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{{Short description|Taiwanese actor (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Zhao (surname)|Chao]]|lang=}}
{{infobox person
| name = Winston Chao
| image =
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| birth_name = Chao Wen-hsuan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|6|9}}
| birth_place = [[Taiwan]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1993–present
| awards = '''[[:zh:百合奖|Lily Award]] for Best Actor''' 2006 ''Those Were the Days'' '''[[Shanghai International Film Festival|SIFF]] Award for Most Popular Actor''' 2007 ''Road to Dawn''
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 趙文瑄
| s = 赵文瑄
| p = Zhào Wénxuān
| j = Ziu6 Man4-syun1
}}
}}

'''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 (film)|The Soong Sisters]]'' (1997), ''[[Road to Dawn]]'' (2007) and ''[[1911 (film)|1911]]'' (2011). His notable television roles include the adaptation of [[Cao Yu (playwright)|Cao Yu]]'s play ''[[Thunderstorm (play)|Thunderstorm]]'' (1997), a double role in the historical drama ''[[Palace of Desire (TV series)|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). He acted in the Indian Tamil film, ''[[Kabali]]'' (2016), in a villainous role opposite [[Rajinikanth]]. He has also appeared in the English-language films ''[[Skiptrace (film)|Skiptrace]]'' (2016) and ''[[The Meg]]'' (2018).

==Filmography==

===Feature films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Wedding Banquet]]'' 喜宴 || Wei-Tong Gao / 高偉同 ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Top Cool'' 想飛 ~ 傲空神鷹 || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[In Between (1994 film)|In Between]]'' 新同居時代 || Wong Man Fai / 黃文輝 || a.k.a. ''Conjugal Affairs'', ''The New Age of Living Together''
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Eat Drink Man Woman]]'' 飲食男女 || Li Kai / 李凱 ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Red Rose White Rose]]'' 紅玫瑰白玫瑰 || Tong Zhen-bao / 佟振保 ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Xiu Xiu'' 繡繡和她的男人 || Dr. Li Zhao ||
|-
| 1995 || ''I Want to Go on Living'' 我要活下去 || Go Chun ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Your Black Hair and My Hand'' 談情說愛 || Wenshan / 文山 || a.k.a. ''Crazy Little Thing Called Love''
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Tonight Nobody Goes Home]]'' 今天不回家 || Chen Siming / 陳斯明 ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Thunder Cop'' 新喋血雙雄 || Chiu Kwok-ho / 趙國豪 ||
|-
| 1996 || ''In a Strange City'' 在陌生的城市 || Hsiang Kuo-chien / 向國前 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''The Island of Greed'' 黑金 || Minister of legal department ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Intimates'' 自梳 || Wah / 華 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Destination: 9th Heaven'' 衝上九重天 || Chin Cheng / 錢程 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[The Soong Sisters (film)|The Soong Sisters]]'' 宋家皇朝 || [[Sun Yat-sen]] / 孫中山 ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[A Little Life-Opera]]'' 一生一台戲 || Sanpeng / 三朋 ||
|-
| 1998 || ''Burning Harbor'' 燃烧的港湾 || Sato / 佐藤 ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Touch (2002 film)|The Touch]]'' 天脈傳奇 || Yin's father / 嫣父 ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Those Were the Days'' 随风而去 || Hu Weichen / 胡维臣 || television film [[:zh:百合奖|Lily Award]] for Best Actor
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Road to Dawn]]'' 夜·明 || [[Sun Yat-sen]] / 孙中山 || [[Shanghai International Film Festival|SIFF]] Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor Guangzhou Student Film Festival Award for Most Popular Actor
|-
| 2011 || ''[[1911 (film)|1911]]'' 辛亥革命 || [[Sun Yat-sen]] / 孙中山 || Nominated – [[Hundred Flowers Award]] for Best Actor
|-
| 2012 || ''Great Rescue'' 非常营救 || Chu Fucheng / 褚辅成 ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[The Palace (2013 film)|The Palace]]'' 宫锁沉香 || [[Kangxi Emperor|Emperor Kang Xi]] ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal]]'' 钟馗伏魔：雪妖魔灵 || ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Surprise'' 萬萬沒想到 || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''Chinese Wine'' 国酒 || ||
|-
|2016
|[[Xuanzang (film)|''Xuanzang'']]
大唐玄奘
|[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]
|A Chinese-Indian movie.
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Kabali]]'' கபாலி || Tony Lee || A [[Tamil cinema|Tamil-language Indian production]].
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Skiptrace (film)|Skiptrace]]'' || Victor Wong ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Meg]]'' || Dr. Minway Zhang ||
|-
| 2019 || ''Pegasus'' || ||
|-
| 2019 || ''Nezha'' || ||
|-
| TBA || ''Love War'' || ||
|}

===Television series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1997 || ''Thunderstorm'' 雷雨 || Zhou Ping / 周萍 ||
|-
| 1997 || ''The Voyage Home'' 歸航 || Gu Li / 顧力 || a.k.a. ''Daoguang mi shi'' (道光秘史)
|-
| 1997 || ''Bonds of Blood'' 千秋家國夢 || Xu Baiting (许拜庭) / Xu Chongzhi (许崇智) ||
|-
| 1998 || ''Haihai de rensheng'' 海海的人生 || Ho Wei / 何偉 ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Huanxi renjia'' 歡喜人家 || || a.k.a. ''Happy Together''
|-
| 1999 || ''Maid in Green'' 綠衣紅娘 || Yang Shaohui / 杨绍辉 ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Jiayuan'' 家園 || Lin Huaizhong / 林怀中 ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Palace of Desire (TV series)|Palace of Desire]]'' 大明宮詞 || Xue Shao (薛绍) / [[Zhang Yizhi]] (张易之) ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Fame'' 星夢戀人 || Huo Da / 霍达 ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[A War Diary]]'' 战争日记 || ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Sun Zhongshan'' 孙中山 || [[Sun Yat-sen]] / 孙中山 ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Hu xiao cangqiong'' 虎嘯蒼穹 || Xiao Taiping / 萧太平 || a.k.a. ''Yuan yu'' (原獄)
|-
| 2002 || ''The Merchant'' 錢王 || Wang Chi / 王炽 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Yuxue nan'er'' 浴血男兒 || Chen Hai / 陈海 ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Guo bao'' 國寶 || Fan Sicheng / 范思成 ||
|-
| 2004 || ''The Legend of Eileen Chang'' 她從海上來 ~ 張愛玲傳奇 || [[Hu Lancheng]] / 胡蘭成 || a.k.a. ''Shanghai wangshi'' (上海往事)
|-
| 2004 || ''Xiangqi miren'' 香氣迷人 || Li Chun'en / 李纯恩 ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Harmony'' 天和局 || Wang Hongtu / 王鸿图 || a.k.a. ''Ma dian'' (马店)
|-
| 2006 || ''The Big Blast'' 大爆炸 || Wu Gang / 吴刚 || a.k.a. ''Tufa shijian'' (突發事件)
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan]]'' 大唐芙蓉園 || [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]] / 唐玄宗 ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Great Porcelain Merchant'' 大瓷商 || Tao Shengren ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Han ye'' 寒夜 || Wang Wenxuan / 汪文宣 ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Da guo yi'' 大國醫 || Guo Yishan ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Archrivals'' 對手 || Wen Weijun ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Once Upon a Time on the Strait'' 海峽往事 || Lin Wenxuan ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Maid in the Big House'' 大屋下的丫鬟 || Chen Tianheng || a.k.a. ''Bai De Tang'' (百德堂)
|-
| 2009 || ''Tie jian dan daoyi'' 鐵肩擔道義 || [[Sun Yat-sen]] / 孙中山 ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Xiao Xiang Road 1'' 潇湘路1号 || Tong Shuangwei || a.k.a. ''Country in Chaos'' (沧海横流)
|-
| 2010 || ''Chuang tianxia'' 闖天下 || Zhao Tianfu ||
|-
| 2011 || ''The Legend of Incorruptible Stone'' 廉石傳奇 || [[Zhang Zhao (Eastern Wu)|Zhang Zhao]] (Zibu) ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Confucius'' 孔子 || [[Confucius]] / 孔子 ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Secret History of Empress Wu|Wu Zetian mishi]]'' 武则天秘史 || [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang]] / 唐高宗 ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Family Reunion'' 團圓 || Liu Yu ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Defend Army Soul'' 护国军魂传奇 || [[Liang Qichao]] / 梁启超 ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Shouwang de tiankong'' 守望的天空 || Yuan Weiguo ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Sui Tang yingxiong'' 隋唐英雄 || [[Emperor Yang of Sui]] / 杨广 ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Daughter's Return'' 千金归来 || Pan Weilin /潘伟森 ||
|-
| 2013 || ''The Legend of Dancing Prince'' 舞乐传奇 || 异牟寻 ||
|-
| 2014 || ''The Last Emperor'' 末代皇帝传奇 || [[Puyi]] / 溥仪 ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Lonely Gourmet'' 孤独的美食家 || 伍郎 ||
|-
| 2015 || 大舜 || [[Emperor Yao]] / 尧 ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Legend of Mi Yue]]'' 芈月传 || [[King Wei of Chu]] / 楚威王 ||
|-
|TBA || ''Tian xing jian'' 天行健 || Zhou Zixuan || filmed in 2010
|-
|2017 || ''[[Xuan-Yuan Sword Legend: The Clouds of Han]]'' ||[[Zhuge Liang]] ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Negotiator (TV series)|Negotiator]]''||Xie Tianyou||
|-
|2019 || ''Poetry of the Song Dynasty'' 大宋宫词 || Zhao Tingmei ||<ref>{{cite news| url=http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2018/1119/c1012-30408730.html| title=《大宋宫词》再曝仿古海报刘涛珍珠妆惊艳别致| trans-title="Da Song Gong Ci" re-exposed antique posters Liu Tao pearl makeup stunning and chic| date=19 November 2018| newspaper=[[People's Daily]]| location=Beijing| language=zh}}</ref>
|}

<ref>{{cite web| url=http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=10133| title=Winston Chao| website=[[Hong Kong Movie DataBase]]| access-date=23 September 2021}}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2021}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web| url=http://chinesemov.com/actors/Winston%20Chao.html| title=Winston Chao| website=chinesemov.com}}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2021}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Film
!Result
|-
| rowspan=1|2006
| Lily Awards (百合奖)
| Best Actor shared with Zhou Xiaobin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2006-05-14/08161081018.html |script-title=zh:数字电影风光无限 2005年电影频道百合奖揭晓 |language=zh |trans-title=Unlimited Digital Film Scenery 2005 Film Channel Lily Awards Announced |website=[[Sina Corporation]] |date=14 May 2006 |access-date=2012-10-01}}</ref>
| ''Those Were the Days''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
|[[Shanghai International Film Festival]]
| Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000605/2007 |title=Shanghai International Film Festival (2007) |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=2012-10-01}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|''Road to Dawn''
| {{won}}
|-
| Guangzhou Student Film Festival (广州大学生电影节)
| Most Popular Actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2008-01-02/13351859619.shtml |script-title=zh:第五届广州大学生电影节闭幕赵文瑄加冕影帝 |language=zh |trans-title=The 5th Guangzhou University Student Film Festival closes Zhao Wen's crowned most popular actor |website=Sina Corporation |date=2 January 2008 |access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=1|2012
|[[Hundred Flowers Awards]]
| Best Actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2012-09-28/21223755585.shtml |script-title=zh:百花奖入围者获表彰李雪健感谢杨善洲 |language=zh |trans-title=Hundred Flowers Award finalists are commended |website=Sina Corporation |date=28 September 2012 |access-date=2021-09-23}}</ref>
| ''1911''
| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Taiwan|Biography}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0152061|name=Winston Chao}}
* [http://asiastar.o.oo7.jp/e/index.html Winston Chao] at the Encyclopedia Asian Stars

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