Chang Chen (張震, Pinyin spelling: Zhang Zhen) is a Taiwanese actor who has earned fame starring in both art-house and big-budget movies.
Born on October 14, 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan, he started acting at a young age and, in 1991, was chosen by Edward Yang to star in A Brighter Summer Day (牯嶺街少年殺人事件) and later in Mahjong (麻將). He then worked with Wong Kar-wai in Happy Together (春光乍洩) and, in 2000, co-starred alongside Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
He has played in 19 other films since then, including Betelnut Beauty, Three Times and Red Cliff.
He is not related to Joan Chen (Chen is his first name).
List of roles:
- Mimi/Lulu's unnamed boyfriend and an unnamed train passenger to (or from) 2046 in 2046
- Feng in Betelnut Beauty
- Xiao Si'r in A Brighter Summer Day
- Lo Xiaohu in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Dr. Wellington Yueh in Dune
- "The Razor" Yixiantian in The Grandmaster
- Chang in Happy Together
- Kuromujō in the Chinese voice track of Kessen! Heian-kyō (voice role)
- "God of War" Jiu Chen in Love and Destiny
- Sun Quan in Red Cliff
- Snowball in the Taiwanese dub of The Secret Life of Pets (voice role)
- Sinbad in the Taiwanese dub of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (voice role)
- Han Xin in Wang De Sheng Yan
