Blackie Chen facts for kids
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Charles "Blackie" Chen
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Chen in 2019
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| Born | 2 May 1977 |
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| Alma mater | Chinese Culture University | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2000-present | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Christine Fan
(m. 2011) |
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳建州 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈建州 | ||||||||||||||
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| Also known as | Charles Chen | ||||||||||||||
Charles "Blackie" Chen or Chen Chien-chou (born 2 May 1977 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese former television host, actor, basketball manager, entrepreneur, and basketball player. He was the founder and former chief executive officer of the Taiwanese professional basketball league P. League+. In June, 2023, he resigned his CEO position from the P. League+ due to three ... harassments made against him.
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Career
Basketball
Chen Chien-chou made the Chinese Taipei junior national team when he was 18 and played in the 1995 ABC Under-18 Championship, where they finished 5th.
Although only 190 cm (short for even Taiwanese basketball player standards), Chen played in the paint. He modeled his game after Charles Barkley, also an undersized big man (hence his English name of "Charles Chen"). In 1999, after missing the cut for the Chinese Taipei national basketball team, he played for the B national team at the William Jones Cup.
Later, playing for a club in the Singaporean league (where he led the league in scoring and rebounding), he tore his anterior cruciate ligament for the second time in an accident. His basketball career ended prematurely as a result.
In 2020, along with Taipei Fubon Braves, Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Lioneers, and Taoyuan Airape, he founded a Taiwanese professional basketball league, P. League+, serving as the CEO and founder.
Entertainment
Chen became a performing artist, and a host of numerous variety shows. Because of his dark skin, he has come to be known by the nickname "Blackie", it is also because the name rhymes with Jackie Chan, in which they both are trained in judo, which Blackie obtained a blue belt. He has been in a relationship with Christine Fan for 10 years, before finally getting engaged in 2010. They were married in Taipei on May 7, 2011.
Currently the team leader and head of marketing for the Taiwan Beer Basketball Team, Chen directed a 2008 documentary entitled Attitude (態度) on the team's quest to become Super Basketball League champion. The documentary was well received and earned him widespread acclaim and accolades from the Taiwanese film industry. Many consider it the high-water mark of Taiwanese sports related documentary films.
Chen is also a television personality and host for several television shows. He is slated to play Peng Dehuai in the highly anticipated miniseries Untold Stories of 1949, to be produced for HBO Asia.
Chen, along with his wife Christine Fan, are also the co-founder and spokespeople for the Love Life campaign, after becoming a Christian, as influenced by her mother-in-law while Christine was recovering from severe depression and mild anorexia.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Expect a Miracle (蘋果咬一口) | ||
| 2005 | Perfect Match (天生絕配) | Charlie | |
| 2007 | I Wish (奇妙的旅程) | Lee Bing | |
| 2008 | Attitude (態度) | himself | documentary, also producer |
| 2009 | Love Life | himself | documentary, also producer |
| The Wedding Game (大囍事) | Tom | ||
| 2010 | Future X-Cops (未來警察) | Misfortune | |
| 2013 | Amazing (神奇) | Blackie |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Six Friends (青春六人行) | ||
| 2002 | Purple Corner (紫色角落) | Chang Shih-chuan | |
| Meteor Garden II (流星花園II) | Hsin | ||
| 2004 | Love Bird (候鳥E人) | Wang Li-hsin | |
| 2005 | A Story of Soldiers (再見，忠貞二村) | Shao Chan-sheng | |
| The Sour Pack (醋溜族) | |||
| 2006 | Mico, Go! (米可，GO！) | Peter | |
| 2007 | The Teen Age (18禁不禁) | School Superintendent | |
| 2010 | Summer's Desire (泡沫之夏) | Host | cameo |
| 2015 | Lonely Gourmet (孤獨的美食家) | Charles |
Variety show host
- Channel [V] Pai Pai Zou (Chinese: 拍拍走; pinyin: Pāi Pāi Zǒu)
- asia+ Trivia Party
- Channel [V] Hei Se Hui Mei Mei(Chinese: 我愛黑澀會; pinyin: Wǒ Ài Hēi Sè Huì)
- Channel [V] - 青春全员集合
- Sanlih E-Television - 超級接班人
See also
- Hei Se Hui Mei Mei
