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actor best known for his role Laosan in film '' Under the Hawthorn Tree'' (2010) and Yan Xun in costume drama ''

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'' (2017). He is married to Laurinda Ho, daughter of Macau casino tycoon

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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 ''Under the Hawthorn Tree'' and was subsequently picked as the male lead. In April 2019, Dou was reported dating with Laurinda Ho, daughter of Macau casino tycoon

. The couple married in

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on 18th April, 2023.

Career

Dou rose to fame for his role in

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

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

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'' (2015) and '' Youth Dinner'' (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 the antagonistic prince Yan Xun in the highly popular costume drama, ''

''. 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

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; 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 lege ...

'', portraying Han Derang. In 2022, Dou headlined the republican romance drama ''Love in Flames of War.'' From 2022 to 2024, Dou potrayed Dai Wei in TV series ''

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'' season 3 to 5. In 2025, Dou starred in the costume suspense drama, ''Kill My Sins'', alongside

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Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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