---
name: "Kelly Lai Chen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelly-lai-chen"
fi1m_id: "kelly-lai-chen"
imdb_id: "nm0155285"
tmdb_id: 12463
wikidata_id: "Q28414322"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 September 1933"
died: "3 April 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:41:33.704051+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."
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# Kelly Lai Chen

## Identity

Kelly Lai Chen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kelly-lai-chen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kelly-lai-chen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0155285
- **TMDB ID:** 12463
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28414322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Lai_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28414322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12463

Actor. Born 3 September 1933 in Shanghai, China. Died 3 April 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 September 1933, Shanghai, China
- **Died:** 3 April 2018
- **Also known as:** 雷震, Kelly Lai, Lai Chen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Lai_Chen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28414322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155285/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12463

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*In the Mood for Love*](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md) (91)

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## Biography

Kelly Lai Chen (Chinese: 雷震; also credited as Kelly Lai and Lai Chen) was a Hong Kong actor born in Shanghai on 3 September 1933. He died in Hong Kong on 3 April 2018.

He trained at the actor school of Motion Picture & General Investment (later Cathay) and made his film debut in 1956. He appeared in more than 40 films during the 1950s and 1960s, often portraying sensitive young men, and co-founded the Gold Eagle Film Company with his sister, actress Betty Loh Ti. He retired from acting in 1971.

Lai returned to the screen in later decades, appearing in *Young and Dangerous 2* (1996) and as Mr. Ho in Wong Kar-wai's *In the Mood for Love* (2000).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *In the Mood for Love* (2000), Fi1m 91, as Mr. Ho — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *In the Mood for Love* (2000), as Mr. Ho — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md)
- *Young and Dangerous 2* (1996), as Lui Jan / Lui Kung
- *The Ghost* (1972), Actor
- *The Partisan Lovers* (1969), Actor
- *Red Plum Pavilion* (1968), as Scholar
- *Duel at the Supreme Gate* (1968), as Sun Tai Yong
- *The Magic Lamp* (1964), as Heavenly Dog
- *The Imperial Lady* (1964), Actor
- *The Greatest Love Affair on Earth* (1964), as Wu Sha-Sheng
- *Father Takes a Bride* (1963), as Sun Chuan
- *Father and Son* (1963), Actor
- *Because of Her* (1963), as Du Ziping
- *Her Pearly Tears* (1962), Actor
- *It's Always Spring* (1962), as Zhengsheng
- *You Were Meant for Me* (1961), as Liang Ai-Lun
- *Education of Love* (1961), as Shi Jie/Zhang Shijie
- *The Greatest Civil War on Earth* (1961), Actor
- *Beauty Parade* (1961), Actor
- *Dreams Come True* (1960), Actor
- *The Bedside Story* (1960), Actor
- *Forever Yours* (1960), Actor
- *Corpses at Large* (1960), Actor
- *Bachelors Beware* (1960), Actor
- *Lady on the Roof* (1959), as Situ Dawei
- *My Darling Sister* (1959), Actor
- *Air Hostess* (1959), as Li Wen-Pin
- *Our Dream Car* (1959), as Ma Zhengkang
- *Our Sister Hedy* (1957), as Heyan (HE Yan)
- *Golden Lotus* (1957), as Cheng Qing You

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