Chang Chen

Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors.[1]

For other people named Chang Chen, see Chang Chen (disambiguation).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.
Chang Chen
Chang at the presentation of Mr. Long at the Berlinale 2017
Born (1976-10-14) October 14, 1976
Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1980–present
Spouse
Chuang Wen-ju
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(m. 2013)​
Children1
ParentChang Kuo-chu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張震
Simplified Chinese张震
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Zhèn
Wade–GilesChang1 Chen4
IPA[ʈʂáŋ ʈʂə̂n]
Yale RomanizationJeūng Jan
JyutpingZoeng1 Zan3
IPA[tsœːŋ˥ tsɐn˧]
Hokkien POJTiuⁿ Chìn

Career

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, which was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[10] The same year, he returned for the second installment of Brotherhood of Blades film.[11]

In 2021, Chang played Dr. Wellington Yueh in Denis Villeneuve's epic science fiction film Dune.[12] which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[13] In the same year, he won the Best Leading Actor award at the 58th Golden Horse Awards for his performance in the mystery film The Soul, which was his first Golden Horse Award after being nominated three times without winning.[14]

In 2022, Chang was invited to be the jury member of the 59th Golden Horse Awards.[15]

Filmography

Film
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
Flyin' 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
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas—SinbadTaiwanese version, voice
200420462046Cc1966
Eros愛神ZhangSegment: "The Hand"
2005Three Times最好的時光Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
2006Silk詭絲Yeh Chi-tung
The Go Master吳清源Wu Qingyuan
2007My Blueberry Nights—JeremyTaiwanese version, voice
Blood Brothers天堂口Mark
Breath숨Jang Jin
Into the Faraway Sky遠くの空に消えたSmithCameo
2008Red Cliff赤壁Sun Quan
Missing深海尋人 / 謎屍Simon
Parking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
The Founding of a Party建黨偉業Chiang Kai-shek
2012The Last Supper王的盛宴Han Xin
Passion Island熱愛島Chuell Kim
When Yesterday Comes昨日的記憶Chen ShengSegment: "Healing"
2013The Grandmaster一代宗師Yi Xian Tian / Razor
Christmas 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
Helios赤道Gam Dao-nin
Monk Comes Down the Mountain道士下山Boss Zha
2016The Secret Life of Pets—SnowballTaiwanese version, voice
2017Mr. Longミスター・ロン/ 龍先生Long
Brotherhood of Blades 2繡春刀·修羅戰場Shen Lian
2018Forever Young無問西東Zhang Guoguo
Savages雪暴[16]
2021Dune—Dr. Wellington Yueh[17]
A Garden of Camellias椿の庭HuangJapanese film
The Soul缉魂Liang Wenchao

Television series
Year English title Original title Role Ref.
2019Love and Destiny三生三世宸汐缘Jiu Chen[18]
2022Narco-Saints수리남Chen Jin[19][20]

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"
2020 Tarcy Su "Eternity and A Day"

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[21]Brotherhood of Blades 2Won
2019 26th Huading Awards Best Actor (Historical drama) Love and Destiny Nominated[22]
Golden Bud - The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival Best Actor Nominated[23]
202123rd Taipei Film AwardsBest ActorThe SoulNominated
30th Huading AwardsNominated
58th Golden Horse AwardsBest Leading ActorWon

References
  1. "Chang Chen". chinesemov.com. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. "Int'l Star You Should Know: Chang Chen". Variety. 17 January 2004.
  3. "Report: Taiwan's Chang Chen eyes Hollywood". The Star Online. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. "Artist Spotlight: Chang Chen". The Harvard Crimson. 8 September 2015.
  5. "Festival de Cannes: Breath". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  6. "Cannes sees Korean debut for Taiwan's Chang Chen". Reuters. 20 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. "Editors' Choice for 29th Hong Kong Film Awards". Travel CNN. 15 April 2010.
  8. "Historical drama "The last supper" to hit screen". CCTV.com. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  9. "Brotherhood of Blades review: Ming Dynasty musketeers on a mission". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 2014.
  10. "Berlin Film Review: 'Mr. Long'". Variety. 13 February 2017.
  11. "'Brotherhood of Blades 2' confident in quality". China.org.cn. 20 July 2017.
  12. Couch, Aaron (17 March 2019). "Chang Chen Joining Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  13. "Biennale Cinema 2021 - Dune by Denis Villeneuve to have world premiere at the Venice Film Festival". Biennale. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  14. Ruey Yan, Lim (28 November 2021). "Golden Horse Awards: First wins for Chang Chen and Alyssa Chia". The Straits Times.
  15. "Jury of the 59th Golden Horse Awards Announced". goldenhorse.org. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022.
  16. "张震倪妮主演犯罪片《雪暴》定档4.26". Mtime (in Chinese). 5 March 2019.
  17. "Chang Chen Joining Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. 17 March 2019.
  18. "张震首次出演电视剧，搭档倪妮演绎《三生三世宸汐缘》". Sina (in Chinese). 9 April 2019.
  19. Lee Da-won (15 July 2021). "[단독] 장첸, '수리남' 합류…하정우·황정민과 호흡" [[Exclusive] Chen Chen joins ‘Suriname’… Breathing with Ha Jung-woo and Hwang Jung-min]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  20. Kim Na-yeon (8 August 2022). "하정우X황정민→장첸 '수리남', 9월 9일 넷플릭스 공개 확정 [공식]" [Ha Jung-woo X Hwang Jung-min → Jang Chen 'Suriname', confirmed to be released on Netflix on September 9 [Official]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via Naver.
  21. "Student film festival draws down the curtain". China Daily. 7 May 2018.
  22. "第26届华鼎奖提名名单：李现肖战获新锐演员提名". Sina (in Chinese). 8 November 2019.
  23. "金骨朵网络影视盛典提名揭晓 王一博肖战杨紫等入围". Ynet (in Chinese). 25 November 2019.
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