Chen Kun
Chen Kun, who was born in Chongqing in 1976, worked as a typist, a bartender, a nightclub solo singer, and later the China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (now China National Song and Dance Ensemble) before getting accepted into the elite Beijing Film Academy in 1996. He was cast in Love Story in Shanghai during his senior year of college. Zhao Baogang directed the historical television drama series Xiàng Wù Xiàng Y Yu Xiàng Fng. Chen Kun, who played Chen Zikun in the film, gave an outstanding performance and quickly came to stardom. He had a successful decade in the 2000s, starring alongside top Chinese actors such as Zhou Xun, Liu Ye, Li Bingbing, and Zhao Wei in popular TV dramas and films such as Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ( Brzhkè Hé Xio Cáiféng) (2002), The Story of a Noble Family ( Jn Fn Sh Ji) (2003), The Knot ( Yn Shu (2008).
He was nominated for and won some of China's most prestigious prizes, including the Huabiao Awards and the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor. Chen Kun's wax figure debuted at Madame Tussauds in Shanghai in 2012, honoring his illustrious career, which shows no signs of slowing down. Chen Kun is a well-known singer and a talented writer who has recorded three albums and written several successful novels since 2001. Chen Kun is China's first and only actor to make the Writers Rich List. It's not easy to accomplish
- Born: February 4, 1976 (age 46), Chongqing, China
- Alma mater: Beijing Film Academy
- Occupation: Actor, Singer, Producer
