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Xia Yu

Actor | * 10/06/1978 (45) | Qingdao, Shandong Province (People's Republic of China)
Xia Yu (Chinese: 夏雨; born 28 October 1976) is a Chinese actor. At the age of 18 years, he rose to international prominence after winning the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 for his leading role in the film In the Heat of the Sun and became the youngest actor to win that award in the history of the Venice Film Festival. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow marti ...

Birth of the Dragon

PG-13

2017 | 2.9/5 | 1h 43min
Action, Drama
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The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing ...

In the Heat of the Sun

Certification unknown

1994 | 3.9/5 | 2h 14min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife. ...

The Painted Veil

PG-13

2006 | 3.6/5 | 2h 5min
Romance / Love, Drama
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An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (L ...

Waiting Alone

Certification unknown

2005 | 3.4/5 | 1h 47min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Xia Yu

Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor
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Movies with Xia Yu as Actor(34)

as Shen Gongbao2023 Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
2023 The Coldest City
2022 Breaking Through
as Old Ma2020 A Little Red Flower
2018 Goddesses In The Flames Of War
as Wong Jack Man2017 Birth of the Dragon
as Ma Fendou2017 Wished
as Huang2016 Papa
as Zhong Wei2015 Crazy New Year's Eve
2015 Romance Out Of The Blue
as Grill2015 Mojin: The Lost Legend
as Hai Tao [Voice]2014 Bull Brothers
2013 Love Desposit
as Xue Zhao-wen / Freddy2013 Christmas Rose
as Ocean2012 Double Trouble
as 伊东佑亨2012 The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894
as Jai Leang2011 The Desire: A Journey of a Woman
2010 Ganqing shenghuo
as Zhang Ning2010 Wind Blast
2007 Dangerous Games
2007 Jiang bei hao ren
as Wu Lien2006 The Painted Veil
2006 Shanghai Rumba
as PRC Luo Zai-Jun2005 Dragon Squad
as Chen Wen2005 Waiting Alone
2004 Master of Everything
as Mao Dabing2004 Electric Shadows
2003 警察有约
as Officer Zhang2003 Cala, My Dog!
as Gao Ju2002 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
as Quentin Young2001 China: The Panda Adventure
2001 Roots and Branches
as Liu Jinglun (Liu Zhonglun)2000 Shadow Magic
as Ma Xiaojun1994 In the Heat of the Sun

TV Shows/Series with Xia Yu as Actor(4)

2018 Operation Moscow
as 许愿2018 Mystery of Antiques
2013 而立之年
as 仲平1997 东周列国：战国篇

Born: Friday, 10/06 1978 (October) in Qingdao, Shandong Province (People's Republic of China) (current age: 45 years + 196 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Educated at: Central Academy of Drama
Spouses (current/former): Yuan Quan
Other names for Xia Yu (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"夏雨"
Xia Yu frequently works together with these people:
Dayyan Eng (10x, Crew)
David Wu (4x, Actor)
Wuershan (4x, Crew)
Jiang Wen (3x, Actor)
Huang Bo (3x, Actor)
Feng Xiaogang (3x, Crew)
Li Bin (3x, Actress)
Chao Wu (3x, Cast)
Yuan Quan (3x, Actress)
Feng Xiaoning (3x, Crew)
Amir Mokri (2x, Crew)
Nadezhda Mikhalkova (1x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:490268, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024