Chen Daoming

Chen Daoming
Chinese name	陳道明 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈道明 (simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Dàomíng (Mandarin)
Ancestry	Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Born	26 April 1955 Tianjin, China
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980s-present
Spouse(s)	Du Xian (m. 1982)
Children	Chen Ge (b. 1985)
Awards Golden Rooster Awards Best Actor 2000 My 1919[1]

Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.

Career

Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. His first notable role was "Puyi" (the last emperor of China) in the 1988 television series The Last Dynasty. 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. Within China, Chen is familiar to audiences for playing many different types of characters in films and television series of various genres.

Personal life

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, Chen Ge (陈格), was born in 1985.

Filmography

Film Year 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 Blood Evidence 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 2002 Hero 英雄 King of Qin 2003 Infernal Affairs III 无间道III Shen Cheng 2005 Rainbow 我心飞翔 Xu 2009 The Founding of a Republic 建国大业 Yan Jinwen 2009 The Treasure Hunter 刺陵 Hua Dingbang 2010 Aftershock 唐山大地震 Wang Deqing 2011 The Founding of a Party 建党伟业 V.K. Wellington Koo 2012 The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven 大闹天宫3D Jade Emperor (voice) 2012 Back to 1942 一九四二 Chiang Kai-shek 2014 Coming Home 归来 Lu Yanshi

Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Last Dynasty 末代皇帝 Puyi 1989 Yinghua Meng 樱花梦 Cui Mingyi 1990 Fortress Besieged 围城 Fang Hongjian 1992 Beiyang Fleet 北洋水师 Ito Sukeyuki 1994 Yi Di Jimao 一地鸡毛 Xiaolin 1995 Qinglou Yuan Meng 青楼鸳梦 Dachahu 1995 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 1997 Mr. Ma & Son 二马 Ma Zeren 1998 Shaoxing Shiye 绍兴师爷 Fang Jingzhai 1998 The Female Official 女巡按 Liu Fei 1999 Young Justice Bao 少年包青天 Eight Virtuous Prince 2000 Long March 长征 Chiang Kai-shek 2000 Kangxi Dynasty 康熙王朝 Kangxi Emperor 2001 Black Hole 黑洞 Nie Mingyu 2002 Prince of the Han Dynasty 大汉天子 Dongfang Shuo 2002 Hun Duan Qinhuai 魂断秦淮 Dorgon 2002 Shangfang Baojian 尚方宝剑 Xianfeng Emperor 2003 Winter Solstice 冬至 Chen Yiping 2003 Chinese Divorce 中国式离婚 Song Jianping 2003 The Affaire in the Swing Age 江山风雨情 Tianqi Emperor 2004 The River Flows Eastwards 一江春水向东流 Wu Jiaqi 2005 Lang Tao Sha 浪淘沙 Lin Xiaomin 2005 Sha Jia Bang 沙家浜 Diao Deyi 2005 Molihua 茉莉花 Gu Shaotang 2005 Nowhere to Leave Our Youth 我们无处安放的青春 Zhou Deming also producer 2005 The Great Revival 卧薪尝胆 King Goujian of Yue 2006 A Love Before Gone with the Wind 北平小姐 Pan Yuting 2007 Mo Fang 魔方 producer 2012 Legend of Chu and Han 楚汉传奇 Liu Bang

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References

1. "Chen Daoming". filmbug.com. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
2. "Chen Daoming". imdb.com. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
3. "Chen Daoming". chinesemov.com. Retrieved March 12, 2010.

External links

• Chen Daoming at the Internet Movie Database