Dai Xiangyu (), previously known as Dai Yangtian (), is a Chinese actor and model formerly based in Singapore. He was a prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2007 to 2013.

Career

Dai was born in Shaoxing,

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province in 1984. He did some modeling in

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. While in Shanghai he was talent-spotted by MediaCorp and moved to Singapore to sign the contract. His big break came in 2008 when he played Yamamoto Yousuke, a Japanese photographer, in the blockbuster series '' The Little Nyonya'' and earned a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Star Awards. This role was supposed to go to Elvin Ng who was injured just before filming. Dai acted the first time with Elvin Ng in '' Together'' and second time in ''

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''. Dai acted his first antagonist role in '' Breakout''. This is the third time Dai acted with Elvin Ng. Then, 8 Days touted them as the male version of Zoe Tay and Fann Wong. They appeared together in several cover page of 8 Days and I magazine. In 2011, Dai moved back to Shanghai, China and film a co-production drama ''Precious''. He played Ling Zhi Chu in ''Precious''.

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replaced him, who was originally selected to play the role of Mo Li Guang, as the male lead in the drama series

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. In 2012, Dai acted in ''

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''. In 2014, Dai signed on with Chinese artiste management agency Mango Entertainment. As of 29 July 2013, Dai officially changed his name from Dai Yangtian to Dai Xiangyu. After his departure, Romeo Tan replaced him, who was originally selected to play the role of Hong Khee Leong, as the male lead in the drama series Sudden. In 2019, he did the remake of Singapore’s most successful TV drama series ever, reprising the same role that shot him to fame in The Little Nyonya with casts Xiang Yun & Jeffrey Xu.

Personal life

In 2009, Dai applied for Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) status but failed due to his academic certificates and birth certificate are not translated to English. He successfully became a Singapore PR in 2014 but lost the status in 2021 after he failed to renew his Re-Entry Permit in time. Dai married actress

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at Beijing on 19 May 2016.

Filmography

Television

Film

Accolades

References

External links

Profile
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