Fan You-chen (;
Amis: 林納斯 Lín Nàsī; born 3 November 1978), better known as Van Fan or Fan Yi-chen (), is a Taiwanese singer and actor with ancestry from the
Amis aborigine tribe. He is best known for ''
Cape No. 7'', the second top-selling film in Taiwanese cinematic history.
Fan made his debut in 2002 with the Chinese version theme song ''I Believe'' to the
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film
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My Sassy Girl
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''. After a somewhat mediocre singing career, Fan started to show up in local TV series since 2005, and rose to fame in the
Greater China Area in 2008 after the significant success of ''
Cape No. 7'', whose two theme songs ''As Happy as Can Be'' () and ''South of Border'' () are also sung by him.
In 2014, Fan played a role in the new film ''The Break-Up Artist''. The film was shot in Beijing and Taiwan and was released on June 6, 2014.
Filmography
*''Mortal Ouija'' (2019)
*''
52Hz, I Love You'' (2017)
*''
Days of Our Own'' (2016)
*''Chinese Wine'' (2016)
*''E-commerce Times'' (2015)
*''Fighting Youth'' (2015)
*''Live With a Thief'' (2014)
*''The Break-Up Artist'' (2014)
*''Runaway Woman'' (2012)
*''Paradise Kiss'' (2012)
*''The Love Flu'' (2012)
*''Let It Be'' (2012)
*''Any Otherside'' (2012)
*''
Gangster Rock
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L-O-V-E
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Composition and background
The song was composed by Bert Kaempfert with lyrics by Milt Gabler, and produced by Lee ...
'' (2009)
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Cape No.7'' (2008)
Discography
As a solo artist
* 2002 : 1st Album 范逸臣
* 2003 : 2nd Album 信仰愛情
* 2004 : 3rd Album 愛情程式
* 2006 : 4th Album 不說出的溫柔
* 2008 : 無樂不作 ~ 精選輯
* 2013 : 5th Album 搖滾吧，情歌
With Craze Band
* 2010 : 初生之犢 1st Album
References
External links
Aboriginal singer Van Fan*
Van Fan Official Blog
1978 births
Amis people
Living people
Taiwanese singer-songwriters
Taiwanese male film actors
Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriters
Taiwanese male television actors
People from Taitung County
21st-century Taiwanese male actors
21st-century Taiwanese singers
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