Kai Ko

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Kai Ko
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Ko in 2023
Born
Ko Chia-kai (柯家凱)

(1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33)
Penghu County, Taiwan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • film director
Years active2011–present
Awards Full list
Musical career
Also known asKe Zhendong
OriginTaiwan
Genres Mandopop
Labels Sony Music
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 柯震東
Simplified Chinese 柯震东
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Kē Zhèndōng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping O1 Zan3 Dung1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ Koa Chìn-tong

Kai Ko Chen-tung (Chinese :柯震東; Pe̍h-ōe-jī :Koa Chìn-tong; born Ko Chia-kai on 18 June 1991) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and film director. Ko won Best New Actor at the 48th Golden Horse Awards [1] and the 12th Chinese Film Media Awards for his starring role in the film You Are the Apple of My Eye , also his film debut. In November 2011, Ko released his debut studio album, Be Yourself. [2] His career was derailed when he was arrested on drug charges in 2014, which led him to be banned in Mainland China.

Contents

Personal life

Relationships

Ko dated Cherry (黃慶宜), a TV showgirl, before he became famous for You Are the Apple of My Eye. He made headlines when his romance with pop singer Elva Hsiao, who is 12 years senior to him and a bigger star, broke in 2012. They split in 2014. Ko then has an on-and-off relationship with singer Tia Lee since 2014. [3] [4]

Drug use

On 18 August 2014, Ko was arrested along with Jaycee Chan, son of Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan, by the Beijing Police for drug use, amid a broad anti-drug crackdown on the Chinese celebrities. Police said both actors tested positive for marijuana and admitted using the drug. Ko was given a sentence of 14 days in administrative detention.

Ko had appeared in a 2012 anti-drug advertisement in Taiwan in which he and other celebrities declared, "I don't use drugs". [5] [6] He was released on 28 August and faced another round of interrogations by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office after returning to Taiwan. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 You Are the Apple of My Eye Ko Ching-teng Golden Horse Awards for Best New Actor
Chinese Film Media Awards for Best New Actor
2012 When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep Tung / Wolf
2013Machi ActionFace (stand-in)Cameo
TogetherA-tzu
Tiny Times Gu Yuan
Tiny Times 2 Gu Yuan
Dive in 2013Ke DongShort film
2014Dive in 2014Ke DongShort film
Tiny Times 3 Gu Yuan
2015 Tiny Times 4 Gu YuanScenes edited out due to drug use conviction
2016 The Road to Mandalay Ah Guo
2017 Mon Mon Mon Monsters Student on busCameo
2020A ChooWang Yi-zhi
2021 Moneyboys Fei
Till We Meet Again Ah Lun Taipei Film Awards for Best Actor
GritCroc / Xiao Yu
2022 Mama Boy Hsiao Hung
Bad Education —Directorial debut
2023 Miss Shampoo Long Legs

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022The Exorcist
2023 Agent from Above Han Jie [8]
2024 Let's Talk About CHU Chou Ping-ke
2024 Imperfect Us Yu Xiang-li

Discography

TitleAlbum detailsTrack listing
Be Yourself
有話直說 [9] [10]
Track listing
  1. "Qing Rang Wo Jixu Xihuan Ni" (請讓我繼續喜歡你; Please Let Me Continue to Like You)
  2. "Qing Bi Wo Ai Ta" (請比我愛她; Please Love Her Better Than I Do)
  3. "You Hua Zhi Shuo" (有話直說; Just Say It)
  4. "Ai Ni Jie Bu Liao" (愛你戒不了; Can't Stop Loving You)
  5. "Ai Jiu Ai" (愛就愛; Just Love)
  6. "Piao Liu Ping" (漂流瓶; Drifting Vase) featuring Michelle Chen
  7. "Zuo You" (左右; Left Right)
  8. "Feng Suo Ni" (封鎖你; Blocking You)
  9. "Be My Baby"
  10. "Bai Shi Zhi Ling" (百式之零; Zero of Hundred)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2011 48th Golden Horse Awards Best New Performer You Are the Apple of My Eye Won
201212th Chinese Film Media Awards Best New PerformerWon
6th Asian Film Awards Best Newcomer Nominated
Changchun Film Festival Best ActorNominated
2016 53rd Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor The Road to Mandalay Nominated
2017 Youth Film Handbook Awards Male Actor of the YearWon
8th To Ten Chinese Films FestivalBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleWon
58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival Best ActorNominated
2021 58th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actor Moneyboys Nominated
202224th Taipei Film Awards [11] Best Actor Till We Meet Again Won
59th Golden Horse Awards Best New Director Bad Education Nominated
202426th Taipei Film Awards [12] Best Supporting Actor Miss Shampoo Nominated
6th Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards [13] Best Supporting Actor Imperfect Us Nominated
59th Golden Bell Awards [14] [15] Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film Won

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References

  1. ↑ 柯震東獲金馬獎最佳新演員 [Kai Ko wins Golden Horse for Best New Actor]. Yahoo HK! News (in Chinese). 26 November 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Be yourself (有話直說) by 柯震東 [Be yourself (有話直說) by Kai Ko]. KKBOX (in Chinese). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "與李毓芬3年情變！那些年柯震東曾經追的女孩原來有這些". ELLE HK.
  4. ↑ 娛樂組 (20 November 2018). "【斷開戀姐癖】柯震東二度分合李毓芬 最終破局原因曝光". 鏡週刊 Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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  7. ↑ 【獨家】不只柯震東吸毒？　藝人染毒風暴恐擴大
  8. ↑ Allie Hsieh (25 November 2022). "Netflix《乩身》7大看點！史上最貴台劇、柯震東為「三太子」王柏傑賣命降妖，宛如東方版「驅魔神探」！" (in Chinese). Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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