---
name: "Chang Chen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chang-chen"
fi1m_id: "chang-chen"
imdb_id: "nm0151654"
tmdb_id: 1622
wikidata_id: "Q717432"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 October 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T02:04:27.330914+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chang Chen

## Identity

Chang Chen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chang-chen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chang-chen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151654
- **TMDB ID:** 1622
- **Wikidata ID:** Q717432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1622

Actor. Born 14 October 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 October 1976, Taipei, Taiwan
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Also known as:** 張震, Chen Chang, 장첸, 张震, Trương Chấn, チャンチェン, Zhen Zhang
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Romance 3, Action 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $642m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1622

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Happy Together*](https://film.one/film/happy-together.md) (86), [*Dune*](https://film.one/film/dune.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md) (90)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Assassin*](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chang Chen (Chinese: 張震) is a Taiwanese actor. He made his film debut as a child and rose to prominence with the lead role in Edward Yang's *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991).

He has appeared in films by Wong Kar-wai, including *Happy Together* (1997) as Chang, and Ang Lee's *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000) as Lo. Other notable roles include *2046* (2004), *Red Cliff* (2008) and its sequel, *The Grandmaster* (2013), *The Assassin* (2015) and *Dune* (2021) as Dr Wellington Yueh.

In 2021 he won the Best Leading Actor award at the Golden Horse Awards for *The Soul*. His father Chang Kuo-chu and brother Chang Han are also actors.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Dune* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Dr. Wellington Yueh — [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *The Assassin* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Tian Ji'an — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md)
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Fi1m 90, as Lo — [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *Happy Together* (1997), Fi1m 86, as Chang — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-together.md)
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), Fi1m 90, as Xiao Si'r — [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lucky Lu* (2026), as Lu Jia Cheng
- *A Writer's Odyssey 2* (2025), as 久天
- *The Embers* (2024), as Zhang Zhengze
- *Tales of Taipei* (2024), as A-Yi (segment "The Good Fortune")
- *18x2 Beyond Youthful Days* (2024), Executive Producer
- *预制厨神* (2024), Actor
- *I Believe* (2023), as Zhang Yang
- *Narco-Saints* (2022), series, as Chen Zhen
- *Transmigration* (2022), Actor
- *Dune* (2021), as Dr. Wellington Yueh — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dune.md)
- *The Hand* (2021), as Xiao Zhang
- *Garden of Camellias* (2021), as Huang
- *The Soul* (2021), as Liang Wen-Chao
- *Love and Destiny* (2019), series, as Jiu Chen
- *Savage* (2019), as Wang Kanghao
- *Forever Young* (2018), as Zhang Guoguo
- *Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield* (2017), as Shen Lian
- *十年，再見楊德昌* (2017), series, as 自己 · Creator
- *Mr. Long* (2017), as Mr. Long
- *The Assassin* (2015), as Tian Ji'an — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md)
- *Monk Comes Down the Mountain* (2015), as Boss Zha
- *Helios* (2015), as Gam Dao Nin / Messenger of Helios
- *Three Charmed Lives* (2014), Director
- *Brotherhood of Blades* (2014), as Shen Lian
- *Christmas Rose* (2013), as Winston Zhou
- *The Grandmaster* (2013), as Razor
- *The Road to "The Grandmaster"* (2012), Actor
- *Passion Island* (2012), as Chuell Kim
- *The Last Supper* (2012), as Han Xin
- *When Yesterday Comes* (2012), Actor
- *Beginning of the Great Revival* (2011), as Chiang Kai-shek
- *The Blue Cornflower* (2010), Actor
- *Fortune King Is Coming to Town!* (2010), as Cheng Yue
- *Red Cliff II* (2009), as Sun Quan
- *Red Cliff* (2008), as Sun Quan
- *Missing* (2008), as Simon
- *Parking* (2008), as Chen Mo
- *Into the Faraway Sky* (2007), as Admiral Smith
- *Blood Brothers* (2007), as Mark
- *The Go Master* (2007), as Wu Qingyuan
- *Breath* (2007), as Jang-jin
- *Silk* (2006), as Tung
- *Three Times* (2005), as Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
- *Eros* (2004), as Xiao Zhang
- *2046* (2004), as Mimi's Boyfriend
- *Sound of Colors* (2003), as Zhong Qing
- *Chinese Odyssey 2002* (2002), as Emperor Zheng De
- *Betelnut Beauty* (2001), as Feng
- *Flyin' Dance* (2000), as Choi
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), as Lo — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'* (1999), Actor
- *Happy Together* (1997), as Chang — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-together.md)
- *Mahjong* (1996), as Hong Kong
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), as Xiao Si'r — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)
- *The One*, series, Actor
- *Making of 2046*, Actor
- *引路人*, Actor
- *Going Home*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes, avec notamment Sting jouant de la basse. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-2ebc9ca7e79b.jpg) Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes, avec notamment Sting jouant de la basse. (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Cannes_2018_34.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_34.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-43794c854148.jpg) Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Cannes_2018_37.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_37.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-40f46cb0412a.jpg) Cérémonie de clôture du festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Cannes_2018_38.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_38.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-863957dd65bf.jpg) festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Cannes_2018_42.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_42.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chang Chen](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-61f0d322c7b1.jpg) Chang Chen — Image via TMDB
- ![Chang Chen](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-9fb040e185a0.jpg) Chang Chen — Image via TMDB
- ![Chang Chen](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-441fe461a3ce.jpg) Chang Chen — Image via TMDB
- ![Chang Chen](https://film.one/media/person/87389/gallery-562555b2ef2e.jpg) Chang Chen — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Chang_Chen_Cannes_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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