Mark Chao  Mark Chao (, born 25 September 1984) is a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model. He made his television debut in the television series "Black & White" (2009), for which he won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor. Since then, he has starred in films "Monga" (2010), "Caught in the Web" (2012), "So Young" (2013), "" (2013), "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" (2015) and the television series "Eternal Love" (2017). Chao is the son of actor and television host . He graduated from the University of Victoria in Canada, with a double degree in sociology and economics. He started his career in the Taiwanese entertainment industry after he graduated. Mark Chao made his debut in the television drama "Black & White" (2009). His role as the rash, righteous and no-nonsense cop shot him to fame and won him the Best Actor award at the 44th Golden Bell Awards. He then starred in his first film, "Monga" (2010). The gangster flick, directed by Doze Niu grossed more than NT$250 million (HK$61 million) in Taiwan, making it one of the most successful domestic productions. Chao won the Best Newcomer award at the Asian Film Awards for his performance as a solitary, self-loathing and intense gang member. Chao's successive films boosted his recognition in China. "Love" (2012), directed by "Monga" director Doze Niu, became the highest-grossing Taiwanese film in the Mainland. He also starred in "First Time" alongside Angelababy, and reprised his role as Wu Yingxiong in the . The same year, he starred in "Caught in the Web" directed by Chen Kaige. The film drew than six million viewers and praise from critics. Mark won the Best Actor award for the Hong Kong and Taiwan category at the Huabiao Awards. Chao then starred in Zhao Wei's directorial debut "So Young" (2013), playing an ambitious and nerdy China university student. The same year, he played Di Renjie in "", the prequel to the popular Detective Dee film directed by Tsui Hark. Chao once again reprised his role as Wu Yingxiong in "" (2014), the sequel to "". He won the Best Actor award at the 16th Huading Awards for his performance. Chao was then cast to play Hu Bayi in "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" (2015), adapted from the best-selling tomb raid novel series "Ghost Blows Out the Light".