Acting credits
74
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Winston Chao
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 39Series: 35
TMDB ID: 57054
IMDb ID: nm0152061
Known for: Acting
Born: June 9, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Taiwan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1993 - 2025
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q710548
Also known as
Winston Chao Wen-Hsuan • 趙文瑄 • 赵文瑄 • Zhao Wenxuan
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Winston Chao.
7.7
Daughter's Daughter
as Old Johnny
2024 Movie
7.4
Be Somebody
2021 Movie
I Dreamed A Dream
2021 Movie
6.6
Pegasus
as 万和平
2019 Movie
8.0
Piano Lesson
as A.I.
2018 Movie
6.3
The Meg
as Zhang
2018 Movie
钢琴课
2018 Movie
6.0
Kabali
as Tony Lee
2016 Movie
5.7
Skiptrace
as Victor Wong
2016 Movie
6.8
Xuan Zang
as Emperor Taizong of Tang
2016 Movie
Chinese Wine
as 华老板
2016 Movie
4.0
Surprise
as Murong Hao
2015 Movie
情战
2015 Movie
5.2
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
as Zhang Daoxian
2015 Movie
7.0
The Palace
as Kangxi Emperor
2013 Movie
Great Rescue
2012 Movie
5.7
1911
as Sun Yat-sen
2011 Movie
7.8
Road to Dawn
2007 Movie
Those were the Days
as Hu Weichen
2005 Movie
5.0
The Touch
as Yin's Father
2002 Movie
A Little Life-Opera
as Sanpeng
1998 Movie
Burning Harbor
as Sato
1998 Movie
6.3
Island of Greed
as Minister Feng
1997 Movie
5.8
Intimates
as Wah
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Winston Chao.
江南·十二场欢聚
24 eps
2025 Series
廉石传说
1 eps
2023 Series
9.0
Lost in Baimu
as Lin Yong • 28 eps
2023 Series
5.2
Palace of Devotion
as Zhao Ting Mei • 61 eps
2021 Series
6.0
Dear Designer
40 eps
2020 Series
3.0
Everybody Stand By
1 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Lost in 1949
as Qiao Mogeng • 46 eps
2018 Series
6.7
The Legend of Kaifeng
as 宋真宗 • 58 eps
2017 Series
7.0
Legend of Mi Yue
as Mi Shang / King Wei of Chu • 81 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Da Shun
as 唐尧 • 35 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Lonely Gourmet: Taipei
as Wu Lang • 12 eps
2015 Series
The Last Emperor
1 eps
2014 Series
往日情怀
as Ichiro Miura • 34 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music
as 异牟寻 • 42 eps
2013 Series
5.0
Return of the Heiress
as Pan Weisen • 50 eps
2013 Series
8.5
Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
as Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui • 68 eps
2012 Series
Stand By Me
30 eps
2012 Series
8.9
Solitary Gourmet
as 伍郎 • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.0
The Legend of Wu Zetian
as Li Zhi (Middle-aged) • 50 eps
2011 Series
Defend Army Soul
37 eps
2011 Series
10.0
Tian Xing Jian
as Zhou Zixuan • 1 eps
2011 Series
10.0
Confucius
35 eps
2010 Series
对手（Archrivals）
as 文为均 • 46 eps
2009 Series
大国医
40 eps
2009 Series