Ren Quan (; born 4 March 1975) is a Chinese actor, investor and businessman. One of his most prominent roles was as Gongsun Ce in ''Young Justice Bao'' and its sequel ''Young Justice Bao II'', alongside Zhou Jie,

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and Lu Yi. Other notable credits include ''All the Misfortunes Caused by the Angel'' and ''The Nation Under The Foot''.

Early life and education

Ren was born Ren Zhenquan () in

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, on 4 March 1975. He attended the No. 6 School of

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. In the Qiqihar No. 4 Railway Middle School, he became a literary soldier. He secondary studied at Heilongjiang Art Vocational School (). In 1993, he was admitted to

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, where he studied alongside

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Acting career

Ren made his television debut in ''Wait All the Way'' (1994), at the age of 19. He became widely known to audiences with ''Young Justice Bao'' (2000), in which he portrayed Gongsun Ce, the assistant to Zhou Jie's

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. That same year, he starred in ''All the Misfortunes Caused by the Angel'', playing the romantic interest of Lin Xiaoru,

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's character. He also co-starred with

and

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in the historical television series ''The Nation Under The Foot''. In 2001, he reprised his role in the ''Young Justice Bao'' sequel, ''Young Justice Bao II''. He had key supporting role in the romantic comedy television series ''The Book of Love'', opposite

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and Le Jiatong. He also appeared in ''Meeting Aquarium'', a romantic comedy television series starring Lu Yi and

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. Ren co-starred with

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in the 2002

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television series ''Musketeers and Princess'', adapted from

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's novel of the same title. In 2007, he made a guest appearance on

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''. He co-starred with Li Bingbing in the music video ''Kang Mei's Love'', which was one of the most watched music TV in mainland China in that year. He had a small role in ''The Double Life'', a

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starring

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, and

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. In 2009, Ren portrayed the role of

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's biographical drama film ''

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'', for which he received Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 19th

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. Ren was cast in

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television series '' The Myth'' (2010), playing the elder brother of

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's characters. He had a lead role in the war television series, ''New Drawing Sword''. In 2011, he had a cameo appearance in ''

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'', a historical romantic television series starring

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and

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. He co-starred with

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in ''Love of The Millennium'', based on Chinese folk legend ''

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''. In 2012, he co-produced and had a small role in ''

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'', a wuxia television series adaptation based on

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's the novel ''

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''. Ren had key supporting role in the television series adaptation of

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's '' Wives and Concubines'' (2014). In 2016, he appeared in ''

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'', a historical romantic television series starring

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and Yuan Hong. On 17 March 2016, he announced his retirement from acting on his Sinaweibo and devoted all his energy to business.

Investment career

After gradation in 1997, Ren founded the "Shu Spicy Fish" () restaurant on the street outside the campus of

. In 2005, he co-founded the 1969 Bar, which was reshuffled as "Shu Ecological Hotpot" () in the following year and invested more than 2 million yuan in

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. He founded the "Legend of Shu in Guangdong" () in 2009, Shanghai Qiangsheng Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd. () in 2010, and "Hot and Spicy No.1" () in 2013. In 2014, Ren co-founded Star VC, a venture capital company, with

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and

. In 2015, he was invited to participate in the

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Biography of Ren Quan
on the official website of

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ren, Quan 1975 births Living people People from Qiqihar Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business alumni Chinese male television actors Chinese male film actors Chinese investors