Zhang Yi (Chinese: å¼ è¯'; born 17 February 1978 in Harbin) is a
Chinese actor best known for his roles in films Dearest, Cock and Bull
and Operation Red Sea and television series Soldiers Sortie, My Chief
and My Regiment and Feather Flies to the Sky.Zhang has always wanted
to become a television announcer, yet was unsuccessful in his attempts
to attend the Beijing Broadcasting Institute for various reasons.
Zhang Yi developed an interest in stage acting after attending the
Harbin Theatre Academy, and was later accepted by the Beijing
Comrade-in-Arm Modern Drama Troupe at the age of 20.Zhang Yi made his
drama debut and received widespread recognition as Comrade Shi Jin in
the critically and commercially successful 2006 drama Soldiers Sortie,
and continued to collaborate with writer Lan Xiaolong in upcoming
military war dramas My Chief and My Regiment and The Line, which were
both critical hits, scoring 8.9 and 9.2 on Douban respectively.Zhang
Yi was widely praised for his acting as a father desperate to find his
abducted son in 2014 feature film Dearest, and received his first
major acting award at the 30th Golden Rooster Awards. In 2016, he
played a secret police who was willing to fight for a better world in
wuxia film Brotherhood of Blades II, and also starred in Cao Baoping's
black comedy Cock and Bull, which garnered him another Best Supporting
Actor nomination at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards.
Chinese actor best known for his roles in films Dearest, Cock and Bull
and Operation Red Sea and television series Soldiers Sortie, My Chief
and My Regiment and Feather Flies to the Sky.Zhang has always wanted
to become a television announcer, yet was unsuccessful in his attempts
to attend the Beijing Broadcasting Institute for various reasons.
Zhang Yi developed an interest in stage acting after attending the
Harbin Theatre Academy, and was later accepted by the Beijing
Comrade-in-Arm Modern Drama Troupe at the age of 20.Zhang Yi made his
drama debut and received widespread recognition as Comrade Shi Jin in
the critically and commercially successful 2006 drama Soldiers Sortie,
and continued to collaborate with writer Lan Xiaolong in upcoming
military war dramas My Chief and My Regiment and The Line, which were
both critical hits, scoring 8.9 and 9.2 on Douban respectively.Zhang
Yi was widely praised for his acting as a father desperate to find his
abducted son in 2014 feature film Dearest, and received his first
major acting award at the 30th Golden Rooster Awards. In 2016, he
played a secret police who was willing to fight for a better world in
wuxia film Brotherhood of Blades II, and also starred in Cao Baoping's
black comedy Cock and Bull, which garnered him another Best Supporting
Actor nomination at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards.
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