Chang Chen

Chang Chen was born on Oct 14, 1976 in Taiwan. Chang Chen's big-screen debut came with A Brighter Summer Day directed by Edward Yang in 1991, strarring Xiao Si'r (Zhang Zhen). Chang Chen is known for The Accidental Narco directed by Jong-bin Yoon, Ha Jung-woo stars as Kang In Gu and Hwang Jung-min as Jeon Yo Hwan. Chang Chen has got 9 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Chang Chen achieved is To Ten Chinese Films Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Chang Chen plays is The Accidental Narco - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 09, 2022.

Chang Chen, an international renowned actor, first earned his attention at the age of 14 when he took the lead role in A Brighter Summer Day. Since then, he was nominated three times at the Golden Horse Awards, and several times for best actor at the Berlinale and the Cannes Film Festival. He won Best Actor at the 3rd Osaka Asia Film Festival for his performance in The Go Master.Chang's outstanding versatile performance, coupled with his diligent learning attitude, made him the favorite cast of world's renowned directors. His dedication to filmmaking is seen not only in how he strives to improve his acting skills, but also the initiatives he had taken in learning local Uyghur language and horse riding for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the game of go and meditation for The Go Master, and three years of practice bajiquan (martial arts) for the The Grandmaster which he later won first prize in a recognized competition.In 2017, Chang's performance in Mr. Long was nominated for the 67th Berlinale international film festival in official competition.In 2018, Chang was the only Asian actor who served as one of the juries at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.