Actor

Chan Shen

Acting

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Acting credits

149

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.0

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Movies: 149Series: 0

TMDB ID: 1042681

Known for: Acting

Born: March 11, 1940

Died: April 26, 1984

Age: 44

Place of birth: Taiwan, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 1985

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.39

Also known as

Chan Shen • 詹森 • Shen Chan

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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 Studio. He died because of a brain hemorrhage 26th of April 1984.

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Movie credits linked with Chan Shen.