Chen Kun
Gender: Male
Born: 4th February 1976 (currently 36 years old)
Nationality: China
Movies: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Painted Skin, Mulan, The Knot, The Founding of a Republic, A West Lake Moment, The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Let the Bullets Fly, Love on Credit
Chen Kun (born February 4, 1976), sometimes credited as Aloys Chen, is a Chinese actor and singer. He has won the Hundred Flowers Award's for Best Actor, Huabiao Award for Best Actor, and has received one Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Actor.
Chen gained recognition from the 2001 television drama Love in Shanghai and the 2002 film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. He rose to international prominence from the 2006 film The Knot and the 2008 fantasy film Painted Skin, which also garnered him a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor.
Chen was born in Chongqing, Sichuan of Han Chinese descent. His parents divorced soon after Chen's second younger brother was born, and Chen began working part-time in high school to support his mother. He started as a typist at the municipal office and later as a solo singer at night clubs. 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 began taking acting classes.
Chen debuted in the 1999 film National Anthem, and
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