He is best known for his roles in the film The Devotion of Suspect X; and in the dramas When We Were Young, The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note, A Girl Like Me, Our Times, Dashing Youth, and Fangs of Fortune.
In 2012, Hou Minghao joined a SM Entertainment as a trainee, however he returned to China after a year and a half of training.
[4] In November 2015, he starred in the black humorous absurd comedy film Frightened Bird, in which he played as Su Niu.
[5] On January 10, 2016, Hou Minghao's Studio announced that he had completed his credits during his debut as a trainee and officially graduated and began to develop his acting career as an independent person.
On November 29, he starred in the romantic comedy web movie Angel Institute, playing a punk rock teenager in the film.
On March 31, he played a high-IQ genius boy, Tang Chuan in the suspense movie The Devotion of Suspect X, which has attracted attention for its performance and interpretation.
[15] On August 2, the web drama Rakshasa Street was broadcast, where he acted in ancient costumes for the first time, and played Bai Jingxuan.
[17] On November 3, the suspense web series Inference Notes was broadcast where he played the role of Mi Kaka.
[19] On March 14, 2018, he released his first all-English single "You Mean Everything To Me", which he personally planned and prepared for a year, a gift to fans on White Valentine's Day.
[21] On November 22, the youth campus drama When We Were Young was broadcast, in which he played the role of Hua Biao, a passionate and righteous science genius.
[26] The total number of plays of the drama successfully exceeded 4.15 billion views on Tencent Video, becoming the best in the summer program at that time.
[30] However this series have uncertain release date due to Song Zu'er tax evasion scandal.
[31] On November 23, the suspense detective drama Psych-Hunter was broadcast, in which he played the role of Jiang Shuo, a house buyer with amnesia.
[32] On January 18, 2021, TV series A Girl Like Me was broadcast on Tencent Video, in which he played the role of Rong Xian.
[49] On December 5, he participated in the TV series Love in Pavilion as cameo and played the role of Demon King Baimu Yaojun.
It tells the story of a group of young people pursuing love, friendship, dreams and growth in a small coastal town in the southeast of the 1990s.
It tells the story of Baili Dongjun, who loves to make wine, embarked on the world because of the agreement with his childhood friend Ye Dingzhi.
[27] On August 31, he was announced as the male lead for TV series Love in the Clouds, playing Ji Bozai.
It tells the story of Ji Bozai, a polar star abys fighter from a criminal prisoner, who defeated Mingyi, the cold god of war, who had won for seven consecutive years, at the annual "Qingyun Conference" of Hexu Six Realms.
On October 26, the drama series Fangs of Fortune was broadcast on iQIYI where he played the role of Zhao Yuanzhou.
[55][56] The series exceeded 8,734 index heat and topped many rankings charts in China, and his role as Zhao Yuanzhou's popularity is the first reached 300,000 on Douyin Character List.
[95] On March 2, Freeplus officially announced that Hou Minghao would become the spokesperson of the brand's streamlined skin care.
On May 09, Marie Dalgar officially announced that Hou Minghao has become the first spokesperson of the brand's base makeup.
[107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114] On August 3, 2017, he donated 1,083 seedlings suitable for growing in the desert through the "Million Forest" public welfare project of the China Green Foundation to help protect the environment, he is named as their Young Health Ambassador.
[118] On December 20, 2023, Hou donated materials like books and sports supplies to students at Tuishan Primary School.