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Winston Chao Wen-hsuan 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, and the portrayal of Confucius (2011). He acted in the Indian film, Kabali (2016), in a villainous role opposite Rajinikanth. He has also appeared in the English-language films Skiptrace (2016) and The Meg (2018).
Birth Name
Wen-hsuan Chao
Born
Thursday, 09 June 1960
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Palace of Devotion | Zhao Ting Mei | 2021 |
Kun Lun Gui | Booker | 2020 |
Pegasus 2 | Wan Heping | 2019 |
Pegasus | Wan Heping | 2019 |
The Meg | Zhang | 2018 |
Negotiator | Xie Tianyou | 2018 |
Skiptrace | Victor Wong | 2016 |
Kabali | Tony Lee | 2016 |
Xuan Zang | Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin / Emperor Taizong of Tang | 2016 |
Surprise | Murong Hao | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Palace of Devotion | Zhao Ting Mei | 2021 |
Kun Lun Gui | Booker | 2020 |
Pegasus 2 | Wan Heping | 2019 |
Pegasus | Wan Heping | 2019 |
The Meg | Zhang | 2018 |
Negotiator | Xie Tianyou | 2018 |
Skiptrace | Victor Wong | 2016 |
Kabali | Tony Lee | 2016 |
Xuan Zang | Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin / Emperor Taizong of Tang | 2016 |
Surprise | Murong Hao | 2015 |
The Legend of Miyue | King Wei of Chu | 2015 |
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal | Zhang Daoxian | 2015 |
Legend of the Last Emperor | Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi | 2014 |
The Palace | Emperor Kang Xi / Kangxi Emperor | 2013 |
1911 | Sun Yat-sen | 2011 |
Road to Dawn | Sun Yat-Sen | 2007 |
The Touch | Yin's Father | 2002 |
A Little Life-Opera | Sanpeng | 1998 |
Island of Greed | Minister Feng | 1997 |
Intimates | Hua / Wah | 1997 |
The Soong Sisters | Sun Yat-Sen | 1997 |
Tonight Nobody Goes Home | Chen Siming | 1996 |
In a Strange City | Xiang Guo-chien | 1996 |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Wen Shan | 1995 |
I Want to Go on Living | Ko Chun | 1995 |
Red Rose White Rose | Tung Zhenbao / Tung Chen-pao / Tong Zhen-bao | 1994 |
Eat Drink Man Woman | Li Kai | 1994 |
In Between | Wong Man Fai / Wong Man Fai (segment "Weihun mama") | 1994 |
The Wedding Banquet | Wai-Tung Gao | 1993 |