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Portrait of Tong Yao

Acting

Tong Yao

Career

Active from 2006 to 2025, busiest in 2016 and 2018 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Rebel
The Rebel
GoodWatch score82/100

Characters

8

The characters Tong Yao played, best-known titles first.

Tong Yao as Gao Xiyue
Tong Yao as Gu Jia
Tong Yao as Zhu Yi Zhen
Tong Yao as Wen Yantao
Tong Yao as Song Yun Ping
Tong Yao as Nan Ya
Tong Yao as Gu Moli
Tong Yao as Tian Xiao Ni

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tong Yao Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.3, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • Urban Life 3
  • Contemporary Chinese Drama 2
  • Urban Life Realism 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Family Conflict 2
  • Chinese Historical Drama 2
  • Contemporary Drama 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Secret Duel
Secret Duel

TV show

Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning

TV show · as Lin Yun

2020s

14 titles · average score 73
Footprints of Change
Footprints of Change (2025)

TV show · as Yi Yi

Those Days
Those Days (2025)

TV show · as Shen Mingzhu

With Love With You
With Love With You (2025)

TV show · as Wang Yan

Tender Light
Tender Light (2024)

TV show · as Nan Ya

Simple Days
Simple Days (2024)

TV show · as Gu Moli

Cesium Fallout
Cesium Fallout (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as May Fan

Life is a Long Quiet River
Life is a Long Quiet River (2022)

TV show · as Gu Qingyu

The Heart of Genius
The Heart of Genius (2022)

TV show

The Rebel
The Rebel (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Zhu Yizhen

Nothing But Thirty
Nothing But Thirty (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Gu Jia

Get Married or Not
Get Married or Not (2020)

TV show · as Cheng Lu

Imperfect Love
Imperfect Love (2020)

TV show · as Gao Shan

2010s

19 titles · average score 59
Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace
Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Gao Xiyue

Like a Flowing River
Like a Flowing River (2018)

TV show · as Song Yunping

The Lingering
The Lingering (2018)
GoodWatch score 52

as Lily

Ever Night
Ever Night (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Li Yu

我们在行动
我们在行动 (2018)

TV show

Customize Happiness
Customize Happiness (2016)

TV show · as Tian Xiaoni

The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee
The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee (2016)

as Beauty

To Love Somebody
To Love Somebody (2014)

as 杨安妮

The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (2014)
GoodWatch score 31

as Ke Pingting

独生子女的婆婆妈妈
独生子女的婆婆妈妈 (2013)

TV show

Jia Chang Cai
Jia Chang Cai (2011)

TV show

桥隆飙
桥隆飙 (2010)

TV show · as 小白龙

2000s

7 titles
Snowfall in Taipei
Snowfall in Taipei (2009)

as May

军人荣誉
军人荣誉 (2009)

TV show · as 吴小丽

Disbelief in Love
Disbelief in Love (2008)

as Lan Xi

以爱情的名义
以爱情的名义 (2007)

TV show · as 方小蕊

The Young Warriors
The Young Warriors (2006)

TV show

龙虎人生
龙虎人生 (2006)

TV show · as 方淑晴

行走的鸡毛掸子
行走的鸡毛掸子 (2006)

TV show