Zhang Hanyu (born 19 December 1964) is a Chinese actor. Zhang became the first Chinese actor to win the "Grand Slam", winning Best Actor trophies from the

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Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equivale ...

and

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Life and career

Zhang was born in

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. He graduated from the city's

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in 1988. He started his career by doing Mandarin voice dubbing for films such as ''

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'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, and ''

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''. Zhang subsequently played minor roles in some television series before appearing as supporting characters in films directed by

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, such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He was called "Feng Xiaogang's imperial film extra (calefare)" (馮小剛御用龍套), and earned the appreciation of Feng. In 2007, Zhang was cast as a lead character for the first time in the war drama film ''

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''. Zhang's performance propelled him to fame and placed him among the ranks of first-class Chinese film stars. In 2008, Zhang also won the Best Actor Award at the 29th Hundred Flowers Awards and the Best Leading Actor Award at the

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. The following year, Zhang won the Outstanding Actor Award at the

. Zhang also has supporting roles in various acclaimed films, such as

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's crime drama ''

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''; the espionage thriller '' The Message''; and the action film ''

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''. Zhang also played

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in the historical film ''

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''. In 2012, Zhang teamed up again with

in the disaster film '' Back to 1942'', playing a priest. In 2013, Zhang teamed up with actors Liu Ye and

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in the comedy film ''

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'' directed by

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, where he played an opera actor. In 2014, Zhang starred in

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's wuxia film ''

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''. Playing an undercover PLA soldier, he won the

for Best Actor. He next starred in the crime film '' Mr. Six'' directed by

; and had a supporting role in

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's fantasy historical epic '' The Great Wall''. In 2016, Zhang headlined the crime thriller film ''

Operation Mekong ''Operation Mekong'' () is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong crime action film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng. The film is based on the 2011 Mekong River massacre. It was released in China on 30 September 2016 and became on ...

'' alongside

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. The film received critical acclaim, and is the highest grossing Chinese cop film to date. In 2017, Zhang starred in

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's police thriller film, ''

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''. He also starred in ''Wine War'', the directorial debut of

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Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Zhang Hanyu's blog
on

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