Zhang Songwen

Zhang Songwen (Chinese name: Chinese: 张颂文; pinyin: Zhāng SòngWén) is a Chinese actor and acting coach. He is known for starring in the 2018 film The Shadow Play and the 2020 drama The Bad Kids.

Zhang Songwen
Born (1976-05-10) 10 May 1976
Alma materBeijing Film Academy
Occupation
Years active2003–present
AgentMountaintop Entertainment
Chinese name
Chinese张颂文

Early life

In 2000, Zhang entered Beijing Film Academy. After graduation, he become a teaching assistant at Alma Mater.[1]

Career

In 2009, Zhang had his first cooperation with the famous director Lou Ye in Spring Fever (2009), which was shown in competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival[2] where it won the prize for best screenplay.

Later in 2017, Zhang appeared as a teacher father in End of Summer (2017). It made its world premiere in the New Currents section of the 22nd Busan International Film Festival, winning the KNN Award.[3]

Zhang starred in the crime drama film The Shadow Play (2018), as the Chief of Construction Committee jumping to his death from a tall building.[4] The Shadow Play received critical acclaim and several Golden Horse Awards nominations. [5]

In 2020, Zhang portrayed an aquatic production businessman in the web television series The Bad Kids, [6]which is based on the 2014 Zi Jinchen's novel, Bad Kid (坏小孩).[7] The series released with critical acclaim and became a social media hit.[8][9]

Filmography

Film

YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2009 Spring Fever 春风沉醉的夜晚 Han Ming
2011 The First President 第一大总统 Ye Ju
2012 Love Lifting 高舉·愛 Chen Chao
Guns and Roses 黄金大劫案 Pu Xiaotong [10]
The Four 四大名捕 Qian Jian
The Last Tycoon 大上海 Bao Yunlong
2013 Ip Man: The Final Fight 葉問:終極一戰 Ip Chun [11]
Fake Fiction 摩登年代 Wei Jian
2014 Red Amnesia 闯入者 Policeman
2015 An Inspector Calls 神探駕到 Qi Shixing
The Way Forward 一路向前 Dr. Li
2017 End of Summer 西小河的夏天 Gu Jianhua
2019 The Shadow Play 风中有朵雨做的云 Tang Yijie
Saturday Fiction 兰心大剧院 Ni Zeren

Television series

YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2005 乘龙怪婿 Jia Fa Also as the acting coach[12]
2006 Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty 北魏冯太后 Wang Hui
2008Huo Yuanjia霍元甲Nong Jinsun
2009Bing Sheng兵圣Fuchai of Wu[13]
2010The Legend of Yang Guifei杨贵妃秘史Yang Guozhong[14]
2015 Master of Destiny 風雲天地 young Kuang Junhao
2018 The Inquiry In 1938 密查 Sun Dawu
2020 Detective Chinatown 唐人街探案 Wensong
The Bad Kids隐秘的角落Zhu Yongping

References

  1. "寻找真实的张颂文" (in Chinese). Sina. May 10, 2019.
  2. McCarthy, Todd (April 16, 2008). "Cannes taps heavy hitters". Variety.
  3. Ryan, Fergus (1 September 2017). "Chinese Film 'End of Summer' Makes It To Busan International Film Festival". chinafilminsider.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. "娄烨《风中有朵雨做的云》国内定档4.4". Mtime (in Chinese). January 30, 2019.
  5. ""Shadow" leads the Golden Horse nominations". The Film Experience. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. "《隐秘的角落》曝海边大片 秦昊王景春张颂文主演". Netease (in Chinese). June 10, 2020.
  7. "廖凡、段奕宏、王景春回归2020新剧值得期待 - 齐鲁晚报数字报刊". sjb.qlwb.com.cn. February 27, 2020.
  8. "章子怡夸《隐秘的角落》 秦昊表示怀念爬山的时光|章子怡|隐秘的角落|秦昊_新浪娱乐_新浪网". Sina (in Chinese). 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  9. "Hit Thriller "The Bad Kids" is Stirring Conversations About Childhood Trauma - and Chinese TV". RADII | Culture, Innovation, and Life in today's China. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  10. "表演系老师张颂文:中国演员赴好莱坞需突破语言关". Phoenix Television (in Chinese). April 17, 2012.
  11. "Full Cast & Crew for Ip Man: The Final Fight". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  12. "明星校友 张颂文". 北京电影学院 继续教育学院培训基地 (in Chinese). March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on May 31, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  13. "《兵圣》力求真实 "夫差"张颂文含泪掌嘴师弟". Sina (in Chinese). July 14, 2008.
  14. "张颂文《杨贵妃秘史》出演杨国忠 一波三折". Sina (in Chinese). October 14, 2009.
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