Hou Minghao

Born

August 3, 1997 (27 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Beijing, China

Neo Hou is a Chinese actor and pop singer from Beijing, China. He graduated from the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy (北京現代音樂研修學院). He debuted on December 12, 2014, as a member of the boy group Fresh Geek Youth (新鮮娛樂), releasing their first album "UP 4 U." He left the group on January 11, 2016, to pursue a solo career in acting and music.

Born into a military family with a three-generation military background, he began learning the accordion at age four, winning several first-place awards in Beijing competitions over eight years. In 2012, at 15, he became a trainee at South Korea's SM Entertainment (SM엔터테인먼트) for a year and a half. He later returned to China in 2014 to join Shang Wenjie Studio (尚雯婕工作室), where he was selected as a trainee through Shang Laoban’s Trainee (尚老板的练习生).

During his time with Fresh Geek Youth, the group won the Best New Group Award at the 22nd Eastern Wind and Cloud Music Awards (東風雲歌大獎) in 2015. In 2015, he also filmed his debut movie, "Funny Soccer" (笑林足球). In 2016, he released his first self-written single, "Super Dad" (超能奶爸), on July 11.

He won the Potential TV Actor of the Year award at the 2018 Tencent Video Starlight Awards (腾讯视频星光大赏) on December 18. He was affiliated with Black Gold Fashion (黑金時尚) during his time with Fresh Geek Youth from 2014 to 2016 and with Black Gold Entertainment (黑金娛樂) from 2016 to 2021. Since December 27, 2021, he has been with Hesong Media (和松传媒).

Love in Pavilion

Love in Pavilion

Baimu Demon Lord · (36 episodes)

8.7

2025

I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang

I Am Nobody: The Showdown Between Yin & Yang

(13 episodes)

6.3

2025

2024爱奇艺尖叫之夜

2024爱奇艺尖叫之夜

Himself · (6 episodes)

7.0

2024

Fangs of Fortune

Fangs of Fortune

Zhao Yuanzhou · (34 episodes)

8.5

2024

Dashing Youth

Dashing Youth

Baili Dongjun · (40 episodes)

7.0

2024

Tenday

Tenday

(20 episodes)

6.0

2024

Young Babylon

Young Babylon

Lu Xiaolu · (26 episodes)

8.0

2024

I Am Nobody

I Am Nobody

Wang Ye · (40 episodes)

8.6

2023

Hidden Strike

Hidden Strike

Assistant Ning

6.9

2023

Back From the Brink

Back From the Brink

Tian Yao · (40 episodes)

7.4

2023

Hu Tong

Hu Tong

Tie Dan · (14 episodes)

8.0

2022

Hello Saturday

Hello Saturday

(3 episodes)

6.7

2022

People's Property

People's Property

Lin Xiaowei · (45 episodes)

6.5

2021

Our Times

Our Times

Pei Qinghua · (36 episodes)

8.3

2021

Faith Makes Great

Faith Makes Great

Cai Fuzhen · (1 episode)

7.3

2021

A Girl Like Me

A Girl Like Me

Rong Xia · (40 episodes)

4.0

2021

When We Write Love Story

When We Write Love Story

Self · (20 episodes)

6.0

2020

Psych-Hunter

Psych-Hunter

Jiang Shuo · (36 episodes)

6.4

2020

Think Like a Dog

Think Like a Dog

Xiao

6.6

2020

Over Again

Over Again

Gao Silin

6.5

2019

The Lost Tomb 2: The Wrath of The Sea

The Lost Tomb 2: The Wrath of The Sea

Wu Xie · (40 episodes)

7.1

2019

终极高手

终极高手

(1 episode)

0.0

2019

When We Were Young

When We Were Young

Hua Biao · (24 episodes)

8.1

2018

Dunk of China

Dunk of China

(10 episodes)

0.0

2018

Shake It Up

Shake It Up

(11 episodes)

0.0

2018

Everlasting Classics

Everlasting Classics

(1 episode)

0.0

2018

Inference Notes

Inference Notes

Mi Kaka · (20 episodes)

0.0

2017

Tasty Life

Tasty Life

(1 episode)

0.0

2017

Rakshasa Street

Rakshasa Street

Cao Xuanliang · (48 episodes)

8.2

2017

Cambrian Period

Cambrian Period

Jian Zi · (24 episodes)

7.9

2017

Detective Club

Detective Club

(5 episodes)

0.0

2017

Funny Soccer

Funny Soccer

3.3

2016

Let me go my Baby

Let me go my Baby

(12 episodes)

8.0

2016

Who's the Murderer

Who's the Murderer

侯孩儿 · (2 episodes)

8.2

2016

Who's the Murderer

Who's the Murderer

侯助理 · (2 episodes)

8.2

2016

Who's the Murderer

Who's the Murderer

侯侯喝 · (2 episodes)

8.2

2016

Keep Running

Keep Running

(1 episode)

5.8

2014

Core

Core

Wheeler

0.0

2014

Divas Hit the Road

Divas Hit the Road

(23 episodes)

7.3

2014

Love in the Clouds

Love in the Clouds

Ji Bozai · (1 episode)

0.0

Reading Class

Reading Class

Lu Xingchen · (1 episode)

0.0

The Unclouded Soul

The Unclouded Soul

Hong Ye · (1 episode)

0.0

Glory

Glory

Lu Jianglai · (1 episode)

0.0