Kevin Tsai

Kevin Tsai (Chinese: 蔡康永; pinyin: Cài Kāngyǒng) is a Taiwanese writer, television host, film director and screenwriter. He is most well known for his role in hosting the television program Kangxi Lai Le which airs on Chung T'ien Television with fellow hostess Dee Hsu.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tsai.
Kevin Tsai
Born (1962-03-01) 1 March 1962
Taipei, Taiwan
Other namesTsai Kang-yong
Alma materUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Tunghai University
OccupationTelevision host, writer, film director, screenwriter

Early life

Tsai was born to a wealthy family. His father was a well known lawyer and his family was briefly in the shipping business. Tsai went to private schools for his pre–bachelor education, and he entered Tunghai University to study foreign language in 1984.

Career

In 1990, Kevin Tsai graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television with a Master Degree in TV Production and moved back to Taiwan. He began working as the director of Voice of Taipei Radio Station, and later on the Chief Editor of GQ – Taiwan. In 2004, Tsai was joined by his fellow hostess Dee Hsu in hosting the TV program KangXi Lai Le and his popularity skyrocketed from his style and banter. Tsai has also been frequenting the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards. Partnered with Carol Cheng(2 times) , Patty Hou(1 time) and Lin Chi-ling(1 time) , Kevin Tsai has been presenting the award show since 2001. Tsai is also a writer. He has written seven different books and many of them became Taiwan’s bestsellers as well as writing comedy material in his popular talk show.

In October 2015, Tsai and Dee Hsu both announced to end their hosting duties of their show to move on to other commitments. Their final show was taped on December 2015 and broadcast on January 2016.

After the show ended, Tsai wrote and directed his first feature film, Didi's Dream, with Hsu as the lead in a dual role. Tsai said the film was a passion project and made for supporters of his and Hsu's talk show.

Personal life

Tsai is openly gay.[1] During a program hosted by Li Ao in 2002, Kevin Tsai openly acknowledged his sexual orientation while pointing out that there was still much work to be done in Taiwan’s LGBT social movements.[2] [3] [4]

Works

Tsai has written seven books, including:

  • Chinese: 流浪记
  • Chinese: 痛快日记, published 1996
  • Chinese: 再错也要谈恋爱, published 1996
  • Those brilliant things the guys gave to me (Chinese: 那些男孩教我的事), published 2004

Filmography

Film
Year English title Mandarin title Role Notes
1989The Last Aristocrats最后的贵族Co-screenwriter
1990Song of the Exile客途秋恨Associate Producer
1993Fong Sai-yuk方世玉Co-screenwriter
2017Didi's Dream吃吃的愛Director, co-screenwriter

Hosting

Awards ceremony
YearEventNotes
200138th Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Carol Cheng)
200239th Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Carol Cheng)
200340th Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Carol Cheng)
200440th Golden Bell AwardsCo-host (with Dee Hsu)
41st Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Chiling Lin)
2005China Fashion AwardsHost
200643rd Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Patty Hou)
200742nd Golden Bell AwardsCo-host (with Patty Hou)
201047th Golden Horse AwardsCo-host (with Dee Hsu)
201350th Golden Horse AwardsHost

Variety show
YearTitleRole
1996-1997翻书触电王Host
1998-2003真情指数Host
2002-2005今天不读书Host
2003-2005Two Generation Company 两代电力公司Host
2004-2015Kangsi Coming 康熙来了Co-host (with Dee Hsu)
2005View 360 观点360Host
2005-2006志永智勇电力学校Co-host (with Chiling Lin)
2006-2007Happy Saturday 幸福星期六Host
2014-nowI Can I BB 奇葩说Mentor
2018-now坦白吧！花花世界Co-host (with Dee Hsu)

Music video appearances
Year Title Singer Notes
2011"陷阱 Trap"Cindy Yen
2012"你存在 Existence"Xin

Awards & nominations

Golden Bell Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Zhen Qing Zhi Shu Best Host in a Culture & Education Programme Nominated
Two Generation Company Best Host in a Variety Programme Nominated
2004 Nominated
2005 Nominated
Kangsi Coming (康熙来了) Won
2006 Nominated
2007 Nominated
2008 Nominated
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References
  1. http://ent.ifeng.com/idolnews/hk/200807/0701_1835_626790.shtml Dead Link Redirect - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-10-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Title: "Kevin Tsai and his boyfriend of 14 years plan to retire in 2 years time." News wired By Phoenix Television 07/01/08
  2. http://gsrat.net/news/newsclipDetail.php?ncdata_id=3963 Title: "The First LGBT TV show in Mainland China, Kevin Tsai as Guest Host" News wired By Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
  3. http://www.castro.com.tw/news/t040322.htm Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Title: "Madam Wenying Wants to come out of closet?! Kevin Tsai voices up about unfairness in LGBT." News wired by TVBS - Taiwan 03/22/04
  4. http://mail.nhu.edu.tw/~society/e-j/22/22-09.htm Title: "Double Standard: Media throws mud over LGBT." Article by 郭明旭 Forwarded by Nanhua University - Taiwan
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