# Da-her Lin

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 in Taiwan. 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Campus Confidential [zh] | Geek | |
| 2014 | Café. Waiting. Love | Bookclub Chairman | |
| 2015 | Our Times | Da He (大賀) | |
| 2017 | Meant to Be [zh] | Wei (阿偉) | |
| 2018 | Secrets in The Hot Spring [zh] | Lu Qun (魯群) | |
| 2018 | A-Hu [zh] | Qing Zi (慶仔) | |
| 2019 | Big Three Dragons [zh] | Sheng Yi-chang (盛一章) | |
| 2019 | Stand By Me [zh] | Chicken (吹雞) | |
| 2020 | Do You Love Me As I Love You [zh] | A Chong (阿衝) | |
| 2020 | Get the Hell Out | Ku Te-you (古德祐) | |
| 2021 | The Soul | Lai Cheng-guang (賴承光) | Cameo |
| 2021 | Treat or Trick [zh] | Tsung (小聰) | |
| 2022 | My Best Friend's Breakfast | Tang Jung-shian (唐忠獻) | |
| 2022 | Marry My Dead Body | Mao's high school classmate | Cameo; deleted scene |
| 2024 | Dead Talents Society | Non-Believer (超鐵齒) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Can't Be Without You [zh] | Yang Ming-hsun (楊明勳) | Guest role |
| 2017 | Lion Pride | Zhou Wen-xin (周文信) | Recurring role |
| 2017 | HIStory | Bai Chang-chang (白常常) | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2017–2019 | The Teenage Psychic | Birdy (鳥哥) | Recurring role (season 1–2) |
| 2019 | On The Road [zh] | Zhong Han-wen (鍾翰文) | Main role |
| 2019 | Someday or One Day | Chen Si-yuan (陳思源) | Recurring role |
| 2020 | Amensalism [zh] | Lin Chun-xiong (林春雄) | Main role |
| 2020 | I, Myself [zh] | Chang Yi-jui (張一瑞) | Main role |
| 2020 | Non Reading Club [zh] | Customer | Cameo |
| 2021 | The Pond [zh] | Chiang Hsiao-yu (江小魚) | Main role |
| 2021 | Danger Zone [zh] | Guan Mingyang (關銘洋) | Guest role |
| 2021 | Rainless Love in a Godless Land [zh] | Da He (大賀) | Cameo |
| 2022 | Lang, Always by Your Side [zh] | Brother Yu (魚弟) | Main role |
| 2023 | Oh No! Here Comes Trouble | Lu Qun (魯群) | Recurring role |
| 2024 | Love On a Shoestring [zh] | Michael Chao | Co-starring |
| 2024 | Haunted House for Sale [zh] | Masked Man | Cameo |
| 2024 | GG Precinct | The Forensic Medical Examiner | Main role |
| TBA | Agent from Above | TBA | Recurring role |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2019 | 21st Taipei Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Secrets in The Hot Spring [zh] | Won |
| 2019 | 21st Taipei Film Awards | Best New Talent | Secrets in The Hot Spring [zh] | Nominated |
| 2021 | 56th Golden Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | I, Myself [zh] | Nominated |
| 2022 | 57th Golden Bell Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film | The Pond [zh] | Nominated |