Lee Kang-sheng () (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

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and

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. He has appeared in all of

Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...

's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include ''The Missing'' in 2003 and ''

Help Me Eros ''Help Me, Eros'' () is the second film from director Lee Kang-sheng, following his directorial debut in 2003, ''The Missing''. The film centers on the lives of three socially isolated characters – the newly unemployed Ah Jie (Lee Kang-sheng), ...

'' in 2007.

Career

Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by

to act in his TV film ''Boys''. This started a working relationship that has lasted over 30 years and Tsai said that he would never make another movie without Lee.

Awards

Lee has received recognition for his acting by winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002

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for ''

What Time Is It There? ''What Time Is It There?'' is a 2001 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It stars Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, and Lu Yi-ching. Plot Hsiao-kang is a street vendor in Taipei who sells watches out of a briefcase. His father dies. Soo ...

'' and getting nominated for a

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in 1994 for ''

Vive L'Amour ''Vive L'Amour'' is a 1994 Cinema of Taiwan, Taiwanese New Wave film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It is Tsai's second feature film and premiered at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Golden Lion. The film is a ...

''. Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, ''The Missing''. At the 2004

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, he won the KNF Award, the

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Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004

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, a special mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival.Kang sheng Lee Awards
Internet Movie Database; retrieved 2007-11-08 His second directorial effort, ''

'' in 2007, was nominated for a

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at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. It won a special jury award at the 2007

World Film Festival of Bangkok The World Film Festival of Bangkok ( th, เทศกาลภาพยนตร์โลกแห่งกรุงเทพฯ) is an annual international film festival held in Bangkok, Thailand. The 15th World Film Festival of Bangkok, the la ...

Filmography

As actor

As screenwriter-director

Lee Kang-sheng at chinesemov.com
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References

External links

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at Senses of Cinema
The Unprofessional: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng
at UCLA Asia Institute
Conversation with Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng
at Asia Society 1968 births Living people Male actors from Taipei Taiwanese male film actors Film directors from Taipei Taiwanese screenwriters Taiwanese male television actors 20th-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors {{Taiwan-film-director-stub