Chen Kun

Chen Kun
Chen at the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival.
Chinese name	陳坤 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈坤 (simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Kūn (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Can4 Kwan1 (Cantonese)
Born	February 4, 1976 Chongqing, China
Other name(s)	Aloys Chen
Occupation	Actor, Singer,
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Voice type(s)	Baritone
Years active	1999–present
Children	1 son

Chen Kun (born February 4, 1976), sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor and singer. He has won the Hundred Flowers Award's for Best Actor, Huabiao Award for Best Actor, and has received one Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actor.

Chen gained recognition from the 2001 television drama Love in Shanghai and the 2002 film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. He rose to international prominence from the 2006 film The Knot and the 2008 fantasy film Painted Skin, which also garnered him a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor.

Biography

Chen was born in Chongqing. His parents divorced soon after Chen's second younger brother was born, and Chen began working part-time in high school to support his mother. He started as a typist at the municipal office and later as a solo singer at night clubs. He showed early talent in singing and was strongly recommended by his vocal trainer and mentor to join the China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (now China National Song and Dance Ensemble) at Beijing in 1995. In 1996, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, where he began taking acting classes.

Chen debuted in the 1999 film The National Anthem,^[1] and rose to prominence on the 2001 television drama Love in Shanghai. He was nominated for Best Actor from his role in A West Lake Moment at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards, won Best Actor for his role in The Knot at the 2007 Huabiao Film Awards, and won Best Actor for his role in Painted Skin at the 2010 Hundred Flowers Awards.

Apart from acting, Chen is also an established singer. He frequently performs theme songs for his television series and has released three full-length studio albums, winning Most Popular Male Vocalist at the MTV Asia Awards for his second album, Come True Again. To support his third album Mystery&Me, he held his first solo concert in Beijing in February 2010.

Although unmarried, Chen has one son born in 2002 named Youyou. Chen never intends to uncover the identity of Youyou's mother.

Actor and singer Chen Kun has been crowned Asia's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Man 2013 after a fierce battle on PETAAsiaPacific.com by animal rights group PETA Asia.

As of July 2014, Chen has the most popular account on Sina Weibo with over 70 million followers. He is known as the "#1 Coser (Cosplayer)" in China.^[2]

In 2014, he became the product ambassador of Huawei's Honor brand in China.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The National Anthem 国歌	Nie Er
2002	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 巴尔扎克和小裁缝	Luo Ming
2003	Kung Fu Girls 中国功夫少女组	Tang Zheng
2004	Baober in Love 恋爱中的宝贝	Maomao	Beijing Student Film Festival for Most Popular Actor
2005	A West Lake Moment 鸳鸯蝴蝶	Qin	Nominated — Golden Horse Award for Best Actor
2006	The Music Box 理发师	Lu Ping	Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated — Shanghai International Film Festival for Best Actor
2006	The Knot 云水谣	Chen Qiushui	Shanghai International Film Festival for Most Popular Chinese Film Star Shanghai International Film Festival for Breakthrough Award Golden Phoenix Award for Most Outstanding Actor Huabiao Film Award for Best Actor Beijing Student Film Festival for Most Popular Actor Nominated — Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor Nominated — Shanghai International Film Festival for Best Actor
2007	The Door é—¨	Jiang Zhongtian	Shanghai International Film Festival for Most Popular Chinese Film Star Shanghai International Film Festival for Breakthrough Award Beijing Student Film Festival for Students' Most Focused On Actor
2008	Playboy Cops 花花型警	Lincoln Lin
2008	Painted Skin 画皮	Wang Sheng	Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor Nominated — Beijing Student Film Festival for Students' Most Focused On Actor
2009	Mulan 花木兰	Wentai
2009	The Founding of a Republic 建国大业	Chiang Ching-kuo	Nominated — Beijing Student Film Festival for Students' Most Focused On Actor
2010	My Ex-wife's Wedding 跟我的前妻谈恋爱	Ma Yong
2010	Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞	Hu Wan
2011	The Founding of a Party 建党伟业	Zhou Enlai
2011	Rest on Your Shoulder 肩上蝶	Yan Guo
2011	Love on Credit 幸福额度	Zhang Quan
2011	Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 龙门飞甲	Yu Huatian / Wind Blade
2012	Qian Xuesen 钱学森	Qian Xuesen
2012	Full Circle
2012	Painted Skin: The Resurrection 画皮II	General Huo Xin[4]
2013	Angry Kid
2013	Choosing Love		Short film
2013	Bends
2013	Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2015	Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal		[5]
2015	Mojin: The Lost Legend	Hu Bayi
2016	Chongqing Hot Pot	Liu Bo[6]

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Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Love Story in Shanghai 像雾像雨又像风	Chen Zikun	Nominated — China Television Arts for "Top Ten Best" Actors
2001	Traveller Story 旅人的故事	Fang
2001	Pink Ladies 粉红女郎	Romeo	guest appearance
2001	Love in Sunshine 爱在阳光灿烂时	Ouyang Jun
2002	Only You 非你不可	Ke Lei	Nominated — China Television Arts for "Top Ten Best" Actors
2002	The Noble Family 买办之家	Yu Zikun	guest appearance
2003	The Story of a Noble Family 金粉世家	Jin Yanxi	China Television Arts for "Top Ten Best" Actors China Central Television Awards for Most Popular Actor
2003	Red Carpet, Black Dream 红色地毯黑色梦	Lan Hao
2003	Farewell Vancouver 别了，温哥华	Luo Yi	Chunyan Award for Best Actor
2003	Shuang Xiangpao 双响炮	Xu Heng	guest appearance
2004	Mingyang Hua Gu 名扬花鼓	Mingyang
2004	Chinese Story 中国故事	Xiaodong	appeared in the segment Brother's Story (哥们的故事)
2004	Chang Jian Xiangsi 长剑相思	Yan Zhuiyun
2005	Tiandi Zhenqing 天地真情	Lin Shijie	guest appearance
2005	Eager for True Love 渴望一份真爱的感觉	Hu An	television film
2005	Fengyu Xiguan 风雨西关	Liang Jinkun
2005	Hero of the Year 好想好想谈恋爱	Lu Kun	guest appearance
2006	The Conquest 爭霸	Fan Li
2007	Zhu Jia Huayuan 朱家花園	Li Bowen
2008	Qing Zheng Jinsheng 情证今生	Zhou Hao
2008	C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri 新不了情	Cheung Siu-kit
2009	Remembrance of Dreams Past 故梦	Lu Tian'en

Discography

• Osmosis (2004)
• To Come True Again (2006)
• Mystery&Me (2009)

References

1. Beijing Review Volume 52 2009 p.42 "Ten years ago, while still a student in the Beijing Film Academy, Chen Kun was selected to play Nie Er, composer of the People's Republic's national anthem, in a tribute film. He said the experience of playing again in a tribute film benefited ..."
2. 厂花？男神？陈坤！
3. "Oppo unveils Chinese actress Mini Yang M as brand ambassador". GSM INSIDER. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
4. (Chinese)陈坤曝《画皮Ⅱ》角色人妖难辨 冯绍峰玩性感
5. "http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/3-d-fantasy-zhong-kui-starts-china-shoot". Retrieved 2014-02-15. External link in |title= (help)
6. Marsh, James (March 23, 2016). "'Chongqing Hot Pot': HKIFF review". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
7. "Brief Introduction of Chen Kun". ichenkun.com. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
8. "Chen Kun Profile". ichenkun.com. Retrieved December 21, 2009.

External links

• Chen Kun at the Internet Movie Database
• Chen Kun at Sina Weibo
• Chen Kun at Sohu Blog