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Deng Chao

Actor

Deng Chao

Born February 8, 1979 in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China39 films

Deng Chao (simplified Chinese: 邓超; traditional Chinese: 鄧超; pinyin: Dèng Chāo, born 8 February 1979) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, The Breakup Guru (2014), The Mermaid (2016) and Duckweed (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. In 2017, Deng was crowned Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in The Dead End (2015).[1] He was a cast member and leader of the popular variety program, Keep Running.

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Assembly posterFirst watchAssembly20076.9as Col. Zhao ErdouFollows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Shadow poster6.7Shadow2018The Mermaid poster6.6The Mermaid2016Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame poster6.6Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame2010The Dead End poster7.6The Dead End2015American Dreams in China poster6.8American Dreams in China2013The Four poster6.4The Four2012Sky Hunter poster6.8Sky Hunter2017The Equation of Love and Death poster7.2The Equation of Love and Death2008

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Sand MurmursZhang San
  2. TBAFolding Beijing
  3. TBAArticle 17
  4. TBA屌丝男士2屌丝男神-逗逼男神
  5. 2025A Writer's Odyssey 2赤发
  6. 2025Always Have Always WillChen Mo (voice)
  7. 2024To Gather AroundBai Sheng/白胜
  8. 2023Ping-Pong: The TriumphDai Minjia
  9. 2022New Five Golden Flowers
  10. 2020The Sacrifice高福来
  11. 2020My People, My HomelandQiao Shulin
  12. 2019Midnight DinerAshin
  13. 2019Looking UpMa Haowen
  14. 2018ShadowCommander Zi Yu / Jing Zhou
  15. 2017The LiquidatorFang Mu
  16. 2017Sky Hunter
  17. 2017DuckweedXu Tailang
  18. 2016Some Like It HotWang Kun
  19. 2016I Belonged to YouChen Mo
  20. 2016The Bodyguard
  21. 2016The MermaidLiu Xuan
  22. 2015Devil And AngelMo Feili
  23. 2015The Hundred Regiments Offensive张自忠
  24. 2015The Dead EndXin Xiaofeng
  25. 2015Jian Bing ManDeng Chao
  26. 2014The Four 3Cold Blooded
  27. 2014The Breakup GuruYuangui Mei
  28. 2013The Four 2Cold Blooded
  29. 2013American Dreams in China孟晓骏
  30. 2012The FourLeng Lingqi (Coldblood)
  31. 2011MuralZhu Xiaolian
  32. 2011Beginning of the Great RevivalChen Yi
  33. 2010Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom FlamePei Donglai
  34. 2010Showtime
  35. 2009The Founding of a RepublicXu Beihong
  36. 2008Fit LoverYuan Jia
  37. 2008The Equation of Love and DeathMa Bing
  38. 2007AssemblyCol. Zhao Erdou
  39. 2003When Love Lost Memory