Chen Daoming
Chen Daoming 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 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 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.