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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-10-12 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Taipei, Taiwan

Lee Kang-sheng

Biography:

Lee Kang-sheng (Chinese: 李康生; Pinyin: Lǐ Kāngshēng; b. 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's theatrical feature films. Lee's own directorial efforts include The Missing (2003) and Help Me Eros (2007).

Known For

Acting

2025

Blue Sun Palace as Cheung

2024

Sonata of Wave as Dongbin
Stranger Eyes as Lao Wu

2023

Absence as Han Jiangyu

2022

Fantasy · World as Tang Shicheng
Where as Monk
Twisted Strings as Tang Niansheng

2021

Absence as Han Jiangyu
Days as Kang
Come and Go as Xiao Kang
Grit as Chief Liu

2020

Abyssal Spider as Ship's Captain
Sisyphus as Jiang Sen

2019

2018

Your Face as Self
Sand as Self

2016

2015

No No Sleep as Monk
Sashimi as Chen-ming
Xiao Kang as Xiao Kang
Afternoon as Self

2014

Stray Dogs as Father

2013

Past Present as Self
Letters from the South as Xiao Kang (segment "Walking on Water")

2012

Walker as Monk
Transformation as Himself

2009

Face as Kang / The Director
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water as Self / Hsiao Kang - the director / St. John Baptist

2008

2007

Help Me, Eros as Ah Jie
To Each His Own Cinema as (segment: It’s A Dream)

2006

2005

The Wayward Cloud as Taiwanese Porn Actor

2003

Goodbye, Dragon Inn as Projectionist

2002

The Skywalk Is Gone as Hsiao-Kang
A Way We Go as 阿輝
Looking for Tsai as Himself

2001

2000

1999

The Hole as The Man Upstairs
Ordinary Heroes as Lee Siu Tung

1997

The River as Hsiao-Kang
Sweet Degeneration as Chun-sheng

1996

A Drifting Life as Ku-cheng

1995

Vive L'Amour as Hsiao-kang

1994

1991

1989

1962

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Writing

2009

Taipei 24H as Writer

2007

Help Me, Eros as Writer

2004

My Stinking Kid as Screenplay

2003

The Missing as Writer

Directing

2016

Single Belief as Director

2009

Taipei 24H as Director

2007

Help Me, Eros as Director

2004

My Stinking Kid as Director

2003

The Missing as Director

2001

A Conversation with God as Assistant Director

Production

2023

Lost in Forest as Executive Producer

2014

Stray Dogs as Producer

2001