Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor and singer. Huang rose to prominence for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series The Prince of Han Dynasty, followed by popular series such as The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006), Shanghai Bund (2007), The Patriot Yue Fei (2013), Cruel Romance (2015), Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017), Winter Begonia (2020), as well as films The Message (2009), The Last Tycoon (2012), and American Dreams in China (2013).

Early life Huang was born in Qingdao, Shandong and is an only child. His father was an engineer while his mother was an accountant. At age nine, he was selected by a film studio to play the child protagonist in a movie. Huang is the second older cousin of Olympian Chen Meng, who won two table tennis gold medals at Tokyo 2020.

Throughout his school life, Huang planned to become a scientist, but when the Beijing Film Academy came to Qingdao to recruit students, his Chinese teacher encouraged him to take advantage of the opportunity. A month before his interview, his foot was run over and crushed by a jeep, so he had to walk into the interview on crutches with a plaster cast on his leg. The interviewer, Cui Xinqin, would be Huang's class monitor at the Beijing Film Academy, where he was classmates with Zhao Wei and Chen Kun. Huang graduated from the academy in 2000.

Career In 1984, Huang was initially chosen by a producer to star in a drama as a child actor, but was dropped later because of his shy and introverted personality. In 1998, while at the Beijing Film Academy, he debuted in the drama Love is Not a Game.

Huang gained attention when he was chosen to replace Lu Yi for the leading role in The Prince of Han Dynasty, which earned high ratings. He later starred in all three installments of the series from 2001 to 2005, and went from an unknown newbie to an A-lister.

He followed with a list of popular TV dramas, such as Merry Wanderer Tang Bohu (2003), for which he won the Outstanding Actor award at the 14th Zhejiang TV Peony Award for his performance; My Fair Princess III (2003). He played the leading roles in Shanghai Bund (2007), a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund, and Royal Tramp, adapted from Louis Cha's wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron. thumb After achieving success in television, Huang decided to extend his career into cinema. His first major role was in the historical film The Banquet as the antagonist. He then starred in the Hong Kong action film The Sniper (2009), martial arts film Ip Man 2 (2010) and the historical epic Sacrifice (2010) directed by Chen Kaige. He made a comeback to television with Taiwanese idol drama Summer's Desire (2011), based on the novel of the same name by Ming Xiaoxi.

Huang's performance as a bandit leader in An Inaccurate Memoir (2012) won him the Best Actor award at the 4th China Image Film Festival. Huang also starred in martial arts epic The Guillotines and played the younger version of Chow Yun-fat's character in The Last Tycoon. The same year, Huang was selected as the ambassador of the Changchun Film Festival and became the first mainland actor to have his wax figure displayed in Hong Kong's Madam Tussauds museum.

Huang starred in the film American Dreams in China (2013) by Peter Chan. The success of the film brought a new impetus into Huang's career, and won him the Best Actor award at the 29th Golden Rooster Awards, 15th Huabiao Awards, 12th Changchun Film Festival and 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards. The same year Huang starred in another television project, playing the titular hero in the historical drama The Patriot Yue Fei.

Huang next starred in John Woo's The Crossing (2014). Set in 1930s Shanghai, the romantic epic is based on the true story of the Taiping steamer collision and follows six characters and their intertwining love stories; Huang plays a successful general who romances a wealthy debutante (played by Korean actress Song Hye-kyo). Another romance film followed; where Huang starred next to Fan Bingbing in The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, adapted from Baifa Monü Zhuan.

Huang starring alongside Joe Chen in the period romance drama, Cruel Romance (2015). The same year, he starred alongside long-time friend Zhao Wei in the action comedy film Hollywood Adventures. In 2017, Huang starred in the historical wuxia drama Nirvana in Fire 2. In 2018, Huang starred in the drama film Forever Young, which tells stories of four generations of students from Tsinghua University. In 2019, Huang starred in the disaster film The Bravest as a fire fighter. In 2020, Huang starred in the period romance drama Winter Begonia produced by Yu Zheng.

Other activities

Investment Huang is a shareholder of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, with about 1.8 million shares.

Philanthropy In 2009, Huang donated one million yuan to adopt two panda cubs and was named an ambassador to China's Panda Protection Research Center.

In 2010, Huang donated 200,000 yuan for earthquake relief to support for victims of the Yushu temblor in Northwest China's Qinghai province.

In 2016, Huang was named a UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for China. The same year, he was appointed as an advocate for anti-trafficking by the Ministry of Public Security.

Personal life

Li Yu Huang's first girlfriend was actress Li Yu. They dated when they were both students at the Beijing Film Academy, but the relationship ended when Li decided to break up.

Liu Liqi From 2000 to 2004, Huang dated his Beijing Film Academy classmate Liu Liqi (formerly known as Liu Yi). They lived together during their relationship. After they broke up, Huang gifted Liu an apartment, for which he had partially paid, and a Mini Cooper.

Qin Lan In September 2003, Huang began dating actress Qin Lan, whom he had co-starred in My Fair Princess III and fell in love while filming TV series Dragon Stamp. On 27 October 2003, their relationship became public when Qin visited Huang in the hospital when he was injured in a car accident in Yinchuan. On 28 November 2006, Huang announced their breakup.

Li Fei'er In 2007, Huang dated actress Li Fei'er, whom he met while filming the TV series The Deer and the Cauldron. That same year, Li appeared in his music video for Anything is Possible. They broke up in 2010, and Li publicly claimed that Angelababy was the third party that caused their breakup.

Angelababy In 2009, Huang began a relationship with Angelababy, which he went public on 28 February 2014. They registered their marriage in Qingdao on 27 May 2015 and held their wedding at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre in October of the same year. Their son was born on 17 January 2017 in Hong Kong. In January 2021, following the reunion between Huang and Li Fei'er in the reality show Sisters Who Make Waves Season 2, Angelababy stated on Weibo that when she began her relationship with Huang, he had told her he was single, and she never intervened in his previous relationship with Li. Shortly after, Huang also denied the long-standing rumor that Angelababy was the other woman. On 28 January 2022, Huang and Angelababy announced their divorce.

Ye Ke In 2020, the internet influencer Ye Ke moved into the Four Seasons Place Shanghai (now Regent Residences Shanghai), where Huang and Angelababy also lived. In 2022, Ye divorced businessman Wang Mingjin (Marx Wong), and Huang divorced Angelababy. Rumors of a relationship between Huang and Ye began circulating due to their overlapping activity on social media since February of that year, shortly after Huang's divorce, although Ye dismissed the rumors. In July 2022, Ye posted a birthday card signed by "Mr. M," purportedly sent by Huang. They briefly split in mid 2023 when Huang had a fling with actress Zhao Shijin (Jenny Chao), but got back together to spend Christmas with friends. In September 2024, Ye's side claimed that the two were married, and Ye posted a photo of a Graff diamond ring. Huang denied the marriage in a response to Next Apple, a Taiwanese online media outlet. Ye responded to Huang's denial with a Weibo post using the trending hashtag, "#HuangXiaomingNotMarried—a bit ridiculous," and included a chat history where Huang and his team claimed that the Taiwanese media had "fabricated" the denial. Huang then confirmed on Weibo that he and Ye were "together." Ye deleted her chat history on Weibo the same day. Following her sudden rise to fame, she became the subject of widespread online mockery and memes, especially referencing her previous livestream, which led to her announcement of withdrawal from the internet on November 10, 2024. She returned to social media on July 25, 2025, by launching a livestream, and on August 7, she confirmed both the birth of her child and her breakup with Huang.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

Discography

Albums YearAlbum detailsTrack listing2007 It's Ming Released: 12 December 2007 Label: Music Nation Group Formats: CD, DVD An Lian (暗恋) – Unrequited Love My Girl Shen Me Dou Ke Yi (什么都可以) – Anything is Possible Feng De Hai Zi (风的孩子) – Child of the Wind Mei You Ni Wo Ai Shei (没有你我爱谁) – Without You, Whom Should I Love Tian Xie Qing Ren (天蝎情人) – Scorpion Lover Niang Jiu (酿酒) – Brewing Wind Yin Wei You Ni (因为有你) – Because of You An Jing De Xiang Ni (安静的想你) – Quietly Thinking of You I'm Coming Jiu Suan Mei You Ming Tian (就算没有明天) – Even If There's No Tomorrow2010 Moopa Released: 18 March 2010 Label: MusicNationGroup Formats: CD, DVD MOOPA (Move Party) Feng Sheng (风声) – Sound of the Wind Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan (团团圆圆) – Reunion Wo De Kuai Le Bu Shou Fei (我的快乐不收费) – My Happiness is Free of Charge Ni Shuo De Dui (你说的对) – You are Right Hao Ren Ka (好人卡) – Nice Guy Card Ni Zai Wo Xin Shang (你在我心上) – You're on My Heart Shou Bu Liao (受不了) – Unbearable Hei Mao Yu Niu Niao (黑猫与牛奶) – Black Cat and Milk MOOPA (remix)

Singles YearEnglish titleChinese titleAlbum Notes/2002 "Only Have You" 只要有你 My Fair Princess III OST 2006 "Fly Together" 双飞 The Return of the Condor Heroes OST with Della Ding "Pugilistic Smile" 江湖笑 with Zhang Zizhong, Hu Jun, Zhou Jianhua & Xiao Chong "Even If There's No Tomorrow" 就算没有明天 Shanghai Bund OST with Sun Li 2008 "One World One Dream" Promotional song for the Beijing 2008 Olympics "Nice Guy Card" 好人卡 with Zhao Wei "My Southern" 我的南方 Charity song2009 "You're an Angel" 你是天使 Dark Fragrance OST "Sound of the Wind" 風聲 The Message OST 2010 "Better City Better Life" with Elva HsiaoPromotional song for the Shanghai World Expo "Black Cat and Milk" 黑猫与牛奶 Summer's Desire OST2011 "A Leaping Heart" 飞跃的心 Theme song for The Legend of Yue Fei (animation film) 2012 "Inaccurate Memoir" 匹夫 An Inaccurate Memoir OST'''

The Guillotines OST| with Shawn Yue & Ethan Ruan

American Dreams in China OST| with Deng Chao & Tong Dawei

The Patriot Yue Fei OST| with Tan Jing

Cruel Romance OST|

You Are My Sunshine OST | 2017

Theme song of Chinese Restaurantwith Zhao Wei

Escape Plan 2: Hades OST |

New Big Head Son & Small Head Daddy 3 OST'' 2020 "Firmly Believe Love Will Win" 坚信爱会赢 Wuhan virus support theme song

Awards and nominations Film and television

Music YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult 2007 Metro Radio Mandarin Hits Music Awards Mandarin Hit Song Award "Unrequited Love" Music Radio China Top Chart Awards Best Newcomer It's Ming 7th Global Chinese Music Awards Most Popular Newcomer All-Rounded Artist Award 1st Migu Music Awards Music Promotional Outstanding Contribution Award 2008 2nd Migu Music Awards Most Popular Trans-boundary Singer 8th 9+2 Music Pioneer Awards Top Ten Songs "Anything is Possible" Best Male Singer Newcomer Award (Mainland) 2009 9th Global Chinese Music Awards Most Popular Male Singer (Top 5) Best All-Rounded Artist Best Duet Song "Nice Guy Card"

Others

Forbes China Celebrity 100 YearRank 2013 8th 20144th 20155th 201716th 202076th