Shih Ming-shuai (Chinese: 施名帥; born 23 August 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and television host. He appeared in the films The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful (2017), The Scoundrels (2018), and Nina Wu (2019), before landing leading roles in the film Classmates Minus and the FTV series Animal Whisper (both 2020), for which he received a nomination for Best Male Lead in the 56th Golden Bell Awards. He also co-hosted the variety program Three Piglets from 2021 to 2022 and won Best Host in a Reality Show in the 57th Golden Bell Awards. In 2024, he won Best Supporting Actor in the 61st Golden Horse Awards for his performance in GATAO: Like Father Like Son.
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Early life and education
Shih was born on 23 August 1982. He grew up in a single-parent family, primarily raised by his grandparents, while his mother worked as a nurse at Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. He described his family's financial situation as poor and began working part-time as early as elementary school. Shih attended Hwa Kang Arts School for high school, where he later reflected on his years as lacking motivation, repeating his freshman year three times and even being suspended for a semester due to fighting. After watching Legacy, a dance performance choreographed by Lin Hwai-min, Shih developed an interest in performing and worked hard to gain admission to Taipei National University of the Arts. He initially studied at the School of Dance in his freshman year but transferred to the School of Theater Arts in his second year. He explained that he transferred because of a knee injury sustained from frequent dance practices, and he chose to pursue acting instead to ensure a longer performing career. He was a classmate of fellow actor Huang Di-yang. He spent a total of six years at TNUA before graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. During his university years, Shih began filming advertisements, including one alongside Gwei Lun-mei, and also performed as a stage actor for Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group and Move Theater.
