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| Native Name: | 朱孝天 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor, singer, model | ||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2000–present | ||||||||||||||
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Kennedy Chu is a Taiwanese singer, composer, actor, cook; and a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band F4. Educated in Singapore (Boon Lay Secondary School), he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Chu was working as a waiter in Taiwan when he was discovered by Cai Zhiping, the creator of the boy band F4. He started in showbiz working as a part-time as an assistant for some artists, then acting in several idol series successfully which pushed him to the center of the stage. He starred in the TV series, Meteor Garden, its supplementary mini-series, Meteor Rain, and its sequel, Meteor Garden II. He was the lead in Sky of Love (2003) and Tokyo Trial (2006).
In January 2005, he released his debut solo album, On Ken's Time. The tracks "永不停止" (Never Stopping) and "La La La" were nominated for Top 10 Gold Songs at the Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, presented by television station TVB8, in 2005.[1]
He also released a cookbook, Mei Wei Guan Xi (Delicious Relations) on January 5, 2006. It was released in China on July 4, 2006, and four months later in Japan. Chu is now focusing on his solo acting career and has a huge fan base in Asia.
On February 24 and 25, 2007, he held his first solo concert in Japan, titled 2007 [I-KEN] 1st Concert at the Tokyo International Forum Hall A with an unplugged theme. December 2007, Chu starred alongside Iza Calzado in Philippine production movie of Ignite Media Films, directed by Adolf Alix.
| Year | Title | Role | Production | |
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| 2003 | Sky of Love | Wen Jia Hui | ||
| 2006 | The Tokyo Trial | Xiao Nan | ||
| 2007 | Kao | |||
| 2009 | L-O-V-E | |||
| 2018 | Blue Goldfish |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | |
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| 2000 | Spicy Teacher | Chen Jia Bao | CTS | |
| 2001 | Meteor Garden | Xi Men | CTS | |
| Meteor Rain | Xi Men | CTS | ||
| Poor Prince | He Fu | CTS | ||
| Marmalade Boy | Yuu | CTS | ||
| 2002 | Sunflower | Xiao Long | CTS | |
| Hi Working Girl | Himself | CTV | ||
| Come to My Place | Tian Jian | CTV | ||
| Meteor Garden II | Xi Men | CTS | ||
| 2003 | Love Storm | Wan Bao Long | CTS | |
| 2004 | City of Sky | Lu Bin Fei | CCTV | |
| 2007 | The Legend of Chu Liuxiang | CCTV-8 | ||
| 2008 | Wish to See You Again | Ding Yu Hao 丁雨豪 | CTS | |
| 2009 | Momo Love | Chen Qi | CTV | |
| 2011 | Remember, About Us | Luo Jia Jun 駱家駿 | CTI | |
| 2013 | Beautiful Temptation | Han Min | ||
| 2013 | Hero | Fan Li 范蠡 | CTS | |
| 2014 | Youth Without Limit | Cai Ming Zhen | CNTV | |
| 2015 | The Dream Come True | Guizhou TV | ||
| 2015 | Gorgeous Workers | Zhong Ping 仲平 | JSTV, HunanTV, SZTV | |
| 2017 | The Times We Had | Chun Yuqiu 淳于秋 | Dragon TV, Zhejiang TV |
| Album # | Album Info | Track listing | |
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| 1st | On Ken's Time (永不停止)[2]
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| 2nd | Getting Real (New Songs + Collection)[3]
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| 1st | Meteor Rain (流星雨)
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| 2nd | Fantasy 4ever (煙火的季節)
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| 3rd | Waiting for you (在這裡等你)
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