King Kong

Biography

King Kong is a Taiwanese actor and host, whose original name is Li Xin Qiao. He was born on January 19, 1981, in Taiwan, and has a sister who works as an elementary school teacher. He attended Hulu Elementary School in Shilin District, Taipei City, then Taipei Taitai Private High School, and later Taipei Institute of Marine Technology. After graduation, he worked in a barbershop before being discovered by a talent scout and entering the entertainment industry. He began his acting career in 2002 in Taiwan and rose to fame through his role as "King Kong" in the third generation of the series "Spicy Teacher," which he later adopted as his stage name. He went through a difficult period early in his career, working as a guest on variety shows for five years without prominent roles. In 2009, he decided to move to Hong Kong on the suggestion of TVB executive Yune Ling and joined TVB. He gained widespread popularity in Hong Kong due to his comical Cantonese accent and funny performance on the show "Super Game Awards" in 2010. In 2011, he won the "Best TVB Male Artist with Most Improvement" award at the Star & TVB Awards for his role as "Xiangshan Tieye" in the series "No Regrets." In 2015, he landed his first leading role in the series "Love Food Chain," co-starring with popular host Siu Yi. He was nominated in 2016 for the "Favorite TVB Drama Character" award in Malaysia for his role in the same series. After his contract with TVB ended in 2017, he moved to Wang Zuolan's studio "Handicraft Creation." He returned to live in Taiwan to care for his parents and revealed in an interview that he quit smoking in 2016 but suffered from weight gain and fatty liver disease. In 2019, he co-hosted the travel program "C9 Travel Group" on ViuTV, where he traveled with his sister and visited his elementary school. He joined Shaw Brothers as an artist under their roster in 2020. In May 2021, he underwent surgery at Taipei Chang Gung Hospital to remove an anal fistula.