Timothy Chao Chi-Tai
Taiwanese television host and actor born on July 2, 1963; he entered television in 1983 and was nominated for the Leading Actor award at the 35th Golden Bell Awards for "男人天堂" in 2000.
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Timothy Chao Chi-Tai is a Taiwanese television host and actor born in Taiwan on July 2, 1963. He graduated from the Department of Film and Drama at National Taiwan Academy of Arts.
According to Timothy Chao Chi-Tai, his first job was working under 張小燕, when he handled program production, props, refreshments, and other duties concurrently. In 1983, he joined Chinese Television System, thereby entering Taiwan's television industry. He performed military service in 1989 and, after his discharge, served as media director at Rock Records before later hosting variety programs including "好彩頭."
After joining CTS, Timothy Chao Chi-Tai operated puppets including a gorilla, rooster, hippopotamus, and crocodile on the children's program "嘎嘎嗚啦啦" in 1984, and began working on camera through "連環泡" in 1986. In 2000, Chao appeared in the FTV anthology drama "男人天堂" and was nominated for the Leading Actor award at the 35th Golden Bell Awards.
Dance and folk performances also brought Timothy Chao Chi-Tai awards: in 1985, he won third place in group dance at the Dijon International Youth Talent Competition in France and the group dance championship at the Roodepoort International Youth Talent Competition in South Africa; in 1988, he won the Best Folk Performer award at the 24th Literary and Arts Golden Statue Awards.
Timothy Chao Chi-Tai founded the company "婚姻大業" in 1993 and developed marriage-related ventures including the magazine "結婚報報," the radio program "和台北結婚," and 伉儷珠寶工作室. In 1997, Chao announced that the company had collapsed and left him in debt. He subsequently went to Singapore to host programs while reducing the company's scale and gradually repaying the debt; according to ETtoday星光雲, the period of rolling over bills every day ended in 1999.
In 2004, Timothy Chao Chi-Tai decided to move to Shanghai; in 2006, "新周刊" named him "Best Wealth-Creation Program Host." In 2008, he took part in implementing the General Motors Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, and after the Expo opened in 2010, he served as the pavilion's chief director; the pavilion won four major awards. In January 2014, Chao founded the art auction website Artgogo (藝高高).
During Shanghai's lockdown in April 2022, Timothy Chao Chi-Tai, who was living in Shanghai, released the 2022 version of "明天會更好" and performed it with 47 artists.
Overview
- Born
- July 2, 1963age 63
- Born in
- Taiwan
- Career start
- Entered from another field · 1983
- Active
- 1983 – present43 years
- Gender
- Male
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