Edward Peng Yu-Yan (Chinese: 彭于晏; pinyin: Péng Yúyàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phêⁿ Û-àn; born 24 March 1982) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model.

[2] Subsequently, he was admitted to the University of British Columbia and majored in economics, but later dropped out to begin his acting career.

[4] In 2003, he took on his first leading role in the Taiwanese drama Scent of Love, which tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who transcend life and death to find one another in their many reincarnations.

[citation needed] In 2005, he starred in the idol drama When Dolphin Met Cat, portraying an autistic youth.

[4] In 2007, Peng was nominated as Best New Actor at the 44th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for his performance in My DNA Says I Love You.

[citation needed] The film was released a week prior to the opening of the 21st Summer Deaflympics,[8] and became the highest grossing locally produced movie at Taiwan's box office.

[9] After winning the lawsuit in 2010, he released his debut EP titled It Has To Be You, which featured 5 songs under the management of Avex Group.

[4] Unbeatable was the highest grossing local production at the Hong Kong box office, and received positive reviews.

[25] In 2014, Peng was cast as Wong Fei-hung in Rise of the Legend, the latest film about the iconic Kung-Fu master.

[27] The same year, he starred in historical drama Sound of the Desert and coming-of-age film Fleet of Time, which were both commercial successes.

[34] Peng achieved another breakthrough in 2016 with the film Operation Mekong, where he portrayed a hardcore undercover agent along with veteran actor Zhang Hanyu.

The website apologized and released the unedited transcript, showing that the original question referred to "misunderstandings online" without directly mentioning the “seat-swapping.”[55][56] After this incident, Peng significantly slowed down his career.

A plot point in the trailer for 2023 film The Movie Emperor was inspired by this event, although the scene was cut from the theater version.