Charlie Chin

Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin is a Taiwanese actor, born on  May 19, 1948 in Nanking and grew up in Hong Kong. Throughout the twenty-four years of his acting career, Chin had participated in over one hundred films. As a member of the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二秦二林), Charlie Chin is known for portraying the romantic interest of the female lead in a love triangle in Literary Romantic Films (愛情文藝片) in the 1970s. He received two Golden Horse Awards for his performance as best leading actor. Career When he was young, Charlie Chin fled with his family to Hong Kong due to war. At the age of twelve, he went to Taiwan to pursue his studies at the Fu Xing Drama School (復興劇校; predecesor of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts), specializing in Peking Opera. He adopted the stage name Qin Fu Lin (秦復林) and selected the role of a combatant (武生) in the opera. After graduating from the Fu Xing Drama School in 1968, Charlie Chin returned to Hong Kong and made some martial arts films, but he remained unknown. While he was wondering whether he should stay in the field of Peking Opera, actor Yue Hua (岳華) advised him to become an actor. Charlie Chin was privately nicknamed "Flipper (翻跟斗)" due to his acrobatic skills in the film industry. At that time, the industry favored the warm-hearted type of male stars represented by Chin Han (秦漢), making it difficult for him to secure significant roles.