After graduating from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts and doing his stint in the military, he took up art design as a steady job and acted in bit parts on TV when he could.
由於巴戈從小就喜歡繪畫，也頗有天分，高中畢業，考進國立藝專念美術設計；演戲漸漸成為玩票性質。服完兵役，他一方面從事美術設計的本行，同時也在華視綜藝節目「今宵今宵」客串短劇，扮演甘草人物。