Winston Chao

Winston Chao Wen-hsuan (born 9 June 1960) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and voice artist . He came to international attention for his performance in the 1993 film The Wedding Banquet. He is also known for his roles in Red Rose White Rose, which was screened at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, 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 Year Title Role Notes 1993 The Wedding Banquet喜宴 Wei-Tong Gao / 高偉同 1993 Top Cool想飛 ~ 傲空神鷹 1994 In Between新同居時代 Wong Man Fai / 黃文輝 a.k.a. Conjugal Affairs, The New Age of Living Together 1994 Eat Drink Man Woman飲食男女 Li Kai / 李凱 1994 Red Rose White Rose紅玫瑰白玫瑰 Tong Zhen-bao / 佟振保 1995 Xiu Xiu繡繡和她的男人 Dr. Li Zhao 1995 I Want to Go on Living我要活下去 Go Chun 1996 Your Black Hair and My Hand談情說愛 Wenshan / 文山 a.k.a. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 1996 Tonight Nobody Goes Home今天不回家 Chen Siming / 陳斯明 1996 Thunder Cop新喋血雙雄 Chiu Kwok-ho / 趙國豪 1996 In a Strange City在陌生的城市 Hsiang Kuo-chien / 向國前 1997 The Island of Greed黑金 Minister of legal department 1997 Intimates自梳 Wah / 華 1997 Destination: 9th Heaven衝上九重天 Chin Cheng / 錢程 1997 The Soong Sisters宋家皇朝 Sun Yat-sen / 孫中山 1998 A Little Life-Opera一生一台戲 Sanpeng / 三朋 1998 Burning Harbor燃烧的港湾 Sato / 佐藤 2002 The Touch天脈傳奇 Yin's father / 嫣父 2005 Those Were the Days随风而去 Hu Weichen / 胡维臣 television filmLily Award for Best Actor 2007 Road to Dawn夜·明 Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山 SIFF Press Prize for Most Attractive ActorGuangzhou Student Film Festival Award for Most Popular Actor 2011 1911辛亥革命 Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山 Nominated – Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor 2012 Great Rescue非常营救 Chu Fucheng / 褚辅成 2013 The Palace宫锁沉香 Emperor Kang Xi 2015 Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal 钟馗伏魔：雪妖魔灵 Zhang Dao Xian 2015 Nezha 2015 Surprise 萬萬沒想到 Murong Hao 2016 Chinese Wine 国酒 Boss Hua 2016Xuanzang 大唐玄奘Emperor Taizong of TangA Chinese-Indian movie. 2016 Kabali கபாலி Tony Lee A Tamil-language Indian production. 2016 Skiptrace Victor Wong 2018 The Meg Dr. Minway Zhang 2019 Pegasus Wan He Ping 2021 I Dreamed a Dream Li Shi Hao 2021 Be Somebody Photo studio owner 2024 Daughter's Daughter Old Johnny TBA Love War

Television series Year Title Role Notes 1997 Thunderstorm雷雨 Zhou Ping / 周萍 1997 The Voyage Home歸航 Gu Li / 顧力 a.k.a. Daoguang mi shi (道光秘史) 1997 Bonds of Blood千秋家國夢 Xu Baiting (许拜庭) / Xu Chongzhi (许崇智) 1998 Haihai de rensheng海海的人生 Ho Wei / 何偉 1999 Huanxi renjia歡喜人家 a.k.a. Happy Together 1999 Maid in Green綠衣紅娘 Yang Shaohui / 杨绍辉 2000 Jiayuan家園 Lin Huaizhong / 林怀中 2000 Palace of Desire大明宮詞 Xue Shao (薛绍) / Zhang Yizhi (张易之) 2001 Fame星夢戀人 Huo Da / 霍达 2001 A War Diary战争日记 2001 Sun Zhongshan孙中山 Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山 2002 Hu xiao cangqiong虎嘯蒼穹 Xiao Taiping / 萧太平 a.k.a. Yuan yu (原獄) 2002 The Merchant錢王 Wang Chi / 王炽 2003 Yuxue nan'er浴血男兒 Chen Hai / 陈海 2004 Guo bao國寶 Fan Sicheng / 范思成 2004 The 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) 2004 Xiangqi miren香氣迷人 Li Chun'en / 李纯恩 2006 Harmony天和局 Wang Hongtu / 王鸿图 a.k.a. Ma dian (马店) 2006 The Big Blast大爆炸 Wu Gang / 吴刚 a.k.a. Tufa shijian (突發事件) 2007 Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan大唐芙蓉園 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang / 唐玄宗 2008 Great Porcelain Merchant大瓷商 Tao Shengren 2009 Han ye寒夜 Wang Wenxuan / 汪文宣 2009 Da guo yi大國醫 Guo Yishan 2009 Archrivals對手 Wen Weijun 2009 Once Upon a Time on the Strait海峽往事 Lin Wenxuan 2009 Maid in the Big House大屋下的丫鬟 Chen Tianheng a.k.a. Bai De Tang (百德堂) 2009 Tie jian dan daoyi鐵肩擔道義 Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山 2010 Xiao Xiang Road 1潇湘路1号 Tong Shuangwei a.k.a. Country in Chaos (沧海横流) 2010 Chuang tianxia闖天下 Zhao Tianfu 2011 The Legend of Incorruptible Stone廉石傳奇 Zhang Zhao (Zibu) 2011 Confucius孔子 Confucius / 孔子 2011 Wu Zetian mishi武则天秘史 Emperor Gaozong of Tang / 唐高宗 2011 Family Reunion 團圓 Liu Yu 2011 Defend Army Soul护国军魂传奇 Liang Qichao / 梁启超 2012 Shouwang de tiankong守望的天空 Yuan Weiguo 2012 Sui Tang yingxiong隋唐英雄 Emperor Yang of Sui / 杨广 2013 Daughter's Return千金归来 Pan Weilin /潘伟森 2013 The Legend of Dancing Prince舞乐传奇 异牟寻 2014 The Last Emperor末代皇帝传奇 Puyi / 溥仪 2015 Lonely Gourmet孤独的美食家 伍郎 2015 大舜 Emperor Yao / 尧 2015 The Legend of Mi Yue芈月传 King Wei of Chu / 楚威王 TBA Tian xing jian天行健 Zhou Zixuan filmed in 20102017 Xuan-Yuan Sword Legend: The Clouds of Han Zhuge Liang 2018 NegotiatorXie Tianyou 2019 Poetry of the Song Dynasty 大宋宫词 Zhao Tingmei

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