Deng Chao
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Deng Chao at "Detective Dee And The Mystery Of Phantom Flame" premiere
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| Chinese name | 鄧超 (traditional) | ||
| Chinese name | 邓超 (simplified) | ||
| Pinyin | Dèng Chāo (Mandarin) | ||
| Origin | China | ||
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8 February 1979 Nanchang, Jiangxi, China |
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| Years active | 2000–present | ||
| Spouse(s) | Sun Li (m. 2010) | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
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Deng Chao (simplified Chinese: 邓超; traditional Chinese: 鄧超; born February 8, 1979 in Nanchang, Jiangxi) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. He is a cast member of the popular variety program, Hurry Up Brother. His recent comedies, The Breakup Guru, Devil and Angel and The Mermaid, are among the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time in China.
From 1995 to 1998, Deng studied at Jiangxi Vocational Academy of Art, majoring in stage play. He then studied performing arts at Central Academy of Drama from 1999 to 2002. Deng received high praises from his teacher, who said that he is the next best student after Jiang Wen. He became interested in stage plays, and often participated in the schools' productions. He could act in dramas/stage plays of different genres. In 2002, he participated in Cui Hua Shang Suan Cai, which became his most well-known/representative work during his schooling days. He became an actor of the National Theater of China, and participated in many theater plays.
Deng began filming dramas in 2002. He rose to fame with the 2003 historical television series The Young Emperor, receiving critical acclaim for his performance. After having acted in several historical period series, Deng became known as the "Emperor specialist", as he often portrayed Emperor characters in his dramas. In 2005, he starred in director Gao Xixi's military drama Happiness as Flowers, which marked his image transformation.
In 2007, Deng starred in Assembly, and won the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Supporting Actor, successfully making his crossover to the big screen. He then starred alongside Zhou Xun in Cao Baoping's romantic thriller The Equation of Love and Death. His performance won the Special Jury prize at the Golden Phoenix Awards.
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