Chen Daoming

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title: "Chen Daoming" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1955-births", "living-people", "chinese-male-film-actors", "chinese-male-television-actors", "21st-century-chinese-male-actors", "male-actors-from-tianjin", "20th-century-chinese-male-actors", "asia-pacific-screen-award-winners", "members-of-the-12th-chinese-people's-political-consultative-conference", "members-of-the-11th-chinese-people's-political-consultative-conference", "members-of-the-10th-chinese-people's-political-consultative-conference"] description: "Chinese actor" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Daoming" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Chen Daoming
image	Chen Daoming-20190516.jpg
caption	Chen Daoming in 2019
birth_date
birth_place	Tianjin, China
occupation	Actor
years_active	1980s-present
spouse	Du Xian (m. 1982)
children	Chen Ge (b. 1985)
module	{{Infobox Chinese
t	陳
s	陈
p	Chén Dàomíng
j	chan4 dou6 ming4
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| name = Chen Daoming | image = Chen Daoming-20190516.jpg | alt = | caption = Chen Daoming in 2019 | birth_date = | birth_place = Tianjin, China | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1980s-present | spouse = Du Xian (m. 1982) | children = Chen Ge (b. 1985) | awards = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 陳 | s = 陈 | p = Chén Dàomíng | j = chan4 dou6 ming4 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 1984 television series The Last Dynasty. In 1990, he starred in CCTV's Fortress Besieged, a series that garnered the attention of the whole country and established his status as one of China's most popular stars. 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 best 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 tough undercover police detective in Infernal Affairs III. In 2014, Chen starred in Zhang Yimou's film Coming Home alongside Gong Li.

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 was born in 1985.

Filmography

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
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	Back to 1942	一九四二	Chiang Kai-shek
2014	Coming Home	归来	Lu Yanshi
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
1989	Yinghua Meng	樱花梦	Cui Mingyi
1990	Fortress Besieged	围城	Fang Hongjian
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
2000	Young Justice Bao	少年包青天	Eight Virtuous Prince
2001	The Imperial Sword	尚方宝剑	Xianfeng Emperor
2001	Long March	长征	Chiang Kai-shek
2001	Kangxi Dynasty	康熙王朝	Kangxi Emperor
2002	Black Hole	黑洞	Nie Mingyu
2002	The Prince of Han Dynasty	大汉天子	Dongfang Shuo
2002	Hun Duan Qinhuai	魂断秦淮	Dorgon
2004	Winter Solstice	冬至	Chen Yiping
2004	Chinese Divorce	中国式离婚	Song Jianping
2005	The Affaire in the Swing Age	江山风雨情	Tianqi Emperor
2005	Lang Tao Sha	浪淘沙	Lin Xiaomin
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
2005	The River Flows Eastwards	一江春水向东流	Wu Jiaqi
2006	Sha Jia Bang	沙家浜	Diao Deyi
2006	Jasmine Flower	茉莉花	Gu Shaotang
2006	A Love Before Gone with the Wind	北平往事	Pan Yuting
2007	Mo Fang	魔方		producer
2010	Cell Phone	手机	Fei Mo
2012	King's War	楚汉传奇	Liu Bang
2017	The First Half of My Life	我的前半生	Zhuo Jianqing	Special appearance
2019	Joy of Life	庆余年	King of Qing
2021	My Best Friend's Story	流金岁月	Ye Jinyan
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Ref.
1988	9th Flying Apsaras Awards	Outstanding Actor	The Last Dynasty
7th Golden Eagle Award	Best Actor
1990	3rd Golden Phoenix Awards	Society Award	Fortress Besieged
11th Flying Apsaras Awards	Outstanding Actor
1999	9th Huabiao Awards	Outstanding Actor	My 1919
20th Golden Rooster Awards	Best Actor
2010	4th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	Best Actor	Aftershock
2015	15th Golden Phoenix Awards	Society Award	Coming Home
2020	26th Shanghai Television Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Joy of Life (nominated)
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References

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