Tsai Chen-nan

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Tsai Chen-nan ({{zh|c=蔡振南|poj=Chhòa Chín-lâm|p=Cài Zhènnán}}; 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 {{ill|Ta-chia-le|lt=gambling craze|zh|大家樂 (賭博)}} had on his hometown. Tsai performed alongside the Cloud Gate Dance Theater led by fellow Xingang native Lin Hwai-min in June 1987.{{cite news |title=Here Comes the Neighborhood! |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=12,29,33,45&post=21775 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Free China Review |date=1 May 1995}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Chiu |first1=Yu-tzu |title='Radical' A-mei cancels show in China |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/06/14/2003174980 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |date=14 June 2004}}

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),{{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Sen-lun |title='Comes the Black Dog' fails to deliver |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/03/26/2003107884 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 March 2004}} and {{ill|Gatao|lt=Gatao|zh|角頭}} (2015).{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: Gatao |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/07/10/2003622671 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 July 2015}} In 2010, Tsai won best actor at the Rome Asian Film Festival for his portrayal of a police officer in {{ill|Tears (2010 film)|lt=Tears|zh|眼淚 (電影)}}.{{cite news |last1=Elley |first1=Derek |title=Tears |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/tears-2-1200476615/ |accessdate=1 September 2018 |work=Variety |date=27 October 2009}}{{cite news |title=Tsai Chen-nan named best actor in Rome film fest |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=16872 |accessdate=27 August 2018 |work=Taiwan Today |date=20 July 2010}} Tsai was a hunter and love interest of Lu Yi-ching's character, a widow, in Kuo Chen-ti's The Boar King (2014).{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=After the storm |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/03/21/2003586164 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 March 2014}}{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=YEAR IN REVIEW: Taiwanese Cinema |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/12/31/2003607988 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=31 December 2014}} The next year, he portrayed Chang San-lang, director of the National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, in {{ill|lt=Kara-Orchestra|Kara-Orchestra|zh|很久沒有敬我了妳}},{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=FILM REVIEW: Kara-Orchestra |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/01/23/2003609878 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 January 2015}} and uncle of Austin Lin's character in The Missing Piece.{{cite news |author1=Ho Yi |title=Movie review: The Missing Piece (缺角一族) |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2015/05/15/2003618305 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 May 2015}} In 2017, he appeared in the television drama {{ill|lt=A Boy Named Flora A|A Boy Named Flora A|zh|植劇場－花甲男孩轉大人}} alongside Crowd Lu,{{cite news |title=Singer-turned-actor Crowd Lu performs superbly in hit TV drama |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2017/07/14/2003674490 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 July 2017}} and was named best actor at the Asian Television Awards for his role on {{ill|lt=She's Family|She's Family|zh|媽媽不見了}}.{{cite news |title=Actor wins Singapore award |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/12/05/2003683468 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 December 2017}}