Akira Chen
{{Short description|Taiwanese actor and film director}}
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Akira Chen ({{zh|c=陳文彬|poj=Tân Bûn-pin|p=Chén Wénbīn}}; born 10 March 1969) is a Taiwanese actor and film director.
Career
Chen was commissioned by Shei-Pa National Park to direct a film about the Atayal people and culture. The work became Msgamil: Once Upon a Time, also known as A Thousand Years of Atayal, and premiered in 2008.{{cite news |last1=Loa |first1=Iok-sin |title=Atayal film to begin shoot |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/06/14/2003365179 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 June 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Loa |first1=Iok-sin |title=Noted Atayal movie to hold premiere |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/07/31/2003419033 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 July 2018}} Chen first feature film, Everlasting Moments, was released in 2011, and portrayed the Amis and the Atayal.{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: Everlasting Moments |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/04/15/2003500785 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 April 2011}}
Chen was first credited as an actor in Leon Dai's 2009 film Cannot Live Without You.{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=FILM REVIEW: A life worth living |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/08/14/2003451100 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 August 2009}} Chen's leading role as Li Wu-hsiung won him the Taipei Film Award for best actor.{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Leon Dai can’t live without cinema |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/08/20/2003451561/1 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=20 August 2009}} Chen has also appeared on stage, in The Waste Land (2010),{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2010/12/17/2003491151 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 December 2010}} and Taipei Singer (2011).{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/11/25/2003519149 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=25 November 2011}}
Chen contested the 2016 legislative elections as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party from Changhua County's first district,{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Tsung-Chiu |last2=Chin |first2=Jonathan |title=Taiwan must be independent to become part of global community, Su Beng says |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/09/06/2003627070 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 September 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Sean |title=Taipei mayor ready for bike ride from Taipei to Kaohsiung |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/07/2003636632 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 January 2016}} losing to Kuomintang incumbent Wang Huei-mei.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=Wang downplays attacks on KMT candidates |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/12/18/2003635060 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=18 December 2015}} Chen was subsequently appointed to lead the Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau.{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Hsiao-hsin |last2=Chin |first2=Jonathan |title=Headstones dating to Qing Dynasty found in Changhua |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/08/07/2003698121 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=7 August 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Liang-che |last2=Hsiao |first2=Sherry |title=Japanese-era safes now treasures |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/01/15/2003685807 |accessdate=13 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 January 2018}}
References
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External links
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Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Changhua County
Category:Taiwanese male stage actors
Category:Taiwanese male film actors
Category:21st-century Taiwanese male actors
Category:Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) politicians