Yan Shunkai

• Name — Yan Shunkai • Born — 6 June 1937 • Birthplace — Shanghai, Republic of China • Died — 16 October 2017 • Place of death — Shanghai, People's Republic of China • Education — Central Academy of Drama • Occupation — Director, actor • Years Active — 1980-2010

Born in Shanghai on June 6, 1937, Yan enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama in 1959, graduating in 1963. After graduation, he joined the Shanghai Farce Troupe.

Yan first garnered recognition for his acting in 1980, when his performance in The True Story of Ah Q earned him a Best Actor award at the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards, the Chinese equivalent of the Golden Globes, and received "The Gold Stick Prize" at the Second International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland in 1982. The film is his film debut. Yan co-starred with Liu Falu, Jin Kangmin, Niu Hong, Chen Qi and Fang Qingzhuo in the 1983 film Spring in the Hometown as a lame person. In 1984, Yan starred as Du Xiaoxi in Wang Weiyi's drama film The New Stories Of Du Xiaoxi. Yan appeared in the romance film The Female Director's Boyfriend (1986), in which he played Cui Hailong. In 1988, Yan made his directorial debut The Story of Ah Tan, and he also starred as Ah Tan in the film. In 1996, Yan starred with Lu Yanfang in the comedy filmThe Harmonious Gouple. Yan appeared in Huang Jianzhong's Girls in the Red Chamber (2002), based on Cao Xueqin's classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber, as Jia She, one of the heads of the Jia family. In 2003, he was cast in the romance television series Dear Angle with Chang Yue and Li Xiaolu. Yan filmed in Legend of the Book's Tower, a wuxia television series starring Sharla Cheung, Nicky Wu, Allen Lin, and Tiffany Tang. In 2006, Yan had a minor role in Pretty Girls in Jianghu. The drama stars Christy Chung, Du Chun, and Liang Guanhua. In 2010, when he was 72, he starred as Wang Mugen, reuniting him with co-star Yvonne Yung, who played his daughter-in-law, in the television series My Ugly Dad.

Yan died on 16 October 2017, aged 80, in Shanghai.

• Year — English title — Chinese title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Mr. Wang and Xiao Chen — zh-Hans — Mr. Wang • 1997 — zh-Hans — Shui Gen • 2001 — zh-Hans — The old craftsman • 2002 — Girls in the Red Chamber — zh-Hans — Jia She • 2003 — Dear Angle — zh-Hans — Cheng Dongming • 2004 — Our Story — zh-Hans — Yan Fugen • Legend of the Book's Tower — zh-Hans — Master Ao • zh-Hans — specialist • 2005 — Dead Men Do Tell Tales — zh-Hans — Censor Feng • 2006 — Pretty Girls in Jianghu — zh-Hans — His Royal Highness Zhu • 2010 — My Ugly Dad — zh-Hans — Wang Mugen

• Year — English title — Chinese title — Cast members — Notes • 1983 — A Monologue of Ah Q — zh-Hans • Playing the Piano — zh-Hans • Visiting the Factory — zh-Hans — Siqin Gaowa • 1990 — Fellow Sufferers — zh-Hans — Huang Hong • 1992 — Stars — zh-Hans — Sun Qixin, Liang Guyin, Chen Xu and Da Shichang • 1993 — Zhang San — zh-Hans — Zhao Lingqi, Yang Xinming, Xu Xiaofan and Ju Bo • 1998 — Road — zh-Hans — Du Ninglin, Zhao Lingqi and Jiang Xiaohan • 1999 — Father and Son — zh-Hans — Zhang Kaili, L Ding and Wang Xinyue • 2004 — Storytelling — zh-Hans — Hong Jiantao and Xiao Dingdang • 2007 — zh-Hans — Lin Yongjian, Liu Xiaomei and Liu Guijuan

• Year — English title — Chinese title — Role — Notes • 1981 — The True Story of Ah Q — zh-Hans — Ah Q • 1983 — Spring in the Hometown — zh-Hans — A lame person who named Zhu • 1984 — The New Stories Of Du Xiaoxi — zh-Hans — Du Xiaoxi • 1986 — The Female Director's Boyfriend — zh-Hans — Cui Hailong • 1988 — The Story of Ah Tan — zh-Hans — Ah Tan — also director • 1996 — The Harmonious Gouple — zh-Hans — Mu Ahman • 2000 — A Widow's Romance — zh-Hans — Lao Wogua • 2005 — Silver Ornaments — zh-Hans — The old craftsman

• Year — Nominated work — Award — Result — Notes • 1982 — The True Story of Ah Q — Second International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland - Best Actor • 1983 — 6th Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor