Career
He shot to fame in the 1990s by portraying heroes in a number of Taiwanese wuxia television dramas. Later he mostly appeared in comedies. Sun Xing was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China to a Malaysian Chinese father and a Chinese mother.
He started his acting career in Hong Kong, and moved to Taiwan in the 1990s where he shot to fame through a number of popular television series.
Sun was arrested by the police in Beijing on April 22, 2011 for taking illegal drugs. He served 19 days in detention.