Bruce Chiu, the Taiwanese actor who plays Lin Jiakai in the BL series Connecting to You

Bruce Chiu

BIOGRAPHY

Bruce Chiu Yi-tai (Chinese: 邱以太; born 8 September 1999 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese actor. He plays Lin Jiakai in Connecting to You (2026), the GrX Studio Boys’ Love series adapted from Beck’s web novel.

He began on screen in 2019 with the sports film We Are Champions (下半場), playing Li Yen-tai, and has worked steadily in Taiwanese film and television since. His credits include After School (成功補習班, 2023) as Cheng Hsiang, Suffocating Love (2024), The Chronicles of Libidoists (2024), Luke in the 1990s-set high school film The Uniform (夜校女生, 2025), Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo (2025) and the series Oops! I’m in Jail (2025). In 2026 he appears in Bloody Smart (聰明鎮), Welcome to Dolly’s House in a voice role, and Connecting to You.

He is a second-generation performer. His father is the entertainer Gao Ren-jie (高人傑) and his mother is the television presenter Lin Yeh-ting (林葉亭).

Between 2023 and 2026 his credits arrive at a pace of one to three titles a year. After School in 2023 was followed by Suffocating Love and The Chronicles of Libidoists in 2024. The year 2025 brought The Uniform, the horror feature Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo and the series Oops! I’m in Jail. In 2026 he is credited in Bloody Smart, and he voices a part in Welcome to Dolly’s House. He also plays Lin Jiakai in Connecting to You.

Two Boys’ Love credits

Two of his titles are classified as Boys’ Love: After School, a 118 minute feature released to cinemas on 22 September 2023, and Connecting to You, a streaming series of twelve episodes plus a special in 2026. The Uniform is not among them, despite its school setting.

Bruce Chiu’s two Boys’ Love credits are a 2023 cinema feature and a 2026 streaming series.

After School reached cinemas on 22 September 2023 with a running time of 118 minutes. Connecting to You aired its twelve episode main run from 14 August to 11 September 2026, followed by a special episode on 18 September 2026.

Between the two he moved through a sports film debut in 2019, horror in Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo and a voice role in Welcome to Dolly’s House, so the two Boys’ Love titles sit inside a filmography that covers several genres.

What I find worth noting is how varied that list is. A cinema feature, a school film, a horror release and a voice part rarely sit together on the list of an actor still in his twenties, and to me it reads as someone testing different ground rather than settling into one type.

PROFILE DETAILS

Native Name
邱以太
Real Name
Chiu Yi-tai (邱以太)
Nickname
Bruce
Pronouns
he/him
Born
(Age 27)
Birthplace
Taipei, Taiwan
Gender
Male
Western Zodiac
Virgo ♍
Chinese Zodiac
Rabbit 🐇
Profession
Nationality
Debut
2019 · We Are Champions (下半場, 2019) as Li Yen-tai
Years Active
2019-present
Languages
Mandarin Chinese

FILMOGRAPHY: TV SERIES (1)

TRIVIA

  • His screen debut was the 2019 basketball film We Are Champions (下半場), a mainstream Taiwanese sports drama rather than a romance.
  • In 2022 he appeared in the television drama 仙女姐姐來我家 playing the Earth God (土地公).
  • His first Boys’ Love credit is a cinema release, not a series: After School (成功補習班), 118 minutes, released 22 September 2023.
  • Connecting to You (整個世界,只有你連上了我) is adapted from a web novel by Beck and produced by GrX Studio. He plays Lin Jiakai in its twelve episode main run and the special that followed.
  • He works across genres unusually widely for his age, including horror in Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo (2025) and voice work in Welcome to Dolly’s House (2026).
  • Both of his social accounts use yitai, the romanisation of his given name 以太, rather than the English name Bruce.
  • He turned twenty seven on 8 September 2026, three days before the main run of Connecting to You came to its end.
  • He was twenty four when After School reached cinemas on 22 September 2023, two weeks after his birthday.
  • The special episode of Connecting to You aired on 18 September 2026, exactly one week after the last episode of the main run.
  • Both of his 2024 credits, Suffocating Love and The Chronicles of Libidoists, arrived one year after After School.
  • In 2025 he holds three credits: a school film, a horror feature and a series.
  • His mother is a television presenter and his father an entertainer, so both parents work in front of an audience.
  • His birthday on 8 September makes him a Virgo, and the Rabbit is his Chinese zodiac sign.
  • At 118 minutes, After School is two minutes short of two hours.
  • His list holds fifteen credits in all, and only two of them are Boys’ Love.
  • Seven years separate his first credit in 2019 from Connecting to You in 2026.
  • From the sports film of 2019 to the streaming series of 2026, his list passes through a school film, a horror feature and a voice role.

CAREER AT A GLANCE

Bruce Chiu holds one record across the site: one leading role.

It dates from 2026.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is Bruce Chiu?

Chiu Yi-tai (邱以太), known as Bruce, born 8 September 1999 in Taipei, is a Taiwanese actor. He plays Lin Jiakai in the Boys’ Love series Connecting to You (2026).

What was his first role?

Li Yen-tai in the 2019 sports film We Are Champions (下半場).

Which of his titles are Boys' Love?

Two. The 2023 feature film After School (成功補習班), in which he plays Cheng Hsiang, and the 2026 series Connecting to You.

Is The Uniform a Boys' Love film?

No. It is a 1990s-set Taiwanese high school drama released in February 2025, and he plays Luke in it.

What else has he appeared in?

Suffocating Love (2024), The Chronicles of Libidoists (2024), Haunted Mountains: The Yellow Taboo (2025), the series Oops! I’m in Jail (2025), Bloody Smart (2026) and a voice role in Welcome to Dolly’s House (2026).

Is he related to anyone in the industry?

Yes. He is the son of the entertainer Gao Ren-jie (高人傑) and the television presenter Lin Yeh-ting (林葉亭).

Where can I follow him?

Instagram at @yitai__ and his official Facebook page at facebook.com/yitai.official.

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