Winston Chao

Winston Chao

Nascimento : 1960-06-09, Taiwan

História

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Chao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Winston Chao
Winston Chao

Filmes

I Dreamed A Dream
An experimental "dream yoga" master Li Shihao experiences a stroke and falls into a coma. His daughter decides to go to his dream world to drag him out and wake her father up.
Pégaso
Wan Heping
Zhang Chi, a hubris and dominating six-time racing champion, falls from grace following a crisis. After a five-year suspension from the motorsport, the now single-father to a six-year-old boy throws down the gauntlet once again.
Piano Lesson
A pianist, who has already lost his real audience, is searching for his fans via performing music in a world controlled by Artificial Intelligence. However, his only audience is a deaf and dumb cyborg girl, who is raised by data and has no actual experience with real humans. Can they identify each other’s feeling by the signals of music? As AI rises, how can the last generation of Homo sapiens and posthuman face their fate of desolation?
Megatubarão
Zhang
Na fossa mais profunda do Oceano Pacífico, a tripulação de um submarino fica presa dentro do local após ser atacada por uma criatura pré-histórica que se achava estar extinta, um tubarão de mais de 20 metros de comprimento, o Megalodon. Para salvá-los, um oceanógrafo chinês contrata Jonas Taylor, um mergulhador especializado em resgates em água profundas que já encontrou com a criatura anteriormente.
Kabali
Tony Lee
Um gângster condenado injustamente sai da prisão após 25 anos determinado a descobrir o que aconteceu com sua esposa e se vingar da máfia.
Fora do Rumo
Victor Wong
Um policial honesto de Hong Kong que vê sua sobrinha se envolver em problemas com um criminoso que seu tio persegue há anos. O policial então é forçado a rastrear a única pessoa que pode ajudá-lo a resgatar sua sobrinha, um americano canastrão viciado em jogos de cartas e levá-lo para a China.
Xuanzang
Emperor Taizong of Tang
Filme de aventura sino-indiano baseado na jornada de 17 anos de Xuanzang para a Índia durante a dinastia Tang no século 7. Xuan Zang (dc. 602 - 664), foi um monge Budista Chinês, estudioso, viajante, e tradutor que descreveu a interação entre a China e a Índia no começo da dinastia Tang. Desde jovem ele começou a ler livros religiosos, incluíndo os clássicos chineses e as escritas das eras antigas. Depois ele viajou pela China em busca dos livros sagrados do Budismo. Depois desenvolveu o desejo de visitar a Índia, nessa ocasião ele ficou famoso por sua jornada de 17 anos até a Índia. Jornada escrita em detalhes no clássico texto chines "The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions".
Chinese Wine
Surprise
Murong Hao
A monster crosses paths with the foursome from the classic Chinese story Journey To The West.
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Zhang Daoxian
The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.
The Palace
Kangxi Emperor
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang.
Great Rescue
In 1932, as Korea is occupied by Japan, Chu Fucheng, an important figure in the city of Jiaxing, China, is asked to help in hiding exiled Korean nationalist Kim Gu.
1911: A Revolução
Sun Yat-sen
Um drama histórico baseado na fundação da República da China, quando forças nacionalistas liderados por Sun Yat-sen derrubou a dinastia Qing.
Road to Dawn
Based on the story of Dr Sun Yat Sen’s revolutionary efforts and his love affairs while he was in Penang in 1910.
Those were the Days
Hu Weichen
The Touch
Yin's Father
Em um momento de imenso perigo, os monges esconder o Sharira Dunhuang, budista talismã que contém a essência de um homem santo, em um lugar inacessível aos mortais. No entanto, está escrito que um dia alguém irá encontrá-lo. Tong Yin e seu irmão são os últimos descendentes de uma antiga família de acrobatas. Um dia, ele apresenta Eric, um homem que ele conheceu Yin no passado. Trazer um medalhão que vai ser a chave para desvendar os mistérios da Sharira. Juntos, eles embarcam numa perigosa jornada em busca do Talisman. Mas Karl procurando o mesmo que eles e acompanhando de perto: é um homem rico que não tem compaixão e escrúpulos e que vai parar em nada. A busca leva-os para o deserto de Dunhuang e, em seguida, para o Tibete.
A Little Life-Opera
Sanpeng
The story of a part-time opera troupe in coastal Fujian province of China and their struggles.
Burning Harbor
Sato
At the end of WWII, the Japanese decide to build a secret submarine base in Hong Kong for a last point of resistance. The mariners on a Chinese cargo boat are interned and forced to be labourers. When the Japanese commander orders that the laborers are to be killed on completion of the base, the captain of the cargo boat leads his crew in a fight for survival.
A Ilha da Ganância
Minister Feng
Um inspetor do governo (Andy Lau) tenta derrubar uma figura do submundo taiwanês (Tony Leung) que está buscando um assento político.
Intimates
Wah
Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.
Destination: 9th Heaven
Chin Ching
A father and daughter struggle with relationships as China regains control of Hong Kong.
The Soong Sisters
Sun Yat-sen
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.
Tonight Nobody Goes Home
Chen Siming
The Chen family contagiousness extends to taking on an extra-marital affair. Gua Ah-leh is at the movie's centre: she shines as Lung's wife, who finds she has a thing or two to learn from the gigolo after Lung blithely. Lang Hisung plays old dentist for broad comedy he is sixty years old.
In a Strange City
Yu Jane, a high school teacher and Xiang Guo-Chen, a successful industrialist, are secretly having an affair outside of his marriage. Xiang is on his way to a political career. His campaign advisor wants him to break off his relationship with Yu so to present himself as a candidate with an untarnished image.
Thunder Cop
Cop action movie clumsily inter-cut with slapstick. Dumb cop befriends triad guy who wants to go straight but is being set up by his unscrupulous drug dealing colleagues.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Ever-changing life in a busy modern metropolis brings both ecstasy and sorrow: One night, 24-year-old A Rong by chance helps A Min, a beautiful woman, defending her from group of harassers on the street. A Rong takes A Min sleep in his house, while he himself goes to a friend's house to sleep on the sofa. The next morning, A Rong arrives home to find A Min gone; he does everything he can to find her and ask her to marry him.
Xiu Xiu
Li Zhao
Yu Lei plays an orphan Xiu Xiu, who is married to a foreign land when she was 3. Her husband, a hunter (Lau Hok Yin), doesn't know how to love her. So a passionate affair is unavoidable when she meets up with a military doctor (Winston Chao).
I Want to Go on Living
A woman stops waiting for her med student boyfriend and marries a rich man so she can pay her grandmother's medical bills.
Red Rose White Rose
Tung Zhenbao
Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White rose). Dissonance abound when he finds his bride irritating.
Comer Beber Viver
Li Kai
A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
In Between
Wong Man Fai
Three flatmates share a luxury flat. A philandering hairdresser meets his match. A young stockbroker meets his boss's soon-to-be-ex-wife. A pregnant lady unsure over the identity of the baby's father.
O Banquete de Casamento
Wai-Tung Gao
Wai (Winston Chao) é um homem de negócios jovem e bem sucedido de Taiwan que mora em um belo apartamento no Brooklyn com seu namorado americano Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein). Seus pais não sabem que ele é gay, e com isso ele sofre constantes pressões para se casar, então Simon o incentiva a se casar com a inquilina Wei Wei (May Chin) por conveniência. Em troca, ela conseguiria o seu green card, já que Wai é naturalizado americano. No entanto, o belo plano dos três começa a dar bem errado e render engraçadas situações quando a família do noivo chega de Taiwan na véspera do casório.
The Legend of Nezha
Master Tai Yi
Nezha gets into trouble and implicates his parents, who get punished by the heavens along with him. He bravely steps up and admits his fault, which touches the heavens, and his effort comes to fruition. The family of three finally reunites in the end.