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The following is a list of notable Chinese-speaking/writing actors. Their nationality can be PRC ( Mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau ), Taiwan or any other country. This list does not include actresses.
Yue: Cantonese. Jyutping. Ng4 Hon3zoeng1. James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, [1][2] he has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of ...
Eileen Chang (张爱玲, a.k.a. 张煐) – writer. Kang-i Sun Chang (孫康宜) – writer and literary scholar. Lan Samantha Chang – writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Victoria Chang – poet, children's writer, and essayist. Ted Chiang (姜峯楠) – speculative fiction writer. Frank Chin (趙健秀) – novelist, playwright ...
Zhang Ziyi ([ʈʂáŋ tsɹ̩̀.ǐ]; Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress, model, and former dancer. Born and raised in Beijing, Ziyi was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in 1996. That year, she made her acting debut in the television film Touching Starlight (1996). After her breakout role in Zhang Yimou 's ...
Daniel Wu. Daniel Wu Neh-Tsu (Chinese: 吳彥祖; born September 30, 1974) is an American-born Chinese [2] actor and filmmaker based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. [3] Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. [4]
Gong Li (simplified Chinese: 巩俐; traditional Chinese: 鞏俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses in China today, she is known for her versatility and naturalistic performance. [4] She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉; pinyin: Liáng Cháowěi, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's film In the ...
Jet Li. Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), [2] better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist and actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Horse Award, a Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award, a Hong Kong Film Award, and a Shanghai Film Critics Award.