Mark Chao

Mark Chao represents the best of his Taiwanese-Canadian background to me. Raised partly in Victoria and educated at its university, he returned home and won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor with his very first series, Black & White, in 2009. Winning top honors on debut is almost unheard of, and it signaled real instinct rather than luck. Actor, singer and model, he pairs leading-man looks with surprisingly weighty performances, and I love that contrast. He has stayed at the front rank of Chinese-language cinema and television ever since, and I admire that kind of substance over flash.

Name (English)

Mark Chao

Name (Japanese)

マーク・チャオ

Reading

まーく・ちゃお

Born

September 25, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Origin

Taipei, Taiwan

Occupation

actor / singer / model / television actor / film actor

High school

Oak Bay High School

University

University of Victoria

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Chao
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710955

Tags

• actor
• singer
• model

Last updated

2026-06-21

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