Chang Chen

Chang Chen
Chang Chen at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Background information
Chinese name 張震 (traditional)
Chinese name 张震 (simplified)
Pinyin Zhāng Zhèn (Mandarin)
Jyutping Zoeng1 Zan3 (Cantonese)
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976
Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation Actor, singer
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s)
Chuang Wen-ju (m. 2013)
Children 1
Parents Chang Kuo-chu
Ancestry Yuyao, Zhejiang, China

Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976), sometimes credited as Chen Chang according to Western name order, is a Taiwanese actor. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors.[1]

Career

Chang at the 2006 MTV Asia Awards in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chang started his film career at a very young age. He was then selected by a Taiwanese film director Edward Yang to be the protagonist of a four-hour-long critically acclaimed film A Brighter Summer Day,[2] which won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

One of the earliest films Chang acted in was Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together (1997). He rose to fame for his role as "Dark Cloud" in the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee.[2] He also featured in Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).[3]

Chang then co-starred with Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times (2005),[4] which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and won Golden Horse accolades for Best Taiwanese film, among other awards. For his performance in that film, Chang was also nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards.

In 2006, Chang was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his role in The Go Master, a dramatisation of the life of the Go master Wu Qingyuan. The following year, Chang made his Korean debut in Kim Ki-duk's Breath, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival,[5][6]

Chang then starred in the historical war epic Red Cliff (2008-2009), portraying the warlord Sun Quan. He was nominated at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor.[7] He next starred in the 2012 historical epic The Last Supper directed by Lu Chuan and the 2013 kungfu epic The Grandmaster by Wong Kar-wai.[8]

In 2014, Chang headlined the wuxia film Brotherhood of Blades, which won commercial success and critical acclaim. He earned his third nomination for Best Actor in the Golden Horse Awards.[9]

In 2015, Chang reunited with Three Times director Hou Hsiao-hsien and co-star Shu Qi in The Assassin, which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.[4]

In 2017, Chang played the title character in the action film Mr. Long.[10] The same year, he returned for the second installment of Brotherhood of Blades film.[11]

Filmography

As actor

Year English title Original title Role Notes
1980Helpless Taste三角習題Hsiao-chien
1986Dark Night暗夜Huang Cheng-te
1991A Brighter Summer Day牯嶺街少年殺人事件Chang Chen (Xiao Si'r)
1996Mahjong麻將Hong Kong
1997Happy Together春光乍洩Chang
2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon臥虎藏龍Lo Xiaohu
2000Flyin' Dance第一次的親密接觸Tai
2001Betelnut Beauty愛你愛我Feng
2002Chinese Odyssey 2002天下無雙Emperor Zhengde
2003Sound of Colors地下鐵Chung Cheng
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasN/ASinbadTaiwanese version, voice
200420462046Cc1966
2004Eros愛神Zhangsegment "The Hand"
2005Three Times最好的時光Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
2006Silk詭絲Yeh Chi-tung
2006The Go Master吳清源Wu Qingyuan
2007My Blueberry NightsN/AJeremyTaiwanese version, voice
2007Blood Brothers天堂口Mark
2007Breath숨Jang Jin
2007Into the Faraway Sky遠くの空に消えたSmithCameo
2008Red Cliff赤壁Sun Quan
2008Missing深海尋人 / 謎屍Simon
2008Parking停車 / 車位Chen Mo
2009Red Cliff: Part 2赤壁:決戰天下Sun Quan
2010Here Comes Fortune財緣萬歲Cheng Yu
2011The Blue Cornflower藍色矢車菊William
2011The Founding of a Party建黨偉業Chiang Kai-shek
2012The Last Supper王的盛宴Han Xin
2012Passion Island熱愛島Chuell Kim
2012When Yesterday Comes昨日的記憶Chen Shengsegment "Healing"
2013The Grandmaster一代宗師Yi Xian Tian / Razor
2013Christmas Rose聖誕玫瑰Winston
2014Brotherhood of Blades繡春刀Shen Lian
2015The Assassin聶隱娘 / 刺客聶隱娘Tian Ji'an
2015Helios赤道Gam Dao-nin
2015Monk Comes Down the Mountain道士下山Boss Zha
2016The Secret Life of PetsN/ASnowballTaiwanese version, voice
2017Mr. Longミスター・ロン/ 龍先生Long
2017Brotherhood of Blades 2繡春刀·修羅戰場Shen Lian
2018Forever Young無問西東Zhang Guoguo
2018Savages雪暴
2019Love and Destiny宸汐缘Jiu Chen

As director

Year English title Original title Notes
2014Three Charmed Lives三生segment "Inchworm"

Music video appearances

Year Artist Song title
1996 Zheng Zhihua "Mahjong"
2001 Brown Eyes "Already One Year"
2001 Brown Eyes "Bit By Bit"
2002 DJ Shadow "Six Days"

Theater

Year English title Mandarin title
1986The Adventures of Pinocchio木偶奇遇記

Discography

Title Album details Track listing
Walk Away
一走了之
Track listing
  1. 一走了之
  2. 只想讓你美麗
  3. 真相大白
  4. 下雨
  5. 無法逃避
  6. 打擾了你對不起
  7. 早熟
  8. 你
  9. 箱子呢
  10. 無能為力
Chang Chen
張震就是張震
Track listing
  1. 無法逃避
  2. 下雨 (I Will Never Change My Love)
  3. 箱子呢
  4. 你
  5. 無法逃避(練唱版)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
199128th Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActorA Brighter Summer DayNominated
199817th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorHappy TogetherNominated
200120th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorCrouching Tiger Hidden DragonNominated
200542nd Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActorThree TimesNominated
20071st Asian Film AwardsBest ActorThe Go MasterNominated
2008Osaka Asian Film FestivalBest ActorWon
201029th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorRed Cliff: Part 2Nominated
201451st Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActorBrotherhood of BladesNominated
201825th Beijing College Student Film FestivalBest Actor[12]Brotherhood of Blades 2Won

References

  1. ↑ "Chang Chen". chinesemov.com. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Int'l Star You Should Know: Chang Chen". Variety. January 17, 2004.
  3. ↑ "Report: Taiwan's Chang Chen eyes Hollywood". The Star Online. May 4, 2005. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Artist Spotlight: Chang Chen". The Harvard Crimson. September 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Breath". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Cannes sees Korean debut for Taiwan's Chang Chen". Reuters. May 20, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Editors' Choice for 29th Hong Kong Film Awards". Travel CNN. April 15, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Historical drama "The last supper" to hit screen". CCTV.com. October 22, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Brotherhood of Blades review: Ming Dynasty musketeers on a mission". The Sydney Morning Herald. November 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Berlin Film Review: 'Mr. Long'". Variety. February 13, 2017.
  11. ↑ "'Brotherhood of Blades 2' confident in quality". China.org.cn. July 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Student film festival draws down the curtain". China Daily. May 7, 2018.
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