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Winston Chao

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Winston Chao in Skiptrace (2016)
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Winston Chao was born on 9 June 1960 in Taiwan. He is an actor, known for The Meg (2018), The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Ye ming (2007).
BornJune 9, 1960
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BornJune 9, 1960
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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Winston Chao in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Winston Chao and Chien-Lien Wu in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Winston Chao and Chien-Lien Wu in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, May Chin, Sihung Lung, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua and Winston Chao in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao and May Chin in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao and May Chin in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, May Chin, Sihung Lung, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and Tien Pien in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao and Sihung Lung in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, and Sihung Lung in The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Known for

The Meg (2018)
The Meg
5.6
  • Zhang
  • 2018
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
The Wedding Banquet
7.6
  • Wai-Tung Gao
  • 1993
Winston Chao and Angelica Lee in Ye ming (2007)
Ye ming
5.8
  • Sun Yat-Sen
  • 2007
Jackie Chan in 1911 (2011)
1911
5.7
  • Sun Yat-sen
  • 2011

Credits

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Actor

  • Da nao donghai
    • Master Tai Yi
    • Post-production
  • Minghao Chen, Xiaoxian Qin, Entai Yu, Ailei Yu, Jiajia Deng, Haoyu Yang, Zheng Yin, Benyu Zhang, Da Ke, and Enxi Deng in Be Somebody (2021)
    Be Somebody
    • Photo studio owner
    • 2021
  • Winston Chao in Meng jing ren sheng (2021)
    Meng jing ren sheng
    • Shihao LI
    • 2021
  • Twinkle Love
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Kun Lun Gui (2020)
    Kun Lun Gui
    • Booker
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Palace of Devotion (2019)
    Palace of Devotion
    • Zhao Ting Mei
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Teng Shen in Pegasus (2019)
    Pegasus
    • Wan Heping (as Wenxuan Zhao)
    • 2019
  • Piano Lesson
    • A.I.
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Meg (2018)
    The Meg
    • Zhang
    • 2018
  • Lost in 1949 (2018)
    Lost in 1949
    • Qiao's father
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Negotiator (2017)
    Negotiator
    • Xie Tianyou
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Wei-De Huang, Kui Qi, Meng Zhang, Tingting Gan, and Chao Jiang in Legend of Kaifeng (2017)
    Legend of Kaifeng
    • Zhao Heng - Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Rajinikanth in Kabali (2016)
    Kabali
    • Tony Lee
    • 2016
  • Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville in Skiptrace (2016)
    Skiptrace
    • Victor Wong
    • 2016
  • Xuan Zang (2016)
    Xuan Zang
    • Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin
    • 2016
  • Winston Chao, Yi Huang, Terence Yin, Zhaoqi Shi, Tianlai Hou, Van Fan, Dongdong Xu, and Zicheng Wang in Chinese Wine (2016)
    Chinese Wine
    • Boss Hua (as Wenxuan Zhao)
    • 2016

Videos5

Official Trailer
Trailer 2:29
Official Trailer
U.S. Version
Trailer 0:58
U.S. Version
Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Trailer 1:06
Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Kabali
Trailer 1:09
Kabali
The Wedding Banquet
Trailer 1:16
The Wedding Banquet

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Wen-Hsuan Chao
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • June 9, 1960
    • Taiwan

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He had been an airline steward for seven years and had never acted in a film when Ang Lee cast him as his lead in The Wedding Banquet (1993). They spent three to four hours every day to teach him how to act. Lee later cast him again in Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).
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      Often portrays Yat-sen Sun on screen

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