DAVID ZEN
ACTOR + FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONSULTANT
(English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German)
演員 + 外語達人 (英/中/日/西/德/法)
DAVID ZEN是一位精通六國語言的美籍華人演員. 他在台灣和美國兩地受過專業的演員培訓, 演過舞台劇,微電影,廣告等等。他不但語文文化背景豐富,角色的範圍也很廣,曾詮釋過不同的反派角色,警察,律師,學生,法國搞笑藝人,德國納粹,反串角色等等。除了中英語之外, 也精通日文, 西班牙文, 法文和德文, 能夠流暢易如反掌般的轉換語言。每一種語言顯示他人格的另一面,六種不同的人格融合為一體,演藝圈子裡有許多人經常稱他為「變色龍.」
ZEN is a multilingual, multicultural actor based in both Los Angeles and Taipei. He received his acting training in Taipei and Hollywood, and has acted in films & theater productions on both sides of the Pacific. The diversity and depth of his foreign language skills and multicultural personas have enabled him to play a wide range of roles, including villains, psychopaths, detectives, lawyers, students, French-speaking comedians, German nazi, gender-bending roles, etc. In addition to his native languages of English & Mandarin Chinese, he's bonafide fluent in Japanese, Spanish, French & German. He's capable switching fluently and effortlessly between all these languages, each language bringing out a different facet of his personality, six personalities inhabiting a single person. His codename in the acting world: "Chameleon."
Stats: 5'8" (172cm), 140 lb.(63kg)
Location: Los Angeles, CA + Taipei, Taiwan
2010 - present
2010 - present
Film
Barbara the Bunny Frank the Lawyer (Lead) Noah Edwards
Your Move, Agent Jack the Assassin (Lead) Brett Newton
Investigating the Pork Knuckle Gay Suspect (Principal) Wu Daxie
(偵查鹹豬手)
Theater
The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell (Lead) East West Players
In the Key of E Minor Paul (Lead) Greenray Theater
This is a Test Chris the Geek (Principal) Robert Carrelli
The Sound of Music Herr Zeller (Principal) Robert Carrelli
Commercial
iTalkBB 2015 (Chinese) Young Father & Husband (Lead) SINJI Advertising
Training & Workshops
Improv Groundlings Groundlings
Audition Technique Margie Haber Margie Haber Studio
Acting Fundamentals Jennifer Chang East-West Players
Stella Adler Script Analysis & Tech. Marjorie Ballentine Marjorie Ballentine
Film & TV Auditioning Michelle Danner Edgemar Center
Oncamera Acting Jeremiah Comey Jeremiah Comey Studio
Scene Study Gregory Berg Berg Studios
Special Skills
LANGUAGES: Native fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese; Near-native fluent in Japanese, Spanish, French and German; Proficient in Korean, Italian & Russian.
ACCENTS: Standard American, British, Southern, New York, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish
OTHER SKILLS: Translation Skills in Six Languages, Mastery of Languages and Accents, Voice & Singing, Krav Maga (yellow belt), Hip-Hop Dance (basic), Dahn Yoga, Taichi, Qigong