Winston Chao
Born
Chao Wen-hsuan

(1960-06-09) 9 June 1960
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
AwardsLily Award for Best Actor
2006 Those Were the Days
SIFF Award for Most Popular Actor
2007 Road to Dawn
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese趙文瑄
Simplified Chinese赵文瑄

Winston Chao Wen-hsuan (born 9 June 1960) is a Taiwanese actor. He came to international attention for his performance in the 1993 film The Wedding Banquet and Kabali. He is also known for his roles in Red Rose White Rose and Eat Drink Man Woman, and for his five portrayals of Sun Yat-sen, notably in the films The Soong Sisters (1997), Road to Dawn (2007) and 1911 (2011). His notable television roles include the adaptation of Cao Yu's play Thunderstorm (1997), a double role in the historical drama Palace of Desire, the biographical mini-series The Legend of Eileen Chang (2004), the historical drama Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007), the adaptation of Ba Jin's novel Cold Nights (Han ye, 2009), and the portrayal of Confucius (2011). He acted in the Indian Tamil film, Kabali (2016), in a villainous role opposite Rajinikanth. He has also appeared in the English-language films Skiptrace (2016) and The Meg (2018).

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993The Wedding Banquet
喜宴
Wai-Tung Gao / 高偉同
1993Top Cool
想飛 ~ 傲空神鷹
1994In Between
新同居時代
Wong Man Fai / 黃文輝a.k.a. Conjugal Affairs, The New Age of Living Together
1994Eat Drink Man Woman
飲食男女
Li Kai / 李凱
1994Red Rose White Rose
紅玫瑰白玫瑰
Tong Zhen-bao / 佟振保
1995Xiu Xiu
繡繡和她的男人
Dr. Li Zhao
1995I Want to Go on Living
我要活下去
Go Chun
1996Your Black Hair and My Hand
談情說愛
Wenshan / 文山a.k.a. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
1996Tonight Nobody Goes Home
今天不回家
Chen Siming / 陳斯明
1996Thunder Cop
新喋血雙雄
Chiu Kwok-ho / 趙國豪
1996In a Strange City
在陌生的城市
Hsiang Kuo-chien / 向國前
1997The Island of Greed
黑金
Minister of legal department
1997Intimates
自梳
Wah / 華
1997Destination: 9th Heaven
衝上九重天
Chin Cheng / 錢程
1997The Soong Sisters
宋家皇朝
Sun Yat-sen / 孫中山
1998A Little Life-Opera
一生一台戲
Sanpeng / 三朋
1998Burning Harbor
燃烧的港湾
Sato / 佐藤
2002The Touch
天脈傳奇
Yin's father / 嫣父
2005Those Were the Days
随风而去
Hu Weichen / 胡维臣television film
Lily Award for Best Actor
2007Road to Dawn
夜·明
Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山SIFF Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor
Guangzhou Student Film Festival Award for Most Popular Actor
20111911
辛亥革命
Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山Nominated – Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor
2012Great Rescue
非常营救
Chu Fucheng / 褚辅成
2013The Palace
宫锁沉香
Emperor Kang Xi
2015Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
钟馗伏魔:雪妖魔灵
2015Surprise
萬萬沒想到
2016Chinese Wine
国酒
2016 Xuanzang

大唐玄奘

Emperor Taizong of Tang A Chinese-Indian movie.
2016Kabali
கபாலி
Tony LeeA Tamil-language Indian production.
2016Skiptrace
Victor Wong
2018The Meg
Dr. Minway Zhang
2019Pegasus
2019Nezha
TBALove War

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Thunderstorm
雷雨
Zhou Ping / 周萍
1997The Voyage Home
歸航
Gu Li / 顧力a.k.a. Daoguang mi shi (道光秘史)
1997Bonds of Blood
千秋家國夢
Xu Baiting (许拜庭) / Xu Chongzhi (许崇智)
1998Haihai de rensheng
海海的人生
Ho Wei / 何偉
1999Huanxi renjia
歡喜人家
a.k.a. Happy Together
1999Maid in Green
綠衣紅娘
Yang Shaohui / 杨绍辉
2000Jiayuan
家園
Lin Huaizhong / 林怀中
2000Palace of Desire
大明宮詞
Xue Shao (薛绍) / Zhang Yizhi (张易之)
2001Fame
星夢戀人
Huo Da / 霍达
2001A War Diary
战争日记
2001Sun Zhongshan
孙中山
Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山
2002Hu xiao cangqiong
虎嘯蒼穹
Xiao Taiping / 萧太平a.k.a. Yuan yu (原獄)
2002The Merchant
錢王
Wang Chi / 王炽
2003Yuxue nan'er
浴血男兒
Chen Hai / 陈海
2004Guo bao
國寶
Fan Sicheng / 范思成
2004The Legend of Eileen Chang
她從海上來 ~ 張愛玲傳奇
Hu Lancheng / 胡蘭成a.k.a. Shanghai wangshi (上海往事)
2004Xiangqi miren
香氣迷人
Li Chun'en / 李纯恩
2006Harmony
天和局
Wang Hongtu / 王鸿图a.k.a. Ma dian (马店)
2006The Big Blast
大爆炸
Wu Gang / 吴刚a.k.a. Tufa shijian (突發事件)
2007Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan
大唐芙蓉園
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang / 唐玄宗
2008Great Porcelain Merchant
大瓷商
Tao Shengren
2009Han ye
寒夜
Wang Wenxuan / 汪文宣
2009Da guo yi
大國醫
Guo Yishan
2009Archrivals
對手
Wen Weijun
2009Once Upon a Time on the Strait
海峽往事
Lin Wenxuan
2009Maid in the Big House
大屋下的丫鬟
Chen Tianhenga.k.a. Bai De Tang (百德堂)
2009Tie jian dan daoyi
鐵肩擔道義
Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山
2010Xiao Xiang Road 1
潇湘路1号
Tong Shuangweia.k.a. Country in Chaos (沧海横流)
2010Chuang tianxia
闖天下
Zhao Tianfu
2011The Legend of Incorruptible Stone
廉石傳奇
Zhang Zhao (Zibu)
2011Confucius
孔子
Confucius / 孔子
2011Wu Zetian mishi
武则天秘史
Emperor Gaozong of Tang / 唐高宗
2011Family Reunion
團圓
Liu Yu
2011Defend Army Soul
护国军魂传奇
Liang Qichao / 梁启超
2012Shouwang de tiankong
守望的天空
Yuan Weiguo
2012Sui Tang yingxiong
隋唐英雄
Emperor Yang of Sui / 杨广
2013Daughter's Return
千金归来
Pan Weilin /潘伟森
2013The Legend of Dancing Prince
舞乐传奇
异牟寻
2014The Last Emperor
末代皇帝传奇
Puyi / 溥仪
2015Lonely Gourmet
孤独的美食家
伍郎
2015大舜Emperor Yao / 尧
2015The Legend of Mi Yue
芈月传
King Wei of Chu / 楚威王
TBATian xing jian
天行健
Zhou Zixuanfilmed in 2010
2017Xuan-Yuan Sword Legend: The Clouds of HanZhuge Liang
2018NegotiatorXie Tianyou
2019Poetry of the Song Dynasty
大宋宫词
Zhao Tingmei[1]

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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result
2006 Lily Awards (百合奖) Best Actor shared with Zhou Xiaobin[4] Those Were the Days Won
2007 Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor[5] Road to Dawn Won
Guangzhou Student Film Festival (广州大学生电影节) Most Popular Actor[6] Won
2012 Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actor[7] 1911 Nominated

References

  1. "《大宋宫词》再曝仿古海报 刘涛珍珠妆惊艳别致" ["Da Song Gong Ci" re-exposed antique posters Liu Tao pearl makeup stunning and chic]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Beijing. 19 November 2018.
  2. "Winston Chao". Hong Kong Movie DataBase. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. "Winston Chao". chinesemov.com.
  4. 数字电影风光无限 2005年电影频道百合奖揭晓 [Unlimited Digital Film Scenery 2005 Film Channel Lily Awards Announced]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). 14 May 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  5. "Shanghai International Film Festival (2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  6. 第五届广州大学生电影节闭幕 赵文瑄加冕影帝 [The 5th Guangzhou University Student Film Festival closes Zhao Wen's crowned most popular actor]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). 2 January 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. 百花奖入围者获表彰 李雪健感谢杨善洲 [Hundred Flowers Award finalists are commended]. Sina Corporation (in Chinese). 28 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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