Sam Lin (, born October 1, 1993) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He was a first generation member of the Taiwanese boy group SpeXial, from 2012 to 2020.
Biography Sam and his high school friend Brent were both discovered by talent agency Comic Communications, which were in the midst of producing a four-member boy band to succeed Fahrenheit. After successfully winning a series of auditions, both Sam and Brent were selected to be part of the first generation of SpeXial, alongside Wes Lo and Wayne Huang. Sam's position in the group was center and rapper.
SpeXial debuted on December 7, 2012 with the release of their self-titled debut album. Sam and Brent also starred as main characters in the Taiwanese drama KO One Return (2012), to promote the group's release. Sam went on to star in its sequel KO One Re-act (2013) and the spin-off K.O. 3AN-GUO (2017), alongside other SpeXial members.
On May 15, 2015, Sam temporarily left SpeXial to fulfill his compulsory military service. He was honorably discharged on May 14, 2016. He had his comeback stage on May 21, 2016 at the SpeXial Land 2016 concert.
From 2017 to 2019, Sam was a co-host on the entertainment variety show, Showbiz. The Taiwanese idol drama Five Missions (2018) was Sam's first drama as lead actor separate from his projects with SpeXial.
In 2019, he formed the music duo, the Dragon Tiger Brothers, with his SpeXial bandmate Brent Hsu.
In May 2020, Sam announced that he has joined a new management TVBS, officially marking his departure from SpeXial.
In 2021, he starred in the popular BL web drama series We Best Love.
Filmography
Film Year Title Chinese title Role Notes 2015Jack's Grandfather 傑克的爺爺Lin Zi Hong 2016 Kill Me 殺了我 Shitu Qian2017A Tale of a Two-Timer 麥呆的劈腿日記Mai Wei Address Unknown 查無此人 Shitu Qian Super Firm 異能事務所之嗜血判官 Shen Yixing
Television series Year Title Chinese title Role Network Notes 2012 KO One Return 終極一班2 Zhong Wan-jun GTV Supporting role 2013 Fabulous Boys 原來是美男 Himself FTV, GTV Cameo (Episode 1) KO One Re-act 終極一班3 Zhong Wan-jun GTV Supporting role 2014 The X-Dormitory 終極X宿舍 Fighter GTV Cameo (Episode 40) Angel 'N' Devil 終極惡女 Xiang Ming GTV Cameo (4 episodes) 2015 Jack's Grandfather 傑克的爺爺 Lin Zi-hong Television filmLead role School Beauty's Personal Bodyguard 校花的貼身高手 Lin Yi (voice actor) iQIYI Season 1 Moon River 明若曉溪 Mu Liu-bing GTV, Line TV Lead role 2017 A Tale of Two-Timer 麥呆的劈腿日記 Mai Wei Television filmLead role K.O. 3AN-GUO 終極三國 Guan Yu GTV Lead role 2018 KO One Re-call 終極一班5 Wan Shuang-long GTV Cameo (8 episodes) Between 三明治女孩的逆襲 Qu Zi-jun SET Supporting role Five Missions 艾蜜麗的五件事 Dou Lei TTV, EBC Lead role 2020 I, Myself 若是一個人 Yang Da-he PTS, CTS Supporting role2022Golden Dream on Green Island 茁劇場－綠島金魂Yang Zhi JiePTS Lead role
Web series Year Title Chinese title Role Network Notes 2021 We Best Love: No. 1 for You 永遠的第一名 Gao Shi-de WeTV Lead role We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd 第二名的逆襲Rainless Love in a Godless Land 無神之地不下雨Zhang Yu Xun iQIYICameo2023W Series: Love Yourself沒有你依然燦爛Li Long YiLINE TVSupport Role2024Unknown關於未知的我們YOUKUCameo
Variety shows Year(s) Title Chinese title Role Network Notes 2016 100% Entertainment 娛樂百分百 Himself GTV Guest presenter (6 episodes) 2017–2019 Showbiz 完全娛樂 YouTube Regular co-host2021WBL Boys' Vacation微波爐男孩的假期WeTVRegular member
References
External links Sam Lin on Instagram