en Leon Dai

Leon Dai
Leon Dai
戴立忍
	Dai in 2020
Born	27 July 1966 (age 58)
Awards	Golden Horse Awards – Best Supporting Actor; 1999 A Chance to Die; Best Short Film; 2002 Two Summers; Best Director; 2009 Cannot Live Without You; Best Film; 2009 Cannot Live Without You; Best Original Screenplay; 2009 Cannot Live Without You; Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year; 2009 Cannot Live Without You; Best Popularity Film; 2009 Cannot Live Without You; ;
Chinese name
Chinese	戴立忍
Hanyu Pinyin	Dài Lìrěn
Hokkien POJ	Tè Li̍p-jím

Leon Dai (Chinese: 戴立忍; pinyin: Dài Lìrěn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tè Li̍p-jím, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film Cannot Live Without You was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards.

Politics

In 2016, Dai faced public anger in China over remarks perceived as supportive of the Taiwan independence movement, although he denied any such sympathies.^[1] Shooting for the film No Other Love had already been completed; he was fired^[2] and his scenes were dropped.^[3]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Chua
2022	Bad Education	Xing
2021	Tomorrow Is a Long Time	Not yet confirmed	^[4]
2020	Your Name Engraved Herein	middle aged Chang Jia-han
2017	The Great Buddha+	Kevin
2016	Peaceful Island
2015	The Master
2015	Where's the Dragon?
2015	Sentence Me Guilty
2015	The Assassin
2015	Hot Blood Band
2015	Elena
2014	Love Evolutionism
2014	Secret Sharer	Captain Wang
2014	(Sex) Appeal
2013	Control	Devil
2013	Fall of Ming	Sun Chuanting
2009	Cannot Live Without You	Director
2008	Parking
2002	Double Vision
2001	Betelnut Beauty
1999	March of Happiness
1999	Tempting Heart
1997	Sweet Degeneration

Awards and nominations


Year	Name	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2020	Osaka Asian Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor		Won	^[5]
2020	Taipei Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	^[6]
2023	58th Golden Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film	Wave Makers	Nominated

References

^ Chin, Jonathan (3 August 2016). "Lily Tien pans Lin Chi-ling over 'thoughts' - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Xin, Qiang (2024). "Selective Engagement: Mainland China's Dual-Track Taiwan Policy". In Zhao, Suisheng (ed.). The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping's Era: Beijing's Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan's Internal and External Dynamics. London and New York: Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 9781032861661.
^ "Taiwanese actor dropped from Chinese film after political outcry". The Guardian. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (2020-02-23). "Taiwanese Actor/Director Leon Dai Tops 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
^ "戴立忍大阪電影節奪獎跨越語言觀眾看到啜泣". Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
^ ETtoday新聞雲. "台北電影獎入圍名單／《下半場》14項大贏家！范少勳「雙料入圍」影帝、新人 | ETtoday星光雲 | ETtoday新聞雲". star.ettoday.net (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-24.

External links

[1] Chin, Jonathan (3 August 2016). "Lily Tien pans Lin Chi-ling over 'thoughts' - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[:1222-2] Xin, Qiang (2024). "Selective Engagement: Mainland China's Dual-Track Taiwan Policy". In Zhao, Suisheng (ed.). The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping's Era: Beijing's Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan's Internal and External Dynamics. London and New York: Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 9781032861661.

[3] "Taiwanese actor dropped from Chinese film after political outcry". The Guardian. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

[4] Ramachandran, Naman (2020-02-23). "Taiwanese Actor/Director Leon Dai Tops 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-27.

[5] "戴立忍大阪電影節奪獎跨越語言觀眾看到啜泣". Mirror Media (in Traditional Chinese). 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-12-24.

[6] ETtoday新聞雲. "台北電影獎入圍名單／《下半場》14項大贏家！范少勳「雙料入圍」影帝、新人 | ETtoday星光雲 | ETtoday新聞雲". star.ettoday.net (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-24.

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