Chin Shih-chieh
Chin Shih-chieh
金士傑
Born (1951-12-29) 29 December 1951
Pingtung County, Taiwan, Republic of China
EducationNational Pingtung University of Science and Technology (BS)
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese金士杰
Traditional Chinese金士傑
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Shìjié
Southern Min
HokkienPOJKim Sū-kia̍t

Chin Shih-chieh (Chinese: 金士傑; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim Sū-kia̍t; born 29 December 1951) is a Taiwanese actor, director and playwright.

Biography

Chin was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan, on 29 December 1951, while his ancestral home in Hefei, Anhui. He graduated from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.

Career

Chin is known for his work with the Performance Workshop, the Lanling Theatre, and the Godot Theater Company. By 1980, he was known as a director, leading the performances of Ho Chu’s New Match for Lanling.[1] He directed the 2002 production of She is Walking, She is Smiling staged at the National Theatre in Taipei, by the Performance Workshop.[2] He was cast in Art, a Gadot production, the next year alongside Ku Pao-ming and Lee Li-chun.[3] Chin was cast in Irma la Douce in 2007, and performed several times at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,[4][5] the National Theatre,[6] and the Hsinchu Performing Arts Auditorium.[7] In 2008, Chin starred in Othello alongside Lee.[8] Performances were held throughout Taiwan,[9] marking Godot's twentieth anniversary.[10] As Othello's run stretched into January 2009, Chin remained on the cast.[11][12][13] Chin directed Ho Chu’s New Match a second time in May 2009.[1] In July 2009, Chin shared the National Award for Arts with Wang Da-hong and four others.[14] In 2010, Chin appeared in The 39 Steps for Godot.[15] This was the first production to be licensed in Chinese while still on an original run in New York and London.[16] The next year, Chin took the stage in Tuesdays with Morrie, based on a memoir of the same name.[17][18][19] The performance ran in Taipei and Taichung through March 2012.[20][21][22] In 2013, Chin joined the cast of Stan Lai's A Dream Like A Dream.[23]

Chin film roles include Cho Li's directorial debut, Zoom Hunting (2010),[24] and Lin Fu-ching's first film Jumping Boy (2012).[25] Chin has often worked with director Chung Mong-hong, appearing in The Fourth Portrait (2010),[26] and Soul (2013).[27] Chin narrated the 2015 documentary The Rocking Sky,[28] and portrayed a business tycoon in Love in Vain (2016).[29]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ ab"Exhibition"(PDF). Taipei Times. 8 May 2009. Archived(PDF) from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^Bartholomew, Ian (19 July 2002). "CKS celebrates 15th anniversary". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^Bartholomew, Ian (28 November 2003). "Taiwanese queue for a piece of 'ART'". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^"Events & Entertainments". Taipei Times. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^"Events & Entertainment". Taipei Times. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ^"Events and entertainment". Taipei Times. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ^"Event & Entertainment". Taipei Times. 16 March 2007. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ^"[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ^"[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. ^Bartholomew, Ian (19 September 2009). "Othello redux: the new comedy of errors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  11. ^"[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  12. ^"[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  13. ^"[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]". Taipei Times. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  14. ^"National Award for Arts recipients announced". Taipei Times. 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  15. ^"EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT". Taipei Times. 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  16. ^"EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT". Taipei Times. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  17. ^"Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  18. ^"'Tuesdays With Morrie' finally comes to Taiwan". 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  19. ^"Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  20. ^"Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  21. ^"Events and entertainment listings". Taipei Times. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  22. ^Huang, Andrew C. C. (9 March 2012). "Drama: Lifelong learning". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  23. ^Huang, Andrew C. C. (3 August 2013). "Stan Lai's 'Dream' returns to the National Theater". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  24. ^Ho Yi (16 April 2010). "FILM REVIEW : If looks could thrill". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  25. ^Ho Yi (27 April 2012). "Movie review: Jumping Boy 不倒翁的奇幻旅程". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  26. ^Ho Yi (22 October 2010). "FILM REVIEW: A little boy lost". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  27. ^Ho Yi (30 August 2013). "Movie review: Soul". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  28. ^Ho Yi (11 December 2015). "Movie review: The Rocking Sky". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  29. ^Ho Yi (11 March 2016). "Movie review: Love in Vain". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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