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actor.

Life and education

Dou was born in

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. His parents migrated to Canada when Dou was ten years old. Dou attended David Lloyd George Elementary School in Vancouver. There, Dou learned

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and won the championship for two years consecutively. After graduating from DLG in 2001, he attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, BC, and graduated from there in 2006. He returned to China and was accepted by the

in 2008. When Dou was in his second year of studies, he participated in the auditions for ''The Love of the Hawthorn Tree'' and was subsequently picked as the male lead.

Career

Dou rose to fame for his role in

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's film '' The Love of the Hawthorn Tree'' (2010). He then starred in the romance drama film ''The Seal of Love'' (2011) directed by

Huo Jianqi Huo Jianqi (; born January 20, 1958) is a Chinese film director. Like the cinematographer turned director Gu Changwei, Huo Jianqi began his cinematic career in the art department. Nearly all of Huo's films have been written by his wife and collabo ...

. Dou starred in films of various genres, most notably ''

Wolf Totem ''Wolf Totem'' () is a 2004 Chinese semi-autobiographical novel about the experiences of a young student from Beijing who finds himself sent to the countryside of Inner Mongolia in 1967, at the height of China's Cultural Revolution. The author, ...

'' (2015) and ''

Youth Dinner ''Youth Dinner'' is a 2017 Chinese youth romance film based on the novel ''Six People's Dinner'' by Lu Min. It stars Shawn Dou, Janine Chang, Wu Gang and Vivian Wu. The film was released in China on June 16, 2017. Synopsis Set during the 1990s ...

'' (2017), which won him the Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris. Dou gained mainstream recognition for his role as an antagonistic prince in the highly popular historical drama ''

Princess Agents ''Princess Agents'' () is a 2017 Chinese television series based on the novel ''11 Chu Te Gong Huang Fei'' (11处特工皇妃) written by Xiao Xiang Dong Er (潇湘冬儿). It stars Zhao Liying, Lin Gengxin, Shawn Dou and Li Qin. The series aire ...

''. Thereafter, he starred in the fantasy epic drama '' Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy''. In 2019, Dou starred in the romance dramas ''

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'' alongside

Tiffany Tang Tang Yan (, born 6 December 1983), also known as Tiffany Tang, is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2006. In 2007, she was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Shanghai Television Festival for ...

; as well as ''Ten Years Late''. The same year, he co-starred in the action thriller ''Breakout: Sky Fire''. In 2020, Dou reunited with

in the historical drama ''

The Legend of Xiao Chuo ''The Legend of Xiao Chuo'' () is a 2020 Chinese television series based on the novel Yan Yun Tai by Jiang Shengnan. It stars Tiffany Tang in the title role, along with Shawn Dou, Charmaine Sheh and Jing Chao. The series chronicles the life of leg ...

'', portraying

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Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Shawn Dou
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dou, Shawn 1988 births Chinese emigrants to Canada Living people Male actors from Vancouver Male actors from Xi'an Naturalized citizens of Canada Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors 21st-century Chinese male actors Beijing Film Academy alumni