Chen Daoming

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

Chen Daoming
Born	April 26, 1955 (1955-04-26) Tianjin, China
Awards Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor 2000 My 1919

Chen Daoming (simplified Chinese: 陈道明; traditional Chinese: 陳道明; pinyin: Chén Dàomíng) (born April 26, 1955) is a famous Chinese actor known for his flexibility and longevity. He has been branded the Emperor of Chinese drama, having starred in all types of dramas and films.

He was born in Tianjin, China, and is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. His first famous role was playing China's last Emperor Puyi in the Chinese series Emperor of the Last Generation (末代皇帝). He is perhaps best known in the West with his role as the Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the blockbuster hit Hero. In addition to films, Chen is very famous on Mainland China with his many roles in Chinese TV series. He is known for his ability to adapt to his roles, from historical to present, from wealthy to poor, from good to evil.

In 1982, Chen was married to Du Xian (杜宪), a former China Central Television news program hostess, who was forced to resign due to her sympathy expressed (dressed in black and spoke slowly) during the reporting of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on June 4, 1989. Their daughter Chen Ge (陈格) was born in 1985 and is studying in UK.

Chen has only recently began commercial business in men's suits. He is known to be modest in nature and a humble star.

Filmography

• Flying Snowstorm (Jin Ye You Bao Feng Xue) (1982)
• One and Eight (1983)
• Snuff Bottle (1985)
• Evil Empress (1987)
• The Eight Battalions (Ba Qi Zi Di) (1989)
• Blood Evidence (Tu Cheng Xue Zheng) (1986)
• Justice Guan (1990)
• Dance Fever (1995)
• Peach Blossom (1995)
• My 1919 (1999) -- as Wellington Koo
• Hero (2002) -- as Emperor Qin Shi Huang
• Infernal Affairs III (2003) -- as undercover cop Shen Cheng
• Rainbow (Wo Xin Fei Xiang) (2005)
• The Founding of a Republic (2009)
• The Treasure Hunter (2009)
• Aftershock (2010)
• The Founding of a Party (2011) -- as V.K. Wellington Koo

Television

• The Last Emperor (末代皇帝) (1984) -- as Puyi
• Fortress Besieged (围城) (1990) -- as Fang Hongjian
• Long March (长征) (1996) -- as General Chiang Kai-shek
• Kou Laoxier (寇老西儿) (1996) -- as the 8th Prince Zhao Defang
• Kangxi Dynasty (康熙帝国) (2001) -- as the Kangxi Emperor
• Black Hole (黑洞) (2003) -- as entrepreneur and mafia head Nie Mingyu
• Prince of the Han Dynasty (大汉天子) (2003) -- as fortune teller Dongfang Shuo
• Jiangshan Fengyu Qing (2003)
• Chinese Divorce (中国式离婚) (2004) -- as Surgeon Song Jianping
• Winter Solstice (冬至) (2005) -- as Bank accountant Chen Yiping
• The River Flows Eastwards (一江春水向东流) (2005) -- as Wu Jiaqi
• Nowhere to leave our Youth (我们无处安放的青春) (2007) -- as Principal Zhou Deming
• The Great Revival as King Goujian of Yue
• Chu Han Chuanqi as Liu Bang

External links

• Chen Daoming at the Internet Movie Database