Hank Qi (祁圣翰)

Qi Shenghan has quietly built a career that spans two decades, transitioning from a dedicated singer who made three attempts at Super Boy to a dependable actor across film, television, and the booming short‑drama space . What sets him apart is his versatility: a graduate of the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, he has released original music, hosted variety shows, and steadily accumulated acting credits in projects ranging from urban dramas like The Perfect Match and Almost Miss to the acclaimed suspense series Dangerous Woman . In 2024, he received the Rising Star Actor Award at the 14th Beijing International Internet Film Festival, signaling a career that has found fresh momentum through short-form content .

Breakthrough Role While Qi had appeared in supporting roles in mainstream dramas such as Dear Them and The Locked Room, his breakthrough came in the micro-drama space . In 2024, he starred in the sci-fi thriller short drama Heatwave of Doom, playing the lead role of Liu Shi, a man who is betrayed and killed at the start of an apocalypse, only to be reborn with the chance to rewrite his fate . The series spent weeks on DataEye's short drama popularity charts and helped establish Qi as a leading man in the fast‑growing short‑drama sector . He followed this with a string of short-drama leads, including I Have a Fishing System (2025), The Ink Shocks the Hall, and A Sleeve of Water Breaking the Red Dust (2026), proving his ability to anchor genre projects with consistent output .

Public Perception Qi Shenghan is widely seen as a late‑blooming talent who has successfully reinvented himself in an evolving industry. With a career that began in music, he has accumulated over 23 acting credits and worked across genres from period dramas to modern romance . In 2024, his performance in Heatwave of Doom was cited in his Rising Star Actor award, and he was recognized for his work in the urban romance Private Romance . While he has yet to achieve household-name status, his steady presence across both long-form and short-form content has earned him respect as a versatile and hard‑working performer. Audiences familiar with his work note his ability to shift between cold, calculating characters and warmer, more vulnerable roles, and his continued appearances in 2025 productions such as The Footprints and My Dear Secretary suggest a career that is still building momentum .