Winston Chao
Birthday: Born in 1960-06-09 in Taiwan
Deathday: Alive
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.
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千秋家国梦
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孔子
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大宋宫词
Character: Zhao Ting Mei
Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997. Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve ...
守望的天空
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Pu Tao is a tough girl who grew up depending on no one. Her father left her family, then later her mother left at a boarding school while taking care of her autistic brother. After no contact for 17 years, her mother leaves her with two autistic children and her father shows up. Handling the betrayal of her parents and learning to take care of two autistic children while dealing with her own family problems....
末代皇帝传奇
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武则天秘史
Character: Li Zhi (Middle-aged)
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百慕迷踪
Character: 林庸
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护国军魂传奇
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孤独的美食家-台湾篇
Character: Wu Lang
The best part of the day for a lonely old businessman is when he clocks out after a long day’s work and discovers a new place to eat. Wu Lang spends his days visiting clients in different parts of Taipei. After he finishes work for the day, he then starts his quest to discover hidden gems among the restaurants in the part of town where he ends up. As he explores new restaurants and meets new people, will he be able to dispel a little bit of his loneliness through good food and friendly people?...
千金归来
Character: Pan Weisen
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大明宫词
Character: 薛绍/张易之
Palace of Desire, also known as Da Ming Gong Ci, is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Yalei and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on March 30, 2000....
廉石传说
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孤独のグルメ
Character: 伍郎
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine....
亲爱的设计师
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Designer Shen Tian Tian led a troubled life prior to being adopted by the fashion guru and CEO of the Li Group, Li Man Li, who's determined to take her company to the world stage. With Man Li's support, Tian Tian is able to study design then land her first position at the Li Group as a ghost designer to Tang Guo Er, Man Li's biological daughter. While working together, the girls become close friends....
天行健
Character: Zhou Zixuan
The history of China's Tsinghua University, starting from the beginning of the 20th century, whose several generations of presidents and graduates have devoted themselves to make their country more prosperous....
脱身
Character: Qiao Mogeng
In 1949, accountant Huang Liwen returns to Shanghai to honor her late husband and fulfill a mission for the Communist Party. She reconnects with her family and meets Qiao Zhicai and his twin brother, Qiao Lijie, who plays a key role in her mission....
孙中山
Character: 孙中山
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大唐芙蓉园
Character: 李隆基
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天和局
Character: 王鸿图
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开封府
Character: 宋真宗
Bao Zheng is a man who has solved multiple cases in Kaifeng and Yu Rou is a young woman wholeheartedly devoted to him. Liu E is the beloved concubine of the Song Emperor but she conspires with Zhang De Lin in a quest for more power....
大舜
Character: 唐尧
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舞乐传奇
Character: 异牟寻
Written by Wang Juan (王倦), the drama is a sino-burmese wuxia travelogue road drama. It is loosely based on the true account of Prince Shwenandaw who brought his renowned dance troop for a visit to Tang in 802 AD for the purposes of diplomacy. Through this mission he spread the word about Buddhist scriptures and teachings....
隋唐英雄
Character: Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui
Heroes emerged in large numbers during the tumultuous and short-lived Sui to early Tang dynasty period. Most famous among them are Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yao Jin, Shan Xiong Xin and Wei Chi Gong, known as the "Five Tigers of Sui and Tang", who would help Li Shi Min defeat rebels and rivals and pacify the land. The drama will start with the establishment of the Sui dynasty and end with Li Shi Min's ascension to the throne....
羋月传
Character: 楚威王
Mi Yue, a princess from Chu, is sent to Qin as a concubine. She loses her first love and becomes entangled in royal power struggles. After being exiled with her son, she returns during a time of chaos to try to defeat her rival and secure the throne for her child....
家园
Character: 林怀中
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对手
Character: 文为均
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往日情怀
Character: Ichiro Miura
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演员请就位
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50 different actors and actresses come together to get tested their acting abilities, while 4 esteemed directors will be coaching and challenging them to see who advances to the next stage! Who will survive until the end to become "The Best Actor"?...
雷雨
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Those were the Days
Character: Hu Weichen
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The Wedding Banquet
Character: Wai-Tung Gao
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding....
The Soong Sisters
Character: Sun Yat Sen
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence...
Top Cool
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After training in the United States, instructor Yu Da-peng comes back to Taiwan to train the first batch of pilots to receive new fighter jets....
钢琴课
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Daughter's Daughter
Character: Old Johnny
Jin is in her 60s. Her husband gone, her concern is for daughter Zuer, in New York trying out IVF with her partner Michelle. When Jin receives news that Zuer and Michelle have died in an accident, she heads for NY. There, she has another shock: she has inherited Zuer’s embryo and it’s for her to decide its fate. Meanwhile, going to NY also forces Jin to face Emma, the daughter she gave up for adoption when she was 17....
The Touch
Character: Yin's Father
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages....
Eat Drink Man Woman
Character: Li Kai
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes....
Red Rose White Rose
Character: Tung Zhenbao
Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background. Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating....
1911
Character: Sun Yat-sen
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty....
Tonight Nobody Goes Home
Character: Chen Siming
The Chen family contagiousness extends to taking on an extra-marital affair. Gua Ah-leh is at the movie's centre: she shines as Lung's wife, who finds she has a thing or two to learn from the gigolo after Lung blithely. Lang Hisung plays old dentist for broad comedy he is sixty years old....
In Between
Character: Wong Man Fai
Three directors deliver three stories about the love in the modern world....
Intimates
Character: Wah
Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's....
Chinese Wine
Character: 华老板
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Character: Zhang Daoxian
The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves....
I Want to Go on Living
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A woman stops waiting for her med student boyfriend and marries a rich man so she can pay her grandmother's medical bills....
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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Ever-changing life in a busy modern metropolis brings both ecstasy and sorrow: One night, 24-year-old A Rong by chance helps A Min, a beautiful woman, defending her from group of harassers on the street. A Rong takes A Min sleep in his house, while he himself goes to a friend's house to sleep on the sofa. The next morning, A Rong arrives home to find A Min gone; he does everything he can to find her and ask her to marry him....
A Little Life-Opera
Character: Sanpeng
The story of a part-time opera troupe in coastal Fujian province of China and their struggles....
Be Somebody
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During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot....
Road to Dawn
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Based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary efforts and his love affairs while he was in Penang in 1910....
Xuan Zang
Character: Emperor Taizong of Tang
Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century....
Kabali
Character: Tony Lee
A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment....
Xiu Xiu
Character: Li Zhao
Yu Lei plays an orphan Xiu Xiu, who is married to a foreign land when she was 3. Her husband, a hunter (Lau Hok Yin), doesn't know how to love her. So a passionate affair is unavoidable when she meets up with a military doctor (Winston Chao)....
Skiptrace
Character: Victor Wong
A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal....
Surprise
Character: Murong Hao
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West....
The Meg
Character: Zhang
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct....
Island of Greed
Character: Minister Feng
A gutsy police detecive and his team of cops probe into the widespread illegal dealings of a criminal mastermind who schemes to redeem himself by running for government office in taiwan....
In a Strange City
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Yu Jane, a high school teacher and Xiang Guo-Chen, a successful industrialist, are secretly having an affair outside of his marriage. Xiang is on his way to a political career. His campaign advisor wants him to break off his relationship with Yu so to present himself as a candidate with an untarnished image....
The Palace
Character: Kangxi Emperor
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang....
Thunder Cop
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Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous drug dealing colleagues....
Pegasus
Character: Wan Heping
Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again....
Great Rescue
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In 1932, as Korea is occupied by Japan, Chu Fucheng, an important figure in the city of Jiaxing, China, is asked to help in hiding exiled Korean nationalist Kim Gu....
Destination: 9th Heaven
Character: Chin Ching
A father and daughter struggle with relationships as China regains control of Hong Kong....
Piano Lesson
Character: AI
A pianist, who has already lost his real audience, is searching for his fans via performing music in a world controlled by Artificial Intelligence. However, his only audience is a deaf and dumb cyborg girl, who is raised by data and has no actual experience with real humans. Can they identify each other’s feeling by the signals of music? As AI rises, how can the last generation of Homo sapiens and posthuman face their fate of desolation?...
Burning Harbor
Character: Sato
At the end of WWII, the Japanese decide to build a secret submarine base in Hong Kong for a last point of resistance. The mariners on a Chinese cargo boat are interned and forced to be labourers. When the Japanese commander orders that the laborers are to be killed on completion of the base, the captain of the cargo boat leads his crew in a fight for survival....
The Legend of Nezha
Character: Master Tai Yi
Nezha gets into trouble and implicates his parents who are punished by the heavens along with him. He bravely steps up and admits his fault, which touches the heavens, and his effort comes to fruition. The family of three finally reunites in the end....
I Dreamed A Dream
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An experimental "dream yoga" master Li Shihao experiences a stroke and falls into a coma. His daughter decides to go to his dream world to drag him out and wake her father up....
金牌律师之生死劫
Character: Ye Xun
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情战
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