Career Huang Xiaoming

1 career

1.1 1998–2007: beginnings , success in television
1.2 2009–2012: venturing films
1.3 2013–present: critical acclaim , leading roles

career
1998–2007: beginnings , success in television

in 1984, huang chosen producer star in drama child actor, dropped later because of shy , introverted personality. in 1996, huang auditioned beijing film academy , joined in same year. later debuted in 1998 drama love not game.

huang began gain attention when chosen replace lu yi leading role in prince of han dynasty, earned high ratings. later starred in 3 installments of series 2001 2005, , went unknown newbie front-line actor. played tang bohu in drama merry wanderer tang bohu (2003), won outstanding actor award @ 14th zhejiang tv peony award performance; , xiao jian in fair princess iii (2003).

huang chosen play yang guo, leading role in 2006 television adaptation of jin yong s return of condor heroes. director zhang jizhong selected him on acclaimed actors nie yuan , huang jue play highly fought-over role.

huang s controversial , difficult, critically acclaimed role in shanghai bund (2007), remake of 1980 hong kong television series bund, starred chow yun-fat. because chow idol, felt nervous, excited, , pressured portraying same role idol had. in order play xu wenqiang, had learn smoke, , went through several packs day. series reported high audience ratings voted popular tv series in survey on popular web portal sina.com. role, huang received best actor nominations @ 13th shanghai television festival.

2009–2012: venturing films

after achieving success in television, huang decided focus career on big screen. challenged role of japanese spy in espoinage thriller message, , won students choice award favorite actor @ beijing college student film festival. starred in hong kong action film sniper (2009), martial arts film ip man 2 (2010) , historical epic sacrifice (2010) directed chen kaige.

huang made comeback television taiwanese idol drama summer s desire (2011), based on novel of same name ming xiaoxi. although slated play ou chen, huang asked if play luo xi instead. huang later admitted lowered acting fee in order participate in series.

huang took part in production of inaccurate memoir (2012), starred male lead. performance bandit leader can’t see further making money plunder , kidnapping won him best actor award @ 4th china image film festival. huang starred in martial arts epic guillotines , played younger version of chow yun-fat s character in last tycoon.

the same year, huang selected ambassador of changchun film festival. became first mainland actor have wax figure displayed in hong kong s madam tussauds museum.

2013–present: critical acclaim , leading roles

huang starred in film american dreams in china (2013) peter chan. success of film brought new impetus huang s career, , won him best actor award @ 29th golden rooster awards, 15th huabiao awards, 12th changchun film festival , 32nd hundred flowers awards. same year huang starred in television project, playing titular hero in historical drama patriot yue fei.

huang next starred in john woo s crossing (2014). set in 1930s shanghai, romantic epic based on true story of taiping steamer collision , follows 6 characters , intertwining love stories; huang plays successful general romances wealthy debutante (played korean actress song hye-kyo). romance film followed; huang starred next fan bingbing in white haired witch of lunar kingdom, adapted baifa monü zhuan.

huang returned tv in period romance drama, cruel romance (2015). series commercially successful, , recorded high ratings. same year, huang starred alongside long-time friend zhao wei in action comedy film hollywood adventures. became first actors honored @ hollywood s tcl chinese theatre.

huang played xuanzang in historical epic of same name in 2016, tells story of monk s pilgrimage journey alone india seeking buddhist scriptures during tang dynasty. film selected china s entry oscars under best foreign language film category. huang won several best actor trophies performance in film.