1978Nominee
Best Performance
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Chan Shen
Actor
Taiwan
March 11, 1940
Biography
Chan Shen (Chinese: 詹森, 11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s. Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen-year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films. Much of his career was spent at Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio. He died because of a brain hemorrhage 26th of April 1984.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1974Nominee
Best Performance
The Golden Lotus
1974Nominee
Best Performance
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Performance
Five Fingers of Death
1985Highlight
Best Performance
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Five Fingers of Death