Chen Chang

Chang Chen is one of today's best-known Chinese movie stars. Aged 14, he was given his first role by Edward Yang in A Brighter Summer Day, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1991 Tokyo International Film Festival and Best Film at the 28th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. Chang was also nominated for the Best Actor Award.

Chang's role in Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar-wai, in which he co-starred with Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung, earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Hong Kong Film Academy Awards.

In 2000 he played the lead role in Ang Lee's international hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , winner of the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards®.

Chang also won widespread critical acclaim for his performances in Wong Kar-wai's Eros, (opposite Gong Li) and 2046, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Three Times, Kim Ki-Duk's Breath and John Woo's epic Red Cliff.

His performance as Wu Ching Yuan in Tian Zhuangzhuang's Go Master won Chang the Best Actor Award at the Osaka Film Festival. In 2013, he reunited with Wong Kar-wai to play the lead role in The Grandmaster, selected to represent Hong Kong in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards®.

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