Biography
Deng Chao is a Chinese actor and director. Born on 8 February 1979 in Nanchang, Jiangxi, he trained at the Central Academy of Drama after earlier studies at the Jiangxi Vocational Academy of Art.
He first gained recognition in television series such as The Young Emperor (2003) and Happiness as Flowers (2005). His film roles include Assembly (2007), Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010), American Dreams in China (2013), The Dead End (2015), for which he received the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, The Mermaid (2016) as Liu Xuan, and Shadow (2018). He has also directed and starred in The Breakup Guru (2014) and Looking Up (2019), and appeared in the variety programme Keep Running.
