Jiang Wen (Chinese: 姜文; pinyin: Jiāng Wén; born January 5, 1963) is a Chinese film actor and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "sixth generation" that emerged in the 1990s. He is also well known internationally as an actor, such as the male lead opposite Gong Li in fifth generation director Zhang Yimou's debut Red Sorghum (1986).
He has a younger brother who is also an actor, Jiang Wu.
Born in Tangshan, Hebei province into...
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Jiang Wen (Chinese: 姜文; pinyin: Jiāng Wén; born January 5, 1963) is a Chinese film actor and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "sixth generation" that emerged in the 1990s. He is also well known internationally as an actor, such as the male lead opposite Gong Li in fifth generation director Zhang Yimou's debut Red Sorghum (1986).
He has a younger brother who is also an actor, Jiang Wu.
Born in Tangshan, Hebei province into an army family, Jiang Wen shifted to Beijing at the age of 6. In 1980, he entered China's foremost acting school, the Central Academy of Drama, graduating in 1984. That same year he started acting both on the stage (with the China Youth Theater) and in films.
After appearing in many television serials and films, Jiang became renowned in China for his starring role in the 1992 TV series A Native of Beijing in New York, which made him one of the well-loved actors of his generation. In addition to these he also starred in Hibiscus Town (1984,...
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