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Jim Chim 
Chinese name 詹瑞文 (Traditional) Chinese name 詹瑞文 (Simplified) Pinyin Zhān Ruìwén (Mandarin) Born 1965 (age 45–46)
Hong KongPartner(s) Olivia Yan 甄詠蓓 Children Chim Lok Tung 詹樂童 Influences David Glass Jim Chim Sui-man (Chinese: 詹瑞文; pinyin: Zhān Ruìwén; born 1965) is a Hong Kong-based stage actor and comedian.
Jim Chim, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Ensemble, co-founded the company with Olivia Yan in 1993. Since then, he has been performing and directing performances that have been critically acclaimed and popular with Hong Kong audiences. He is widely recognized for his distincitve brand of humour, physical movement and performance style.
He was presented with the first Drama Development Fellowship from Hong Kong Arts Development Council Drama Committee in 2000. He also received the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Actor Award from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Society in 1998 and 2000, respectively.
Apart from creative and performing achievements, Chim also devoted himself to theatre training and established the PIP-Pleasure In Play artistic concept. In 2003, he founded the PIP School, not only providing professional training in performing arts, but also further conveying the PIP style of living. He has been invited to conduct acting and movement workshops for local and overseas universities and professional arts organizations, including Ecole Philippe Gaulier (UK), The Theatre Practice (Singapore), National Drama Company of China (Beijing), U-Theatre (Taiwan) and the very first full-time theatre school in Tokyo established by New National Theatre (Japan).
Chim has worked with both foreign and local artists, including David Glass and Meng Jin Hui. In recent years, he has also been highly involved in local cinema and has appeared in movies such as You Shoot, I Shoot, Men Suddenly in Black, Isabella, McDull, the Alumni and Driving Miss Wealthy. For the last, he was a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also lent his voice in various Cantonese dubs of Hollywood films, most notably as adult Simba in The Lion King (1994) and as Dave Douglas in The Shaggy Dog (2006).
In 2004, Chim was honored with the “Men of Vision 2004” award by Royal Salute and was invited by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to visit the United States in August 2006 as a grantee of its cultural exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).
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Filmography
Year Title Role Awards 2001 You Shoot, I Shoot Dai Hung/Kwok Wai-bun 2002 Mighty Baby Raymond Kim 2003 Good Times, Bed Times Dragon Loaded 2003 Loan Shark Men Suddenly in Black Baggio Spy Dad Mrs. Tung 2004 Driving Miss Wealthy Peter/Aunt Mary/Uncle Big/Policeman/Fake Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Supermodel Ambush Chu Yan Twins Effect 2 Rebel Leader Escape from Hong Kong Island Bank Employee Beyond Our Ken Shirley's ex-boyfriend Kung Fu Soccer Butcher Chu 2005 DragonBlade Master Wu A.V. Uncle 2006 McDull, the Alumni Isabella Landlord Men Suddenly in Black 2 2007 Simply Actors Exodus Man in wheelchair 2009 McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten Storyteller 2010 Beauty on Duty Stephen Sum 2011 I Love Hong Kong Men Suddenly in Love Microsex Office Stage appearance
- 2007-2008 Man-tiger
- 2007-2008 [[My Life as a TV
Education
- Po On Commercial Association Primary School
- The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
External links
Categories:- Hong Kong comedians
- Hong Kong actors
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
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