Qian Xuesen
Chen played the role of Qian Xuesen in the biopic of the author released in 2012. He received critical acclaim for his capturing his character's growth from young to old, and was awarded the Best Actor award at the Shanghai Film Critics Awards for the second time. The same year, he starred in "", the sequel to "Painted Skin". The film grossed over 700 million yuan ($109.8 million), becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language movie of all time then.