
Winston Chao
Biography
Winston Chao Wen-hsuan (born 9 June 1960) is a Taiwanese actor. He came to international attention for his performance in the 1993 film The Wedding Banquet. He is also known for his roles in Red Rose White Rose and Eat Drink Man Woman, and for his five portrayals of Sun Yat-sen, notably in the films The Soong Sisters (1997), Road to Dawn (2007) and 1911 (2011). His notable television roles include the adaptation of Cao Yu's play Thunderstorm (1997), a double role in the historical drama Palace of Desire, the biographical mini-series The Legend of Eileen Chang (2004), the historical drama Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007), the adaptation of Ba Jin's novel Cold Nights (Han ye, 2009), and the portrayal of Confucius (2011).…
Filmography

Confucius
2010 · 10.0

Tian Xing Jian
2011 · 10.0

Destination: 9th Heaven
1997 · 10.0

Lost in Baimu
2023 · 9.0

Solitary Gourmet
2012 · 8.9

Palace of Desire
2000 · 8.4

The Legend of Nezha
— · 8.0

Piano Lesson
2018 · 8.0

Lonely Gourmet: Taipei
2015 · 8.0

Daughter's Daughter
2024 · 7.9

Road to Dawn
2007 · 7.8

Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · 7.6

Bloody Smart
2026 · 7.6

Return of the Heiress
2013 · 7.5

Be Somebody
2021 · 7.5

I Want to Go on Living
1995 · 7.5

Legend of Mi Yue
2015 · 7.3

The Wedding Banquet
1993 · 7.2

Legend of SouthWest Dance and Music
2013 · 7.0

Lost in 1949
2018 · 7.0

Da Shun
2015 · 7.0

Tonight Nobody Goes Home
1996 · 7.0

Xiu Xiu
1995 · 7.0

A Little Life-Opera
1998 · 7.0

The Palace
2013 · 6.9

Xuan Zang
2016 · 6.8

The Legend of Kaifeng
2017 · 6.7

Pegasus
2019 · 6.6

The Soong Sisters
1997 · 6.6

Island of Greed
1997 · 6.5

Red Rose White Rose
1994 · 6.3

The Meg
2018 · 6.2

Intimates
1997 · 6.1

Kabali
2016 · 6.0

Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
2012 · 6.0

The Legend of Wu Zetian
2011 · 6.0

Dear Designer
2020 · 6.0

Skiptrace
2016 · 5.8

1911
2011 · 5.7

Palace of Devotion
2021 · 5.2

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
2015 · 5.1

The Touch
2002 · 5.1

In Between
1994 · 4.3

Surprise
2015 · 4.2

Thunder Cop
1996 · 4.2

In a Strange City
1996 · 3.3

Everybody Stand By
2019 · 3.0

Crazy Little Thing Called Love
1995 · 2.7

Cold Nights
2009 · 0.0

Defend Army Soul
2011 · 0.0

千秋家国梦
1997 · 0.0

江南·十二场欢聚
2025 · 0.0

孙中山
2001 · 0.0

家园
1999 · 0.0

往日情怀
2014 · 0.0

大国医
2009 · 0.0

Harmony
2004 · 0.0

Stand By Me
2012 · 0.0

Archrivals
2009 · 0.0

Lei Yu
1996 · 0.0
潇湘路一号
2010 · 0.0

Tang Paradise
2007 · 0.0

大爆炸
2006 · 0.0

Waiting for Myself
2026 · 0.0

钱王
2002 · 0.0

廉石传说
2023 · 0.0

The Last Emperor
2014 · 0.0

Burning Harbor
1998 · 0.0

国宝
2004 · 0.0

Great Rescue
2012 · 0.0

Archrivals
2008 · 0.0

Those were the Days
2005 · 0.0

金牌律师之生死劫
2018 · 0.0

钢琴课
2018 · 0.0

I Dreamed A Dream
2021 · 0.0

Top Cool
1993 · 0.0

Chinese Wine
2016 · 0.0

情战
2015 · 0.0