Huang made his acting debut in the romantic movie You Are My Sunshine, followed by TV series Negotiator and The Brightest Star in the Sky.

[9] He featured in two songs from Zhou Mi's album Rewind, which he penned the rap lyrics to;[10] and appeared as a cast member of the Solomon Islands edition of the SBS reality television program Law of the Jungle in 2014.

[11] He left the show early due to a foot injury on a coral reef during filming and other scheduled commitments.

Chinese courts ruled that Huang was entitled to use his name and image for solo activities in China, and dismissed the lawsuit.

[19] The music video for "Crown" was presented in the style of a 7-minute short film, directed by Nick Lentz and featuring Jessica Gomes.

[28] He was later invited to perform as a headliner for the SoYoung 2016 Live Concert Tour on January 29, which featured young rising musicians in China.

[42] Following his departure from Exo and return to China, Huang stated that he made a decision to pursue his career in the ailing Chinese music industry, expressing a desire to continue as an artist with the goal of seeing C-Pop receive global recognition.

[49] In 2016, Huang starred in the action comedy Railroad Tigers directed by Ding Sheng, alongside Jackie Chan.

[50] In 2017, Huang starred in the martial arts film The Game Changer,[51] directed by Gao Xixi,[52] as well as the romantic thriller Edge of Innocence.

[63] In September 2017, Huang was named Yves Saint Laurent's beauty ambassador and participated in the second season of YSL's web series Before the Light.

In second half of the year, Huang has endorsed KFC,[74] EVISU,[75] Tuborg,[76] Skechers,[77] and Baidu mobile application,[78] as their brand ambassador.

In September 2018, Huang worked on the Chinese version of Stay Open, a promotional song for Tuborg originally released by Diplo and MØ.

[83] Lacoste appointed Huang as the company's first brand ambassador for Asia Pacific region and launched "Crocodile Inside" campaign in September 2019.

[84] In 2021, Huang cut ties with Lacoste because the company had not issued a global statement affirming that they were not boycotting Xinjiang cotton.

[87] Apart from managing Huang's own work, L.TAO has also signed other artists including Xu Yiyang, a former trainee of SM Entertainment.

Z.TAO's Man is a superhero character whose power is C-pop, the music genre Huang has been promoting and pursuing since the beginning of his solo debut.

[citation needed] In May 2020, Huang joined Produce Camp 2020 as a mentor, while Xu Yiyang, an artist signed to his company, participated as a contestant.