Blackie Chen
Taiwanese entertainer (born 1977)
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::summary Taiwanese entertainer (born 1977) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Charles "Blackie" Chen |
| image | 2019 ELLE RUN 風格路跑 黑人 陳建州.png |
| caption | Chen in 2019 |
| native_name | 陳建州 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| alma_mater | Chinese Culture University |
| years_active | 2000-present |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
| module | {{Infobox Chinese |
| t | 陳 |
| s | 陈 |
| poj | Tân Kiàn-chiu |
| j | Can4 Gin3 Zau1 |
| p | Chén Jiànzhōu |
| module2 | {{infobox musical artist |
| embed | yes |
| alias | Charles Chen |
| :: |
| name = Charles "Blackie" Chen | image = 2019 ELLE RUN 風格路跑 黑人 陳建州.png | alt = | caption = Chen in 2019 | native_name = 陳建州 | birth_date = | birth_place = Kaohsiung, Taiwan | alma_mater = Chinese Culture University | years_active = 2000-present | spouse = | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 陳 | s = 陈 |poj=Tân Kiàn-chiu |j=Can4 Gin3 Zau1 | p = Chén Jiànzhōu | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | alias = Charles Chen
Charles "Blackie" Chen or Chen Chien-Chou (born 2 May 1977) is a Taiwanese TV celebrity, basketball player and sports manager. He is the founder of the Taiwanese professional basketball league P. League+.
Career
Basketball
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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+, and was the CEO**.**
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.
Controversy
Sexual harassment allegations
In 2023, Taiwanese entertainer Tina Chou (周宜霈), known by her stage name "Big Tooth" (大牙), alleged Chen had sexually harassed her eleven years ago in Hong Kong. In support of Chou, Taiwanese entertainer Yuan Kuo (郭源元) revealed that she also had experienced an attempted sexual assault by Chen. Chen denied those accusations but resigned from the CEO of the Taiwanese professional basketball league P. League+. He and his wife Christine Fan filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against Chou asking for reputation damages of 10,000,000 TWD. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office ruled in favor of Chou, finding that she had not fabricated any facts, and dismissed the case with a decision of non-prosecution.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Television series
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Variety show host
- [Channel V] Pai Pai Zou ()
- asia+ Trivia Party
- [Channel V] Hei Se Hui Mei Mei()
- [Channel V] - 青春全员集合
- Sanlih E-Television - 超級接班人
References
References
- (10 December 2008). "Horsing around at the Golden Horse Awards show". [[The Star (Malaysia)]].
- (23 April 2010). "Here comes Taiwan's very own donation scandal". [[People's Daily]].
- (5 October 2010). "Blackie Chen Chien Chou will Mary Christine Fan Fan". [[TVB]].
- "控黑人性骚多一人 台湾女星郭源元还原过程"被丢床上" {{!}} 早报".
- (2023-06-28). "陳建州沉澱一天連同范瑋琪「告大牙」要求賠償1000萬".
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