Shawn Dou

Shawn Dou (; born 15 December 1988) is a Chinese Canadian actor best known for his role Laosan in film Under the Hawthorn Tree and Yan Xun in costume drama Princess Agents (2017). He is married to Laurinda Ho, daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho.

Life and education Dou was born in Xi'an. His parents migrated to Canada when Dou was ten years old. Dou attended David Lloyd George Elementary School in Vancouver. There, Dou learned Karate and won the championship for two years consecutively. After graduating from DLG in 2001, he attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, BC, and graduated from there in 2006. He returned to China and was accepted by the Beijing Film Academy in 2008. When Dou was in his second year of studies, he participated in the auditions for Under the Hawthorn Tree and was subsequently picked as the male lead.

In April 2019, Dou was reported dating with Laurinda Ho, daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho. The couple married in Bali on 18 April 2023. He then starred in the romance drama film, The Seal of Love (2011), directed by Huo Jianqi. Dou starred in films of various genres, most notably, Wolf Totem (2015) and Youth Dinner (2017), which won him the Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris.

Dou gained mainstream recognition for his role as the antagonistic prince Yan Xun in the highly popular costume drama, Princess Agents. Thereafter, he starred in the fantasy epic drama, Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy.

In 2019, Dou starred in the romance dramas See You Again, alongside Tiffany Tang; as well as Ten Years Late. The same year, he co-starred in the action thriller Breakout: Sky Fire. In 2022, Dou headlined the republican romance drama Love in Flames of War.

2024 A Legend 傳奇 Huo Qubing

Television series Year English title Chinese title Role Network Notes/Ref.2017 Princess Agents Yan Xun Hunan TV See You Again Ye Jiacheng Beijing TV Tears in Heaven Lei Yuzheng iQiyi, Tencent, Youku 2022 Love in Flames of War Xiao Beichen Youku, Zhejiang TV Ode to Joy 3 Dai WeiTencent Video, Dragon TV The Litchi Road长安的荔枝Lu HuanTencent Video, CCTV TBA Chao Gan Mi Gong Zhuang MingchengTencent Video City of Burns焰火明城Shen YaniQiyi The Protagonist主角Liu HongbingTencent Video, CCTV

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