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

The Meg Not in library

The Meg

2018

Skiptrace Not in library

Skiptrace

2016

Eat Drink Man Woman Not in library

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994

The Wedding Banquet Not in library

The Wedding Banquet

1993

1911 Not in library

1911

2011

Pegasus Not in library

Pegasus

2019

Kabali

Kabali

2016

Be Somebody Not in library

Be Somebody

2021

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal Not in library

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

2015

The Touch Not in library

The Touch

2002

Acting

2025 江南·十二场欢聚
2024 Daughter's Daughter as Old Johnny
2023 Lost in Baimu as Lin Yong (28 episodes)
2023 廉石传说
2021 Be Somebody
2021 I Dreamed A Dream
2021 Palace of Devotion as Zhao Ting Mei (61 episodes)
2020 Dear Designer
2019 Pegasus as 万和平
2019 Everybody Stand By
2018 钢琴课
2018 The Meg as Zhang
2018 Piano Lesson as A.I.
2018 Lost in 1949 as Qiao Mogeng (46 episodes)
2017 The Legend of Kaifeng as 宋真宗 (58 episodes)
2016 Chinese Wine as 华老板
2016 Xuan Zang as Emperor Taizong of Tang
2016 Kabali as Tony Lee In Library
2016 Skiptrace as Victor Wong
2015 Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal as Zhang Daoxian
2015 Surprise as Murong Hao
2015 情战
2015 Lonely Gourmet: Taipei as Wu Lang (12 episodes)
2015 Da Shun as 唐尧 (35 episodes)
2015 Legend of Mi Yue as Mi Shang / King Wei of Chu (81 episodes)
2014 The Last Emperor
2014 往日情怀 as Ichiro Miura (34 episodes)
2013 The Palace as Kangxi Emperor
2013 Return of the Heiress as Pan Weisen (50 episodes)
2013 Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music as 异牟寻 (42 episodes)
2012 Great Rescue
2012 Stand By Me
2012 Solitary Gourmet as 伍郎 (1 episode)
2012 Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties as Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui (68 episodes)
2012 Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2011 1911 as Sun Yat-sen
2011 The Legend of Wu Zetian as Li Zhi (Middle-aged) (50 episodes)
2011 Defend Army Soul
2011 Tian Xing Jian as Zhou Zixuan (1 episode)
2010 Confucius
2010 潇湘路一号
2009 Cold Nights as Wang Wen Xuan (36 episodes)
2009 大国医
2009 对手(Archrivals) as 文为均 (46 episodes)
2008 Archrivals as 文为均 (2 episodes)
2007 Road to Dawn
2007 Tang Paradise as 李隆基 (30 episodes)
2006 大爆炸
2005 Those were the Days as Hu Weichen
2004 Harmony as 王鸿图 (32 episodes)
2002 The Touch as Yin's Father
2002 钱王
2001 孙中山 as 孙中山 (20 episodes)
2000 Palace of Desire as 薛绍/张易之 (40 episodes)
1999 家园 as 林怀中 (29 episodes)
1998 A Little Life-Opera as Sanpeng
1998 Burning Harbor as Sato
1997 The Soong Sisters as Sun Yat Sen
1997 Intimates as Wah
1997 Island of Greed as Minister Feng
1997 Destination: 9th Heaven as Chin Ching
1997 千秋家国梦 as 许拜庭/许崇智 (30 episodes)
1996 Tonight Nobody Goes Home as Chen Siming
1996 In a Strange City
1996 Thunder Cop
1996 Lei Yu
1995 I Want to Go on Living
1995 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
1995 Xiu Xiu as Li Zhao
1994 Red Rose White Rose as Tung Zhenbao
1994 In Between as Wong Man Fai
1994 Eat Drink Man Woman as Li Kai
1993 The Wedding Banquet as Gao Wai-Tung
1993 Top Cool
The Legend of Nezha as Master Tai Yi
金牌律师之生死劫 as Ye Xun