Tsai Chen-nan

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 Chen-nan
蔡振南
Born	(1954-07-26) 26 July 1954 (age 69) Xingang, Chiayi County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Occupation(s)	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 [zh] had on his hometown. Tsai performed alongside the Cloud Gate Dance Theater led by fellow Xingang native Lin Hwai-min in June 1987.^[1] 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.^[2]

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),^[3] and Gatao [zh] (2015).^[4] In 2010, Tsai won best actor at the Rome Asian Film Festival for his portrayal of a police officer in Tears [zh].^[5][6] Tsai was a hunter and love interest of Lu Yi-ching's character, a widow, in Kuo Chen-ti's The Boar King (2014).^[7][8] The next year, he portrayed Chang San-lang, director of the National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, in Kara-Orchestra [zh],^[9] and uncle of Austin Lin's character in The Missing Piece.^[10] In 2017, he appeared in the television drama A Boy Named Flora A [zh] alongside Crowd Lu,^[11] and was named best actor at the Asian Television Awards for his role on She's Family [zh].^[12]

Selected filmography

• A City of Sadness (1989)
• Dust of Angels (1992)
• The Puppetmaster (1993)
• A Borrowed Life (1994)
• Heartbreak Island (1995)
• Good Men, Good Women (1995)
• Betelnut Beauty (2001)
• The Year of Happiness and Love (2009)
• Tears [zh] (2010)
• Monga Yao Hui (2011)
• Garden of Life [zh] (2012)
• The Ghost Tales (2012)
• When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep (2012)
• What Is Love (2012)
• Gatao [zh] (2015)
• Kara-Orchestra [zh] (2015)
• The Missing Piece (2015)
• Youth Power (2015)
• Shia Wa Se (2016)
• She's Family [zh] (2017)
• A Boy Named Flora A [zh] (2017)
• Man in Love (2021)
• Marry My Dead Body (2023)

References

1. "Here Comes the Neighborhood!". Free China Review. 1 May 1995. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
2. Chiu, Yu-tzu (14 June 2004). "'Radical' A-mei cancels show in China". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. Yu, Sen-lun (26 March 2004). "'Comes the Black Dog' fails to deliver". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
4. Ho Yi (10 July 2015). "Movie review: Gatao". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
5. Elley, Derek (27 October 2009). "Tears". Variety. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
6. "Tsai Chen-nan named best actor in Rome film fest". Taiwan Today. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
7. Ho Yi (21 March 2014). "After the storm". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
8. Ho Yi (31 December 2014). "YEAR IN REVIEW: Taiwanese Cinema". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
9. Ho Yi (23 January 2015). "FILM REVIEW: Kara-Orchestra". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
10. Ho Yi (15 May 2015). "Movie review: The Missing Piece (缺角一族)". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
11. "Singer-turned-actor Crowd Lu performs superbly in hit TV drama". Taipei Times. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
12. "Actor wins Singapore award". Taipei Times. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

External links

• Tsai Chen-nan at IMDb  
• Tsai Chen-nan at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Tsai Chen-nan at AllMusic