Charlie Chin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chin.

Charlie Chin
秦はた祥さち林りん
Born	Chin Hsiang-lin (1948-05-19) May 19, 1948 Nanjing, Republic of China
Citizenship	United States, Taiwan
Alma mater	Fu Xing Drama School
Occupation	actor
Years active	1966–1991
Era	1968 - 1992
Spouses	Josephine Siao ​ ​ (m. 1976; div. 1978)​ Cao Chang Li ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	Gary Chin (son) Kevin Chin (son)
Awards	Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor 1975 Long Way from Home 1977 At the Side of Skyline
Chinese name
Chinese	秦はた祥さち林りん
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qín Xianglín Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ceon4 coeng4 lam4

Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (Chinese: 秦はた祥さち林りん; pinyin: Qín Xianglín; Jyutping: Ceon4 coeng4 lam4) is a Taiwanese actor, born on  May 19, 1948 in Nanking and grew up in Hong Kong. Throughout the twenty-four years of his acting career, Chin had participated in over one hundred films. As a member of the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二に秦しん二に林りん), Charlie Chin is known for portraying the romantic interest of the female lead in a love triangle in Literary Romantic Films (愛情あいじょう文藝ぶんげい片へん) in the 1970s. He received two Golden Horse Awards for his performance as best leading actor.

Career

When he was young, Charlie Chin fled with his family to Hong Kong due to war. At the age of twelve, he went to Taiwan to pursue his studies at the Fu Xing Drama School (復興ふっこう劇げき校こう; predecesor of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts), specializing in Peking Opera. He adopted the stage name Qin Fu Lin (秦はた復ふく林りん) and selected the role of a combatant (武生たけお) in the opera.

After graduating from the Fu Xing Drama School in 1968, Charlie Chin returned to Hong Kong and made some martial arts films, but he remained unknown. While he was wondering whether he should stay in the field of Peking Opera, actor Yue Hua (岳たけ華はな) advised him to become an actor.

Charlie Chin was privately nicknamed "Flipper (翻こぼし跟斗)" due to his acrobatic skills in the film industry. At that time, the industry favored the warm-hearted type of male stars represented by Chin Han (秦はた漢かん), making it difficult for him to secure significant roles.

Charlie Chin was part of the "Silver Rat Squad (銀色ぎんいろ鼠ねずみ隊たい)", a 1970s pop band formed in Hong Kong. The band, consisting of seven members.was inspired by  Hollywood actor Dean Martin's Rat Pack. The band was more of a lighthearted endeavor, and all the members were renowned actors at the time. The other members of the squad included Chan Chi Keung (陳ちん自じ強つよし), Zhang Chong (張ちょう沖おき), Patrick Tse Ka Yuk (謝しゃ賢けん), Alan Tang Kwong Wing (鄧光榮こうえい), Lydia Sum Tin Ha (沈殿ちんでん霞かすみ), and Chen Hao (陳ちん浩ひろし).

The turning point of Charlie Chin's acting career happened in 1973. Director Lee Hsing (李り行こう) was shooting the film Heart With A Million Knots (心こころ有ゆう千せん千結ちゆい). The original male lead, Alan Tang Kwong Wing (鄧光榮こうえい), could not participate due to schedule conflict. Charlie Chin was recommended to Lee Hsing by Chen Chen's mother. So he took on the role of the male lead for the first time. The film made him a star overnight. This role also landed him the Best Actor award for Outstanding Performance at the 20th Asian Film Festival.

In the 1970s, literary romantic films adapted from romantic novels by Qiong Yao and other writers were extremely popular in Taiwan and South East Asia. During that time, Charlie Chin, along with renowned actors Chin Han (秦はた漢かん), Brigitte Lin (林はやし青あお霞かすみ), and Joan Lin (林はやし鳳おおとり嬌) were collectively called the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二に秦しん二に林りん) to indicate their dominating status.

In 1975 and 1977, Charlie Chin won the Best Actor award at the 12th and 14th Golden Horse Awards, respectively, for his performances in Long Way from Home (長ちょう情じょう萬まん縷) directed by Liu Yi (劉りゅう藝げい) and Far Away from Home (人ひと在ざい天涯てんがい) directed by Pai Ching-jui (白しろ景けい瑞みず).

Personal life

In 1973, Charlie Chin went to Japan to film the Hiroshima 28 (廣島ひろしま廿にじゅう八はち). It was during this time that he met actress Siao Fong Fong (蕭しょう芳よし芳よし), and they began dating. In October 1975, they got married at the Hong Kong City Hall. However. Their marriage lasted only for a few years and they agreed to separate in 1977 and divorce in the following year.

In 1976, while filming Cloud of Romance (我わが是ぜ一いち片雲へんうん),  Chin met Brigitte Lin  (林はやし青あお霞かすみ) and they began dating. In September 1980, they got engaged in Los Angeles. Their engagement lasted for four years and they were never married to each other.

Charlie Chin met his second wife Cao Chang-Li (曹昌莉) on a film set where she worked as a make-up assistant. They got married in 1988 and immigrated to California, United States afterward. They have two sons, Kavin and Gary Chin.

On November 23, 2013, Chin accepted an invitation from the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee to serve as the presenter of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 50th Golden Horse Award for Chen Chen.

Filmography

Films

Year	Chinese Title	English Title
1968	《夏なつ日にち初戀はつこい》	Summer Love
1969	《黑くろ豹ひょう》	The Black Panther
	《一いち劍けん情深なさけぶか》	The Violet Mansion
	《蓮花れんげ寨》	Lotus Camp
	《龍りゅう吟ぎん虎とら嘯》	The Challenge
	《楓かえで林はやし渡わたる》	Mallow Forest
1970	《異鄉いきょう客きゃく》	The Unknown Swordsman
	《火ひ鳥とり第だい一いち號ごう》	Violet Clove and Firebird
	《壯士そうし血ち》	King's Sword
	《我わが愛あい莎莎》	The Apartment
	《雪路ゆきじ血路けつろ》	Mission to Die
1971	《浪子なみこ之の歌うた》	The Song of the Wanderer
	《財ざい色しょく驚おどろき魂たましい》	Secret of My Millionaire Sister
	《無敵むてき鐵てつ沙すな掌てのひら》	Invincible Iron Palm
1972	《男おとこ人じん女人にょにん》	Love Affairs
	《珮詩》	Pei Shih
	《騙かた術じゅつ大觀たいかん》	Cheating Panorama
	《輕けい煙けむり》	Love Is Smoke
	《三さん十じゅう六ろく彈だん腿もも》	Thirty-Six Kicks
1973	《心こころ有ゆう千せん千結ちゆい》	The Heart with a Million Knots
	《女おんな警察けいさつ》	Police Woman
	《追つい殺ころせ》	The Deadly Chase
	《大だい密みつ探さがせ》	The Private Eye
1974	《廣島ひろしま廿にじゅう八はち》	Hiroshima 28
	《長ちょう情じょう萬まん縷》	Long Way from Home
	《一いち簾すだれ幽かそけ夢ゆめ》	Yi Lian You Meng
	《雪ゆき花はな片片へんぺん》	Falling Snow Flakes
	《純じゅん純じゅん的てき愛あい》	Love Love Love
	《我わが父ちち、我わが夫おっと、我子わがこ》	My Father, My Husband, My Son
	《半山はんやま飄雨半山はんやま晴はれ》	Ban Shan Piao Yu Ban Shan Qing
	《婚姻こんいん大事だいじ》	The Marriage
	《晴はれ時じ多た雲くも偶陣雨う》/《好こう女おんな十じゅう八はち變へん》	How Is The Weather Today?
	《雨中うちゅう行ぎょう》/《雨中うちゅう漫步まんぽ》	Yu Zhong Xing
	《東ひがし邊べ晴はれ時じ西にし邊べ雨う》	Come Rain or Come Shine
1975	《西にし貢みつげ、台北たいぺい、高雄たかお》	Saigon, Taipei, Kaohsiung
	《我わが心しん深ふか處しょ》	Wo Xin Shen Chu
	《戰地せんち英えい豪ごう》	Heroes Behind the Enemy Lines
	《煙雨えんう》	Misty Drizzle
	《金きむ雲くも夢ゆめ》	Jin Yun Meng
	《長ちょう青樹あおき》	Evergreen Tree
	《女おんな朋友ほうゆう》	Girlfriend
1976	《追おい球だま.追求ついきゅう》	The Chasing Game
	《情話じょうわ綿綿めんめん》	Tainted Love
	《夏なつ日び、假かり期き、玫瑰花はな》	Trio love
	《微風びふう細雨さいう點點てんてん晴はれ》/《奪だつ愛あい》	Wei Feng Xi Yu Dian Qing
	《秋あき歌か》	Qiu Ge
	《我わが是ぜ一いち沙すな鷗》	Come Fly with Me
	《今夜こんや妳和我が》/《就從今夜こんや起おこり》	Starting Tonight
	《我わが是ぜ一いち片雲へんうん》	Cloud of Romance
	《明天めいてん二十歲はたち》	Twenty Tomorrow
	《不ふ一樣いちよう的てき愛あい》/《愛あい的てき花はな蕾つぼみ》	Different Love
	《星ほし期き六ろく的てき約やく會かい》	Date on Saturday
1977	《異鄉いきょう夢ゆめ》	Yi Xiang Meng
	《人ひと在ざい天涯てんがい》	Far Away from Home
	《愛あい的てき賊ぞく船せん》	A Pirate of Love
	《奔向彩いろどり虹にじ》	The Love Affair of Rainbow / Up to Rainbow
	《風雲ふううん人物じんぶつ》	Men on the Hour
	《杜鵑とけん花はな開ひらけ時じ》	Azaleo Blooming Season
	《彩雲さいうん在ざい飛躍ひやく》	Love Across The Bridge
	《不要ふよう在ざい街まち上じょう吻我》/《留學生りゅうがくせい》	Don't Kiss Me on the Street
	《佳けい期き.假かり期き》	Holidays
	《愛情あいじょう雨う花はな開ひらく》	Qing Yu Hua Kai
	《情深なさけぶか愛あい更さら深ふか》	Qing Shen Ai Geng Shen
	《手足てあし情深なさけぶか》/《拳こぶし王おう、情人じょうにん、大だい律師りっし》	Boxer, Lover, Lawyer
1978	《真白まっしろ蛇へび傳でん》	Love of the White Snake
	《情じょう竇初開ひらく》	Young lovers
	《踩在夕陽ゆうひ裡うら》	Stepping in the Sunset
	《金木かなぎ水火すいか土ど》	Fearless Kung Fu Elements
	《又また是ぜ黃昏たそがれ》	Once More in the Evening
	《月つき朦朧もうろう鳥とり朦朧もうろう》	Moon Fascination, Bird Sweet
	《男おとこ孩與女おんな孩的戰爭せんそう》	The War of the Sexes
	《說せつ謊世界かい》	Con Artists
1979	《一いち個こ女工じょこう的てき故事こじ》	Fly Up with Love
	《昨日きのう雨あめ瀟瀟》	The Misty Rain of Yesterday's
	《摘星》	Touch of Fair Lady
	《成功せいこう嶺みね上じょう》	Cheng Gong Ling Shang
	《難なん忘的一天いってん》	That Unforgettable Day
	《一片いっぺん深ふか情じょう》/《故人こじん風雨ふうう》	Return Of Monsoon
	《落花らっか、流水りゅうすい、春はる去さ也》	Fallen Flowers, Flowing Water, the Spring Is Gone
1980	《皇すめらぎ天てん后きさき土ど》	The Coldest Winter in Peking
	《愛あい的てき小しょう草くさ》	The Beloved Grass
	《晚ばん間あいだ新聞しんぶん》	Evening News
1981	《愛あい殺ころせ》	Love Massacre
	《海軍かいぐん與あずか我わが》	The Marine and I / Hai Jun Yi Wo
	《凶きょう榜》	The Imp
1982	《血戰けっせん大だい二に膽きも》	The Battle of Erdan
	《殺ころせ出西しゅつさい營盤》	Coolie Killer
1983	《奇き謀はかりごと妙計みょうけい五福ごふく星ぼし》/《五福ごふく星ぼし》	Winners and Sinners
1984	《最長さいちょう的てき一いち夜や》	The Battle of Erdan 2
	《神かみ勇いさむ雙そう響ひびき炮》	Pom Pom
	《上天じょうてん救命きゅうめい》	Heaven Can Help
1985	《福ぶく星ほし高だか照あきら》	My Lucky Stars
	《夏なつ日にち福ぶく星ぼし》	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1986	《八はち二に三さん炮戰》	The Kinmen Bombs
	《日にち內瓦的てき黃昏たそがれ》	The Sunset in Geneva
1987	《東方とうほう禿鷹はげたか》	Eastern Condors
	《大だい飯店はんてん》	Grand Hotel
	《褲甲天下でんか》	King Of Stanley Market
	《亡命ぼうめい鴛鴦えんおう》	On the Run
1992	《五福ごふく星ほし撞鬼》	Ghost Punting

TV shows

Year	Chinese Title	English Title
1986	《第だい四よん代だい》	The 4th Generation
	《金色きんいろ山莊さんそう》	Golden Mansion
1987	《喜き從したがえ天てん降くだ》	Xi Cong Tian Jiang

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Outcome
1975	The 12th Golden Horse Awards	Best Leading Actor	Long Way from Home	Won
1977	The 14th Golden Horse Awards	Best Leading Actor	Far Away from Home	Won

See also

• Lucky Stars

External links

• Charlie Chin at IMDb
• HK cinemagic entry
• Chin Discography at Smithsonian Folkways