Chen Kun
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Chen Kun (born February 4, 1976), sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor and singer.
He gained recognition from television dramas Love Story in Shanghai and The Story of a Noble Family and rose to international prominence with the films The Knot and Painted Skin.
Chen has won the Hundred Flowers Award's for Best Actor, Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actor, and received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actor. Chen ranked 68th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2014, 28th in 2014, 15th in 2017, and 52nd in 2019.
Career
Chen appeared in the 1999 film The National Anthem. He came to fame in Shanghai, 2001, when he appeared in the television drama Love in Love. His role as a poor clock repairer who manages to get to a girl from a wealthy family suffering from infantile autism made him an audience favorite.
Chen gained more international recognition in 2002 after appearing in the Franco-Chinese romance film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. At the Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the film was selected.
He appeared in The Story of a Noble Family (2003), a Republican series based on Zhang Henshui's book of the same name. The series was a commercial success, with the year's highest ratings. Jin Yanxi's role as a young man reminisces about his earlier life.
Chen appeared in A West Lake Moment (2005), portraying a passion-seeking and idealistic young man who is not easily satisfied. He was nominated as the Best Actor for his role at the Golden Horse Awards. He appeared in The Music Box (2006), earning him the Best Actor award at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards for capturing his screen character's years of arduous life and fame, as well as his struggles and joys.
With The Knot (2006), Chen came to international prominence. He referred to the role as a "massive challenge" to him because he had to represent the character's maturing process for over 20 years. At the 16th Golden Rooster Awards, the film was a huge success and received eight nominations, including Best Actor for Chen. At the 2007 Huabiao Film Awards, he was also named Best Actor. He then appeared in Gordon Chan's horror-adventure film Painted Skin (2008), which earned him the Best Actor award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.
Chen participated in the patriotic tribute to the founding of the People's Republic of China on 60 years ago. (2009) He appeared in Chiang Ching-kuo and was praised by both the media and commentators alike for his portrayal of a vivacious nationalist who was unable to prevent his party's demise. He then appeared in Jiang Wen's gangster film Let the Bullets Fly (2010).
Chen appeared in Tsui Hark's film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate in 2011. His dynamic portrayal of two distinct characters, including Yu Huatian and the witty and satisfaction Feng Lidao, received him Best Actor nominations at the Asian Film Awards and Hundred Flowers Awards. The two roles marked a turning point in Chen's career and acting career, and his debut as one of his most representative works to date.
In the author's biopic of the author released in 2012, Chen played Qian Xuesen. For his portraying his character's evolution from young to old, he received a Best Actor award at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards for the second time. He appeared in Painted Skin: The Resurrection, the sequel to Painted Skin, in the same year. The film grossed over 700 million yuan ($109.8 million), making it the highest-grossing Chinese-language film since.
Chen appeared in Bends, which was screened in the Uncertain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Chen received the Best Actor award at the 2013 International du Film de Sale in Morocco.
In 2015, Chen appeared in fantasy epics; Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal, as well as Mojin: The Lost Legend, where he played Hu Bayi, the main protagonist of the popular tomb-raiding novel series. Mojin was a huge commercial success, establishing a new language IMAX film in China, beating the box office record for a local language IMAX film.
Chen appeared in Bai Baihe's crime caper film Chongqing Hot Pot in 2016. The film earned 152 million yuan in four days with praise and positive word-of-mouth. In addition, he appeared in the romantic comedy Beautiful Accident alongside Gwei Lun-mei. Chen co-produced and appeared in his first television series Twenty Four Hours in the same year. On January 21, the first episode of Zhejiang Television was broadcast on January 21 and ranked first in ratings.
Chen appeared in republican spy drama Lost in 1949 as twin brothers, as well as historical drama The Rise of Phoenixes as a calculating and aspiring king prince in 2018. These two dramas were co-produced by Chen himself and also marked his return to the small screen after a decade.
Chen will appear in the wuxia film The Weary Poet, and the fantasy film The Yinyang Master, which is based on the Ohmyoji game.
He was nominated as a jury member at the 11th Beijing International Film Festival for Tiantan Awards in 2021.
Chen is also a well-known actor who plays, in addition to acting. He regularly performs theme songs for his television show and has released three full-length studio albums. Chen made his debut as a performer with the album Osmosis in 2004. Make It Come True Again, his second album, which also won him the Most Popular Male Vocalist at the MTV Asia Awards. In Beijing, he held his first solo concert to promote his third album Mystery&Me. He penned the lyrics to the single "Power to Go," which he launched as part of a philanthropy campaign to promote environmental education and safety.