Director · Actor · Writer

Deng Chao

34 credited titles on WatchWise

Deng Chao (simplified Chinese: 邓超; traditional Chinese: 鄧超; pinyin: Dèng Chāo, born 8 February 1979) is a Chinese actor, comedian, director and singer. His recent films, The Breakup Guru (2014), The Mermaid (2016) and Duckweed (2017) are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. In 2017, Deng was crowned Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in The Dead End (2015).[1] He was a cast member and leader of the popular variety program, Keep Running.

Deng Chao in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$222M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Looking Up

$123M

Standout efficiency

12.4x

Looking Up · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$396M

Combined reported budget

$51M

Gross / budget

7.8x

Bankability Index

69 / 100

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