Mark Chao

Mark Chao (Chinese: 趙又廷; Wade–Giles: Chao Yu-t'ing, born 25 September 1984) is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model.[1] He made his television debut in the television series Black & White (2009), for which he won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor. Since then, he has starred in films Monga (2010), Caught in the Web (2012), So Young (2013), Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013), Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015) and the television series Eternal Love (2017).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chao.
Mark Chao
趙又廷
Chao in 2018
Born (1984-09-25) September 25, 1984
Taipei, Taiwan
Other namesChao Yu-ting
Zhao Youtíng
Alma materUniversity of Victoria
Occupation
Years active2009–present
AgentEasy Entertainment
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2014)
ChildrenRhea Chao
Parent(s)Allen Chao (father)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese趙又廷
Simplified Chinese赵又廷
Musical career

Early life

Chao is the son of actor and television host Allen Chao. He graduated from the University of Victoria in Canada, with a double degree in sociology and economics. He started his career in the Taiwanese entertainment industry after he graduated.

Career

Mark Chao made his debut in the television drama Black & White (2009).[2] His role as the rash, righteous and no-nonsense cop shot him to fame and won him the Best Actor award at the 44th Golden Bell Awards.[3] He then starred in his first film, Monga (2010).[4] The gangster flick, directed by Doze Niu grossed more than NT$250 million (HK$61 million) in Taiwan, making it one of the most successful domestic productions.[3] Chao won the Best Newcomer award at the Asian Film Awards for his performance as a solitary, self-loathing and intense gang member.[5]

Chao's successive films boosted his recognition in China.[6] Love (2012),[7] directed by Monga director Doze Niu, became the highest-grossing Taiwanese film in the Mainland.[8] He also starred in First Time alongside Angelababy,[9] and reprised his role as Wu Yingxiong in the prequel of Black and White.[10][11] The same year, he starred in Caught in the Web directed by Chen Kaige. The film drew than six million viewers and praise from critics.[12][13] Mark won the Best Actor award for the Hong Kong and Taiwan category at the Huabiao Awards.[14]

Chao then starred in Zhao Wei's directorial debut So Young (2013), playing an ambitious and nerdy China university student.[15] The same year, he played Di Renjie in Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon, the prequel to the popular Detective Dee film directed by Tsui Hark.[16][17]

Chao once again reprised his role as Wu Yingxiong in Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014), the sequel to Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault.[18] He won the Best Actor award at the 16th Huading Awards for his performance.[19]

Chao was then cast to play Hu Bayi in Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015), adapted from the best-selling tomb raid novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light. The film, directed by Lu Chuan, was a hit at the box office but received mixed reviews in regard to its faithfulness to the novel.[20] The following year, he starred in the Chinese-French film The Warriors Gate, directed by Matthias Hoene and filmed in English.[21]

Chao made his return to television after 8 years in fantasy romance drama Eternal Love (2017).[22] Though Chao's casting as the beautiful male lead was originally met with criticism, he eventually won praise for his acting. After the series aired, Mark experienced an explosive rise in popularity and increased film offers.[23] Chao ranked 36th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017.[24]

In 2018, Chao starred in the romance film Till the End of the World, which was shot in Antarctica.[25] He is also set to reprise his role in Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings.[26] The same year, Chao was cast in Lou Ye's period drama film Saturday Fiction.[27]

Chao is set to return to the small screen with the Chinese remake of South Korean television series Misaeng, titled Ordinary Glory.[28]

Personal life

Mark married Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan in 2014. The two met on the set of Caught in the Web.[29]

Filmography

Film
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2010Monga艋舺Zhou Yiwen
2012Love愛Mark Na
First Time第一次Gong Ning / Lu Xia
Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault痞子英雄首部曲:全面開戰Wu Yingxiong
Caught in the Web搜索Yang Shoucheng
I Love You to Love Me爱在一起
2013So Young致我們終將逝去的青春 Cheng Xiaozheng
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon狄仁傑之神都龍王 Di Renjie
2014Black & White: The Dawn of Justice痞子英雄之黎明升起Wu Yingxiong
2015Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe九层妖塔Hu Bayi
2016The Warriors Gate勇士之門Warrior
2018Till the End of the World南极绝恋Wu Fuchun
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings狄仁杰之四大天王Di Renjie
2019Saturday Fiction蘭心大劇院Tan Na
2020Onmyoji晴雅集Qin Ming[30]

Television series
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2009Black & White痞子英雄Wu Yingxiong
2017Eternal Love三生三世十里桃花Ye Hua / Mo Yuan / Zhao Ge
Midnight Diner深夜食堂CustomerSpecial appearance[31]
2019Ordinary Glory平凡的荣耀Wu Kezhi

Discography
YearEnglish titleChinese titleAlbumNotes
2009"Rogue Justice"無賴正義Black & White OSTwith Color Band
"Ruffian and Hero"痞子英雄with Jason Zou
2010"Tonight Tonight"N/AMonga OSTwith Ethan Juan
2012"Cry Like A Little Child"哭得像小孩First Time OST
"Stand By Me"N/A
"Rock n Roll Man"N/A
"Me and you"N/A
"Little Donkey"小毛驢
"We Are Not Opponents"我們不是對手

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
200944th Golden Bell AwardsBest ActorBlack & WhiteWon
201016th Shanghai Television FestivalBest ActorNominated
12th Taipei Film FestivalBest ActorMongaNominated
Best New ActorNominated
54th Asia-Pacific Film FestivalBest ActorNominated
5th Asian Film AwardsBest NewcomerWon
201111th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest New ActorNominated
201315th Huabiao AwardsOutstanding Chinese ActorCaught in the WebWon
20145th China Film Director's Guild AwardsBest ActorSo YoungNominated
8th Asian Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorNominated
201516th Huading AwardsBest ActorBlack & White: The Dawn of JusticeWon
15th Chinese Film Media AwardsMost Anticipated ActorNominated
7th China Image Film Festival[32]Best ActorChronicles of the Ghostly TribeWon
201723rd Shanghai Television Festival[33]Best ActorEternal LoveNominated
2017 China Quality Television Drama Ceremony[34]Outstanding Star of the YearWon
gollark: …?
gollark: Well, there goes my evil plan to use amulet for a project.
gollark: Amulet question: is there some easy way to, say, decode JSON? I know libraries for it exist but can you wrap them easily and safely?
gollark: Oh, *that*.
gollark: I assumed they would both just work as the Lua docs claimed.

References
  1. Loh Chuan Junn (April 9, 2010). "Mark Chao: A magnet for trouble?". MSN.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
  2. "赵又廷曾试镜《篮球火》被退货". Epoch Times (in Chinese). June 25, 2009.
  3. "Q&A: Mark Chao Yu-ting". South China Morning Post. April 10, 2010.
  4. "《艋舺》曝新海报 阮经天赵又廷演热血古惑仔". Mtime (in Chinese). December 16, 2009.
  5. "'Uncle Boonmee' Wins Best Film at Asian Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. March 21, 2011.
  6. "赵又廷阮经天彭于晏柯震东领衔台湾电影新天王". Mtime (in Chinese). December 26, 2011.
  7. "赵又廷加盟《Love》 钮承泽遭"排挤"因太寂寞". Tencent (in Chinese). September 27, 2011.
  8. "No Signs of Slowing Down: The Renaissance of Taiwanese Cinema". HIFF. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  9. ""星二代"赵又廷成娱乐圈新宠". Netease (in Chinese). June 14, 2012. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  10. "《痞子英雄》电影版开机 赵又廷陈意涵全变打星". Sina (in Chinese). December 30, 2010.
  11. "Mark Chao to dominate screens". Shenzhen Daily. June 8, 2012.
  12. "China, Framed by the Cinema and the Web". New York Times. September 14, 2012.
  13. ""Human flesh search" film renews discussion of Internet vigilantism". The Global Times. July 27, 2012.
  14. "Chinese film honors its excellence". CCTV.com. December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  15. "《致青春》曝两男主剧照 赵又廷韩庚隔空飙戏". Mtime (in Chinese). March 8, 2013.
  16. "独家专访赵又廷：我必须要面对、抛弃偶像的包袱". Mtime (in Chinese). October 2, 2013.
  17. "Angelababy and Mark Chao make a Dee-lightful couple". The Star Online. September 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  18. "赵又廷回归《痞子英雄2》". Mtime (in Chinese). August 21, 2013.
  19. "'Dearest' wins big at 16th Huading Awards". China.org.cn. June 2, 2015.
  20. "Tomb raid novel turned into blockbuster". China.org.cn. December 15, 2015.
  21. "Mark Chao promotes an Upcoming Chinese-French film". China Radio International. November 16, 2016.
  22. "专访赵又廷：演《三生三世》总感觉自己像仙女". Tencent (in Chinese). February 28, 2017.
  23. "赵又廷演"夜华"爆红 《三生三世》落幕感性发文". Zaobao (in Chinese). March 3, 2017.
  24. "Actress Fan Bingbing Tops New Forbes China Celebrity List". Forbes. September 22, 2017.
  25. "Romantic Movie Till the End of the World Shot in Antarctic". Beijing Tourism. December 10, 2015.
  26. "New Detective Dee film set to thrill mystery fans". China Daily. May 10, 2017.
  27. "First look: Lou Ye's period drama 'Saturday Fiction' (exclusive)". Screen Daily. February 16, 2018.
  28. "《平凡的荣耀》预告片曝光 赵又廷白敬亭还原真实职场". ifeng (in Chinese). June 11, 2018.
  29. ""National Godess [sic]" Gao Yuanyuan married to Taiwanese Actor Mark Zhao". Sina. June 6, 2016.
  30. "郭敬明"阴阳师"集结赵又廷邓伦王子文春夏". Mtime (in Chinese). December 27, 2019.
  31. "赵又廷助阵剧版《深夜食堂》看片会". Mtime (in Chinese). June 2, 2017.
  32. "欧洲万像国际电影节颁发20奖项". China.com (in Chinese). December 23, 2015.
  33. "23届上海电视节入围名单公布 《欢乐颂》获八项提名". ifeng (in Chinese). May 24, 2017.
  34. (in Chinese). February 26, 2017 https://baike.baidu.com/item/2017中国电视剧品质盛典. Missing or empty |title= (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.