Chen Kun (陈坤), né le 4 février 1976 à Chongqing, est un acteur et chanteur chinois.

Formé à l'Académie du cinéma de Pékin dans la même promotion que Zhao Wei, il a jusqu'à aujourd'hui principalement tourné au petit écran. Néanmoins, il a fait quelques apparitions importantes dans Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise, "Painted Skin" ou encore "The Knot".

Pour ce dernier film, il a d'ailleurs obtenu un Huabiao du meilleur acteur en 2007.

Biographie

Chen was born in Chongqing. His parents divorced soon after Chen's second younger brother was born, and Chen began working part-time in high school to support his mother. He started as a typist at the municipal office and later as a solo singer at night clubs. He showed early talent in singing and was strongly recommended by his vocal trainer and mentor to join the China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (now China National Song and Dance Ensemble) at Beijing in 1995. In 1996, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, where he began taking acting classes.

Chen debuted in the 1999 film The National Anthem, and rose to prominence on the 2001 television drama Love in Shanghai. He was nominated for Best Actor from his role in A West Lake Moment at the 2005 Golden Horse Awards, won Best Actor for his role in The Knot at the 2007 Huabiao Film Awards, and won Best Actor for his role in Painted Skin at the 2010 Hundred Flowers Awards.

Apart from acting, Chen is also an established singer. He frequently performs theme songs for his television series and has released three full-length studio albums, winning Most Popular Male Vocalist at the MTV Asia Awards for his second album, Come True Again. To support his third album Mystery&Me, he held his first solo concert in Beijing in February 2010.

Chen has one son.

Actor and singer Chen Kun has been crowned Asia's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity Man 2013 after a fierce battle on PETAAsiaPacific.com by animal rights group PETA Asia.

As of July 2014, Chen has the most popular account on Sina Weibo with over 70 million followers. He is known as the "#1 Coser (Cosplayer)" in China.

In 2014, he became the product ambassador of Huawei's Honor brand in China.