Jim Chim

Jim Chim
Born	(1965-05-06) May 6, 1965 Hong Kong
Partner	Olivia Yan 甄詠蓓
Children	Chim Lok Tung 詹樂童
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	詹瑞文
Simplified Chinese	詹瑞文
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhān Ruìwén

Jim Chim Sui-man (Chinese: 詹瑞文; pinyin: Zhān Ruìwén; born 6 May 1965) is a Hong Kong–based stage actor and comedian.

Biography

Jim Chim, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Ensemble, co-founded the company with Olivia Yan in 1993. Since then, he has been performing and directing performances that have been critically acclaimed and popular with Hong Kong audiences. He is widely recognized for his distinctive brand of humour, physical movement and performance style.

He was presented with the first Drama Development Fellowship from Hong Kong Arts Development Council Drama Committee in 2000. He also received the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Actor Award from the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Society in 1998 and 2000, respectively.

Apart from creative and performing achievements, Chim also devoted himself to theatre training and established the PIP-Pleasure In Play artistic concept. In 2003, he founded the PIP School, not only providing professional training in performing arts, but also further conveying the PIP style of living. He has been invited to conduct acting and movement workshops for local and overseas universities and professional arts organizations, including Ecole Philippe Gaulier (UK), The Theatre Practice (Singapore), National Drama Company of China, U-Theatre (Taiwan) and the very first full-time theatre school in Tokyo established by New National Theatre (Japan).

Chim has worked with both foreign and local artists, including David Glass and Meng Jin Hui. In recent years, he has also been highly involved in local cinema and has appeared in movies such as You Shoot, I Shoot, Men Suddenly in Black, Isabella, McDull, the Alumni and Driving Miss Wealthy. For the last, he was a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also lent his voice in various Cantonese Chinese dubs of Hollywood films, most notably as adult Simba in The Lion King (1994) and as Dave Douglas in The Shaggy Dog (2006).

In 2004, Chim was honored with the “Men of Vision 2004” award by Royal Salute and was invited by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to visit the United States in August 2006 as a grantee of its cultural exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Awards
2001	You Shoot, I Shoot	Dai Hung/Kwok Wai-bun
2002	Mighty Baby	Raymond Kim
2003	Good Times, Bed Times
	Dragon Loaded 2003	Loan Shark
	Men Suddenly in Black	Baggio
	Spy Dad	Mrs. Tung
2004	Driving Miss Wealthy	Peter/Aunt Mary/Uncle Big/Policeman/Fake	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Supermodel
	Ambush	Chu Yan
	Twins Effect 2	Rebel Leader
	Escape from Hong Kong Island	Bank Employee
	Beyond Our Ken	Shirley's ex-boyfriend
	Kung Fu Soccer	Butcher Chu
2005	DragonBlade	Master Wu
	A.V.	Uncle
2006	McDull, the Alumni
	Isabella	Landlord
	Men Suddenly in Black 2
2007	Simply Actors
	Exodus	Man in wheelchair
2009	McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten	Storyteller
2010	Beauty on Duty	Stephen Sum
2011	I Love Hong Kong
	Men Suddenly in Love
	Microsex Office
	A Simple Life
2012	Love in the Buff
	Vulgaria
2013	Young and Dangerous: Reloaded
	Hotel Deluxe
	Mortician
	SDU: Sex Duties Unit
2014	Golden Chicken 3
	Black Comedy
	Flirting in the Air	Dui Tong-gai
2015	Lost in Hong Kong (港囧)
2016	Good Take, Too!
	Girl of the House
	Sky on Fire
2017	Cook Up a Storm
	Vampire Cleanup Department
	Control Freaky
2018	A Beautiful Moment
	Agent Mr Chan
2019	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
	Enter the Fat Dragon

Stage appearance

• 2007–2008 Man-tiger
• 2007–2008 My Life as a TV

Education

• Po On Commercial Association Primary School
• The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

External links

• official website
• jim chim @ pinkwork city, sound & video
• Jim Chim at IMDb
• Hong Kong Cinemagic entry