Pan Yueming (; born 9 May 1974) is a Chinese actor. Pan is noted for his roles as Tai Lin in the film ''A Love of Blueness'', and as twin brothers Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu on the Chinese web series '' Day and Night''. Pan ranked 97th on ''

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'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and 64th in 2020.

Early life

Pan was born and raised in Xuanwu District,

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, while his ancestral home in Xinfeng County,

Shaoguan Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province ( Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch Huineng. Its built-u ...

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. His father Pan Zhiguang was a director of a department of the Public Security Bureau, and his mother was an employee of a state-owned enterprise. Pan graduated with a degree in arts from

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU) () is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education of China, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the B ...

Career

Pan made his acting debut in ''

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'', playing Sun Xiu, son of

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and the third Emperor of

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. Pan's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film ''The Story of Yi Bo'' (1994). In 2000, Pan played the lead role in Lu Xuechang's '' A Lingering Face'', which earned him a Best New Performer Award at the

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. In 2001, Pan co-starred with

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's ''A Love of Blueness'', based on the novel ''Performance Art'' by Fang Fang, for which he received the Best Actor Award nominations at the

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and

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. At the same year, he won the Golden Phoenix Award for Male Actor. Pan portrayed Fang Yi'an, the son of prime minister

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, in the historical television series '' Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty''. Pan won the TV Film Best Actor Award at the

for his performance in ''Desire For Fired'', and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Award at the

for his performance in ''Life Show''. Pan earned his second Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance as Lin Wei in ''Extreme Danger'' (2002). That same year, he starred in ''Stormy Sea'', and won the Outstanding New Actor Award at the

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. In 2004, Pan was cast in the historical television series '' The Legendary Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang'', playing the son of Chen Baoguo's and Xu Fan's characters. In 2007, Pan appeared as Zhu Huifang, a Beijing Opera actor who is

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's cousin, in Chen Kaige's film '' Forever Enthralled''. Pan had a cameo appearance in '' Looking for Jackie'', a 2009 film starring Zhang Yishan and

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. He was cast in the comedy film '' All's Well, Ends Well 2010'', in which he played a couple with Xiong Dailin. In 2010, Pan portrayed Cai Hesen, who was an early leader of the

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(CCP) and a friend and comrade of

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, in the film '' The Founding of a Party''. In 2013, Pan reunited with co-star Zhang Jingchu in the

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film '' The Old Cinderella''. In 2015, Pan was cast in the film '' Blind Spot'', playing Chen Wen, a psychopathic teacher. In 2016, Pan was cast in the television series ''How Much Love Can Be Repeated''. On August 30, 2017, the web series '' Day and Night'' was released on

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, in which Pan played the lead roles Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu.

Personal life

Pan began dating Dong Jie in August 2005, when they filmed in ''Hongyifan''. Dong Jie was engaged to Pan Yueming in the early 2008. On September 26, 2008, Pan married Dong and they have a son Dingding (February 5, 2009). On October 20, 2012, they were divorced. The agent of Dong Jie stated that Pan Yueming is a

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, Pan Yueming has hit back at Dong's team, accusing them of their

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. In May 2014, Pan finally won the lawsuit. The team of Dong was adjudged to apologize to him publicly.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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