Chi Bảo
Chi Bảo is an MC and film and television actor, familiar to audiences as host of the game show Kim Tự Tháp and Vietnam's Got Talent. He received a 2001 Mai Vàng (Golden Apricot) Award for the film Bến sông trăng and has appeared in Vũ khúc con cò, Đẻ mướn and Scandal: Hào quang trở lại.
Career story
Chi Bảo was born in Phước Tuy (Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu) and studied electronics at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. In 1994 he joined the acting class of the Tân Sơn Nhất film club, which led to his first stage and television roles.
The lead role in Hương đời (1996) and the role of Toàn in Đồng tiền xương máu (1997) made him widely known; in 2001 he acted in Vũ khúc con cò and received a Mai Vàng Award for his role in Bến sông trăng. From 2005 he moved strongly into hosting with Kim Tự Tháp, Thử thách, Let's cà phê, Vietnam's Got Talent (2011–2012) and Iron Chef Vietnam (2013), while still acting in films such as Đẻ mướn and Scandal: Hào quang trở lại (2014).
In 2016 he received Best Leading Actor from the Ho Chi Minh City Cinema Association, and in 2021 he announced that he was stepping away from acting.
Babyface Entertainment, a Vietnam casting agency since 2009, helps brands, agencies and production houses book Chi Bảo for commercials, TVCs, key-visual shoots, events and KOL campaigns, working through the artist’s management to confirm availability and fees.
Awards · titles
Chi Bảo received a Mai Vàng Award in 2001 in the film – television category for the role of Phẩm in Bến sông trăng. For the role of Vỹ in the TV drama Nhân tình lạc lối, he was further awarded Best Leading Actor by the Ho Chi Minh City Cinema Association for works of 2016.
- Mai Vàng 2001 – Nam diễn viên điện ảnh – truyền hình (Bến sông trăng) Wikipedia tiếng Việt ↗
- Hội Điện ảnh TP.HCM 2016 – Nam diễn viên chính xuất sắc Tuổi Trẻ ↗
Award names are kept in Vietnamese as officially published. Linked items open the original press report.
Feature films
- 28/08/2014Scandal: Hào quang trở lại
- 20/12/2015Đẻ mướn