康丁(Kang Ting)

Kang Ting’s original name is Chang Hsi Kui, was borne on May 6th 1936 in Lu Kang. He really loves to perform. When he was a child and he can to play beiguan. He went to Taipei to work when he was 18years old; he was an apprentice at a bamboo store in Beitou Dist. He worked there untill he was 20 years old. After that, he gave up the work in bamboo store and went to an orchestra to learn music, while he had a part-time job in a radio station.

When he  joined the army in 1957, he participated in a band as a drummer. As a coincidence, he got a mission to sing on the stage. He showed on the stag. He was very thin and black with a fake beard and loose pants.After that, he became very popular. He was found by director Wei I Chou in a show, and the director took him to make movies and gave him a stage name  Kang Ting.

 In the 1960s, he joined to perform in a Taiwanese soap opera, and became one of the most famous comedians in that era. He was famous as Chin T'u, T'o Hsien, A His and Huang Hsi T'ien etc.

After taking a shoot of 《606 Kang Ting commanding officer》, he became more famous after acting 《Kang Ting travel Taipei》of director Wu Fei Chien. Then he performed a series soap operas such 《Kang Ting’s laugh》, 《Kang Ting broke up》, and 《Kang Ting autobiography》etc. Moreover, he also had a singing album《A girl in mountain got married》etc.  He was a host with parter Ch'iu Wang Shê. He can sing, act, and be a host. Owing to the fact that Taiwanese local operas was gradually declining; he transferred his work line to karaoke restaurant and launched several albums of interesting songs.

Nowadays, he is still very active in Taiwan’s entertainment industry;  already accumulating a number of series works in past decades. He is actually a senior actor in the entertainment circle.