JN Yu

JN Yu (Chinese: 余杰恩, Yu Jie-en; also credited as Jerry Yu; born March 28, 1998 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor signed to iStar Entertainment. He graduated from Ming Chuan University’s Department of Information Communication and trained in jazz drums from childhood, competing publicly in the discipline before acting became his profession, a background his agency still lists among his core skills alongside badminton and singing.

He entered the industry through web drama and idol television in the late 2010s, then moved steadily into leading and second-lead roles. His BL filmography began with Be Loved in House: I Do (2021), where he played Wu Si-qi, and continued with The On1y One (2024) as Pang Xie. Outside the genre he appeared in Bro and Me (2019) as Jie En and in the 2026 series Bloody Smart, and he has kept up a parallel commercial career, fronting campaigns for Suzuki, Taiwan Mobile and Amway and print work for EDWIN, MUJI and FILA.

His film work stepped up sharply in the mid-2020s. He appeared in the 2023 feature Pipe Dream as Li, then took the role of Chiu Tai-cheng in Marching Boys (2025), the 1990s-set drama directed by Chiang Jui-chih, which went on to collect 62nd Golden Horse Award nominations including Best New Performer and Best Action Design and was selected for the Golden Rooster Film Festival, the Asian World Film Festival and the Chiang Mai International Film Festival. In 2026 he reunited with Chiang on the Taiwanese BL series Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars, playing Li Wan-zhe across all twelve episodes. He stands 183 cm (6’0″) and speaks Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien.