Chin Shih-chieh

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Chin Shih-chieh
金士傑
Born (1951-12-29) 29 December 1951 (age 72)
Pingtung County, Taiwan, Republic of China
Alma materNational Pingtung University of Science and Technology
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese金士杰
Traditional Chinese金士傑

Chin Shih-chieh (Chinese: 金士傑; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim Sū-kia̍t; born 29 December 1951) is a Taiwanese actor, director and playwright.

Biography[edit]

Chin was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan, on 29 December 1951, while his ancestral home in Hefei, Anhui. He graduated from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.

Career[edit]

Chin is known for his work with the Performance Workshop [zh], the Lanling Theatre [zh], and the Godot Theater Company [zh]. By 1980, he was known as a director, leading the performances of Ho Chu’s New Match for Lanling.[1] He directed the 2002 production of She is Walking, She is Smiling staged at the National Theatre in Taipei, by the Performance Workshop.[2] He was cast in Art, a Gadot production, the next year alongside Ku Pao-ming and Lee Li-chun.[3] Chin was cast in Irma la Douce in 2007, and performed several times at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,[4][5] the National Theatre,[6] and the Hsinchu Performing Arts Auditorium [zh].[7] In 2008, Chin starred in Othello alongside Lee.[8] Performances were held throughout Taiwan,[9] marking Godot's twentieth anniversary.[10] As Othello's run stretched into January 2009, Chin remained on the cast.[11][12][13] Chin directed Ho Chu’s New Match a second time in May 2009.[1] In July 2009, Chin shared the National Award for Arts [zh] with Wang Da-hong and four others.[14] In 2010, Chin appeared in The 39 Steps for Godot.[15] This was the first production to be licensed in Chinese while still on an original run in New York and London.[16] The next year, Chin took the stage in Tuesdays with Morrie, based on a memoir of the same name.[17][18][19] The performance ran in Taipei and Taichung through March 2012.[20][21][22] In 2013, Chin joined the cast of Stan Lai's A Dream Like A Dream.[23]

Chin film roles include Cho Li's directorial debut, Zoom Hunting (2010),[24] and Lin Fu-ching's first film Jumping Boy [zh] (2012).[25] Chin has often worked with director Chung Mong-hong, appearing in The Fourth Portrait (2010),[26] and Soul (2013).[27] Chin narrated the 2015 documentary The Rocking Sky [zh],[28] and portrayed a business tycoon in Love in Vain [zh] (2016).[29]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Exhibition" (PDF). Taipei Times. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ Bartholomew, Ian (19 July 2002). "CKS celebrates 15th anniversary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^ Bartholomew, Ian (28 November 2003). "Taiwanese queue for a piece of 'ART'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Events & Entertainments". Taipei Times. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Events & Entertainment". Taipei Times. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Events and entertainment". Taipei Times. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Event & Entertainment". Taipei Times. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ^ "[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ^ "[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ Bartholomew, Ian (19 September 2009). "Othello redux: the new comedy of errors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  11. ^ "[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  12. ^ "[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ "[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  14. ^ "National Award for Arts recipients announced". Taipei Times. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  15. ^ "EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT". Taipei Times. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  16. ^ "EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT". Taipei Times. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  17. ^ "Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  18. ^ "'Tuesdays With Morrie' finally comes to Taiwan". 18 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  22. ^ Huang, Andrew C. C. (9 March 2012). "Drama: Lifelong learning". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  23. ^ Huang, Andrew C. C. (3 August 2013). "Stan Lai's 'Dream' returns to the National Theater". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  24. ^ Ho Yi (16 April 2010). "FILM REVIEW : If looks could thrill". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  25. ^ Ho Yi (27 April 2012). "Movie review: Jumping Boy 不倒翁的奇幻旅程". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  26. ^ Ho Yi (22 October 2010). "FILM REVIEW: A little boy lost". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  27. ^ Ho Yi (30 August 2013). "Movie review: Soul". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  28. ^ Ho Yi (11 December 2015). "Movie review: The Rocking Sky". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  29. ^ Ho Yi (11 March 2016). "Movie review: Love in Vain". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

External links[edit]

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