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Leon Dai

Leon Dai

Actor, also editor · Born July 27, 1966 (60) · Taichung County, Taiwan

Leon Dai (Chinese: 戴立忍; pinyin: Dài Lìrěn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tè Li̍p-jím, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film Cannot Live Without You was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 27, 1966 (60)
From
Taichung County, Taiwan
Works as
Actor, also editor
Titles
17 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 14% in 30 days

What are Leon Dai's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
22%
Morality
19%
Survival
19%
Power
11%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 8 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles
Shapeshifter
1 of 4
Hero
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4
Mentor
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
6
Bittersweet
3
Contemplative
3
Dread
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Leon Dai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Leon Dai's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

76 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Agent from Above(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Demon King of Sixth Heaven

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • No Other Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Kung Fu(2026)

    as Huang Jun

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Tán-thāi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Zero Day Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chen Zhi-Hao

  • Father Dean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 10 episodes · as Chao Yu-ching

  • The Black Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Mo Jian Chang

  • Tomorrow Is a Long Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Chua

  • Wave Makers(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Chang-tse Chao

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Bad Education(2022)

    as Mr. Hsing

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • One Afternoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Father

  • Visitors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Your Name Engraved Herein(2020)

    as Adult Chang Jia-han

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • 挟刀揉手 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as 自己

  • The Great Buddha+(2017)

    as Kevin Huang

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Godspeed(2016)

    as Ta Pao

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Peaceful Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as 郝平生

  • At Cafe 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Coffee Shop Boss

  • Love in Vain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The Final Master(2015)

    as Curved Knives Fighter

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Where's the Dragon? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Frog referee (voice)

  • Sentence Me Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Kang Furong

  • The Assassin(2015)

    as Tian Xu

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Elena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Chen Ching-Piao

  • Kara-Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Hot Blood Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Luo Yan

  • Zinnia Flower(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Sex Appeal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Professor Lee

  • Love Evolutionism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Secret Sharer(2014)

    as Captain Wang

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Devil

  • Fall of Ming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Brother-in-Law

  • The Deadly Strands(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black & White: The Dawn of Assault (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Jabbar

  • 10 Plus 10 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · as Hsiao-pang's Uncle (segment "Reverberation")

  • The Law of Attraction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Zhou Yunshan

  • The Fourth Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Le beau père

  • Reign of Assassins(2010)

    as The Magician

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Cannot Live Without You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Buttonman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Ballistic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Parking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pimp

  • The Wall-Passer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Tye Adult

  • Silk(2006)

    as SWAT Leader

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 39 episodes · as Qiu Qingcheng

  • Blue Cha Cha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Chen Sang

  • The Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Dong Heng

  • Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 20 episodes · as Ming Kao

  • Sacrificial Victims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Robinson's Crusoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Robinson

  • Somewhere Over the Dreamland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Twenty Something Taipei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Double Vision(2002)

    as Li Feng-bo

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • B.T.S. (Better Than Sex) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Mad Cop

  • Summers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Editor

  • Summer, Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Betelnut Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Tiger

  • Hidden Whisper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Fleeing by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Huang Zilei

  • The Cabbie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Gangster Boss

  • Yi Yi(2000)

    as Liren

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • A Chance to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as San

  • March of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Zhan Tian-ma

  • Tamsui Vanity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • The Pact of Choshui River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Dong

  • Tempting Heart(1999)

    as Adult Ho-jun

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Youngsters from Lanyang River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • The Stone On the Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Blue Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Chuen-Shu

  • Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Sweet Degeneration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Ah-hai

  • Red Lotus Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • The Noblest Way to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Chopin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Trinity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles, 73 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Reign of Assassins (2010)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

The Great Buddha+ (2017)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Wave Makers (2023)

Film career

19922026

Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 75: 71 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thDirecting4 of 75: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting1 of 75: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleEditing2 of 75: 0 only editing, 2 with another role

75 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s9 · acting2000s26 · 23 acting · 3 crew2010s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles
0015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Leon Dai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Kung Fu (2026)

76th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Yi Yi (2000)

Midcredits 98th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Leon Dai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Leon Dai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chao-Bin Su shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers