Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred
in various genres of film and television series.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 in 1990 and established
his status as one of China's most popular stars. In 2000, he was
awarded the Best Actor 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 became Qin Shi Huang
later) 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.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.
in various genres of film and television series.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 in 1990 and established
his status as one of China's most popular stars. In 2000, he was
awarded the Best Actor 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 became Qin Shi Huang
later) 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.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.
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