Winston Chao

Acting

Winston Chao

Born

1960-06-09 (66)

Place of birth

Taiwan

Known for

Acting

Credits

79 titles

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 portray…

Known for

Solitary Gourmet poster
8.9

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.

Solitary Gourmet

2012

The Meg poster
6.3

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

The Meg

2018

Legend of Mi Yue poster
7.3

Mi Yue, a princess from Chu, is sent to Qin as a concubine. She loses her first love and becomes entangled in royal power struggles. After being exiled with her son, she returns during a time of chaos to try to defeat her rival and secure the throne for her child.

Legend of Mi Yue

2015

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties poster
6.0

Heroes emerged in large numbers during the tumultuous and short-lived Sui to early Tang dynasty period. Most famous among them are Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yao Jin, Shan Xiong Xin and Wei Chi Gong, known as the "Five Tigers of Sui and Tang", who would help Li Shi Min defeat rebels and rivals and pacify the land. The drama will start with the establishment of the Sui dynasty and end with Li Shi Min's ascension to the throne.

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

2012

Everybody Stand By poster
3.0

50 different actors and actresses come together to get tested their acting abilities, while 4 esteemed directors will be coaching and challenging them to see who advances to the next stage! Who will survive until the end to become "The Best Actor"?

Everybody Stand By

2019

Palace of Devotion poster
5.2

Liu E, an orphaned girl, becomes the Empress of the Northern Song dynasty and a regent for the next Emperor.

Palace of Devotion

2021

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 15 titles

The Meg poster
6.3

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

The Meg

2018

Skiptrace poster
5.8

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

Skiptrace

2016

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal poster
5.0

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, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

2015

1911 poster
5.7

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 the Qing Dynasty.

1911

2011

Pegasus poster
6.6

Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again.

Pegasus

2019

Surprise poster
4.2

A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.

Surprise

2015

Kabali poster
6.0

A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.

Kabali

2016

The Palace poster
6.9

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 live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang.

The Palace

2013

Xuan Zang poster
6.8

Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.

Xuan Zang

2016

Chinese Wine poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chinese Wine

2016

金牌律师之生死劫 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

金牌律师之生死劫

2018

Great Rescue poster
NR

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 nationalist Kim Gu.

Great Rescue

2012

Piano Lesson poster
8.0

A pianist, who has already lost his real audience, is searching for his fans via performing music in a world controlled by Artificial Intelligence. However, his only audience is a deaf and dumb cyborg girl, who is raised by data and has no actual experience with real humans. Can they identify each other’s feeling by the signals of music? As AI rises, how can the last generation of Homo sapiens and posthuman face their fate of desolation?

Piano Lesson

2018

钢琴课 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

钢琴课

2018

情战 poster
NR

chinese film

情战

2015

1990s · 17 titles

The Wedding Banquet poster
7.2

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 keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

The Wedding Banquet

1993

Eat Drink Man Woman poster
7.6

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994

Island of Greed poster
6.5

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 running for government office in taiwan.

Island of Greed

1997

The Soong Sisters poster
6.6

Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.

The Soong Sisters

1997

Intimates poster
6.1

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 costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.

Intimates

1997

In Between poster
4.3

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 lady unsure over the identity of the baby's father.

In Between

1994

Red Rose White Rose poster
6.3

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 happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background. Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.

Red Rose White Rose

1994

Thunder Cop poster
4.2

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 drug dealing colleagues.

Thunder Cop

1996

I Want to Go on Living poster
7.5

A woman stops waiting for her med student boyfriend and marries a rich man so she can pay her grandmother's medical bills.

I Want to Go on Living

1995

Destination: 9th Heaven poster
10.0

A father and daughter struggle with relationships as China regains control of Hong Kong.

Destination: 9th Heaven

1997

Tonight Nobody Goes Home poster
7.0

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 she has a thing or two to learn from the gigolo after Lung blithely. Lang Hisung plays old dentist for broad comedy he is sixty years old.

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

1996

In a Strange City poster
3.3

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 way to a political career. His campaign advisor wants him to break off his relationship with Yu so to present himself as a candidate with an untarnished image.

In a Strange City

1996

Burning Harbor poster
NR

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 boat are interned and forced to be labourers. When the Japanese commander orders that the laborers are to be killed on completion of the base, the captain of the cargo boat leads his crew in a fight for survival.

Burning Harbor

1998

Crazy Little Thing Called Love poster
2.7

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, defending her from group of harassers on the street. A Rong takes A Min sleep in his house, while he himself goes to a friend's house to sleep on the sofa. The next morning, A Rong arrives home to find A Min gone; he does everything he can to find her and ask her to marry him.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

1995

Xiu Xiu poster
7.0

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 a passionate affair is unavoidable when she meets up with a military doctor (Winston Chao).

Xiu Xiu

1995

Top Cool poster
NR

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.

Top Cool

1993

A Little Life-Opera poster
7.0

The story of a part-time opera troupe in coastal Fujian province of China and their struggles.

A Little Life-Opera

1998

Series credits

Solitary Gourmet poster
8.9

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.

Solitary Gourmet

2012

Legend of Mi Yue poster
7.3

Mi Yue, a princess from Chu, is sent to Qin as a concubine. She loses her first love and becomes entangled in royal power struggles. After being exiled with her son, she returns during a time of chaos to try to defeat her rival and secure the throne for her child.

Legend of Mi Yue

2015

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties poster
6.0

Heroes emerged in large numbers during the tumultuous and short-lived Sui to early Tang dynasty period. Most famous among them are Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yao Jin, Shan Xiong Xin and Wei Chi Gong, known as the "Five Tigers of Sui and Tang", who would help Li Shi Min defeat rebels and rivals and pacify the land. The drama will start with the establishment of the Sui dynasty and end with Li Shi Min's ascension to the throne.

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

2012

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties poster
6.0

Heroes emerged in large numbers during the tumultuous and short-lived Sui to early Tang dynasty period. Most famous among them are Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yao Jin, Shan Xiong Xin and Wei Chi Gong, known as the "Five Tigers of Sui and Tang", who would help Li Shi Min defeat rebels and rivals and pacify the land. The drama will start with the establishment of the Sui dynasty and end with Li Shi Min's ascension to the throne.

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

2012

Everybody Stand By poster
3.0

50 different actors and actresses come together to get tested their acting abilities, while 4 esteemed directors will be coaching and challenging them to see who advances to the next stage! Who will survive until the end to become "The Best Actor"?

Everybody Stand By

2019

Palace of Devotion poster
5.2

Liu E, an orphaned girl, becomes the Empress of the Northern Song dynasty and a regent for the next Emperor.

Palace of Devotion

2021

The Legend of Wu Zetian poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Legend of Wu Zetian

2011

Palace of Desire poster
8.4

Palace of Desire, also known as Da Ming Gong Ci, is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Yalei and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on March 30, 2000.

Palace of Desire

2000

Lost in 1949 poster
7.0

In 1949, accountant Huang Liwen returns to Shanghai to honor her late husband and fulfill a mission for the Communist Party. She reconnects with her family and meets Qiao Zhicai and his twin brother, Qiao Lijie, who plays a key role in her mission.

Lost in 1949

2018

The Legend of Kaifeng poster
6.7

Bao Zheng is a man who has solved multiple cases in Kaifeng and Yu Rou is a young woman wholeheartedly devoted to him. Liu E is the beloved concubine of the Song Emperor but she conspires with Zhang De Lin in a quest for more power.

The Legend of Kaifeng

2017

Return of the Heiress poster
7.5

The drama follows Chang Qing, a kind-hearted girl who grows into a strong, independent woman after enduring family tragedies. Pushed out of her own family business by her stepmother and stepsister, she is sent away by her father and later returns in secret to reclaim her grandfather’s company. Caught between hidden revenge, corporate power struggles, and a love triangle with Lin Hao and Sun Jin Rui, Chang Qing must choose between walking alone or trusting love again.

Return of the Heiress

2013

Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music poster
7.0

Written by Wang Juan (王倦), the drama is a sino-burmese wuxia travelogue road drama. It is loosely based on the true account of Prince Shwenandaw who brought his renowned dance troop for a visit to Tang in 802 AD for the purposes of diplomacy. Through this mission he spread the word about Buddhist scriptures and teachings.

Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music

2013

Bloody Smart poster
7.6

In a town where strict rules shape students into their “best selves,” a hidden Bloodfruit Tree bears crimson fruit. A mysterious boy in black delivers these fruits only to those who truly “need” them. Once received, they awaken long-suppressed desires—gently unraveling the heart, and quietly leading the town toward irreversible collapse.

Bloody Smart

2026

Defend Army Soul poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Defend Army Soul

2011

孙中山 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

孙中山

2001

千秋家国梦 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

千秋家国梦

1997

Stand By Me poster
NR

Pu Tao is a tough girl who grew up depending on no one. Her father left her family, then later her mother left at a boarding school while taking care of her autistic brother. After no contact for 17 years, her mother leaves her with two autistic children and her father shows up. Handling the betrayal of her parents and learning to take care of two autistic children while dealing with her own family problems.

Stand By Me

2012

Da Shun poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Da Shun

2015

Confucius poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Confucius

2010

Cold Nights poster
NR

Wang Wen Xuan is an idealistic and good-natured man living during a tumultuous period in China. He's in love with his classmate Zeng Shu Sheng, but his traditional mother wants him to marry a girl of her choosing. In the midst of war and the inevitable tension of the times, Wen Xuan is frequently torn between Shu Sheng and his mother. To make things worse, his health slowly begins to deteriorate after contracting tuberculosis.

Cold Nights

2009

Harmony poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Harmony

2004

Lost in Baimu poster
9.0

Peng Sen, a brilliant weapons engineer devoted to making the world safer through technology, is ready to marry his longtime love, writer Lin Qi. But just as they plan their honeymoon, Lin Qi vanishes, leaving only a breakup letter behind. Her sudden disappearance shatters his dreams and unravels a deeper emotional mystery.

Lost in Baimu

2023

Archrivals poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Archrivals

2009

Lei Yu poster
NR

The story took place in Tianjin in the 1920s. The whereabouts of Zhou Pu Yuan, the master of the Zhou mansion, is unknown due to the involvement of the Jiangqiao incident. The housekeeper Lu Gui had no choice but to bring Zhou Ping, the young master of the Zhou family, from Wuxi to manage the property. Just when Zhou Ping was about to sell the Zhou mansion to pay off the debt, Zhou Pu Yuan came back and brought along a young wife, Fan Yi, who stepped forward to help Zhou Ping understand the debt problem, bringing the two young people together. However, the awkward mother-child relationship made them dare not face up to their true feelings, and the unstoppable pain tormented them more violently. (Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Lei Yu

1996

Dear Designer poster
6.0

Designer Shen Tian Tian led a troubled life prior to being adopted by the fashion guru and CEO of the Li Group, Li Man Li, who's determined to take her company to the world stage. With Man Li's support, Tian Tian is able to study design then land her first position at the Li Group as a ghost designer to Tang Guo Er, Man Li's biological daughter. While working together, the girls become close friends.

Dear Designer

2020

家园 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

家园

1999

江南·十二场欢聚 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

江南·十二场欢聚

2025

往日情怀 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

往日情怀

2014

Tang Paradise poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tang Paradise

2007

大国医 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

大国医

2009

The Last Emperor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Last Emperor

2014

大爆炸 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

大爆炸

2006

廉石传说 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

廉石传说

2023

钱王 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

钱王

2002

Tian Xing Jian poster
10.0

The history of China's Tsinghua University, starting from the beginning of the 20th century, whose several generations of presidents and graduates have devoted themselves to make their country more prosperous.

Tian Xing Jian

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

潇湘路一号

2010

Archrivals poster
NR

In the first half of the 20th century, which was full of war and turmoil, people were like duckweed in the vast ocean, and their fate was entirely up to them. In the gap between the two worldwide massacres, the trend of the times pushed several young people together. During the First World War, the United States, an isolated paradise, gathered three international students from the East, namely the Chinese youth Wen Weijun (played by Zhao Wenxuan), Yamamoto Isoroku's cousin Yamamoto Yasuo (played by Feng Yuanzheng) and the beautiful Japanese royal descendant Qingtian Xiu (played by Wu Qianqian). Love and ideals constituted the main theme of their lives, and the shadow of World War II and the war of aggression against China ruthlessly threw the young people back to the real world.

Archrivals

2008

Lonely Gourmet: Taipei poster
8.0

The best part of the day for a lonely old businessman is when he clocks out after a long day’s work and discovers a new place to eat. Wu Lang spends his days visiting clients in different parts of Taipei. After he finishes work for the day, he then starts his quest to discover hidden gems among the restaurants in the part of town where he ends up. As he explores new restaurants and meets new people, will he be able to dispel a little bit of his loneliness through good food and friendly people?

Lonely Gourmet: Taipei

2015

国宝 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

国宝

2004