Personal Info
Birth date
1973-02-08 (52 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Taipei, Taiwan
Also known as
Nien-Hsien Ma
Ma Nian Xian
Mã Niệm Tiên
Ma Nian-xian
Ma Nien-Hsien
Biography
Ma Nien-Hsien (馬念先) is a Taiwanese singer and actor born in Taipei. He is a founding member, singer and guitarist of the funk rock band Sticky Rice (糯米糰).
Filmography
It Started With a Kiss
7.5
Overview:
A live-action television adaptation of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss written by Kaoru Tada.Light the Night
8.2
Overview:
In the red light district of 1980s Taipei, women at a popular Japanese night club navigate jealousy, heartbreak, friendship and love.More than Blue: The Series
7.3
Overview:
More than Blue: The Series revolves around the journey of music producer Wang Po Han and his assistant An Yi Qi to find the copyright owner of the mysterious song for their artist, A-Lin. They also came across a diary belonging to K who is the producer of the mysterious song and traveled into the life story of K through the diary. The diary tells the story of K and Cream, two orphans who journey through life and share experiences in sadness and joy together. However, K is diagnosed with fatal leukemia cancer. Knowing that Cream's biggest fear is to be left alone, K keeps the fact that he has terminal cancer a secret.Forget You Not
9
Overview:
An aspiring stand-up comedian turns her struggles into heartfelt humor as she balances work and relationships while caring for her aging father.Time Story
8
Overview:
This epic period piece follows the lives of several families in a military village from the 1960s to the 1990s.GG Precinct
7.1
Overview:
Facing a trail of murders staged as chilling word games, a rookie police captain and a goofy detective race to solve a serial killer's deadly puzzles.The Victims' Game
7.6
Overview:
After discovering his estranged daughter's link to mysterious murders, a forensic detective with Asperger's syndrome risks everything to solve the case.The Floating Generation
NYR
Overview:
Three girls in different situations and stages in life decided to leave Hong Kong for their own reasons and aspirations and try to take root in Taiwan. However, there’s always an unpredictable distance between imagination and reality.Undertaker
NYR
Overview:
A body removal technician encounters the emotional and mysterious stories of the deceased he handles, uncovering their lives, relationships, and secrets.Sweet Relationship
NYR
Overview:
Sweet Relationship is a Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Alan Kuo, Megan Lai and Patty Hou. It is based on a Japanese josei manga Oishii Kankei by Satoru Makimura. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Chu Yu-ning. The series was first boardcasted in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System from 16 September 2007 to 27 January 2008, every Sunday from 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 from 22 September 2007 to 2 February 2008, every Saturday at 21:00. It only received moderate rating despite the promising cast as well as story. The average rating of the drama after the final episode was 1.50.Your Name Engraved Herein
7.864
Overview:
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.Rock ‘n’ Road
NYR
Overview:
After you hit bottom, is it possible to return to the top? Former top child actress Lin Wei Zhen (Kimi Hsia) has been unable to find work as she grew older in the entertainment industry, throwing her in the pits of depression and self-pity. She then meets Zhou Shu Yu (Chris Wu), a producer who is at the peak of his successful career. But when his friend Xu Li Da (Mike Lee) and his girlfriend, Yang Jia Xin (Nita Lei), both betray him, Shu Yu loses everything he has worked so hard to attain. With only Wei Zhen at his side at his lowest moment, can the former child star and the rock-bottom producer help each other to regain their former glory?Cape No. 7
6.5
Overview:
Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to be great or anything, they formed an impossible band.Marry My Dead Body
7.1
Overview:
After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.Amour-Legende
NYR
Overview:
Oshima wakes up in the middle of a desert in South America with no memory. A woman named Coco is lying beside him. Coco tells Oshima that he was originally planning on crossing the desert with his girlfriend May to get to Snow Mountain, but May suddenly disappeared, leaving him at bay. Coco helped him out by chance, and now they're heading to Snow Mountain together.Perhaps May is already there...The Killer Who Never Kills
5.1
Overview:
Trevor Ou is The Killer Who Never Kills, an assassin who earns the trust of his targets before snuffing their lives – and he does it without killing them! Trevor fakes the deaths of his targets and gives them new identities, but when his first target Grace returns – and reveals her love for him – Trevor may need to find a more permanent solution.God Man Dog
5.8
Overview:
A professional hand model Ching suffers from post-natal depression and her architect husband Hsuing is unable to deal with it, driving their marriage to the brink of collapse.Locust
NYR
Overview:
In Taiwan, as the 2019 Hong Kong protests erupt across the strait, Zhong-Han, a young silent thug, leads a life divided between his work in a family restaurant and parties in the dark Taipei underworld. But when a questionable businessman wants to buy the restaurant, Zhong-Han is drawn into a whirlwind of events that confronts him with the corrupt power games of his country.Sweet Alibis
6
Overview:
Chi-yi is a veteran cop, who values his own safety more than anything else and is therefore infamous for his cowardice and poor efficiency at work. Yi-ping, on the other hand, has just graduated from the police academy and is more than ready to prove herself regardless of any risks. Daughter of the head of the National Policy Agency, Yi-ping is secretly kept away from danger by being appointed to team up with Chi-yi. Starting from a seemingly pointless case of a puppy’s accidental death, the essentially incompatible pair unexpectedly dig up the clues to a series of mysterious deaths.All You Need Is Love
6.2
Overview:
Tired of her family constantly nagging her to get married, spoiled heiress Yeh Fenfen (Shu Qi) books a stay at a beautiful villa on the Penghu Islands, which are the subject of a classic song on a tape left for her by her mother. When she arrives at her destination, she's dismayed to find that the gorgeous villa is actually a rundown B&B owned by Wu (Richie Jen). It turns out that Wu's friends, hoping to drum up some business for the B&B, falsified a few details about the state of the property on the internet. Angered by the deception, Fenfen packs her bags and leaves the next day. But, when she loses all of her luggage on the boat ride, Fenfen has no choice but to head back to the island.Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
6.1
Overview:
More than 20 years ago, there were three "Ban Dou" master chefs who dominated the catering business in Taiwan. However, the street banquet business has been in decline since Taiwan's economic boom. Master Fly Spirit wants to pass the family recipes and culinary skills on to his only child, Wan, but she desperately wants to run away from the family business and to become a film star.David Loman
4.1
Overview:
David Loman, a simple country bumpkin who accidentally becomes a big boss in the criminal underworld. A decade passes, and life seems to go on as usual - solving daily problems for locals and receiving "protection fees" - until one day a deity tells David through a medium that he needs to find a double to avoid a catastrophe. Panicky, the boss seeks help from Old Ho, who agrees to pass as David for a few days, but is assassinated when attending a gathering with fellow gangsters.Leaving Virginia
4.3
Overview:
A-Lie and Big D are friends and both virgins. To celebrate Big D’s birthday, A-Lie suggest to Big D that he should lose his virginity. On the Internet, the duo hire an escort called Wonderland. However, in a love hotel, Wonderland dies from a drug overdose and her body leaves the duo in shock. Eager to dispose the body, A-Lie takes advantage of his online celebrity status and asks Xi-Shi, a fan of A-Lie’s, to use her van and help the duo get rid of corpse. They stumble into numerous weird accidents, a journey full of desire, suspicion and betrayal and in the end, the cruelest summertime they have ever had.Acting
TBA等待 as Unknown
TBAUndertaker (1 Episode) as Unknown
2025Locust as Unknown
2025Forget You Not (1 Episode) as Partner B
2024Breeze By The Sea (18 Episodes) as 蔡有才
2024GG Precinct (6 Episodes) as Chang Yung Kang
2024The Floating Generation (15 Episodes) as 博哥
2024The Lyricist Wannabe as Manager Kao
2023Cry Me Through Hell as Zhang Ming Ming
2023The Miracle on Christmas Eve as Jing-Xiang
2023Marry My Dead Body as Chang Yung-kang
2021Light the Night as Tsai Huo-wang
2021More than Blue: The Series (8 Episodes) as Chi / Mr. Chi
2021ME as A-Li's Father
2020Your Name Engraved Herein as Adult Horn
2020Memory Eclipse (1 Episode) as Director
2020Leaving Virginia as Unknown
2020The Victims' Game (8 Episodes) as Hui Zi
2018Nana's Game as Zhong Rui-qi
2016A Good Day (66 Episodes) as Wen Guang De
2016Laugh for 24 Hours as Chin-Hsing
2015All You Need Is Love as MacGyver
2015Kara-Orchestra as Unknown
2014Rock ‘n’ Road (16 Episodes) as Martini
2014Sweet Alibis as Unknown
2013Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast as Agitator
2013David Loman as Chan Chu
2011The Killer Who Never Kills as Ceng Quede
2011Justice Heroes (235 Episodes) as Tang Meng En
2010Happy Paradise Rock Records 30th Anniversary Live In Taipei as Self
2008Time Story (110 Episodes) as Unknown
2008Cape No. 7 as Malasun
2008Diva Viva as Unknown
2007Sweet Relationship (32 Episodes) as 姚人圣
2007God Man Dog as Pediatrician
2006Like a Hero as Unknown
2005It Started With a Kiss (31 Episodes) as 新闻台记者
2005Real Online as Unknown
1997Love Go Go as Siu Hsu
Sound
2024Addiction ... Original Music Composer
2020Leaving Virginia ... Music
2019Someone in the Clouds ... Music
2007Amour-Legende ... Original Music Composer