# Chang Chen

Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his roles in A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Happy Together (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Three Times (2005), Brotherhood of Blades (2014), The Assassin (2015) and The Soul (2021). For his performance in The Soul, he won Best Leading Actor prize at the 58th Golden Horse Awards.

## Career

Chang started his film career at a young age. He was selected by a Taiwanese film director Edward Yang to be the protagonist of a four-hour-long critically acclaimed film A Brighter Summer Day, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. After the first film, he took a part-time job at a film company and worked there for two years until he graduated from high school.
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. He also featured in Wong Kar-wai's 2046 (2004).
Chang then co-starred with Shu Qi in Hou Hsiao-hsien's Three Times (2005), which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and won Golden Horse accolades for Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year, among other awards. For his performance in that film, Chang was also nominated for Best Leading Actor at the 42nd Golden Horse Awards.
In 2006, Chang was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading 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 competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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. 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.
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.
Chang reunited with Three Times director Hou Hsiao-hsien and co-star Shu Qi in the 2015 wuxia film The Assassin, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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. The same year, he returned for the second installment of Brotherhood of Blades film.
Chang served as a jury member at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2021, Chang played Dr. Wellington Yueh in Denis Villeneuve's epic science fiction film Dune. which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. In the same year, he won Best Leading Actor at the 58th Golden Horse Awards for his performance in the mystery film The Soul, marking his first Golden Horse Award after three previous nominations without a win.
Chang served as a jury member at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in 2022.
In June 2023, Chang was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## Personal life

Chang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Chang Han are also actors.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1980 | Helpless Taste | 三角習題 | Hsiao-chien | | |
| 1986 | Dark Night | 暗夜 | Huang Cheng-te | | |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 | Chang Chen (Xiao Si'r) | | |
| 1996 | Mahjong | 麻將 | Hong Kong | | |
| 1997 | Happy Together | 春光乍洩 | Chang | | |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | 臥虎藏龍 | Lo Xiaohu | | |
| 2000 | Flyin' Dance | 第一次的親密接觸 | Tai | | |
| 2001 | Betelnut Beauty | 愛你愛我 | Feng | | |
| 2002 | Chinese Odyssey 2002 | 天下無雙 | Emperor Zhengde | | |
| 2003 | Sound of Colors | 地下鐵 | Chung Cheng | | |
| 2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | — | Sinbad | Taiwanese version, voice | |
| 2004 | 2046 | 2046 | Cc1966 | | |
| 2004 | Eros | 愛神 | Zhang | Segment: "The Hand" | |
| 2005 | Three Times | 最好的時光 | Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen | | |
| 2006 | Silk | 詭絲 | Yeh Chi-tung | | |
| 2006 | The Go Master | 吳清源 | Wu Qingyuan | | |
| 2007 | My Blueberry Nights | — | Jeremy | Taiwanese version, voice | |
| 2007 | Blood Brothers | 天堂口 | Mark | | |
| 2007 | Breath | 숨 | Jang Jin | | |
| 2007 | Into the Faraway Sky | 遠くの空に消えた | Smith | Cameo | |
| 2008 | Red Cliff | 赤壁 | Sun Quan | | |
| 2008 | Missing | 深海尋人 / 謎屍 | Simon | | |
| 2008 | Parking | 停車 / 車位 | Chen Mo | | |
| 2009 | Red Cliff: Part 2 | 赤壁:決戰天下 | Sun Quan | | |
| 2010 | Here Comes Fortune | 財緣萬歲 | Cheng Yu | | |
| 2011 | The Blue Cornflower | 藍色矢車菊 | William | | |
| 2011 | The Founding of a Party | 建黨偉業 | Chiang Kai-shek | | |
| 2012 | The Last Supper | 王的盛宴 | Han Xin | | |
| 2012 | Passion Island | 熱愛島 | Chuell Kim | | |
| 2012 | When Yesterday Comes | 昨日的記憶 | Chen Sheng | Segment: "Healing" | |
| 2013 | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | Yi Xian Tian / Razor | | |
| 2013 | Christmas Rose | 聖誕玫瑰 | Winston | | |
| 2014 | Brotherhood of Blades | 繡春刀 | Shen Lian | | |
| 2015 | The Assassin | 聶隱娘 / 刺客聶隱娘 | Tian Ji'an | | |
| 2015 | Helios | 赤道 | Gam Dao-nin | | |
| 2015 | Monk Comes Down the Mountain | 道士下山 | Boss Zha | | |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | — | Snowball | Taiwanese version, voice | |
| 2017 | Mr. Long | ミスター・ロン/ 龍先生 | Long | | |
| 2017 | Brotherhood of Blades 2 | 繡春刀·修羅戰場 | Shen Lian | | |
| 2018 | Forever Young | 無問西東 | Zhang Guoguo | | |
| 2018 | Savages | 雪暴 | Wang Kanghao | | |
| 2021 | Dune | — | Dr. Wellington Yueh | | [21] [22] |
| 2021 | A Garden of Camellias | 椿の庭 | Huang | Japanese film | |
| 2021 | The Soul | 缉魂 | Liang Wenchao | | |
| 2024 | The Embers | 餘燼 | Chang Chen-tze | |

### Television series

| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Ref. |
| 2019 | Love and Destiny | 三生三世宸汐缘 | Jiu Chen | |
| 2022 | Narco-Saints | 수리남 | Chen Jin | |

### As director

| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
| 2014 | Three 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 |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | 木偶奇遇記 |

## Discography

| Title | Album details | Track listing |
| Walk Away 一走了之 | Released: November 1995 Label: Forward Music Formats: CD, digital download | Track listing 一走了之 只想讓你美麗 真相大白 下雨 無法逃避 打擾了你對不起 早熟 你 箱子呢 無能為力 |
| Chang Chen 張震就是張震 | Released: July 1996 Label: Forward Music Formats: CD, digital download | Track listing 無法逃避 下雨 (I Will Never Change My Love) 箱子呢 你 無法逃避(練唱版) |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1991 | Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actor | A Brighter Summer Day | Nominated |
| 1998 | 17th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Happy Together | Nominated |
| 2001 | 20th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated |
| 2005 | Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actor | Three Times | Nominated |
| 2007 | 1st Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | The Go Master | Nominated |
| 2008 | Osaka Asian Film Festival | Best Actor | The Go Master | Won |
| 2010 | 29th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Red Cliff: Part 2 | Nominated |
| 2014 | Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actor | Brotherhood of Blades | Nominated |
| 2018 | 25th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best Actor | Brotherhood of Blades 2 | Won |
| 2019 | 26th Huading Awards | Best Actor (Historical drama) | Love and Destiny | Nominated |
| 2019 | Golden Bud - The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival | Best Actor | Love and Destiny | Nominated |
| 2021 | 23rd Taipei Film Awards | Best Actor | The Soul | Nominated |
| 2021 | 30th Huading Awards | Best Actor | The Soul | Nominated |
| 2021 | 58th Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actor | The Soul | Won |
| 2024 | Golden Horse Awards | Best Leading Actor | The Embers | Nominated |