Dong Zijian

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Dong Zijian
Born (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 30)
Beijing, China
Alma mater Central Academy of Drama
Occupations
Years active2013–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017;div. 2022)​
Children1
Parent(s)Dong Zhi Hua
Wang Jing Hua

Dong Zijian (Chinese :董子健, born 19 December 1993) is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his roles in Young Style (2013), Mountains May Depart (2015), De Lan (2015) and At Cafe 6 (2016).

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Early life and education

Dong is born in Beijing, China. His father, Dong Zhi Hua is also an actor; and his mother, Wang Jing Hua is an artist manager in China. [1] [2] He studied at the Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School, Yew Chung International School of Beijing and Beijing NO.80 Middle School in his earlier years. [3] [4] In 2014, he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama. [4]

Career

Dong made his debut in the youth drama film Young Style by Liu Jie, [5] for which he won the Best Actor award at the China Movie Channel Media Awards. [6]

In 2014, Dong featured in the horror film Bunshinsaba 3 , directed by Ahn Byeong-ki; [7] followed by the youth drama film The Ark of Mr. Chow . [8]

In 2015, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Mountains May Depart , a realistic melodrama pic directed by Jia Zhangke. [9] Dong reunited with director Liu Jie to star in his film, De Lan, a rural tale that revolves around a loan officer who travels to a remote village and strikes up a complicated relationship with a Tibetan woman. De Lan won the Best Feature Film award at the Shanghai International Film Festival. [10]

In 2016, he starred in the Taiwanese coming-of-age film At Cafe 6 . [11] He also had a supporting role in the thriller film Hide and Seek which co-starred Wallace Huo. [12]

In 2017, Dong starred in Young Love Lost, a comedy film by first-time director Xiang Guoqiang. He was praised for his excellent portrayal as a young roustabout who has no clear goals. [13] He also featured in Han Han's drama film Duckweed , [14] and patriotic war film The Founding of an Army as Deng Xiaoping. [15] The same year, Dong was cast as one of the three protagonists in Namiya , the Chinese remake of Japanese novel Miracles of the Namiya General Store . [16]

In 2018, Dong starred in the comedy film Dude's Manual. [17] The same year, Dong made his small-screen debut in the television series Like a Flowing River , based on the novel Da Jiang Dong Qu by Ah Nai and set in the period of Chinese economic reform. [18] Forbes China listed Dong under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields. [19]

Filmography

Film

YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2013Young Style青春派Ju Ran
2014 Bunshinsaba 3 笔仙IIIZi Jian
2015 The Ark of Mr. Chow 少年班Wu Wei
Mountains May Depart 山河故人Dao Le
De Lan德蘭Xiao Wang
2016 At Cafe 6 六弄咖啡馆Guan Min-lü
Hide and Seek捉迷藏Lulu's boyfriend
2017Young Love Lost少年巴比伦Lu Xiaolu
Duckweed 乘風破浪Xiao Ma
The Founding of an Army 建軍大業 Deng Xiaoping
Namiya 解憂雜貨店Ah Jie
2018Dude's Manual完全男生手册He Xiaoyang
Ash Is Purest White 江湖儿女(Fengjie) Police [20]
2019Youthful China in the Headlines头条里的青春中国Short film [21]
2020 My People, My Homeland 我和我的家乡Dong Kexue [22]
2021Assassin in Red刺杀小说家Lu Kongwen [23]
A Writer's Odyssey 刺杀小说家Kongwen Lu

Television series

YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2018 Like a Flowing River 大江大河Yang Xun
2020 Like a Flowing River 2大江大河2 [24]
Little Doctor小大夫Guo Jing [25]
My Best Friend's Story 流金岁月Xie Hongzu [26]
Who Is Murderer谁是凶手Xia Mu [27]
2024Like a Flowing River 3大江大河3Yang Xun [28]

Variety show

YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2017Give Me Five高能少年团Cast member [29]

Discography

YearEnglish titleChinese titleAlbumNotes
2017"Proud Youths"骄傲的少年Give Me Five OSTwith Zhang Yishan, Wang Junkai, Liu Haoran & Darren Wang [30]
2019"Starry Sea"星辰大海For China Movie Channel Young Actors Project
with 31 other actors [31]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryWorkResultRef.
2013 China Movie Channel Media Awards Best ActorYoung StyleWon [6]
Chinese Young Generation Film Forum AwardsBest New ActorWon [32]
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best New Performer Nominated
2014 Beijing College Student Film Festival Best New PerformerWon [33]
Changchun Film Festival Best ActorNominated
Chinese Film Media Awards Best New PerformerNominated
2015 Golden Phoenix Awards Best New PerformerWon [34]
2015 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Mountains May Depart Nominated [9]
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards Best Actor De LanNominated
2017 Beijing College Student Film Festival Best ActorNominated
20196th The Actors of China Award CeremonyBest Actor (Emerald Category) Like a Flowing River Nominated [35]
202127th Shanghai Television Festival Best Supporting Actor Like a Flowing River 2Nominated
2024 29th Shanghai Television Festival Best Supporting Actor Like a Flowing River 3Nominated [36]

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