Chang Chen (Chinese: 張震; born October 14, 1976) is a Taiwanese actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan. His name is sometimes seen in the Western order (Chen Chang). He is the son of Taiwanese actor Chang Kuo Chu and brother of Taiwanese actor Chang Han.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 14, 1976 (50)
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Actor, also producer
- 29 on MovieCove · 58 credits in all
What are Chang Chen's films like?
Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 23
Light 3 · Serious 7 · Dark 15
Grounded 3 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 11
Gentle 1 · Charged 14 · Intense 10
Steady 9 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 6
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 12
A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 7
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 11 of 17 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Xiao Si'r in A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
- Shapeshifteras Hong Kong in Mahjong (1996)
- Allyas Chang in Happy Together (1997)
- Allyas Emperor Zheng De in Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)
- Heroas Zhang (segment: The Hand) in Eros (2004)
- Heroas Chen in Three Times (2005)
- Heroas Tung in Silk (2006)
- Heroas Jang Jin in Breath (2007)
- Allyas Sun Quan in Red Cliff II (2009)
- Heroas Shen Lian in Brotherhood of Blades (2014)
- Shadowas Tian Ji'an, governor of Weibo in The Assassin (2015)
- Shadowas Gam Dao Nin in Helios (2015)
- Heroas Long in Mr. Long (2017)
- Heroas Shen Lian in Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017)
- Heroas Wang Kanghao in Savage (2018)
- Heroas Zhang in The Hand (2020)
- Heroas Liang Wenchao in The Soul (2021)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet13
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Chang Chen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Chang Chen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
58 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Lucky Lu(2025)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
A Writer's Odyssey 2(2025)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Embers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Tales of Taipei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
预制厨神 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
I Believe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Narco-Saints(2022)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Transmigration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Dune(2021)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Hand(2020)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Garden of Camellias (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Soul(2021)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Love and Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Savage(2018)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Forever Young (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Brotherhood of Blades 2(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
十年，再見楊德昌 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mr. Long(2017)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Assassin(2015)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Helios(2015)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Three Charmed Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Brotherhood of Blades(2014)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Christmas Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Grandmaster(2013)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Road to "The Grandmaster" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Passion Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Last Supper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
When Yesterday Comes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
The Blue Cornflower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Fortune King Is Coming to Town! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Red Cliff II(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Red Cliff(2008)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Missing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Parking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Into the Faraway Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Blood Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Go Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Breath(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Silk(2006)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Three Times(2005)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Eros(2004)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
2046(2004)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Sound of Colors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Chinese Odyssey 2002(2002)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Betelnut Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Flyin' Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Happy Together(1997)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Mahjong(1996)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
A Brighter Summer Day(1991)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Going Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Making of 2046 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
引路人 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 54 of them dated from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2021.
Biggest box office
Dune (2021)
Highest rated
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Most popular right now
Dune (2021)
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 9 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1991Screen debut· A Brighter Summer Day
- 1991First top-billed film· A Brighter Summer Day
- 2022Career best· Narco-Saints
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2026, Best Lead Performance.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Chang Chen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Chang Chen's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Chang Chen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chang Chen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Wong Kar-Wai shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Wong Kar-WaiShared titles: The Hand (2020), The Grandmaster (2013), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002), Happy Together (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Wong Kar-Wai
- Yang LuShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Yang Lu
- Hsiao-Hsien HouShared titles: The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- John WooShared titles: Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 2 shared titles with John Woo
Writers
- Shu ChenShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Shu Chen
- T'ien-wen ChuShared titles: The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005)See all 2 shared titles with T'ien-wen Chu
- Cheng KuoShared titles: Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Cheng Kuo
- Guanzhong LuoShared titles: Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Guanzhong Luo
Actors
- Tony Leung Chiu-waiShared titles: The Grandmaster (2013), Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008), 2046 (2004), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002), Happy Together (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Gong LiShared titles: The Hand (2020), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Gong Li
- Ziyi ZhangShared titles: The Grandmaster (2013), 2046 (2004), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Ziyi Zhang
- Wei ZhaoShared titles: Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Wei Zhao
Cinematographers and editors
- Christopher DoyleShared titles: The Hand (2020), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004), Happy Together (1997)See all 4 shared titles with Christopher Doyle
- William ChangShared titles: The Hand (2020), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004), Happy Together (1997)See all 4 shared titles with William Chang
- Liyun ZhuShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Liyun Zhu
- Qiming HanShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades 2 (2017), Brotherhood of Blades (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Qiming Han
Producers
- Jacky Yee Wah PangShared titles: The Hand (2020), Mr. Long (2017), The Grandmaster (2013), Eros (2004), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002), Happy Together (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Jacky Yee Wah Pang
- Ye-cheng ChanShared titles: The Hand (2020), The Grandmaster (2013), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004), Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together (1999), Happy Together (1997)See all 6 shared titles with Ye-cheng Chan
- Wai-Chung ChanShared titles: The Hand (2020), The Grandmaster (2013), 2046 (2004), Eros (2004), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002)See all 5 shared titles with Wai-Chung Chan
- Terence ChangShared titles: Brotherhood of Blades (2014), Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Terence Chang
Mixed roles
- Pun Leung KwanShared titles: 2046 (2004), Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Pun Leung Kwan