Shawn Dou (simplified Chinese: çª¦éª ; traditional Chinese: ç«‡é© ;
pinyin: Dòu XiÄ o, born 15 December 1988) is a Chinese Canadian
actor.Dou was born in Xi'an. His parents migrated to Canada when Dou
was ten years old. Dou attended David Lloyd George Elementary School
in Vancouver. There, Dou learned Karate and won the championship for
two years consecutively. After graduating from DLG in 2001, he
attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, BC, and
graduated from there in 2006. He returned to China and was accepted by
the Beijing Film Academy in 2008. When Dou was in his second year of
studies, he participated in the auditions for The Love of the Hawthorn
Tree and was subsequently picked as the male lead.Dou rose to fame for
his role in Zhang Yimou's film The Love of the Hawthorn Tree (2010).
He then starred in the romance drama film The Seal of Love (2011)
directed by Huo Jianqi. Dou starred in films of various genres, most
notably Wolf Totem (2015) and Youth Dinner (2017), which won him the
Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris.Dou
gained mainstream recognition for his role as an antagonistic prince
in the highly popular historical drama Princess Agents. Thereafter, he
starred in the fantasy epic drama Tribes and Empires: Storm of
Prophecy.
pinyin: Dòu XiÄ o, born 15 December 1988) is a Chinese Canadian
actor.Dou was born in Xi'an. His parents migrated to Canada when Dou
was ten years old. Dou attended David Lloyd George Elementary School
in Vancouver. There, Dou learned Karate and won the championship for
two years consecutively. After graduating from DLG in 2001, he
attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, BC, and
graduated from there in 2006. He returned to China and was accepted by
the Beijing Film Academy in 2008. When Dou was in his second year of
studies, he participated in the auditions for The Love of the Hawthorn
Tree and was subsequently picked as the male lead.Dou rose to fame for
his role in Zhang Yimou's film The Love of the Hawthorn Tree (2010).
He then starred in the romance drama film The Seal of Love (2011)
directed by Huo Jianqi. Dou starred in films of various genres, most
notably Wolf Totem (2015) and Youth Dinner (2017), which won him the
Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris.Dou
gained mainstream recognition for his role as an antagonistic prince
in the highly popular historical drama Princess Agents. Thereafter, he
starred in the fantasy epic drama Tribes and Empires: Storm of
Prophecy.
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