Du Chun (Chinese: æ œæ·³; pinyin: Dù Chún, born 22 May 1981) is a
Chinese actor.Du Chun was born in Hebei, China. His parents are also
in the performing business. His father, Du Zhiguo is also an actor,
and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. At the
age of 11, Du Chun got admitted to The Dance School of Central
University of Nationalities (CUN) (i.e. Minzu University of China),
one of the key disciplinary bases of national minority arts and the
cradle of ethnic dancers, to fulfill his mother's dream to be trained
professionally in one of the top dancing schools in China. After
graduation, he applied for Central Academy of Drama but failed. After
one year preparation, including coached by several prestigious actors,
Du got admitted into Beijing Film Academy in 1999 with one of the
highest admission test scores even though he did not take the regular
middle and high school courses.In 2003, Du auditioned for a minor role
in the historical drama The Emperor in Han Dynasty. But after the
audition, the director decided to give him cast him in the role of the
young Emperor instead. He showed his acting talent on portraying an
ambitious and playful young leader which established his acting
career. Du then starred in The Prince of Han Dynasty, portraying a Han
dynasty general named Li Ling.In 2007, he was selected as a leading
role in a Wuxia drama, The Legend of the Banner Hero, which is adapted
from Gu Long's novel. The drama was one of the most popular of the
year and was selected as the Best Costume Drama of 2007.
Chinese actor.Du Chun was born in Hebei, China. His parents are also
in the performing business. His father, Du Zhiguo is also an actor,
and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. At the
age of 11, Du Chun got admitted to The Dance School of Central
University of Nationalities (CUN) (i.e. Minzu University of China),
one of the key disciplinary bases of national minority arts and the
cradle of ethnic dancers, to fulfill his mother's dream to be trained
professionally in one of the top dancing schools in China. After
graduation, he applied for Central Academy of Drama but failed. After
one year preparation, including coached by several prestigious actors,
Du got admitted into Beijing Film Academy in 1999 with one of the
highest admission test scores even though he did not take the regular
middle and high school courses.In 2003, Du auditioned for a minor role
in the historical drama The Emperor in Han Dynasty. But after the
audition, the director decided to give him cast him in the role of the
young Emperor instead. He showed his acting talent on portraying an
ambitious and playful young leader which established his acting
career. Du then starred in The Prince of Han Dynasty, portraying a Han
dynasty general named Li Ling.In 2007, he was selected as a leading
role in a Wuxia drama, The Legend of the Banner Hero, which is adapted
from Gu Long's novel. The drama was one of the most popular of the
year and was selected as the Best Costume Drama of 2007.
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