Takeshi Kaneshiro Actor Information

Takeshi Kaneshiro is an multilingual singer and actor of Chinese and Japanese descent who grew up in Taiwan. He stars in Taiwanese, Chinese and Japanese movies with an emphasis on Chinese movies.

Names
English name – Takeshi Kaneshiro
Chinese name – 金城 武
Pinyin – Jin Cheng Wu

Details
Date of birth – 11^th October 1973
Place of Birth- Taipei, Taiwan
Height – 1.78

Background & Personal Life
Takeshi’s father is Japanese, his Mother Chinese Taiwanese and he was born in Taiwan and has Japanese citizenship. He is the third of three sons, went to a Taipei Japanese junior high school and then a Taipei American school. His multi ethnic background and education gives him a fluency in Mandarin, Japanese, English and several Chinese dialects.

Takeshi’s mother is a devout Buddhist and he himself converted to Buddhism in 1997 and became a practicing Buddhist. He is notorious for avoiding the media spotlight and to date, his only recorded comment on relationships is that he would probably be a stay home father eating meals at home and looking after the family.

Acting Career

Takeshi Kaneshiro’s career began when he started to do commercials while still in high school. He eventually quit school to take up a career in singing and acting . His first movie was “Executioners” in 1993 that started Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh and gave him an excellent introduction to Chinese audiences. He following up with the extremely successful “Chungking Express” (1994).  He has since gone on to star in a number of block busters that include the highly successful “House of Flying Daggers” (2004) and “Red Cliff” (2008).

His career in commercial music started in 1992 and finished in 1993 after his successful debut as an actor. Takeshi is also successful as a model and spokesperson, representing Emporio Armani, Prada, Japanese Asia Airways, Mitsubishi and many other famous brands.

Takeshi Kaneshiro Trivia
-he lives in Tokyo
-he attended senior high school but did not graduate and he enrolled at New York University but did not graduate

Chinese Movie and Film Titles
Wu Xia (2011)
Xu Bai-jiu

Red Cliff (2008)
Zhuge Liang

The Warlords (2007)
Zhang Wen-Xiang

Confession of Pain (2006)
Detective Yau Kin Bong

Perhaps Love (2005)
Lin Jian-dong

House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Jin

Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
John Liu

Lavender (2001)
Angel

Tempting Heart (1999)
Ho-jun

Anna Magdelena (1998)
Chan Kar-fu

1998 Too Tired to Die
Kenji

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze (1997)
gaai

Down Town Torpedoes (1997)
Jackal

Hero (1997)
Ma Wing Jing

The Odd One Dies (1997)
Mo

The Jail in Burning Island (1997)
Yeung Chung

Misty (1996)
Takehiro

Lost and Found (1996)
Mr. Worm

Feeling of Love (1996)
Hing

Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words (1996)
Shing

Forever Friends (1996)
Private Li Ta-Wei

Young Policemen in  Love (1995)

Fallen Angels (1995)
He Zhiwu

School Days (1995)

Burger Cop (1995)
Inspector Tang Chuen-Shek

China Dragon (1995)

Trouble Maker (1995)
A Miu

No Sir (1994)

Chungking Express (1994)
He Zhiwu, Cop 223

Mermaid Got Married (1994)
Kenji

The Wrath of Silence (1994)
Dr. Patrick Ko

Executioners (1993)
Chong Hon/Code

International Movie and Film Titles
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
Heikichi Endo

Accuracy of Death (2008)
Chiba

Returner (2002)
Miyamoto

Space Travelers (2000)
Nishiyama

Fuyajo (1998)
Kenichi Ryuu

Seiya no kiseki (1995)
Mr.Bell

TV Series
Golden Bowl (2002)
Shu Akutagawa

2000-nen no koi (2000)
The Assassin / Yurij Maroev

Kamisama mousukoshi dake (1998)
Keigo Ishikawa

Caodi zhuangyuan (1992)
Nai Jian

Awards for Film and TV
43rd Golden Horse Awards
Winner – Best Original Film Song – Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun – Perhaps Love

Supporting websites for Takeshi Kaneshiro

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