15 Facts About Mark Chao

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Mark Chao is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model.

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Mark Chao graduated from the University of Victoria in Canada, with a double degree in sociology and economics.

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Mark Chao started his career in the Taiwanese entertainment industry after he graduated.

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Mark Chao won the Best Newcomer award at the Asian Film Awards for his performance as a solitary, self-loathing and intense gang member.

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Mark Chao won the Best Actor in Leading Role at the 26th Asian Television Awards.

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Mark Chao starred in First Time alongside Angelababy, and reprised his role as Wu Yingxiong in the prequel of Black and White.

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Mark Chao won the Best Actor award for the Hong Kong and Taiwan category at the Huabiao Awards.

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Mark Chao then starred in Zhao Wei's directorial debut So Young, playing an ambitious and nerdy China university student.

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Mark Chao won the Best Actor award at the 16th Huading Awards for his performance.

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Mark Chao was then cast to play Hu Bayi in Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, adapted from the best-selling tomb raid novel series Ghost Blows Out the Light.

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Mark Chao made his return to television after 8 years in fantasy romance drama Eternal Love.

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Mark Chao ranked 36th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017.

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In 2018, Mark Chao starred in the romance film Till the End of the World, which was shot in Antarctica.

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Mark Chao is set to reprise his role in Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings.

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