Tseng Jing-hua (Chinese: 曾敬驊; pinyin: Zēng Jìng-Huá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chan Kèng-hôa; born 30 December 1997) is a Taiwanese actor from Yilan. He is best known for playing the character of Birdy in the 2020 film Your Name Engraved Herein, the highest-grossing LGBT film in Taiwan. He also appeared as Wei Chung-ting in the supernatural horror Detention, for which he received a nomination for Best New Performer at the 56th Golden Horse Awards.
In 2025, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 62nd Golden Horse Awards for his performance in Family Matters.
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Education
In high school, Tseng was encouraged by his parents to play the saxophone as a member of his high school band and initially intended to pursue a career in swimming, but ultimately chose to study film instead. He chose to attend college at I-Shou University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree from its Department of Film and Television.
Career
In his first film role, Tseng played Wei Chung-ting, the main male character in Detention who "awakens awakens to the reality of Taiwan’s authoritarian regime" over the course of the film. Set in the 1960s, during the White Terror era, the 2019 production was a box office hit, becoming the only domestically-made movie that year to gross more than NT$100 million in its first week of release. Tseng was nominated for Best New Performer at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards for this role.
