[b]Chinese Name: Su You Peng
Cantonese Name: So Yao Pang
English Name: Tommy, Alec
Nickname: Little Tiger
Birth Date: 11th September 1973
Birth Place: Taipei (Taiwan)
Current Age: 33
Family Members: Parents and a younger brother
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 58.5 kg
Chinese Zodiac: Cow
Blood Type: B
Extra:
Favourite Colour: Ivory
Favourite Beverage: Pure juice
Favourite Flower: Rose
Favourite Singers: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Nakamori Akina
Favourite Songs: Western pop music
Favourite Weather: Clear days and little rain
Hobbies: Listening to music, singing, reading
Alec Su (Simplified Chinese: 苏有朋, Traditional Chinese: 蘇有朋, Pinyin: Sū Yǒupéng) (born on September 11, 1973 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese pop star and well-known actor. He became famous as a member of the Taiwanese Idol Band The Little Tigers formed in 1988 and later in his first Chinese TV series Princess Pearl (series 1 and 2).
Alec Su’s stardom career started in 1988, at the age of 15, when he joined The Little Tigers trio boy band. The band was the first idol singing group that debuted in the Taiwanese music industry. Its elevated popularity was unprecedented by any other singing group at the time. The Little Tigers attracted fans from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and almost among all Chinese communities around the world. The popular music group was compared to as the Chinese Beatles. The success of the band began the new generation of Taiwanese pop culture in the early 1990s.
Apart from being a talented singer, he was often epitomized by the general public as a superior student. He attended Taiwan’s number one high school, Taipei Municipal Chien-Kuo High School and was accepted at the prestigious National Taiwan University. Alec’s outstanding academic achievements are recorded in his book entitled “Youth Never Die.”
In 1995, after the break up of The Little Tigers, Alec Su embarked on his filming pursuit. His role as the fifth prince in the Chinese TV series blockbuster Princess Returning I, II swiped Asia and won him the fame of an idolized actor in 1997. He surprised the audience in 2000 with another hit TV series Romance in the Rain that further drove his popularity and success to never before. His later TV series Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber animated the role of WuXia hero“Zhang Wu Ji.” In 2004, Alec Su starred in the giant production TV series Love of the Aegean Sea collaborating with Korean Actress Chaerim. His upcoming TV saga Magic Touch of Fate is projected to be the highest budgeted Modern Chinese Series co-acting with Taiwanese actress Ruby Lin and Korea’s A1 singer Kang Ta. The new films are expected to spread dynamic waves into the Chinese film industry.
Along with his robust filming success, he has released thirty top-selling albums. Starting from The Little Tigers, the band’s every album hit Taiwan’s number 1 spot in the Music Charts. Alec Su continued his adherence to music as a solo artist presenting ten single albums. Beginning with his first well-acclaimed Go to Are You Happy or Not to his latest release Before and After, his music career has received eminent achievements in Taiwan and China.
Alec Su’s sixteen years of extensive accomplishments and vigorous efforts as an artist have solidified his stellar status in the Chinese Entertainment Circle. His talent, resolution, and intelligence mark the prominence of his fame and the definite prosperity of his future career. Alec Su is a true star in the minds.
