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. 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).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.8376 |
| Birthday | 1960-06-09 |
| Place of Birth | Taiwan |
| Also Known As | Winston Chao Wen-Hsuan, 趙文瑄, 赵文瑄, Zhao Wenxuan, |
2005
Those were the Days
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Those were the Days
1993
The Wedding Banquet
7.2/295
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...
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The Wedding Banquet
1997
The Soong Sisters
6.591/22
Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang...
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The Soong Sisters
1993
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.
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Top Cool
2018
钢琴课
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钢琴课
2024
Daughter's Daughter
7.6/6
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 th...
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Daughter's Daughter
1994
Red Rose White Rose
6.286/21
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 hap...
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Red Rose White Rose
2002
The Touch
5.1/43
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 hav...
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The Touch
2011
1911
5.8/165
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 t...
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1911
1996
Tonight Nobody Goes Home
7/6
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...
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Tonight Nobody Goes Home
1994
In Between
4.333/6
Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker meets his boss's soon-to-be-ex-wife. A pregnant l...
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In Between
1997
Intimates
6.1/18
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 cost...
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Intimates
2016
Chinese Wine
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Chinese Wine
2015
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
5.2/42
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,...
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
1995
I Want to Go on Living
7.5/2
A woman stops waiting for her med student boyfriend and marries a rich man so she can pay her grandmother's medical bills.
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I Want to Go on Living
1995
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2.7/3
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,...
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
1998
A Little Life-Opera
7/1
The story of a part-time opera troupe in coastal Fujian province of China and their struggles.
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A Little Life-Opera
2021
Be Somebody
7.414/58
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 ca...
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Be Somebody
2007
Road to Dawn
7.8/4
Based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary efforts and his love affairs while he was in Penang in 1910.
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Road to Dawn
2016
Xuan Zang
6.824/17
Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.
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Xuan Zang
2016
Kabali
6/92
A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.
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Kabali
1995
Xiu Xiu
7/2
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...
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Xiu Xiu
2016
Skiptrace
5.8/770
A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
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Skiptrace
2015
Surprise
4.03/33
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.
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Surprise
2018
The Meg
6.249/8230
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Sh...
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The Meg
1997
Island of Greed
6.6/33
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 runn...
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Island of Greed
1996
In a Strange City
3.333/3
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...
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In a Strange City
2013
The Palace
7/20
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 liv...
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The Palace
1996
Thunder Cop
4.2/4
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 dru...
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Thunder Cop
2012
Great Rescue
0/0
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 natio...
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Great Rescue
1997
Destination: 9th Heaven
10/1
A father and daughter struggle with relationships as China regains control of Hong Kong.
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Destination: 9th Heaven
2018
Piano Lesson
8/1
A pianist, who has already lost his real audience, is searching for his fans via performing music in a world controlled by Artificial Intelligence. Ho...
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Piano Lesson
1998
Burning Harbor
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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...
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Burning Harbor
The Legend of Nezha
8/2
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 tou...
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The Legend of Nezha
2021
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 ou...
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I Dreamed A Dream
金牌律师之生死劫
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金牌律师之生死劫
2015
情战
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情战
2019
Pegasus
6.669/121
Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, th...
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Pegasus
1994
Eat Drink Man Woman
7.6/408
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each da...
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