Winston Chao Wen-hsuan

Winston Chao Wen-hsuan

Known for
Acting
Born
June 9, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Taiwan

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

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Filmography

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The Legend of Nezha poster

The Legend of Nezha

Movie · as Master Tai Yi

2026
Waiting for Myself poster

Waiting for Myself

Movie

2026
Bloody Smart poster

Bloody Smart

TV · 10 eps

2025
江南·十二场欢聚 poster

江南·十二场欢聚

TV · 24 eps

2024
Daughter's Daughter poster

Daughter's Daughter

Movie · as Old Johnny

2023
Lost in Baimu poster

Lost in Baimu

TV · as Lin Yong · 28 eps

2023
廉石传说 poster

廉石传说

TV · 1 ep

2021
Be Somebody poster

Be Somebody

Movie

2021
I Dreamed A Dream poster

I Dreamed A Dream

Movie

2021
Palace of Devotion poster

Palace of Devotion

TV · as Zhao Ting Mei · 61 eps

2020
Dear Designer poster

Dear Designer

TV · 40 eps

2019
Pegasus poster

Pegasus

Movie · as Wan Heping

2019
Everybody Stand By poster

Everybody Stand By

TV · 1 ep

2018
钢琴课 poster

钢琴课

Movie

2018
The Meg poster

The Meg

Movie · as Zhang

2018
Piano Lesson poster

Piano Lesson

Movie · as A.I.

2018
金牌律师之生死劫 poster

金牌律师之生死劫

Movie · as Ye Xun

2018
Lost in 1949 poster

Lost in 1949

TV · as Qiao Mogeng · 46 eps

2017
The Legend of Kaifeng poster

The Legend of Kaifeng

TV · as 宋真宗 · 58 eps

2016
Chinese Wine poster

Chinese Wine

Movie · as 华老板

2016
Xuan Zang poster

Xuan Zang

Movie · as Emperor Taizong of Tang

2016
Kabali poster

Kabali

Movie · as Tony Lee

2016
Skiptrace poster

Skiptrace

Movie · as Victor Wong

2015
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal poster

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

Movie · as Zhang Daoxian

2015
Surprise poster

Surprise

Movie · as Murong Hao

2015
情战 poster

情战

Movie

2015
Lonely Gourmet: Taipei poster

Lonely Gourmet: Taipei

TV · as Wu Lang · 12 eps

2015
Da Shun poster

Da Shun

TV · as 唐尧 · 35 eps

2015
Legend of Mi Yue poster

Legend of Mi Yue

TV · as Mi Shang / King Wei of Chu · 81 eps

2014
The Last Emperor poster

The Last Emperor

TV · 1 ep

2014
往日情怀 poster

往日情怀

TV · as Ichiro Miura · 34 eps

2013
The Palace poster

The Palace

Movie · as Kangxi Emperor

2013
Return of the Heiress poster

Return of the Heiress

TV · as Pan Weisen · 50 eps

2013
Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music poster

Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music

TV · as 异牟寻 · 42 eps

2012
Great Rescue poster

Great Rescue

Movie

2012
Stand By Me poster

Stand By Me

TV · 30 eps

2012
Solitary Gourmet poster

Solitary Gourmet

TV · as 伍郎 · 1 ep

2012
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties poster

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

TV · as Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui · 68 eps

2011
1911 poster

1911

Movie · as Sun Yat-sen

2011
The Legend of Wu Zetian poster

The Legend of Wu Zetian

TV · as Li Zhi (Middle-aged) · 50 eps

2011
Defend Army Soul poster

Defend Army Soul

TV · 37 eps

2011
Tian Xing Jian poster

Tian Xing Jian

TV · as Zhou Zixuan · 1 ep

2010
Confucius poster

Confucius

TV · 35 eps

2010
潇湘路一号

潇湘路一号

TV · 26 eps

2009
Cold Nights poster

Cold Nights

TV · as Wang Wen Xuan · 36 eps

2009
大国医 poster

大国医

TV · 40 eps

2009
Archrivals poster

Archrivals

TV · as 文为均 · 46 eps

2008
Archrivals poster

Archrivals

TV · as 文为均 · 2 eps

2007
Road to Dawn poster

Road to Dawn

Movie

2007
Tang Paradise poster

Tang Paradise

TV · as 李隆基 · 30 eps

2006
大爆炸 poster

大爆炸

TV · 24 eps

2005
Those were the Days poster

Those were the Days

Movie · as Hu Weichen

2004
Harmony poster

Harmony

TV · as 王鸿图 · 32 eps

2004
国宝 poster

国宝

TV · 1 ep

2002
The Touch poster

The Touch

Movie · as Yin's Father

2002
钱王 poster

钱王

TV · 20 eps

2001
孙中山 poster

孙中山

TV · as 孙中山 · 20 eps

2000
Palace of Desire poster

Palace of Desire

TV · as 薛绍/张易之 · 40 eps

1999
家园 poster

家园

TV · as 林怀中 · 29 eps

1998
A Little Life-Opera poster

A Little Life-Opera

Movie · as Sanpeng

1998
Burning Harbor poster

Burning Harbor

Movie · as Sato

1997
The Soong Sisters poster

The Soong Sisters

Movie · as Sun Yat Sen

1997
Intimates poster

Intimates

Movie · as Wah

1997
Island of Greed poster

Island of Greed

Movie · as Minister Feng

1997
Destination: 9th Heaven poster

Destination: 9th Heaven

Movie · as Chin Ching

1997
千秋家国梦 poster

千秋家国梦

TV · as 许拜庭/许崇智 · 30 eps

1996
Tonight Nobody Goes Home poster

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

Movie · as Chen Siming

1996
In a Strange City poster

In a Strange City

Movie

1996
Thunder Cop poster

Thunder Cop

Movie

1996
Lei Yu poster

Lei Yu

TV · 20 eps

1995
I Want to Go on Living poster

I Want to Go on Living

Movie

1995
Crazy Little Thing Called Love poster

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Movie

1995
Xiu Xiu poster

Xiu Xiu

Movie · as Li Zhao

1994
Red Rose White Rose poster

Red Rose White Rose

Movie · as Tung Zhenbao

1994
In Between poster

In Between

Movie · as Wong Man Fai

1994
Eat Drink Man Woman poster

Eat Drink Man Woman

Movie · as Li Kai

1993
The Wedding Banquet poster

The Wedding Banquet

Movie · as Gao Wai-Tung

1993
Top Cool poster

Top Cool

Movie