Dylan Kuo is a Taiwanese actor, model and singer. Besides Taiwan he has worked in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Japan. He speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese (with a Mandarin accent) and limited English. He rose to fame in 2004 after playing the lead role in the GTV drama "The Outsiders". At age 17 he was scouted by a modeling agency to become a model, because he was underage at that time he needed his father consent when signing the contract. His father was highly against him becoming a model and told him to concentrate on his studies instead. Few years later at age 19 and wanting extra spending money he decided to try modeling secretly without letting his father know. In 2003, he made his acting debut in small cameo roles, his most notable one for the idol drama "The Rose".