Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (; born May 19, 1948) is a Taiwanese actor.
Background
Born in
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
, China in 1948, he first had his break when he moved to
Hong Kong
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with his family at an early age. At only 12 years of age Charlie moved to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
to join
Fuxing Opera School, a
Peking opera
Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...
school. At the age of 20 he moved back to Hong Kong to join
Cathay Organisation
Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited is one of Singapore's leisure and entertainment groups. It has the first THX cinema hall and digital cinema in Singapore. The group has operations in Singapore and Malaysia.
History
Associated Theatres L ...
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His movie debut came in the film ''
Xia Ri Chu Lian'', literally translating to "The First Love In Summer". With
Brigitte Lin,
Joan Lin
Joan Lin Feng-jiao (born 30 June 1953) is a Taiwanese former actress. She is married to Hong Kong-Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan.
Early life
Born 30 June 1953 in Taipei, Lin was the second child out of five children. She dropped out ...
and
Chin Han, the four eventually became known as the "Two Chins, Two Lins" () which became iconic of 1970s romance films in
China
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. The names became a guarantee of box office success, and so Charlie was constantly paired with one of the '2 Lins'. Charlie won 2
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is us ...
and in 2000 he also presented one in
Taiwan
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. Charlie retired from acting and began working in real estate. He lives in
California
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with his wife Cao Chang Li () and 2 sons, Gary () and Kevin ().
See also
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Lucky Stars
''Lucky Stars'' (or ''Five Lucky Stars''); () was a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s, blending Chinese martial arts with bawdy comedy. The films featured an ensemble cast, with many of the actors appearing in succe ...
References
External links
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HK cinemagic entryChin Discographyat
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was fou ...
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1948 births
Living people
20th-century Taiwanese male actors
Male actors from Nanjing
Male actors from Jiangsu
Taiwanese male film actors
Taiwanese people from Jiangsu