Chen Daoming (陈道明; pinyin: Chén Dǎomíng) (born April 26, 1955) is a Chinese actor. He was born in Tianjin, China, and is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. His first famous role was in playing China's last Emperor Puyi in the Chinese series Emperor of the Last Generation (末代皇帝). He's perhaps best known in the West with his role as the Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the blockbuster hit Hero. In addition to films, Chen is very famous on Mainland China with his many roles in Chinese TV series. He is known for his ability to adapt to his roles, from historical to present, from wealthy to poor, from good to evil. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; Pinyin: TiānjÄ«n; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is one of the four municipalities of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shaoxing (Simplified Chinese: 绍兴; Traditional Chinese: 紹興; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shao-hsing) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Zhejiang (Chinese: 浙江; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Che-chiang; Postal System Pinyin: Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Puyi (Chinese:溥儀;) (February 7, 1906–October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling family was the Xuantong Emperor (宣統皇帝) of China between 1908 and 1924 (ruling emperor between 1908 and 1912, and non-ruling emperor between 1912 and 1924), the tenth and last emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to... Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇; Hanyu Pinyin: Qín Shǐ Huáng; Wade-Giles: Chin Shih-huang) (November/December 260 BC-September 10, 210 BC), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BC to 221 BC, and then the first emperor of a unified China... Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: ) is a film first released in China on October 24, 2002. ... Chinese Television Series are similiar to miniseries in North America, but are often longer in length, and portray a story too lengthy to be made into a movie. ...

Filmography includes

• Infernal Affairs III (2003) -- as undercover cop Shen Cheng
• Hero (2002) -- as Emperor Qin Shi Huang
• My 1919 (1999) -- as Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi
• Peach Blossom (1995)
• Dance Fever (1995)
• Justice Guan (1990)
• The Eight Battalions (Ba Qi Zi Di) (1989)
• Evil Empress (1987)
• Blood Evidence (Tao Cheng Xue Zheng) (1986)
• Snuff Bottle (1985)
• One and Eight (1983)
• Flying Snowstorm (Jin Ye You Bu Feng Xue) (1982)

Infernal Affairs (無間道) is a stylish 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller about an cop (Tony Leung, as Yan, 陳永仁) going deep undercover into the Triads and a Triad member going into the police department (Andy Lau, as Ming, 劉健明). ... Hero (Chinese: 英雄; pinyin: ) is a film first released in China on October 24, 2002. ... Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇; Hanyu Pinyin: Qín Shǐ Huáng; Wade-Giles: Chin Shih-huang) (November/December 260 BC-September 10, 210 BC), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BC to 221 BC, and then the first emperor of a unified China... Tang Shaoyi (Chinese:唐绍仪, changed to 唐绍怡 to avoid taboo of Puyis name, later restored; Wade-Giles: Tang Shao-i; Courtesy Shaochuan 少川) (1859—1938) was a staunch supporter of Yuan Shikai, and Prime Minister of the ROC Government in 1912. ... For the 2003 version of this series, see Dance Fever (2003 TV series). ...

Drama

• The Last Emperor (末代皇帝) (1984) -- as Puyi
• Fortress Besieged (围城) (1990) -- as Fang Hongjian
• Long March (长征) (1996) -- as General Chiang Kai-shek
• The Kangxi dynasty (康熙帝国) (2001) -- as the Kangxi Emperor
• Black Hole (黑洞) (2003) -- as enterpreneur and mafia head Nie Mingyu
• Prince of the Han Dynasty (大汉天子) (2003) -- as fortune teller Dongfang Shuo
• Chinese Divorce (中国式离婚) (2004) -- as Surgeon Song Jianping
• Winter Solstice (冬至) (2005) -- as Bank accountant Chen Yiping