Winston Chao
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Winston Chao Wen-Hsuan (Chinese name: ; born June 9, 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 portraying Dr Sun Yat-sen
four times in the films The Soong Sisters
, Road to Dawn
and 1911, and in the 2001 television series Sun Zhong Shan.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
actor. He came to international attention for his performance in the 1993 film The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 film about a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet....
. He is also known for his roles in Red Rose, White Rose and Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang. Many of the cast had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao...
, and for portraying Dr Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...
four times in the films The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters (film)
The Soong Sisters is a 1997 Hong Kong film dramatization of the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The three sisters married the most important historical figures during the founding of new China, making the family the focal point of every important major decision made in modern...
, Road to Dawn
Road to Dawn
Road to Dawn is a 2007 Chinese historical film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker, Derek Chiu. The film depicts an obscure episode in Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary life, when he sought refuge in Penang from July to December 1910...
and 1911, and in the 2001 television series Sun Zhong Shan.
External links
- Winston Chao at the Encyclopedia Asian Stars