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Hong Chen

Hong Chen

Actor and producer · Born December 13, 1968 (57) · Jiangxi, China

Chen Hong (陈红) is a Chinese actress born on December 13, 1968 in the province of Jiangxi. She is perhaps most famous for being the present wife of director Chen Kaige (陈凯歌). They have a son together. In recent years, she has co-produced Together, The Promise and Forever Enthralled and also acted in these films. She also played Diaochan in the television serial Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chen Hong (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
December 13, 1968 (57)
From
Jiangxi, China
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 31% in 30 days

What are Hong Chen's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 52nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
46%
Survival
19%
Bonds
12%
Ideas
9%
Self
9%
Society
5%
Sacrifice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
6
Thrilling
3
Triumphant
2
Warm
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Rousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hong Chen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Hong Chen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Volunteers: Peace at Last(2025)

    Presenter · Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Volunteers: To the War(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Water Gate Bridge(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Battle at Lake Changjin(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • My People, My Country(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Legend of the Demon Cat(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Delusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Monk Comes Down the Mountain(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Caught in the Web (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Mo Xiaoyu

  • The Lost Bladesman(2011)

    as Liu Bei's No. 1 Wife

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Sacrifice(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Founding of a Republic(2009)

    as Reporter

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Forever Enthralled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Fu Zhifang

  • Sweet Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • The Promise(2005)

    Producer · as Goddess Manshen

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · as Li Li

  • 吕布与貂蝉 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 35 episodes · as Chan Diao / 貂蝉

  • Palace of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 40 episodes · as 成年太平公主

  • Sunny Piggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 38 episodes · as 嫦娥

  • 完全婚姻手册 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 24 episodes · as 张鹂

  • The Return of the Condor Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 47 episodes · as Lee Mo-Chou

  • New Dragon Gate Inn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 50 episodes · Actor

  • 纽约风暴 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 20 episodes · as 牟希雅

  • 霜叶红似二月花 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 20 episodes · Actor

  • This Life, This Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 41 episodes · as Qin An Qi

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · as 貂蝉

  • A Story of Xiangxiang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • The Foggy House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • 情谍 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • 梅花三弄之水云间 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 26 episodes · as 子璇

  • In the Remote Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • 远山情 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • 都市刑警 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • A Dream of Red Mansions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Zi Juan

  • Lu Ping, the Chivalrous Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • 神凤威龙 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Feng Chen Wu Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Hua Hongyan

  • Flowers from the Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 37 titles, 35 of them dated from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)

$903M worldwide

Highest rated

My People, My Country (2019)

Midcredits 56th

Most popular right now

The Promise (2005)

Film career

19842025

Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2002Screen debut· Together

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting30 of 37: 28 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing9 of 37: 6 only producing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thOther crew1 of 37: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

37 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1980s4 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s9 · 9 acting · 2 crew2010s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew2020s5 · crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Hong Chen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)

91st percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Volunteers: Peace at Last (2025)

Midcredits 58th · 44% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Hong Chen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hong Chen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kaige Chen shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles