Jack Kao (Chinese: 高捷; pinyin: Gāo Jié; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko Chia̍t, born 23 April 1958) is a Taiwanese actor.[1]

Jack Kao
Born (1958-04-23) 23 April 1958 (age 66)
OccupationActor
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese高捷
Simplified Chinese高捷
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKo Chia̍t
Musical career
Also known asKao Jai

Career

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He began his career in the late 1980s films of Hou Hsiao-hsien. Kao credits his success to the many real-life gangsters he knew when he was young.[2] He appeared in City of Sadness, a film about Taiwan's White Terror, which received the 1989 Golden Lion award the Venice Film Festival. Another of his films about that same period, 2009's Prince of Tears, was also included in the festival.[3] His 2001 film Millennium Mambo was featured in the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 2016 retrospective "Going Steadi: 40 Years of Steadicam".[4]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Jack Kao at chinesemov.com
  2. ^ Riefe, Jordan (22 May 2017). "SoCal filmmakers open the 'golden door' of Kinmen, a Chinese island with rich history". Orange County Register. Orange County, California. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. ^ ""Prince of Tears" Recalls White Terror". CBS/AP. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  4. ^ ""Going Steadi: 40 Years of Steadicam"". The film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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