Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.

His first notable role was Puyi (the last emperor of China) in the 1984 television series The Last Dynasty.

Chen is best known internationally for playing the King of Qin (who later became Qin Shi Huang) in the 2002 film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou; as well as the tough undercover police detective in Infernal Affairs III.

In 2014, Chen starred in Zhang Yimou's film Coming Home alongside Gong Li.

[1] In 1982, Chen married Du Xian, a former news anchor from China Central Television who was forced to resign for expressing sympathy (dressing in black and speaking slowly) when she reported the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 on 4 June 1989.