A young up-and-coming actor from Taiwan, Chang Chen made his feature-film debut at the age of fourteen with a starring role as the troubled teenager in renowned director Edward Yangs A Brighter Summer Day.
1995s Mahjong marked Changs second collaboration with Yang. Happy Together, opposite Tony Leung and released in 1997, was Changs third feature.
In 1996, Chang was invited to model the clothing of Yohji Yamamoto, and is currently a popular TV commercial figure.