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简介

Qin Pei (Paul Chun Pui) is a Chinese actor and television host from Hong Kong, born on June 26, 1945, in Beijing (Beijing, China). His original name is Jiang Changnian, also known as Yan Chang, and nicknamed "Paul Ge". He comes from an artistic family; both his father Yan Hua and mother Hong Wei were actors. Influenced by his family, he began acting at the age of three in the film "荡妇心". At age seven, he starred with his brother Jiang Dawei and sister Yan Hui in the film "街童", and continued working as a child actor in films such as "王氏四侠", "玫瑰花開", and "烏夜啼". After his father died of liver cancer, his mother married producer Er Guang when he was eleven. He grew up in Kowloon Walled City and graduated from Kowloon Tong School (Primary Section) in 1958. He attended Zhai Hai Secondary School but left in 1964 to join Guo Lian Film Company in Taiwan, where he participated in the film "菟絲花" directed by the great director Li Hanxiang, who gave him his stage name "Qin Pei". In 1966, he participated in the filming of "The Sand Pebbles" with American director Robert Wise. He returned to Hong Kong in 1970 and joined Shaw Brothers but left after a dispute. In 1976, he joined Jia Yi Television and participated in series such as "射鵰英雄傳". After the network closed in 1978, he moved to Li Television and then to TVB in 1981. He co-founded a film company with his brother Jiang Dawei in 1981 and produced the film "貓頭鷹". He achieved a major milestone in 1986 when he won Best Supporting Actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in the film "癲佬正傳" directed by his half-brother Er Dongsheng.