Gao Xin (; born 11 December 1976) is a Chinese television and film actor. He gained national attention as Lu Erhao in the Chiung Yao drama Romance in the Rain (2001), winning the Golden Bell Award for Best Newcomer. Subsequent high‑profile turns include Crown Prince Xiao Jingxuan in Nirvana in Fire (2015) and the controversial elder brother Su Mingzhe in the family hit All Is Well (2019). Gao was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Shanghai Television Festival for the latter role. In 2022, he headlined the rural‑revitalization series Spring Breeze Green Jiangnan as county secretary Yan Donglei.
Early life and education Gao was born in Beijing in 1976 and graduated from the Acting Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1998.
Career
1996–2000: Debut years Gao made his screen debut in the children’s series Sanmao Wanderings (1996) and appeared in the romance film Ten‑Day Love (1997). Early supporting parts culminated in his casting by novelist‑producer Chiung Yao for Romance in the Rain.
2001–2015: Recognition and character roles Romance in the Rain established him as a popular second‑generation leading man, and Gao spent the next decade alternating period and espionage dramas such as Battle of Changsha (2014) and All Quiet in Peking (2014). His performance as the scheming Crown Prince in Nirvana in Fire (2015) was singled out by critics for its intensity.
2019–present: Mainstream popularity The social‑realist hit All Is Well (2019) became a cultural phenomenon; analysis pieces in *People’s Daily* and *Beijing News* dissected Gao’s “love‑to‑hate” character. He followed with the corporate thriller People’s Property (2021) and the rural‑governance drama Spring Breeze Green Jiangnan (2022). Upcoming projects include the legal series Hold a Court Now and psychological suspense drama Dreamcatcher.
Personal life Gao married actress Wang Yi'nan in July 2007 after a 10‑year relationship; the couple have one daughter and are often cited for maintaining a low‑key, enduring partnership.
Filmography
Television series YearTitleRoleNotes1996Sanmao WanderingsUnknown1998Love HamburgerChen Hao1998Sanmao Wanderings IILin Chongren2000Life Is Beautiful Because of YouYu Tianlei2001Romance in the RainLu ErhaoBreakthrough2001Grassroots MagistrateFifteenth Prince2002Flying DaggersZhao Chuan / Zhao Sha2002Angry ButterflyHan Lunxi2003Worry-free PrincessWu Ming2003Happy Zhu BajieZhu Bajie / Zhu Fengchun2004Blood OathChu Bin2004Xiang Qi Mi RenFang Gang2004Sword of LegendsLiu Feiteng2004Brown CannaHe Ye2004Heavy-Money DefenseA-Xin2005New Drunken Imperial ConcubineLi Quan2005Legend of Yin–ShangHa Lun2006Destined LoveEmperor2006Evening Sunshine at Ming PalacePei Wenzhong2007A Just Official Settles Family AffairsXing Gang2007Legend of Tie Guan YinWang Shilang2008True-Heart HeroJi Xiaonuan2010Entangling Love in ShanghaiZhang Guiting2011Love Me AgainLi Shilin2011Son-in-law in TroubleZeng Zhiqiang2012Happy MarshalJade Emperor2012Butterfly OperationChen Jiu2013The Distance to LoveWei Tianshu2013Da Ming Detective StoryYu Renjie2014Battle of ChangshaLiu Minghan2014All Quiet in PekingZhang Yueyin2015Nirvana in FireCrown Prince Xiao Jingxuan2015The DisguiserZhang Yueyin2015Midnight Taxi 2Cameo2015Hong Kong Daughter-in-law ComesLi Wenxuan2016HunterQin Tianming2016Full House of HappinessDu Siyuan2016Through the MysteryHao Hao2017RazorLin Sen2017Emergency Department DoctorsZhang Zhang2017Healing MasterJiang Moran2017SurgeonsYoung Xiu Minqi2018Bloody RomanceChen Mo2019All Is WellSu MingzheShanghai TV Festival nomination2019Take Us HomeZheng Hong2021Octogenarian and the 90sGuo Tielin2021People’s PropertyPi Dan2022Spring Breeze Green JiangnanYan Donglei2022She and Her Perfect HusbandQin Wenbin2022Lady of LawJian Peiran2022Glory of Special ForcesQin Feng2022Mom WowTian Siyang2023The White CastleZu Wenda2023Prosecution EliteZhao Jikai2023Dragon CityZheng Hong2024Scout HeroShen Yuanzhang2024Go! Beach Volleyball GirlsCoach2024Po MiLin Chenhan2024Ode to Joy 5Qian Keduo2025A Better LifeDing ZhiyuanTBAHold a Court NowTBATBADreamcatcherLin XunTBAHero LegendsWu Dingyuan
Feature films YearTitleRole2000Crash LandingXiao Fei2000Pretty MomSupporting2006Shanghai RumbaChen Hanting2011Case SensitiveLuo Su2011Reviving of BeichuanSun Xuelin
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