Rong Zishan is a Chinese actor and model, best known for his portrayal of Dollar Zhang in ''

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'' and Zhu Chaoyang in ''

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''.

Personal life

Rong was born on February 3, 2006, in

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Province, and grew up in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trad ...

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Province.

Career

Early in the 2010s, Rong debuted in a KFC commercial. In 2014, Rong contested in a children's runway model show and was the winner of the Suzhou Division. He was cast in Jia Zhangke's 8th feature movie ''

'', which competed for the

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at the

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. Rong has received popular recognition in China for his starring role as Zhu Chaoyang in the iQIYI Light On Series: ''

'', aired in June 2020. In October 2020, he won the “Newcomer Actor Award” at the 2nd Asian Content Awards of the Busan International Film Festival. In December 2020, he was awarded, together with two other child actors Shi Pengyuan and Wang Shengdi, Upcoming Drama Actors of the Year for 2021 iQIYI Scream Night for their roles in ''

''. Rong also picked up Upcoming New Film Actor of the Year Award for his role in ''Let Life Be Beautiful''.

Filmography

Film

Television/Web series

Variety show

Music video appearances

Stage play

Discography

Single

Collaboration

Magazine modeling

Rong at Prada Mode event on August 31 in Shanghai

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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