Winston Chao
# Winston Chao

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 and Kabali. 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). 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 | Wai-Tung 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 film Lily Award for Best Actor |
| 2007 | Road to Dawn 夜·明 | Sun Yat-sen / 孙中山 | SIFF Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor Guangzhou 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 | | |
| 2015 | Surprise 萬萬沒想到 | | |
| 2016 | Chinese Wine 国酒 | | |
| 2016 | Xuanzang 大唐玄奘 | Emperor Taizong of Tang | A 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 | | |
| 2019 | Nezha | | |
| 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 2010 |
| 2017 | Xuan-Yuan Sword Legend: The Clouds of Han | Zhuge Liang | |
| 2018 | Negotiator | Xie Tianyou | |
| 2019 | Poetry of the Song Dynasty 大宋宫词 | Zhao Tingmei | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Lily Awards (百合奖) | Best Actor shared with Zhou Xiaobin | Those Were the Days | Won |
| 2007 | Shanghai International Film Festival | Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor | Road to Dawn | Won |
| 2007 | Guangzhou Student Film Festival (广州大学生电影节) | Most Popular Actor | Road to Dawn | Won |
| 2012 | Hundred Flowers Awards | Best Actor | 1911 | Nominated |
