Chen Daoming | |||||||||||
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Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1980s-present | ||||||||||
Spouse | Du Xian (m. 1982) | ||||||||||
Children | Chen Ge (b. 1985) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陳 道 明 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈 道 明 | ||||||||||
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Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.[ citation needed ]
Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. His first notable role was "Puyi" (the last emperor of China) in the 1984 television series The Last Dynasty. In 1990, he starred in CCTV's Fortress Besieged, a series that garnered the attention of the whole country in 1990 and established his status as one of China's most popular stars. In 2000, he was awarded the Best Actor Huabiao Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards for his role in Huang Jianzhong's historical drama My 1919, which was about the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Chen is best known internationally for playing the King of Qin (who became Qin Shi Huang later) in the 2002 film Hero , directed by Zhang Yimou; as well as the tough undercover police detective in Infernal Affairs III . In 2014, Chen starred in Zhang Yimou's film Coming Home alongside Gong Li. [1]
In 1982, Chen married Du Xian, a former news anchor from China Central Television who was forced to resign for expressing sympathy (dressing in black and speaking slowly) when she reported the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on 4 June 1989. Their daughter was born in 1985.
Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Flying Snowstorm | 今夜有暴风雪 | Cao Tieqiang | |
1983 | One and Eight | 一个和八个 | Xu Zhi | |
1985 | Snuff Bottle | 烟壶 | Wu Shibao | |
1986 | Massacre in Nanjing | 屠城血证 | Li Yuanxiao | |
1987 | Evil Empress | 一代妖后 | Tongzhi Emperor | |
1990 | Justice Guan | 关公 | Zhou Yu | |
1995 | Dance Fever | 舞潮 | Ding Mocun | |
1995 | Peach Blossom | 桃花满天红 | Mantianhong | |
1999 | My 1919 | 我的1919 | V.K. Wellington Koo | [2] |
2002 | Hero | 英雄 | King of Qin | [3] |
2003 | Infernal Affairs III | 无间道III | Shen Cheng | [4] |
2005 | Rainbow | 我心飞翔 | Xu | [5] |
2009 | The Founding of a Republic | 建国大业 | Yan Jinwen | [6] |
2009 | The Treasure Hunter | 刺陵 | Hua Dingbang | [7] |
2010 | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 | Wang Deqing | [8] |
2011 | The Founding of a Party | 建党伟业 | V.K. Wellington Koo | [9] |
2012 | Back to 1942 | 一九四二 | Chiang Kai-shek | [10] |
2014 | Coming Home | 归来 | Lu Yanshi | [11] |
2018 | Air Strike | 大轰炸 | Chief of City Defense | |
2021 | My Country, My Parents | 我和我的父辈 | The elder brother | |
2024 | Decoded | 解密 | Xiaolili |
Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | The Last Dynasty | 末代皇帝 | young Puyi | [ citation needed ] |
1989 | Yinghua Meng | 樱花梦 | Cui Mingyi | |
1990 | Fortress Besieged | 围城 | Fang Hongjian | [12] |
1992 | Beiyang Fleet | 北洋水师 | Itō Sukeyuki | |
1994 | Qinglou Yuan Meng | 青楼鸳梦 | Dachahu | |
1995 | Yi Di Jimao | 一地鸡毛 | Xiaolin | |
1996 | A Native of Shanghai in Tokyo | 上海人在东京 | Zhu Yue | |
1996 | Hu Xueyan | 胡雪岩 | Hu Xueyan | |
1997 | Kou Laoxi'er | 寇老西儿 | Eight Virtuous Prince | |
1998 | The Female Official | 女巡按 | Liu Fei | |
1999 | Father and Son of the Ma Family | 二马 | Ma Zeren | |
1999 | Shaoxing Shiye | 绍兴师爷 | Fang Jingzhai | [13] |
2000 | Young Justice Bao | 少年包青天 | Eight Virtuous Prince | |
2001 | The Imperial Sword | 尚方宝剑 | Xianfeng Emperor | [14] |
2001 | Long March | 长征 | Chiang Kai-shek | [15] |
2001 | Kangxi Dynasty | 康熙王朝 | Kangxi Emperor | [16] |
2002 | Black Hole | 黑洞 | Nie Mingyu | [17] |
2002 | The Prince of Han Dynasty | 大汉天子 | Dongfang Shuo | [18] |
2002 | Hun Duan Qinhuai | 魂断秦淮 | Dorgon | [19] |
2004 | Winter Solstice | 冬至 | Chen Yiping | [20] |
2004 | Chinese Divorce | 中国式离婚 | Song Jianping | [21] |
2005 | The Affaire in the Swing Age | 江山风雨情 | Tianqi Emperor | [22] |
2005 | Lang Tao Sha | 浪淘沙 | Lin Xiaomin | [23] |
2005 | Nowhere to Leave Our Youth | 我们无处安放的青春 | Zhou Deming | also producer [24] |
2005 | The Great Revival | 卧薪尝胆 | King Goujian of Yue | [25] |
2005 | The River Flows Eastwards | 一江春水向东流 | Wu Jiaqi | [26] |
2006 | Sha Jia Bang | 沙家浜 | Diao Deyi | [27] |
2006 | Jasmine Flower | 茉莉花 | Gu Shaotang | [28] |
2006 | A Love Before Gone with the Wind | 北平往事 | Pan Yuting | [29] |
2007 | Mo Fang | 魔方 | producer [30] | |
2010 | Cell Phone | 手机 | Fei Mo | [31] |
2012 | King's War | 楚汉传奇 | Liu Bang | [32] |
2017 | The First Half of My Life | 我的前半生 | Zhuo Jianqing | Special appearance [33] |
2019 | Joy of Life | 庆余年 | King of Qing | [34] |
2021 | My Best Friend's Story | 流金岁月 | Ye Jinyan | [35] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Ref. |
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1988 | 9th Flying Apsaras Awards | Outstanding Actor | The Last Dynasty | |
7th Golden Eagle Award | Best Actor | |||
1990 | 3rd Golden Phoenix Awards | Society Award | Fortress Besieged | |
11th Flying Apsaras Awards | Outstanding Actor | |||
1999 | 9th Huabiao Awards | Outstanding Actor | My 1919 | [36] |
20th Golden Rooster Awards | Best Actor | [37] | ||
2010 | 4th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Actor | Aftershock | [38] |
2015 | 15th Golden Phoenix Awards | Society Award | Coming Home | [39] |
2020 | 26th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Joy of Life (nominated) | [40] |
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