Zhang Fengyi (born 1 September 1956) is a Chinese actor best known for his role as "Duan Xiaolou" in '' Farewell My Concubine'' (1993), Jing Ke in '' The Emperor and the Assassin'' (1998), and

Cao Cao Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the dynasty's final years. As one o ...

in '' Red Cliff'' (2008–2009).

Career

Zhang was born in

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, while his

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was in Tanghe,

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...

. When he was merely one month old, he moved with his father to Dongchuan,

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. He left high school in 1971 without completing his studies, and joined the opera troupe of a performing arts group in Dongchuan. He transferred to the singing and dancing team in 1973. In 1978, Zhang was enrolled in the acting department of the

Beijing Film Academy Beijing Film Academy (BFA; ) is a coeducational state-run higher education institution in Beijing, China. The film school is the largest institution specializing in the tertiary education for film and television production in Asia. The academy ...

with excellent grades. In 1980, when he was a second year student, he was selected by Hong Kong's Phoenix Studio to play Xin Dalei in ''Treasure Hunting in Desert'' (1980), which was his film debut. A year later, Zhang portrayed Xiangzi in '' Rickshaw Boy'', a film directed by Ling Zifeng and adapted from a story by Lao She. Zhang portrayed

in '' Red Cliff'' (2008–2009). He also played the protagonist in the film adaptation of '' White Deer Plain'' (2011). In 2014, Zhang starred in the hit historical drama ''

The Empress of China ''The Empress of China'' () is a 2014 Chinese television series based on events in 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty, starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian—the only female emperor (empress regnant) in Chinese histo ...

''. Among Zhang's notable projects in recent years is '' In the Name of the People'', a political drama that is based on China's fight against corruption and on other political developments.

Filmography

Film

Television

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