Winston Chao

Biography

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. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Chao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Solitary Gourmet

Everybody Stand By

Legend of Mi Yue

The Meg

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Palace of Devotion

Palace of Desire

All Movies (39)

• Daughter's Daughter2024 · as Old Johnny
• Be Somebody2021
• I Dreamed A Dream2021
• Pegasus2019 · as 万和平
• Piano Lesson2018 · as A.I.
• The Meg2018 · as Zhang
• 钢琴课2018
• Kabali2016 · as Tony Lee
• Skiptrace2016 · as Victor Wong
• Xuan Zang2016 · as Emperor Taizong of Tang
• Chinese Wine2016 · as 华老板
• Surprise2015 · as Murong Hao
• 情战2015
• Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal2015 · as Zhang Daoxian
• The Palace2013 · as Kangxi Emperor
• Great Rescue2012
• 19112011 · as Sun Yat-sen
• Road to Dawn2007
• Those were the Days2005 · as Hu Weichen
• The Touch2002 · as Yin's Father
• A Little Life-Opera1998 · as Sanpeng
• Burning Harbor1998 · as Sato
• Island of Greed1997 · as Minister Feng
• Intimates1997 · as Wah
• Destination: 9th Heaven1997 · as Chin Ching
• The Soong Sisters1997 · as Sun Yat Sen
• Tonight Nobody Goes Home1996 · as Chen Siming
• In a Strange City1996
• Thunder Cop1996
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love1995
• Xiu Xiu1995 · as Li Zhao
• I Want to Go on Living1995
• Red Rose White Rose1994 · as Tung Zhenbao
• Eat Drink Man Woman1994 · as Li Kai
• In Between1994 · as Wong Man Fai
• The Wedding Banquet1993 · as Gao Wai-Tung
• Top Cool1993
• The Legend of Nezha— · as Master Tai Yi
• 金牌律师之生死劫— · as Ye Xun

All TV Shows (38)

• 江南·十二场欢聚2025
• 廉石传说2023
• Lost in Baimu2023 · as Lin Yong
• Palace of Devotion2021 · as Zhao Ting Mei
• Dear Designer2020
• Everybody Stand By2019
• Lost in 19492018 · as Qiao Mogeng
• The Legend of Kaifeng2017 · as 宋真宗
• Legend of Mi Yue2015 · as Mi Shang / King Wei of Chu
• Da Shun2015 · as 唐尧
• Lonely Gourmet: Taipei2015 · as Wu Lang
• The Last Emperor2014
• 往日情怀2014 · as Ichiro Miura
• Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music2013 · as 异牟寻
• Return of the Heiress2013 · as Pan Weisen
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties2012 · as Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties2012
• Stand By Me2012
• Solitary Gourmet2012 · as 伍郎
• The Legend of Wu Zetian2011 · as Li Zhi (Middle-aged)
• Defend Army Soul2011
• Tian Xing Jian2011 · as Zhou Zixuan
• 潇湘路一号2010
• Confucius2010
• Archrivals2009 · as 文为均
• 大国医2009
• Cold Nights2009 · as Wang Wen Xuan
• Archrivals2008 · as 文为均
• Tang Paradise2007 · as 李隆基
• 大爆炸2006
• 国宝2004
• Harmony2004 · as 王鸿图
• 钱王2002
• 孙中山2001 · as 孙中山
• Palace of Desire2000 · as 薛绍/张易之
• 家园1999 · as 林怀中
• 千秋家国梦1997 · as 许拜庭/许崇智
• Lei Yu1996