Shawn Dou

When Dou was in his second year of studies, he participated in the auditions for The Love of the Hawthorn Tree and was subsequently picked as the male lead.

[4][5] Dou rose to fame for his role in Zhang Yimou's film, The Love of the Hawthorn Tree (2010).

[7] Dou starred in films of various genres, most notably, Wolf Totem (2015)[8] and Youth Dinner (2017),[9] which won him the Best Actor award at the 11th Festival Du Cinema Chinois De Paris.

[10] Dou gained mainstream recognition for his role as an antagonistic prince in the highly popular historical drama, Princess Agents.

[17] In 2020, Dou reunited with Tiffany Tang in the historical drama, The Legend of Xiao Chuo, portraying Han Derang.