陈道明

简介

Chen Daoming is a Chinese actor and singer born on April 26, 1955 in Tianjin to an intellectual family. His ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and his grandfather Chen Zhefu was a scholar in the late Qing dynasty. In 1971, he joined the Tianjin People's Art Theatre to study stage acting. In 1978, he moved to Beijing and enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama to be with his girlfriend Du Xian. After graduating in 1982, he worked at the China Television Production Center. He rose to fame in 1988 with his role as Emperor Puyi in the TV series "The Last Emperor," winning the Best Actor award at the Golden Eagle Awards. He released his first music album "Forgive My Love" in 1990. He won Best Actor for "Fortress Besieged" and the Golden Rooster Award for "My 1919." He became known as the "Emperor Specialist" after portraying multiple monarchs in works such as "Kangxi Empire," "Hero," and "Joy of Life." In 2018, he became chairman of the China Film Association. He married broadcaster Du Xian in 1982, and they have a daughter named Chen Ge.