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John Chiang
Chinese name 姜大衛 (Traditional)
Chinese name 姜大卫 (Simplified)
Birth name 姜偉年 (Chiang Wei-Nien)
Born 29 June 1947 (1947-06-29) (age 64) Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Spouse(s) Lam-lam Lee, married on 20 May 1974 (&1000000000000003700000037 years, &10000000000000161000000161 days)
Children Elaine Chiang Eve Chiang John Chiang, Jr. (b.1995)
Parents Yim Dut 嚴化 Hung Wei 紅薇
Awards
  • Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best Actor 1970 Vengeance 1973 Blood Brothers
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chiang.

John Chiang Da-wei (simplified Chinese: 姜大卫; traditional Chinese: 姜大衛; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiāng Dàwèi; Jyutping: Keung1 Dai6 Wai6; born 29 June 1947 in Suzhou, Jiangsu), sometimes credited as David Chiang, is a Hong Kong actor.[1][2]

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Filmography
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

Biography

His mother Hung-wei and father Yim-dut were very popular movie stars. Young Chiang began his acting career at a very early age, appearing in black & white films while he was only 4 years old. "John" is Chiang's real English name, while "David" was a stage name given to him by Director Chang Cheh (his Chinese name also sounds like "David"). His brother Paul Chun starred in The Sand Pebbles.

In 1966, while working as a stuntman and fight instructor for the acclaimed Shaw Brothers Studio, he was spotted by director Chang Cheh. The director immediately saw potential & screen presence in the young actor & took David under his wing, slowly grooming him. The pair got along like father & son.

With Wang Yu's sudden departure in 1969, Run Run Shaw and his senior executives were searching for their next leading man to take the reins to satisfy the frenzy left from the departed Wang Yu. The movie impresario made Chiang an offer he could not refuse. With the guidance of director Chang Cheh, Chiang won "The Best Actor" Award at the 16th Asian Film Festival in 1970 for his role in "Vengeance!". In 1972, at the 18th Asian film Festival, Chiang was awarded the Golden Horse Award for "The Best Actor" in "Blood Brothers" & "The Most Contemporary" Award in 1973 at the 19th Asian Film Festival for "The Generation Gap".

Chiang left Hong Kong with his mentor Chang Cheh and set up an independent production company in 1973 known as Chang's Scope Company. With the backing & blessings of Run Run Shaw, their films continued to be distributed through an enormous Shaw circuit. There, Chiang was able to try his hand at directing, producing and script writing. As the 1970s came to an end and the 1980s approached, Chiang continued to work his magic on the Silver Screen working with directors Lee Han Chiang, Hsueh Li Pao, Ho Meng-hua and Chia-Liang Liu . 1980 was also the start of his first T.V Series The Green Dragon Conspiracy, followed by Princess Chang Ping and Dynasty which are all classics. In the mid 1980s, Chiang worked alongside his two brothers, Paul Chun and Derek Yee, directing, producing and acting in the comedy "Legend of the Owl". Chiang`s talents in comedy also was showcased in the movies The Challenger and The Loot Directed by Eric Tseng. In late 1980s into the 1990s Chiang successfully Directed movies: Heaven Can Help, Silent Love, The Wrong Couples, Mr. Handsome, Double Fattiness, My Dear Son, Will of Iron and Mother of a Different Kind. As 2000 approached, Chiang has continued to work in movies and TV series like: Election, Daisy, Revolving Doors Of Vengeance, Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion, Land of Wealth, The Family Link and the most recent 2007 T.V Series The Gem of Life. Chiang was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" in 2006 for his TVB role in Revolving Doors of Vengeance.

In 2004, David Chiang was inducted into The Avenue of Stars, modeled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honours celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry.

With over 4 decades under his belt, Chiang is indeed an icon and a legend and is well regarded as one of Kung Fu's Top Action Heroes.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Awards
All The Profecional
1960 Street Boys
1968 The Golden Swallow
1969 Dead End
Have Sword, Will Travel
The Invincible Fist
1970 The Heroic Ones
The Singing Killer
Vengeance!
The Wandering Swordsman
Winged Tiger
1971 The Anonymous Heroes
The Deadly Duo
Duel of Fists
The Duel
New One-Armed Swordsman
1972 Angry Guest
Boxer from Shantung
Four Riders
Trilogy of Swordsmanship
The Water Margin
Young People
1973 Blood Brothers
The Generation Gap
The Pirate
1974 Dracula and the 7 Golden Vampires
The Drug Addict as actor and director.
Five Shaolin Masters
Friends
The Savage Five
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (UK/HK)
1975 All Men are Brothers
The Empress Dowager
The Imposter
The Taxi Driver
The Young Rebel
1976 The Condemned also director
One Armed Swordsmen as actor and director.
Seven Man Army
Shaolin Temple
1977 Death Duel
Judgment of an Assassin
Magnificent Wanderers
The Naval Commandos
1978 Shaolin Hand Lock
Shaolin Mantis
1979 Abbot of Shaolin
Blooded Treasury Fight
The Challenger
Heaven and Hell Gate
Murder Plot
1980 The Loot
The Lost Kung Fu Secrets
Six Directions of Boxing
1981 Fight for Glory
King of Fists and Dollars
The Legend of the Owl as actor and director.
Night of the Assassins
Red Phoenix
Return of the Deadly Blade
1982 Strife for Mastery
Till Death Do We Scare
The Conqueror (ATV)
1983 Play Catch
1984 Jagged Yang Warriors (鐵血楊家將) Liu Tianchi TTV (Taiwan)
1985 Shanghai 13
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars cameo.
Yes Madam!
1986 From Here to Prosperity
Silent Love as director.
Soul
Where's Officer Tuba?
1987 Angel
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mr. Handsome as director.
1988 Double Fattiness as director and cameo
Tiger on Beat
1989 Just Heroes
Mr. Sunshine
My Dear Son as director.
1990 When East Meets West as director.
1991 The Banquet cameo.
Will of Iron as director.
1992 Mary From Beijing
Once Upon a Time in China II
Twin Dragons
1993 The Mystery of the Condor Hero Wong Yeuk-see (TVB)
1994 What Price Survival
Fate of the Clairvoyant (TVB)
The Fist of Law (TVB)
1995 The Adventurers
Mother of a Different Kind director.
A Good Match from Heaven (TVB)
1996 Lover's Tears as producer.
The Snow is Red Luo Xuan (ATV)
1998 A Lawyer Can Be Good (ATV)
1999 The Legend of Speed
2000 State of Divinity Qu Yang
Wonder Bar (ATV)
2003 Star Runner
2005 Wong Fei Hung - Master of Kung Fu Wong Kei-ying (TVB)
2 Young
Election
Revolving Doors of Vengeance Cheung Wing-fat (TVB) Nominated - TVB Award for Best Supporting Actor (Top 5)
2006 Daisy (Korea)
Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion Long Fan-wun (TVB)
Face to Fate Sum Sing-nam (TVB)
Land of Wealth Kiu Bun-yip (TVB) Nominated - TVB Award for Best Supporting Actor (Top 20)
2007 The Family Link Ko Wing-kuen (TVB) Nominated - TVB Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 24)
Making Miracles Chen Guanlin (MediaCorp)
2008 The Master of Tai Chi Mo Chik (TVB)
The Gem of Life Hong Ching-yeung (TVB)
2009 The Threshold of a Persona Mak Kai-ming (TVB)
A Chip Off the Old Block Cho Tsuen (TVB) Nominated - Best Supporting Actor (Top 15)
Room to Let I Li Linlin (RTHK)
2010 Room to Let II Li Linlin (RTHK)
2011 Men with No Shadows Tong King-tin (TVB)
Grace Under Fire Wong Fei-hung (TVB) Nominated - Mingpao's 43rd Anniversary Award
TBA A Love at the Porch Bridge
The Great Eunuch Li Hongzhang TVB

References

  1. ^ "David Chiang movies". KungFuMovies.net. http://www.kungfumovies.net/david_chiang.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "David Chiang". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156955/. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 

External links

  • John Chiang (actor) at the Internet Movie Database
  • David Chiang Fan Site - DCFS
  • John Chiang Vietnam Fan Club

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