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Tsai Ming-shiou

Acting Born Sep 4, 1953 Kaohsiung, Taiwan 65 credits

Biography

Tsai Ming-shiou is a Taiwanese actor born on September 4, 1953, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Also known by the names Jiede Cai, Chieh-de Tsai, and Jiede Tsai, he is recognized for his work in acting with a total of sixty-five known credits listed on The Movie Database. Male by gender, his career encompasses both movies and television shows.

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Career

Career overview

Tsai Ming-shiou is a Taiwanese actor born on September 4, 1953, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Known professionally by his Chinese stage name, he is also recognized by the alternative names Jiede Cai, Chieh-de Tsai, and Jiede Tsai.

Throughout his career in the entertainment industry, Tsai Ming-shiou has maintained a primary focus on acting. His extensive body of work includes sixty-five known credits across film and television projects, establishing him as a prolific performer within the Taiwanese screen landscape.

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Known for

Film

Taipei Suicide Story

as Shi-Yi
Film

Ah-Chung

as Father

Frequent co-stars

Vivian Sung Yun-hua 1 shared title
Tender Huang 1 shared title
Pan Chin-yu 1 shared title
Li Chia-Chen 1 shared title
Snoopy Yu 1 shared title
Lⅴ Mu-yao 1 shared title
Chung Yu-Lin 1 shared title

Career timeline

My Positive Grandpa
ExpansionThe HoardersEndless MemoriesPraying Mantis
Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of The QuantumThe CleanerCrime Scene CleanerThe AbsenceThe Black Dog
The AbandonedHow are you feelingAntikalpa
Night ShiftLittle Yellow FlowerA Boxing CoachFantasy · WorldHello! Tapir
The Pollution IslandsMoneyboysAmerican GirlDead & Beautiful
Taipei Suicide StoryLittle HillyMickey on the RoadThere
閻王瞎趴The Mouse Serves a Guest TeaNight BusMom and Me
Between JobsThe ThornCactusThe RoarIs LIFE a Movie
Their HeavenTrappedThe Great Buddha+
The SeamanThe LaundrymanWelcome to the Happy Days
Cigarette EndsThe City of MotelsThe Free ManExitLet the Sunshine in
One Summer NightThe Present100 Days
A Breath from the Bottom
10 Plus 10The Blackout Village
City Of Sleepwalkers
Taipei 24H
With or Without YouSoul of a Demon
The Best of Times
Darkness and Light
Ah-Chung

Full filmography

  • My Positive Grandpa (2026) as Grandpa Oo-bīn
  • Expansion (2025) as Bus Driver
  • The Hoarders (2025) as Mr. Chang
  • Endless Memories (2025)
  • Praying Mantis (2025) as The Man in the Car (voice)
  • Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of The Quantum (2024) as Old Mo
  • The Cleaner (2024) as Wang
  • Crime Scene Cleaner (2024) as Professor
  • The Absence (2024)
  • The Black Dog (2024) as Foreman Chen
  • A Journey in Spring (2024)
  • Sprout to Death (2024) as Father
  • Shell of Men (2024) as Li Wen-Qiang
  • The Abandoned (2023)
  • How are you feeling (2023)
  • Antikalpa (2023) as Fortune Teller
  • Night Shift (2022) as Chun Gui Grandpa
  • Little Yellow Flower (2022)
  • A Boxing Coach (2022) as Old Tsai
  • Fantasy · World (2022) as The driver
  • Hello! Tapir (2022)
  • Life For Sale (2022) as Mr. Wang
  • Days Before the Millennium (2022) as Cinema Old Man + Camera Shop Owner
  • The Pollution Islands (2021)
  • Moneyboys (2021) as Fei's Uncle Liu
  • American Girl (2021) as Tsai
  • Dead & Beautiful (2021) as Shaman
  • Taipei Suicide Story (2020) as Shi-Yi
  • Little Hilly (2020) as Father
  • Mickey on the Road (2020)
  • There (2020) as Uncle
  • 閻王瞎趴 (2019) as 黑道男
  • The Mouse Serves a Guest Tea (2019) as Chin-Han
  • Night Bus (2019) as Driver
  • Mom and Me (2019) as Uncle
  • Between Jobs (2018)
  • The Thorn (2018)
  • Cactus (2018) as Qingxiong
  • The Roar (2018) as Kun
  • Is LIFE a Movie (2018) as The Robber
  • Their Heaven (2017) as Car wash predecessor
  • Trapped (2017) as Chen Ta Wei
  • The Great Buddha+ (2017) as Funeral Marching Band Leader
  • The Seaman (2015)
  • The Laundryman (2015) as Detective Tang Wu-Hsiung
  • Welcome to the Happy Days (2015) as Chuan
  • Cigarette Ends (2014) as Chopper uncle
  • The City of Motels (2014)
  • The Free Man (2014)
  • Exit (2014) as Clothes company boss
  • Let the Sunshine in (2014) as Uncle
  • One Summer Night (2013)
  • The Present (2013) as Voice
  • 100 Days (2013)
  • A Breath from the Bottom (2012) as Tsai Ming-Shiou
  • 10 Plus 10 (2011) as Brothers (segment "The Ritual")
  • The Blackout Village (2011)
  • City Of Sleepwalkers (2010) as Bus driver
  • Taipei 24H (2009)
  • With or Without You (2008)
  • Soul of a Demon (2008) as Uncle Tsai
  • The Best of Times (2002) as Uncle
  • Darkness and Light (1999) as Kang-yi's Father
  • Ah-Chung (1996) as Father
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