Chin Shih-chieh

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.

Chin is known for his work with the {{ill|Performance Workshop|zh|表演工作坊}}, the {{ill|Lanling Theatre|zh|蘭陵劇坊}}, and the {{ill|Godot Theater Company|zh|果陀劇場}}. By 1980, he was known as a director, leading the performances of Ho Chu’s New Match for Lanling. He directed the 2002 production of She is Walking, She is Smiling staged at the National Theatre in Taipei, by the Performance Workshop.{{cite news |last1=Bartholomew |first1=Ian |title=CKS celebrates 15th anniversary |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2002/07/19/0000148913/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 July 2002}} He was cast in Art, a Gadot production, the next year alongside Ku Pao-ming and Lee Li-chun.{{cite news |last1=Bartholomew |first1=Ian |title=Taiwanese queue for a piece of 'ART' |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/11/28/2003077617 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=28 November 2003}} Chin was cast in Irma la Douce in 2007, and performed several times at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall,{{cite news |title=Events & Entertainments |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/06/29/2003367397/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 June 2007}}{{cite news |title=Events & Entertainment |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/07/06/2003368395 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 July 2007}} the National Theatre,{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/01/26/2003346495 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 January 2007}} and the {{ill|Hsinchu Performing Arts Auditorium|zh|新竹市文化局演藝廳}}.{{cite news |title=Event & Entertainment |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/03/16/2003352612 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 March 2007}} In 2008, Chin starred in Othello alongside Lee.{{cite news |title=[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/09/12/2003423000/2 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=12 September 2009}} Performances were held throughout Taiwan,{{cite news |title=[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/08/29/2003421684/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 August 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819083035/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/08/29/2003421684/1 |archivedate=19 August 2018 |url-status=live }} marking Godot's twentieth anniversary.{{cite news |last1=Bartholomew |first1=Ian |title=Othello redux: the new comedy of errors |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/09/19/2003423551 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 September 2009}} As Othello's run stretched into January 2009, Chin remained on the cast.{{cite news |title=[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/01/09/2003433305/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 January 2009}}{{cite news |title=[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/01/16/2003433871/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 January 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819083010/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/01/16/2003433871/1 |archivedate=19 August 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/01/23/2003434490 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 January 2009}} Chin directed Ho Chu’s New Match a second time in May 2009.{{cite news |title=Exhibition |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2009/05/08/TT-980508-P14-IB.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 May 2009}} In July 2009, Chin shared the {{ill|National Award for Arts|zh|國家文藝獎}} with Wang Da-hong and four others.{{cite news |title=National Award for Arts recipients announced |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/07/08/2003448158 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 July 2009}} In 2010, Chin appeared in The 39 Steps for Godot.{{cite news |title=EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2010/01/15/2003463515 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 January 2010}} This was the first production to be licensed in Chinese while still on an original run in New York and London.{{cite news |title=EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2010/04/16/2003470698 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 April 2010}} The next year, Chin took the stage in Tuesdays with Morrie, based on a memoir of the same name.{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment listings |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/03/08/2003527246 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=8 March 2012}}{{cite news |title='Tuesdays With Morrie' finally comes to Taiwan |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/02/18/2003496197 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |date=18 February 2011}}{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment listings |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/07/15/2003508260/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 July 2011}} The performance ran in Taipei and Taichung through March 2012.{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment listings |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2011/03/04/2003497310 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 March 2011}}{{cite news |title=Events and entertainment listings |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/03/15/2003527805 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 March 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Andrew C. C. |title=Drama: Lifelong learning |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/03/09/2003527325 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 March 2012}} In 2013, Chin joined the cast of Stan Lai's A Dream Like A Dream.{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Andrew C. C. |title=Stan Lai's 'Dream' returns to the National Theater |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2013/08/03/2003568804 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 August 2013}}

Chin film roles include Cho Li's directorial debut, Zoom Hunting (2010),{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=FILM REVIEW : If looks could thrill |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2010/04/16/2003470705 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 April 2010}} and Lin Fu-ching's first film {{ill|Jumping Boy|zh|不倒翁的奇幻旅程|lt=Jumping Boy}} (2012).{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: Jumping Boy 不倒翁的奇幻旅程 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/04/27/2003531368 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=27 April 2012}} Chin has often worked with director Chung Mong-hong, appearing in The Fourth Portrait (2010),{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=FILM REVIEW: A little boy lost |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2010/10/22/2003486597 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=22 October 2010}} and Soul (2013).{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: Soul |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2013/08/30/2003570905/1 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 August 2013}} Chin narrated the 2015 documentary {{ill|lt=The Rocking Sky|The Rocking Sky|zh|冲天 (紀錄片)}},{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: The Rocking Sky |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/12/11/2003634520 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=11 December 2015}} and portrayed a business tycoon in {{ill|Love in Vain (film)|zh|獨一無二 (台灣電影)|lt=Love in Vain}} (2016).{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: Love in Vain |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/03/11/2003641289 |accessdate=19 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=11 March 2016}}

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• Wo ta lang er lai (1978)
• Liu chao guai tan (1979)
• Ho Chu's New Match (1980, 2009)
• You wo wu di (1980)
• Xin hai shuang shi (1981)
• Terrorizers (1986) - Zhou's lover
• Soursweet (1988) - Night Brother
• A Brighter Summer Day (1991) - Ming's 7th Uncle
• Qi wang (1991) - Lanky Ngai
• Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring (1993) - Chiang Pin-Liu
• The Great Conqueror's Concubine (1994)
• Tian Di (1994) - Shantung Cat
• Island of Greed (1997) - Fai's Supervisor
• The Personals (1998)
• Guo jong (1999) - Mr. Liu
• Born to Be King (2000)
• She is Walking, She is Smiling (2002)
• Art (2003)
• The Rise of the Tang Empire (2006, TV Series) - Wei Zheng
• Irma La Douce (2007)
• Ting che (2008)
• Dou cha (2008)
• Othello (2008–2009, TV Series)
• Black & White (2009, TV Series)
• Empire of Silver (2009) - Manager Liu
• Tai bei piao xue (2009) - Master Ma
• Zoom Hunting (2010) - Doorman
• The Fourth Portrait (2010) - Chang
• Reign of Assassins (2010) - Doctor Li
• 17th Exit (公視人生劇展—十七號出入口) (2010) - Yuesheng Du
• Mang ren dian ying yuan (2010)
• The 39 Steps (2010) - Grandfather
• {{ill|The Invaluable Treasure 1949|lt=The Invaluable Treasure 1949|zh|瑰寶1949}} (2011, TV Series) - Yang Lei
• In Time with You (2011, TV Series) - Uncle Pai
• Tuesdays with Morrie (2011-2012, TV Series)
• {{ill|Jumping Boy|zh|不倒翁的奇幻旅程|lt=Jumping Boy}} (2012) - Tian Bian
• The Guillotines (2012) - Wan Jiang
• A Dream Like A Dream (2013)
• The Grandmaster (2013)
• Soul (2013) - Messenger
• Rock N' Road (2014, TV Series) - Ko Chung-Ming
• Brotherhood of Blades (2014) - Wei Zhongxian
• Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault (2014) - Shih Yung-Kuang
• Mr. Right Wanted (2015, TV Series) - Yu Wen
• Double Date (2015)
• Du yi wu er (2015)
• The Last Women Standing (2015) - Sheng's Father
• The Final Master (2015) - Zheng Shan'ao - The Grandmaster
• Detective Chinatown (2015) - Mr. Yan
• {{ill|lt=The Rocking Sky|The Rocking Sky|zh|冲天 (紀錄片)}} (2015, Documentary) - Narrator (voice)
• E ling zhi men (2016)
• Big Fish & Begonia (2016) - Ling Po (voice)
• Godspeed (2016) - Nadow's Father
• See You Tomorrow (2016) - God of Bing
• Ni hao, feng zi! (2016) - Nai'en Xiao
• The Apparition (2016)
• {{ill|Love in Vain (film)|zh|獨一無二 (台灣電影)|lt=Love in Vain}} (2016)
• Provoking Laughter (2016)
• The Rise of a Tomboy (2016)
• Duckweed (2017) - Police director
• Once Upon a Time in the Northeast (2017) - Jiang Dong
• Surgeons (2017, TV Series) - Xiu Minqi
• Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017) - Wei Zhongxian
• Reset (2017) - Director
• Princess Agents (2017, TV Series) - Yuwen Xi
• Da Hu Fa (2017) - Ji'an
• Le portrait interdit (2017) - General Intendent Chen
• Inference Notes (2017) - Zhou
• Midnight Diner (2017, TV Series)
• Hua jia da ren zhuan nan hai (2018) - Mr. Fang
• The Way of the Bug (2018) - Uncle Da
• Great Expectations (2018, TV Series) - Huang Shang
• Ren jian, xi ju (2019) - Yang Taijun
• A Live Kidnap Show (2019)
• Wo de qing chun dou shi ni (2019) - Professor Wang
• Qi Huan Zhi Lv (2019)
• San Cha Ji (2020)
• Winter Begonia (2020)
• A Place Called Silence (2024) - Fang Juezhong

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