Chen Daoming is considered one of China's most talented actors.
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His breakout role was 溥仪, the last emperor, in the 1988 TV series 《末代皇帝》. After Puyi and Kangxi he played more rulers and earned the nickname 帝王专业户, 'emperor specialist'; a 专业户 is a rural household that lives off one product.
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He comes from a learned Tianjin family: his grandfather 陈哲甫, a late-Qing provincial graduate, counted the writer 冰心 among his students. His wife is the TV presenter 杜宪, and since 2018 he has chaired the China Film Association.
