Chen Daoming

Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1982. He gained attention for his role as Puyi in the 1984 television series The Last Dynasty. In 1990, he starred in CCTV's Fortress Besieged, adapted from Qian Zhongshu's novel of the same name, establishing himself as one of the most critically acclaimed actors in China. In 2000, he was awarded Best Actor at the 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 perhaps known internationally for playing the King of Qin (who later became Qin Shi Huang) in the 2002 film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou; as well as the 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 news anchor of China Central Television who would be forced to resign for showing sympathy for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Their daughter, Chen Ge, was born in 1985. Chen's son-in-law, Wang Liwei, is manager of Xiao Zhan.^[2]

Film

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
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	[3]
2002	Hero	英雄	King of Qin	[4]
2003	Infernal Affairs III	无间道III	Shen Cheng	[5]
2005	Rainbow	我心飞翔	Xu	[6]
2009	The Founding of a Republic	建国大业	Yan Jinwen	[7]
2009	The Treasure Hunter	刺陵	Hua Dingbang	[8]
2010	Aftershock	唐山大地震	Wang Deqing	[9]
2011	The Founding of a Party	建党伟业	V.K. Wellington Koo	[10]
2012	Back to 1942	一九四二	Chiang Kai-shek	[11]
2014	Coming Home	归来	Lu Yanshi	[12]
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

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Television series

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
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	[13]
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	[14]
2000	Young Justice Bao	少年包青天	Eight Virtuous Prince
2001	The Imperial Sword	尚方宝剑	Xianfeng Emperor	[15]
2001	Long March	长征	Chiang Kai-shek	[16]
2001	Kangxi Dynasty	康熙王朝	Kangxi Emperor	[17]
2002	Black Hole	黑洞	Nie Mingyu	[18]
2002	The Prince of Han Dynasty	大汉天子	Dongfang Shuo	[19]
2002	Hun Duan Qinhuai	魂断秦淮	Dorgon	[20]
2004	Winter Solstice	冬至	Chen Yiping	[21]
2004	Chinese Divorce	中国式离婚	Song Jianping	[22]
2005	The Affaire in the Swing Age	江山风雨情	Tianqi Emperor	[23]
2005	Lang Tao Sha	浪淘沙	Lin Xiaomin	[24]
2005	Nowhere to Leave Our Youth	我们无处安放的青春	Zhou Deming	also producer[25]
2005	The Great Revival	卧薪尝胆	King Goujian of Yue	[26]
2005	The River Flows Eastwards	一江春水向东流	Wu Jiaqi	[27]
2006	Sha Jia Bang	沙家浜	Diao Deyi	[28]
2006	Jasmine Flower	茉莉花	Gu Shaotang	[29]
2006	A Love Before Gone with the Wind	北平往事	Pan Yuting	[30]
2007	Mo Fang	魔方		producer[31]
2010	Cell Phone	手机	Fei Mo	[32]
2012	King's War	楚汉传奇	Liu Bang	[33]
2017	The First Half of My Life	我的前半生	Zhuo Jianqing	Special appearance[34]
2019	Joy of Life	庆余年	King of Qing	[35]
2021	My Best Friend's Story	流金岁月	Ye Jinyan	[36]

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