Biography
Tsai Chen-nan (Chinese: 蔡振南; pinyin: Cài Zhènnán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Chín-lâm; born 26 July 1954) is a Taiwanese actor and singer.
Tsai was invited by the Hsinkang Foundation of Culture and Education to perform in Xingang, Chiayi, by the organization founder Chen Chin-huang, who sought to mitigate the effects that a widespread gambling craze had on his hometown. Tsai performed alongside the Cloud Gate Dance Theater led by fellow Xingang native Lin Hwai-min in June 1987. Tsai won the Golden Melody Award for best Taiwanese vocalist, and the Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year in 1997. His Hokkien pop songs have received attention from China, where he has been considered a "green performer," supportive of Taiwan independence.Tsai appeared in several films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien at the start of his acting career. He portrayed a gang leader in Comes the Black Dog (2004), and Gatao (2015). In 2010, Tsai won best actor at the Rome Asian Film Festival for his portrayal of a police officer in Tears. Tsai was a hunter and love interest of Lu Yi-ching's character, a widow, in Kuo Chen-ti's The Boar King (2014). The next year, he portrayed Chang San-lang, director of the National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, in Kara-Orchestra, and uncle of Austin Lin's character in The Missing Piece. In 2017, he appeared in the television drama A Boy Named Flora A alongside Crowd Lu, and was named best actor at the Asian Television Awards for his role on She's Family.
Filmography
all 46
Movies 36
TV Shows 10
self 1
Tales of Taipei (2023)
What the Hell Is Love (2023)
Marry My Dead Body (2023)
You Are On My Mind (2022)
LANG, Always by Your Side (2022)
Tavern by the Lethe (2021)
Enter the Dumpling (2021)
Man in Love (2021)
必勝大丈夫 (2019)
Someone in the Clouds (2019)
Safety First (2018)
Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)
Back to the Good Times (2018)
A Boy Named Flora A (2017)
She's Family (2017)
媽媽不見了 (2017)
Shia Wa Se (2016)
Gatao (2015)
The Missing Piece (2015)
Youth Power (2015)
Kara-Orchestra (2015)
The Boar King (2014)
When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep (2012)
The Ghost Tales (2012)
Hotel Blackcat (2011)
Ending Cut (2010)
Crossing The sentiMENtal Desert (2010)
Tears (2010)
The Year of Happiness and Love (2009)
Miss Kicki (2009)
Game Winning Hit (2009)
Da-Yu: The Touch of Fate (2006)
Comes the Black Dog (2004)
Betelnut Beauty (2001)
The Cabbie (2000)
Lament of the Sand River (2000)
Cop Abula (1999)
Connection by Fate (1998)
A Borrowed Life (1995)
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
Heartbreak Island (1995)
The Puppetmaster (1993)
Dust of Angels (1992)
A City of Sadness (1989)
Two Old Fellas
Butterfly Mansion
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1954-07-26 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceXingang Township, Taiwan
CitizenshipsTaiwan
Also Known AsVega Tsai, 蔡振南 , Tshuà Tsín-lâm, Cai Zhen-nan, Chen-Nan Tsai, Thái Chấn Nam
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