Troy Liu Tzu-Chuan (Chinese: 劉子銓; born 30 January 2003) is a Taiwanese actor best known for starring in the drama film The Silent Forest (2020), which earned him an IFFI Best Actor Award in the 51st International Film Festival of India.
Liu was born on 30 January 2003, in Taiwan.[1] He is the son of Taiwanese actor Renzo Liu and actress Chen Jin.[2] Liu wasn't interested in acting when he was young. However, film director Chen Wei-ling, a friend of Renzo Liu, discovered his talents and encouraged Liu to participate in school dramas.[3] After several performances in junior high school, Liu became fond of acting and Chen invited him to star in her television series On Children in 2018 when Liu was 14.[3][4] In 2020, Liu auditioned and won his breakout role as Chang Chen in the drama film The Silent Forest,[5] a hearing-impaired student at a special school who discovered a fellow female student being gang-raped and sexually harassed by the school bullies.[6] Liu won an IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) in the 51st International Film Festival of India,[7] and was nominated for Best New Talent in the 23rd Taipei Film Awards with the role.[8] Liu took a hiatus from acting in 2021 and attended Taipei University of Marine Technology to study fashion styling design and management.[9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Silent Forest | Chang Chen (張誠) | [6] |
| 2023 | Antikalpa | Fatty (小胖) | [10] |
| The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon | Goldie (金毛) | [11] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | On Children | Chi Pei-wei (紀培偉) | Main role[4] |
| 2020 | 76 Horror Bookstore | Wang Xiao-hua (王少華) | Main role[12] |
| 2024 | The Victims' Game | Young Lin Min-cheng (林明誠) | Recurring role (season 2)[13] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51st International Film Festival of India | IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) | The Silent Forest | Won | [7] |
| 23rd Taipei Film Awards | Best New Talent | Nominated | [8] |
