Winston Chao

Winston Chao

1960-06-09 Taiwan 39 Credits

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 o...

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Daughter's Daughter

Daughter's Daughter

2024

as Old Johnny

7.5
Acting

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...

Be Somebody

Be Somebody

2021

7.4
Acting

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...

I Dreamed A Dream

I Dreamed A Dream

2021

Acting

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...

Pegasus

Pegasus

2019

as Wan Heping

6.5
Acting

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...

Piano Lesson

Piano Lesson

2018

as A.I.

8.0
Acting

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...

The Meg

The Meg

2018

as Zhang

6.2
Acting

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...

钢琴课

钢琴课

2018

Acting
Kabali

Kabali

2016

as Tony Lee

6.0
Acting

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

Skiptrace

Skiptrace

2016

as Victor Wong

5.7
Acting

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

Xuan Zang

Xuan Zang

2016

as Emperor Taizong of Tang

6.8
Acting

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

Chinese Wine

Chinese Wine

2016

as 华老板

Acting
Surprise

Surprise

2015

as Murong Hao

3.5
Acting

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

情战

情战

2015

Acting

chinese film

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

2015

as Zhang Daoxian

5.2
Acting

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,...

The Palace

The Palace

2013

as Kangxi Emperor

6.9
Acting

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...

Great Rescue

Great Rescue

2012

Acting

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...

1911

1911

2011

as Sun Yat-sen

5.7
Acting

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...

Road to Dawn

Road to Dawn

2007

7.8
Acting

Based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary efforts and his love affairs while he was in Penang in 1910.

Those were the Days

Those were the Days

2005

as Hu Weichen

Acting
The Touch

The Touch

2002

as Yin's Father

5.0
Acting

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...

A Little Life-Opera

A Little Life-Opera

1998

as Sanpeng

Acting

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

Burning Harbor

Burning Harbor

1998

as Sato

Acting

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 ...

Island of Greed

Island of Greed

1997

as Minister Feng

6.1
Acting

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...

Intimates

Intimates

1997

as Wah

6.1
Acting

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...

Destination: 9th Heaven

Destination: 9th Heaven

1997

as Chin Ching

Acting

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

The Soong Sisters

The Soong Sisters

1997

as Sun Yat Sen

6.7
Acting

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, ...

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

Tonight Nobody Goes Home

1996

as Chen Siming

6.4
Acting

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...

In a Strange City

In a Strange City

1996

1.0
Acting

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 ...

Thunder Cop

Thunder Cop

1996

4.0
Acting

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...

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

1995

3.5
Acting

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,...

Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu

1995

as Li Zhao

7.0
Acting

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...

I Want to Go on Living

I Want to Go on Living

1995

5.0
Acting

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

Red Rose White Rose

Red Rose White Rose

1994

as Tung Zhenbao

6.5
Acting

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...

Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman

1994

as Li Kai

7.6
Acting

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...

In Between

In Between

1994

as Wong Man Fai

4.5
Acting

Three directors deliver three stories about the love in the modern world.

The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

1993

as Wai-Tung Gao

7.2
Acting

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...

Top Cool

Top Cool

1993

Acting

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.

The Legend of Nezha

The Legend of Nezha

N/A

as Master Tai Yi

Acting

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...

金牌律师之生死劫

金牌律师之生死劫

N/A

as Ye Xun

Acting