Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (; born May 19, 1948) is a Taiwanese actor.

Background

Born in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, China in 1948, he first had his break when he moved to

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

with his family at an early age. At only 12 years of age Charlie moved to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

to join Fuxing Opera School, a

Peking opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...

school. At the age of 20 he moved back to Hong Kong to join Cathay Organisation. His movie debut came in the film '' Xia Ri Chu Lian'', literally translating to "The First Love In Summer". With Brigitte Lin,

Joan Lin Joan Lin Feng-jiao (born 30 June 1953) is a Taiwanese former actress. She is married to Hong Kong-Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan. Early life Born 30 June 1953 in Taipei, Lin was the second child out of five children. She dropped out ...

and Chin Han, the four eventually became known as the "Two Chins, Two Lins" () which became iconic of 1970s romance films in China. The names became a guarantee of box office success, and so Charlie was constantly paired with one of the '2 Lins'. Charlie won 2

Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is u ...

and in 2000 he also presented one in

. Charlie retired from acting and began working in real estate. He lives in

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with his wife Cao Chang Li () and 2 sons, Gary () and Kevin ().

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HK cinemagic entry

Chin Discography
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chin, Charlie 1948 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese male actors Male actors from Nanjing Male actors from Jiangsu Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese people from Jiangsu

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