Portrait of Cao Lei

Acting

Cao Lei

Career

Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2015 and 2021 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score84/100
Highest rated
Poster for Awakening Age
Awakening Age
GoodWatch score84/100

Characters

1

The characters Cao Lei played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cao Lei Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    0.0, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.5, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    0.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
ๆƒŠๅ˜
ๆƒŠๅ˜

TV show ยท as Gu Shunzhang

2020s

23 titles ยท average score 78
The Great Long March
The Great Long March (2026)

TV show ยท as Zhou Enlai

Gladiator in the Theater
Gladiator in the Theater (2026)

TV show ยท as Chen Xiaoxiang

Time Raiders
Time Raiders (2025)

TV show ยท as Pan Zi

Silent Honor
Silent Honor (2025)

TV show ยท as Lin Yiliang

The Lost National Treasure
The Lost National Treasure (2025)

TV show ยท as Li Yuanguang

Lost in the Shadows
Lost in the Shadows (2024)

TV show ยท as Director Cao

China Before China
China Before China (2023)

TV show ยท as Zi Chan

Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs (2023)

TV show ยท as Zuo Lingyang

Awakening Age
Awakening Age (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Lu Xun

Palace of Devotion
Palace of Devotion (2021)

TV show ยท as Su Wen

Faith Makes Great
Faith Makes Great (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Jiang Liu

The Happy Life of People's Policeman Lao Lin
The Happy Life of People's Policeman Lao Lin (2021)

TV show ยท as Chen Lin

2010s

11 titles ยท average score 80
Awakening
Awakening (2019)

TV show ยท as Tong Fei

Battle of the Asylums
Battle of the Asylums (2018)

as Sima Luo

็ŒŽ้‡‘่กŒๅŠจ
็ŒŽ้‡‘่กŒๅŠจ (2018)

TV show ยท as Qiao Jin

The Advisors Alliance
The Advisors Alliance (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Guo Jia

Re Xue Jun Qi
Re Xue Jun Qi (2017)

TV show ยท as ่’‹ไป‹็Ÿณ

็ปๅœฐๆžช็Ž‹2
็ปๅœฐๆžช็Ž‹2 (2016)

TV show

้„‚ๅฐ”ๅคšๆ–ฏ้ฃŽๆšด
้„‚ๅฐ”ๅคšๆ–ฏ้ฃŽๆšด (2015)

TV show

Border Fire Love
Border Fire Love (2015)

TV show ยท as He Shao Huai

ๆ˜ฅๅŽ็ง‹ๅฎž
ๆ˜ฅๅŽ็ง‹ๅฎž (2015)

TV show ยท as Zhan Weihua

่‹ฑ้›„ๆˆŸไน‹ๅฝฑๅญๆˆ˜ๅฃซ
่‹ฑ้›„ๆˆŸไน‹ๅฝฑๅญๆˆ˜ๅฃซ (2015)

TV show ยท as Wang Ziting

้ฆ™ๆฐดไฝณไบบ
้ฆ™ๆฐดไฝณไบบ (2012)

TV show ยท as ้™†้•ฟ่ฟœ

2000s

3 titles
็މ็ขŽ
็މ็ขŽ (2006)

TV show ยท as ๆŽ็ฉฟ็Ÿณ

ๆ— ๅ›ฝ็•Œ่กŒๅŠจ
ๆ— ๅ›ฝ็•Œ่กŒๅŠจ (2006)

TV show ยท as Xing Hao

้žๅธธๅ…ฌๆฐ‘
้žๅธธๅ…ฌๆฐ‘ (2002)

TV show