Charlie Chin | |||||||||||
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秦祥林 | |||||||||||
Born | Chin Hsiang-lin May 19, 1948 | ||||||||||
Citizenship | United States, Taiwan | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Fu Xing Drama School | ||||||||||
Occupation | actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1966–1991 | ||||||||||
Era | 1968 - 1992 | ||||||||||
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Children | Gary Chin (son) Kevin Chin (son) | ||||||||||
Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best Actor 1975 Long Way from Home 1977 At the Side of Skyline | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Chinese | 秦祥林 | ||||||||||
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Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin (Chinese: 秦祥林; pinyin: Qín Xianglín; Jyutping: Ceon4 coeng4 lam4) is a Taiwanese actor, born on May 19, 1948 in Nanking and grew up in Hong Kong. Throughout the twenty-four years of his acting career, Chin had participated in over one hundred films. As a member of the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二秦二林), Charlie Chin is known for portraying the romantic interest of the female lead in a love triangle in Literary Romantic Films (愛情文藝片) in the 1970s. He received two Golden Horse Awards for his performance as best leading actor.