Chen Kun is a celebrated Chinese actor, singer and author. Born on February 4, 1976, he made his acting debut in the 1999 film “The National Anthem” and then rose to fame with his role in the 2001 television drama “Love in Shanghai.” Other famous roles include the films “The Knot” (2006), “Painted Skin” (2008), “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” (2012) and “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013). Chen Kun sang many of the soundtracks to his television dramas and also released three studio albums. He established his own agency, K Pictures, in 2010 and founded a charity called Power to Go, which promotes a healthy lifestyle by encouraging people to go outdoors and walk. As an author, he has written many books, becoming the first actor to make China’s Writers Rich List.

Chen Kun

In the tumultuous era of the Three Kingdoms, China is embroiled in conflict. After a critical battle between the Shu and Wei armies, Shu leaders suspect a campaign of misinformation orchestrated by Chen Gong (Chen Kun), a powerful spy. They dispatch their top counter-intelligence agent Xun Xu (Bai Yu) to investigate. Upon tracking Chen Gong, Xun Xu discovers a more dangerous threat: the mysterious Candle Dragon spy, who plans to steal powerful crossbow blueprints that could decisively shift the war's balance. Forced to collaborate, Xun Xu and Chen Gong must work together, cracking codes and evading traps to prevent their realm's potential destruction. This is a 2022 Chinese historical drama directed by Lu Yang.

The Wind Blows from Longxi

🍃 Leaves in the Wind 🍃

Zhou Rui (Chen Kun), a successful regional sales director at Jieke, is thrilled to be promoted to the company's Beijing headquarters. Despite his initial excitement, he quickly discovers the challenges of his new role, losing his trusted sales team and facing an impossible task with a tight deadline. His only hope is landing a crucial deal with a prestigious bank, but he encounters unexpected competition from Huikang, led by his first love, Luo Jia (Xin Zhi Lei). Struggling against overwhelming odds and complicated personal dynamics, Zhou Rui must find a way to outmaneuver his rivals and prove his worth. With Fang Wei (Zhang You Hao) as his sole support, he navigates the cutthroat corporate world, determined to succeed. This is a 2021 romantic Chinese drama adapted from the novel "Win or Lose" by Fu Yao and directed by Zhang Li.

Win The Future

The Team Winning Future

When unhappy circumstances force Feng Zhi Wei (Ni Ni) to run away from her powerful family, she must seek help from Prince Ning Yi (Chen Kun). This Prince has been wronged, and seeks to find the truth about mysteries from his past and attain justice. The Prince orders Zhi Wei to disguise herself as a man and gain admission to the elite, all-male Qingming Academy so she can become an advisor to the Emperor. As the political intrigue and deceit thicken, love begins to bloom between Zhi Wei and the Ning Yi — but will their paths lead them to happiness… or ruin? This 2018 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by Tian Xia Gui Yuan and directed by Liu Hai Bo and Shen Yan.

The Rise of Phoenixes

Rise from the Ashes

Ning Yi

Li Yu Ran (Kwai Lun Mei), a successful, independent attorney, lives a carefree single life until a devastating car accident transports her into an alternate reality. Suddenly, she finds herself married to Zhang Tao (Chen Kun), a demanding architect, and unexpectedly thrust into the role of a full-time housewife and mother to two challenging children. Struggling to adapt to this unfamiliar life she never chose, Yu Ran must navigate the complexities of her new domestic existence while secretly hoping to find a way back to her previous independent lifestyle. As she grapples with her unexpected circumstances, she begins to discover unexpected depths to her new family and herself. This entertaining exploration of life's unpredictable twists challenges traditional notions of personal choice and destiny. "Beautiful Accident" is a 2017 South Korean comedy drama film directed by Ho Wi Ding.

Beautiful Accident

💍Oops, I woke up married Team

Wanda Pictures, Huayi Brothers

Hu Ba Yi (Chen Kun) and Wang Kai Xuan (Huang Bo) are enjoying the retired life in Manhattan after a life filled with dangerous, yet exciting tomb raids. 

One day a mysterious stranger approaches them about investigating the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess to help undo a dangerous curse, and the team just can't resist. 

Will the two retired tomb raiders, and Hu Ba Yi’s fiance, Shirley Yang (Shu Qi), be able to release the ancient curse, or are they in over their heads? 

"Mojin - The Lost Legend" is a 2015 action-fantasy thriller film based on the novel "Ghost Blows Out The Light."

Mojin - The Lost Legend

♞ Candle Knights ♘

Hu Ba Yi

How much will a legendary warrior risk to save his people and the woman he loves?

Zhong Kui (Chen Kun) is a fabled warrior with mysterious powers. The minor deity Zhang Diao Xian (Winston Chao), who controls the city of Hu, dispatches Kui to Hell to steal the valuable artifact known as the Dark Crystal and rid the city of all demons. 

While carrying out his mission, Kui learns that his long-lost love Snow Girl (Li Bing Bing) has been enslaved in Hell. When Snow Girl is then sent from Hell to the city of Hu to retrieve the Dark Crystal, the couple face off on opposite sides. Where will their loyalties lie when their feelings for one another get in the way of their missions?

“Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal” is a 2015 Chinese film directed by Peter Pau and Zhao Tian Yu.

Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

Zhong Kui

Huayi Brothers

Will his first case be his last?

Detective Dee Ren Jie (Mark Chao) arrives in the capital city of Luoyang to work as an officer of the law, known as the Da Lisi. A sea monster has been terrorizing the town, and city officials have chosen the most beautiful courtesan, Yin Rui Ji (Angelababy), to be offered as a sacrifice to the sea monster. Empress Wu Ze Tian (Carina Lau) demands that Yu Chi Zhen Jin (Feng Shao Feng), the Chief Minister of Da Lisi, investigate the sea monster or he himself will be executed. 

When Detective Dee saves Rui Ji from being sacrificed to the sea monster, he is imprisoned by Yu Chi. Sha Tuo Zhong (Lin Geng Xin), the prison doctor, helps Dee escape from prison and investigate the mysterious sea monster. 

When the sea monster is somehow tied to Yuan Zhen (Kim Bum), Rui Ji’s lover, can the two lovers help Detective Dee uncover the sinister conspiracy that leads straight to the Imperial family?

“Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” is a 2013 Chinese drama series produced, directed and co-written by Tsui Hark. It is a prequel to Tsui’s 2010 hit film “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame.” The film was followed by the sequel “Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings” (2018).

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