Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor and singer. Huang rose to prominence for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001), followed by popular series such as The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006), Shanghai Bund (2007), The Patriot Yue Fei (2013), Cruel Romance (2015), Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017), Winter Begonia (2020), as well as films The Message (2009), The Last Tycoon (2012), and American Dreams in China (2013).
Early life Huang was born in Qingdao, Shandong and is an only child. His father was an engineer while his mother was an accountant. At age nine, he was selected by a film studio to play the child protagonist in a movie. Huang is the second older cousin of Olympian Chen Meng, who won two table tennis gold medals at Tokyo 2020.
Throughout his school life, Huang planned to become a scientist, but when the Beijing Film Academy came to Qingdao to recruit students, his Chinese teacher encouraged him to take advantage of the opportunity. A month before his interview, his foot was run over and crushed by a jeep, so he had to walk into the interview on crutches with a plaster cast on his leg. The interviewer, Cui Xinqin, would be Huang's class monitor at the Beijing Film Academy, where he was classmates with Zhao Wei and Chen Kun. Huang graduated from the academy in 2000.
Career In 1984, Huang was initially chosen by a producer to star in a drama as a child actor, but was dropped later because of his shy and introverted personality. In 1998, while at the Beijing Film Academy, he debuted in the drama Love is Not a Game.
Huang gained attention when he was chosen to replace Lu Yi for the leading role in The Prince of Han Dynasty, which earned high ratings. He later starred in all three installments of the series from 2001 to 2005, and went from an unknown newbie to an A-lister.
He followed with a list of popular TV dramas, such as Merry Wanderer Tang Bohu (2003), for which he won the Outstanding Actor award at the 14th Zhejiang TV Peony Award for his performance; My Fair Princess III (2003). He played the leading roles in Shanghai Bund (2007), a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund, and Royal Tramp, adapted from Louis Cha's wuxia novel The Deer and the Cauldron. After achieving success in television, Huang decided to extend his career into cinema. His first major role was in the historical film The Banquet as the antagonist. He then starred in the Hong Kong action film The Sniper (2009), martial arts film Ip Man 2 (2010) and the historical epic Sacrifice (2010) directed by Chen Kaige. He made a comeback to television with Taiwanese idol drama Summer's Desire (2011), based on the novel of the same name by Ming Xiaoxi.
Huang's performance as a bandit leader in An Inaccurate Memoir (2012) won him the Best Actor award at the 4th China Image Film Festival. Huang also starred in martial arts epic The Guillotines and played the younger version of Chow Yun-fat's character in The Last Tycoon. The same year, Huang was selected as the ambassador of the Changchun Film Festival and became the first mainland actor to have his wax figure displayed in Hong Kong's Madam Tussauds museum.
Huang starred in the film American Dreams in China (2013) by Peter Chan. The success of the film brought a new impetus into Huang's career, and won him the Best Actor award at the 29th Golden Rooster Awards, 15th Huabiao Awards, 12th Changchun Film Festival and 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards. The same year Huang starred in another television project, playing the titular hero in the historical drama The Patriot Yue Fei.
Huang next starred in John Woo's The Crossing (2014). Set in 1930s Shanghai, the romantic epic is based on the true story of the Taiping steamer collision and follows six characters and their intertwining love stories; Huang plays a successful general who romances a wealthy debutante (played by Korean actress Song Hye-kyo). Another romance film followed; where Huang starred next to Fan Bingbing in The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, adapted from Baifa Monü Zhuan.
Huang starring alongside Joe Chen in the period romance drama, Cruel Romance (2015). The same year, he starred alongside long-time friend Zhao Wei in the action comedy film Hollywood Adventures. In 2017, Huang starred in the historical wuxia drama Nirvana in Fire 2. In 2018, Huang starred in the drama film Forever Young, which tells stories of four generations of students from Tsinghua University. In 2019, Huang starred in the disaster film The Bravest as a fire fighter. In 2020, Huang starred in the period romance drama Winter Begonia produced by Yu Zheng.
Other activities
Investment Huang is a shareholder of Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, with about 1.8 million shares.
Philanthropy In 2009, Huang donated one million yuan to adopt two panda cubs and was named an ambassador to China's Panda Protection Research Center.
In 2010, Huang donated 200,000 yuan for earthquake relief to support for victims of the Yushu temblor in Northwest China's Qinghai province.
In 2016, Huang was named a UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for China. The same year, he was appointed as an advocate for anti-trafficking by the Ministry of Public Security.
Personal life
Li Yu Huang's first girlfriend was actress Li Yu. They dated when they were both students at the Beijing Film Academy, but the relationship ended when Li decided to break up.
Liu Liqi From 2000 to 2004, Huang dated his Beijing Film Academy classmate Liu Liqi (formerly known as Liu Yi). They lived together during their relationship. After they broke up, Huang gifted Liu an apartment, for which he had partially paid, and a Mini Cooper.
Qin Lan In September 2003, Huang began dating actress Qin Lan, whom he had co-starred in My Fair Princess III and fell in love while filming TV series Dragon Stamp. On 27 October 2003, their relationship became public when Qin visited Huang in the hospital when he was injured in a car accident in Yinchuan. On 28 November 2006, Huang announced their breakup.
Li Fei'er In 2007, Huang dated actress Li Fei'er, whom he met while filming the TV series The Deer and the Cauldron. That same year, Li appeared in his music video for Anything is Possible. They broke up in 2010, and Li publicly claimed that Angelababy was the third party that caused their breakup.
Angelababy In 2009, Huang began a relationship with Angelababy, which he went public on 28 February 2014. They registered their marriage in Qingdao on 27 May 2015 and held their wedding at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre in October of the same year. Their son was born on 17 January 2017 in Hong Kong. In January 2021, following the reunion between Huang and Li Fei'er in the reality show Sisters Who Make Waves Season 2, Angelababy stated on Weibo that when she began her relationship with Huang, he had told her he was single, and she never intervened in his previous relationship with Li. Shortly after, Huang also denied the long-standing rumor that Angelababy was the other woman. On 28 January 2022, Huang and Angelababy announced their divorce.
Ye Ke In 2020, the internet influencer Ye Ke moved into the Four Seasons Place Shanghai (now Regent Residences Shanghai), where Huang and Angelababy also lived. In 2022, Ye divorced businessman Wang Mingjin (Marx Wong), and Huang divorced Angelababy. Rumors of a relationship between Huang and Ye began circulating due to their overlapping activity on social media since February of that year, shortly after Huang's divorce, although Ye dismissed the rumors. In July 2022, Ye posted a birthday card signed by "Mr. M," purportedly sent by Huang. They briefly split in mid 2023 when Huang had a fling with actress Zhao Shijin (Jenny Chao), but got back together to spend Christmas with friends. In September 2024, Ye's side claimed that the two were married, and Ye posted a photo of a Graff diamond ring. Huang denied the marriage in a response to Next Apple, a Taiwanese online media outlet. Ye responded to Huang's denial with a Weibo post using the trending hashtag, "#HuangXiaomingNotMarried—a bit ridiculous," and included a chat history where Huang and his team claimed that the Taiwanese media had "fabricated" the denial. Huang then confirmed on Weibo that he and Ye were "together." Ye deleted her chat history on Weibo the same day. Following her sudden rise to fame, she became the subject of widespread online mockery and memes, especially referencing her previous livestream, which led to her announcement of withdrawal from the internet on November 10, 2024. She returned to social media on July 25, 2025, by launching a livestream, and on August 7, she confirmed both the birth of her child and her breakup with Huang.
Filmography
Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1999 Marry Me 我們結婚吧 Li Jun 2000 Bright Heart 明亮的心 Ma Lu 2005 Legend of the Dragon 龍威父子 Qi Feng 2006 The Banquet 夜宴 Yin Sun 2008 Fit Lover 愛情呼叫轉移2：愛情左右 Traffic policeman Cameo 2009 The Sniper 神槍手 Ling Jing The Founding of a Republic 建国大业 Li Yinqiao Cameo The Message 風声 Takeda 2010 Ip Man 2 葉問2 Wong Leung Flirting Scholar 2 唐伯虎點秋香2 Tang Bohu Adventure of the King 龙凤店 Tang Bohu Cameo Sacrifice 趙氏孤兒 Han Jue 2012 Love in the Buff 春嬌與志明 Ben Cameo An Inaccurate Memoir 匹夫 Fang Youwang The Guillotines 血滴子 Tianlang The Last Tycoon 大上海 Cheng Daqi (young) 2013 American Dreams in China 中國合伙人 Cheng Dongqing Badges of Fury 不二神探 Interpol officer Cameo Crimes of Passion 一場風花雪月的事 Xue Yu Saving Mother Robot 瑪德2號 Xiao Tie Amazing 神奇 Bing Shan 2014 Breaking the Waves 激浪青春 He Tianhua The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom 白髮魔女傳之明月天國 Zhuo Yihang Women Who Flirt 撒娇女人最好命 Marco The Crossing 太平輪 Lei Yifang 2015 Insanity 暴疯语 Chow Ming-kit You Are My Sunshine 何以笙簫默 He YichenAlso producer Hollywood Adventures 横冲直撞好莱坞 He Yuming The Crossing 2 太平輪·彼岸 Lei Yifang Bride Wars 新娘大作戲 GroomCameo2016 Xuanzang 大唐玄奘 Xuanzang League of Gods 封神傳奇 Yang Jian Mission Milano 王牌逗王牌 Luo Tianhao 2017 The Thousand Faces of Dunjia 奇門遁甲 Huang Shang Cameo2018 Forever Young 无问西东 Chen Peng Escape Plan 2: Hades 金蝉脱壳2 Shu 2019The Bravest 烈火英雄 Jiang Liwei2020 The Eight Hundred 八佰 Messenger Cameo 2022 Only Fools Rush In 四海 Showta Cameo Ode to the Spring 你是我的春天 Li Jing Ordinary Hero 平凡英雄 Xie Huiyang 2023 Heart's Motive 最后的真相 Ding Yifeng Also producer The Volunteers: To the War 志愿军: 雄兵出击 Jiang Chao 2024 Mostly Sunny 阳光俱乐部 Wu You The Wig 戴假发的人 Meng Zhong 2025 Her Turn 即兴谋杀 Doctor Luo TBAA'mai Joins the Army 阿麦从军 TBA
Television series Year English title Chinese title Role 1998 Love is Not a Game 爱情不是游戏 Xiao Zhuoyi 2000 A Netizen's Diary 网虫日记 Yu Baimei Storm of the Dragon 龙珠风暴 Di Guangyuan 2001 The Prince of Han Dynasty 大汉天子 Liu Che 长缨在手 Zhang Li 2002 Invincible Magistrate 无敌县令 Tian Long 2003 Little Sister Hua Ni 花妮妹妹 Zhi Yang Merry Wanderer Tang Bohu 风流少年唐伯虎 Tang Bohu 2004 The Prince of Han Dynasty 2 大汉天子2 Liu Che Long Piao 龙票 Qi Zijun 2005 Talented Men 女才男貌 Wang Jun Strange Tales of Liao Zhai 新聊斋志异 Bai Yang 2006 The Prince of Han Dynasty 3 大汉天子3 Liu Che The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 Yang Guo 2007 Shanghai Bund 新上海滩 Xu Wenqiang 2008 Royal Tramp 鹿鼎记 Wei Xiaobao 2009 Dark Fragrance 暗香 Cheng Yuan / Cheng Da 2010 Summer's Desire 泡沫之夏 Luo Xi 2013 The Patriot Yue Fei 精忠岳飞 Yue Fei 2015 Cruel Romance 锦绣缘·华丽冒险 Zuo Zhen 2017 A Life Time Love 上古情歌 Chi Yun Nirvana in Fire 2 琅琊榜之风起长林 Xiao Pingzhang 2018 The Years You Were Late 你迟到的许多年Wen Qiang 2020 Winter Begonia 鬓边不是海棠红 Cheng Fengtai 2021 The Glory and the Dream Zhou Enlai Game Changer 危机先生 Lin Zhongshuo Medal of the Republic Huang Xuhua 2023Legend of Han Shuangxiong大汉双雄2026The Dream Maker小城大事Zheng Decheng
Variety show Year English title Chinese title Role 2017 Chinese Restaurant 中餐厅Cast member2019Chinese Restaurant 3中餐厅3Cast member2020Sisters Who Make Waves乘风破浪的姐姐Producer/presenter2025Wander Together宇宙闪烁请注意Cast member
Discography
Albums YearAlbum detailsTrack listing2007 It's Ming