Jiang Wen

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor

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name = Jiang Wen
birthdate = birth date and age|1963|1|5
birthplace = Tangshan, Hebei, China
yearsactive = 1986 - present
spouse = Sandrine Chenivisse
Zhou Yun
hongkongfilmwards = Best Supporting Actor
1997 "The Soong Sisters"
goldenhorseawards = Best Director
1995 "In the Heat of the Sun"
Best Original Screenplay
1995 "In the Heat of the Sun"

Jiang Wen (zh-cp|c=姜文|p=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, [Xu, Gary G. (2007). " [http://books.google.com/books?id=huEWFfNp8hMC Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema] ". Rowman & Littlefield, p. 47. ISBN 0-7425-5450-3. Google Book Search. Retrieved 2008-09-10] though he is probably best known internationally as the male lead opposite Gong Li in fifth generation director Zhang Yimou's debut "Red Sorghum" (1986).

Biography

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 serial 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, directed by Xie Jin), "Black Snow" (1990, directed by Xie Fei), "The Emperor's Shadow" (1996, directed by Zhou Xiaowen) and "The Soong Sisters" (1997). Other than "Red Sorghum", Jiang also collaborated with Zhang Yimou for his 1997 film "Keep Cool".

Jiang wrote and directed his first film in 1994, "In the Heat of the Sun", adapted from a novel by Wang Shuo. A tale set in the Cultural Revolution, it won for its young lead actor Xia Yu the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival and garnered six Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. Jiang's second feature, "Devils on the Doorstep", set during the Japanese occupation of China in the early 1940s, won him the Grand Prix in the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. He has acted in many TV series, the most recent where he portrayed Huang Taiji.

He was married to French actress Sandrine Chenivisse [ [http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0605/asia.cannes.html TIMEasia.com | Asia: ASIA SCORES | 6/05/2000 ] ] , with whom he has a daughter. He's now married to Chinese actress Zhou Yun and the two have a son together. [ [http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2007-09-14/08221715954.shtml 房祖名夸姜文是慈父 周韵透露老公是好爸爸(图)_影音娱乐_新浪网 ] ]

Filmography

As actor

References

External links

* [http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0724/china.jiangwen.html TIMEasia article on Jiang Wen]
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