Chen Kun

Chen Kun

Birthday: 1976-02-04

Place of Birth: Chongqing, China

Biography: Chen Kun (Chinese: 陳坤; pinyin: Chén Kūn) born February 4, 1976 in Chongqing, Sichuan), is a Chinese actor and singer. He also goes by another name, Aloys. He showed early talent in singing and was strongly recommended by his vocal trainer and mentor to join the famous China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble(now China National Song and Dance Ensemble) at Beijing in 1995. In 1996, he was admitted to Beijing Film Academy where he took off as a promising young actor. As the leading man in "A West Lake Moment", Chen Kun won a nomination for the best actor at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards in 2005. His performance in "The Knot" brought him a Huabiao Film Award (the main national film award in China) as best actor in 2007. His recent portrait of Chiang Ching-kuo in the 2009's mega blockbuster "The Founding of a Republic" received high remarks from critics and brought him sweeping popularity among audiences.

Movies

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in...

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1921
1921

Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarka...

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Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
Mulan: Rise of a Warrior

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male...

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Baober in Love
Baober in Love

Liu Zhi, a young man, depressed and trapped in a loveless marriage with a dominating girl, meets Bao...

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Painted Skin
Painted Skin

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories in Strange Stories from a Chines...

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Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

Three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanis...

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Beginning of the Great Revival
Beginning of the Great Revival

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party....

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Playboy Cops
Playboy Cops

Two off-the-wall detectives go in search for a killer, while vying for the affections of a young wom...

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Rest on Your Shoulder
Rest on Your Shoulder

In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo and his fiance-assistant Baobao ...

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Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Painted Skin: The Resurrection

According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human...

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Creation of the Gods III: Creation Under Heaven
Creation of the Gods III: Creation Under Heaven

Ji Fa unites the princes of the four directions to march into Chaoge. Yin Shou and Tong Tian Jiaozhu...

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The Knot
The Knot

They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Ma...

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Bends
Bends

A wealthy Hong Kong housewife, Anna, lives a spoiled, bored life. When her husband suddenly leaves, ...

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A West Lake Moment
A West Lake Moment

Xiao Yu (Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by Westlake in Hangzhou. Since a car cra...

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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

Young Dee Renjie arrives in the empire's capital to join the Supreme Court as police judge of his re...

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The Founding of a Republic
The Founding of a Republic

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ul...

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Love on Credit
Love on Credit

Xiaoqing and Xiaohong are twins with distinctive, different personalities. Xiaoqing believes in true...

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Let the Bullets Fly
Let the Bullets Fly

When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the...

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Full Circle
Full Circle

The residents of a nursing home sneak past security guards to compete in a nationally televised tale...

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Kung Fu Girls
Kung Fu Girls

Four fearless and intrepid girls get selected by a recording company to undergo martial arts trainin...

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The Knot
The Knot

They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Ma...

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Mojin: The Lost Legend
Mojin: The Lost Legend

Three tomb raiders retire from their roles and move to New York to enjoy the rest of their lives. Ho...

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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who i...

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The Door
The Door

The horror story set in the contemporary China centers on a young intellectual’s ominous journey to ...

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Decent Things
Decent Things

In 1931, a famous person borrowed an ancient painting to appreciate, but he refused to return it. Th...

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As Spring Comes Along
As Spring Comes Along

A couple who haven't seen each other for many years revisited their hometown in the early spring of ...

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Chongqing Hot Pot
Chongqing Hot Pot

When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by ...

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The Star and the Sea
The Star and the Sea

The film is a moving portrayal of renowned Chinese composer Xian Xinghai's impoverished childhood in...

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Beautiful Accident
Beautiful Accident

When a single, successful female lawyer is involved in a highway car accident, she wakes up to find ...

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Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai
Yi Ge Cheng Ren Dian Ying Gong Zuo Zhe De Zi Bai

An ordinary adult film staff uses seventeen minutes to talk about the chaotic market in today's Chin...

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My Ex-Wife's Wedding
My Ex-Wife's Wedding

Divorcé Ma Yong is in love with his new girlfriend Zhao Hui. However, he has a hang-up about his ex-...

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The Music Box
The Music Box

In the late 1930s, the Japanese army occupies Shanghai. Barber Lu Ping kills a Japanese officer by a...

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Children from the Distant Planet
Children from the Distant Planet

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The Weary Poet
The Weary Poet

Another wuxia tale from Xu Haofeng, this one set against the backdrop of a rebellion during the Yuan...

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The National Anthem
The National Anthem

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Hsue-shen Tsien
Hsue-shen Tsien

This is a story of a scientist who made important contributions to the missile and space programs of...

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The Yin Yang Master
The Yin Yang Master

The world is on the verge of a devastating war with monsters who are coming to retrieve the Scaling ...

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Angry Kid
Angry Kid

Angry Kid is a Chinese Comedy...

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Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magni...

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Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force

Taishi Wen Zhong led the army of Shang Dynasty including Deng Chanyu and four generals of the Mo Fam...

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Bystander
Bystander

A man returns home after sixteen years for his father's funeral, only to uncover a long-buried famil...

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