Winston Chao
Taiwanese actor

Winston Chao

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Taiwanese actor
A.K.A.
Zhao Wenxuan
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9 June 1960(Taiwan, Taiwan)
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Ming Chi University of Technology
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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 and Kabali. 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). He acted in the Indian film, Kabali (2016), in a villainous role opposite Rajinikanth. He has also appeared in the English-language films Skiptrace (2016) and The Meg (2018).

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result
2006 Lily Awards (百合奖) Best Actor Those Were the Days Won
2007 Shanghai International Film Festival Press Prize for Most Attractive Actor Road to Dawn Won
Guangzhou Student Film Festival (广州大学生电影节) Most Popular Actor Won
2012 Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actor 1911 Nominated