Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Calvin Chen's File

Biography
Calvin Chen (traditional Chinese: 陳奕儒; simplified Chinese: 陈奕儒; pinyin: chén yìrú) was born in November 10, 1980, in Taiwan. He is 184 cm tall. After graduating from Jianguo High School, one of the top high schools in Taiwan, he further pursued his college education in Canada at Simon Fraser University. He completed his masters degree in Economics at the University of Victoria. He then further continued his life in Canada by joining a pageant-like competition (Sunshine Boyz) in Vancouver, where he won first place with a free ticket to Taiwan and a contract with a music company, as well as a role in a drama. He is currently a student at National Chengchi University, studying Public Finance.
He speaks Mandarin, English, Hokkien, and understands conversational Cantonese.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television
Year
Title
Role
Network
2005
終極一班 / KO One
Wang Ya Se / 王亞瑟
2007
公主小妹 / Romantic Princess
Nan Feng Cai / 南風彩 / Ayato Shido [1]
終極一家 / The X-Family
Lan Ling Wang / 蘭陵王 / Wang Ya Se / 王亞瑟
2008
Us Girls
himself/guest
Studio 23
ASAP '08
himself/guest performer (with Wu Chun)
ABS-CBN
The Buzz
himself/talk show guest
ABS-CBN
Pinoy Dream Academy 4th Gala Night
himself/guest performer (with Wu Chun)[2]
ABS-CBN

[edit] Music career
Further information: Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)
Chen was the third member to join Fahrenheit. He is the tenor vocalist of the group. His publicized temperature is that of warm spring, at 77 degrees. He also represents "Handsome" (traditional Chinese: 帥; pinyin: shuài).

[edit] Trivia
Aside from Fahrenheit, Calvin Chen is also popular in the Philippines after his Taiwanese drama Romantic Princess where Wu Chun is also a part of the drama. Wu Chun is also very popular in the Philippines after the said drama. They recently rocked Manila doing some guestings in the Philippine's biggest and dominant tv network, ABS-CBN.
Calvin is tallest among the members.
Calvin has a "killer" smile.
Calvin has recently been in the army for 12 days and is now back with Fahrenheit/Fei Lun Hai.

[edit] References
^ (Chinese) [1] (Wu Zun and Angela Zhang To Be In a New Drama). April 11, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
^ Dimaculanga,Jocelyn (2008-07-12). "Wu Chun and Calvin Chen grace "Pinoy Dream Academy" tonight, July 12". Entertainment Guide/Television. The Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved on 2008-08-04.

[edit] External links
H.I.M International Music (Chinese)
Fahrenheit: Official Japan Site (Japanese)
Calvin's Blog
Calvin's Translated Blog
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Chen"

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