What has noughties heartthrob Eddie Peng been up to? The Taiwan-born actor dazzled at Cannes with his best friend, Black Dog’s Xin the dog, posed for Longines and Berluti, and takes his mum on vacays

Jun 6 , 2024

What has Taiwanese superstar Eddie Peng been up to lately? Photo: @yuyanpeng/Instagram

Eddie Peng stars in Guan Hu’s Black Dog, which won the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes – he made an appearance on the red carpet with his co-star Xin, a dog he adopted after filming wrapped

Peng has also been in films including Ann Hui’s Our Time Will Come and Love After Love, adapted from a Eileen Chang novel, and will be in an upcoming film with Hong Kong’s Louis Koo

Last month, Taiwanese actor and singer Eddie Peng made an appearance at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival for his part in the film Black Dog.

Along with the film’s director Guan Hu, Peng walked the red carpet with his canine co-star, Xin. In the film, which took home the festival’s Un Certain Regard award, Peng plays Lang, a man hired to remove stray dogs ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Eddie Peng posing with the dog Xin at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Reuters

After the film wrapped, Peng and Xin apparently developed such a close bond that the actor decided to give a forever home to the Jack Russell greyhound cross, per AP. At the festival, the actor went on record to say that Xin gave him a fresh perspective on acting – and even on life.

While Peng might not be a regular at the French film festival, he has been a household name in his native Taiwan and across Asia for two decades. The Taiwan-born actor grew up in Canada and reportedly scored his first on-screen role in 2002 when he returned to Taipei for a summer holiday.

Eddie Peng is a Longines Ambassador of Elegance. Photo: Longines

After starring in his first role in the television series Tomorrow, an adaptation of anime Asunaro Hakusho, Peng, 42, nabbed a part in romance series Scent of Love, cementing his place along with actors like Ethan Juan and Joseph Chang as up-and-coming Taiwanese heartthrobs in the 2000s.

In 2015, Peng debuted onto the international film circuit when his film To the Fore was selected for consideration in the best foreign-language film category at the 88th Academy Awards, though it was not shortlisted. The Hong Kong film documents the journey of Jiu Ming, a professional cyclist played by the actor, as he pushes his athletic limits. Peng’s association with the sport landed him the role of Tour de France Goodwill Ambassador in 2015.

Eddie Peng Yu-yan in a still from Love After Love, a movie by Ann Hui. Photo: Alibaba Pictures

Peng followed up with a role in 2017 in war film Our Time Will Come, which tells the story of the resistance during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941. Peng plays Liu Heizai, a resistance leader, starring alongside renowned Chinese actress Zhou Xun.