''Sean Li Rì Shēng'' (李日焺) is a film actor. He was born in Hong Kong and educated in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Education

Li was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, an

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near the village of Hurstpierpoint in West Sussex, before attending the University of Bath in the city of

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in the UK, where he studied engineering, and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in 'New York City'.

Life and career

Li was the joint lead, co-starring with Osman Hung, in the film Permanent Residence, playing the character 'Ivan' Permanent Residence review
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''). It is an unconventional choice of subject matter for Hong Kong cinema in both its examination of male homosexual love and the marital strain resulting from self-denial of that love; it examines the 'limits of life', while the second in the trilogy,

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, explores this theme further in the 'limits of passion'. Li appeared in an earlier film,

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, which tentatively explores a similar theme, although in a much more diffused way. The third, as yet unreleased, film in the trilogy, ''Life of an Artist'', examines the 'limits of art'. In Permanent Residence, Li's character, named Ivan, is a young gay man who seeks a long-term relationship with a straight friend. The friend is aware of Li's inclination, and is happy to befriend him, but is very reluctant to express open affection for him or to become emotionally involved. The film is claimed by its director, ''

'', to be a semi-autobiographical account of his own life.

Filmography

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(2015) – Zayden * '' Camera'' (2014) – Ming * '' Dual Crisis'' (2011) – Simon * '' Permanent Residence'' (2009) – Ivan * ''

'' (2008) – Bartender * '' Have a Ball'' (short experimental film)

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Sean Hong Kong male film actors People educated at Hurstpierpoint College Alumni of the University of Bath Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni Living people 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Year of birth missing (living people)