognized when he won the 40th Taiwan Golden Bell Awards for the best host.
Heaven's wedding Gown
This is Ming Dao first acting experience, and he received a lot of praises considering that he is a beginner. A lot of people were impressed when he cried and emotionally break-down after the death of his beloved uncle who raised him.
Ming Dao acted as a bike racing champion, Chen Hai Nuo, who fell in love with the cute and innocent Tao Ai Ching and tried his best to protect and care for her. However, a touching and complex love triangle develops as Ai Ching love Zi Hao Leon Jay Williams. A detailed sypnosis of can be found .
This Drama is rated as the Champion Idol Drama in 2004.
Rise of the Dark Knight
Initially, the producers refused to cast Ming Dao as the lead role in The Prince Who Turns into a Frog as they felt that his skin was too dark and does not conform to the typical Chinese perception of Prince Charming. However, they decided to take a risk. Ming Dao managed to creep into the hearts of many viewers in his dual role as both the confident perfectionist Shan Jun Hao and innocently angelic Dang-Oh. When this drama was broadcasted all over Asia, Ming Dao become an instant celebrity with many ardent fans following him around. Indeed such a romantic fairy-tale comedy of a contemporary cinderella is always an all-time favorite.
His next drama Magician of Love in which he co-starred with his band mates Sam Wang and Jacky Zhu from the 183 Club is not only widely received but also send the whole Asia into a frenzic 183 fever. Their shows, concerts and albums became the top hit in Taiwan. Some talk show host even joked that whenever they visit the program, it would boost the rating instantly.
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