Ying Da is a Chinese actor and director, best known in film for portraying Louie Wang in Big Shot's Funeral, Ni Zhengyu in The Tokyo Trial and Jin Shenghuo in The Message, and has received critical acclaim for his television work, particularly as Zhao Xinmei in Fortress Besieged and Leng Zixing in The Dream of Red Mansions.
24 Facts About Ying Da
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Ying Da first garnered recognition for his acting in 1990, when his performance in Fortress Besieged, a television series adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Qian Zhongshu, earned him a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 13th Hundred Flowers Awards.
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Ying Da's son Ying Rudi is a member of the China men's national ice hockey team.
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Ying Da was born in Beijing on July 7,1960, to Ying Ruocheng, a director, actor, playwright and vice minister of culture from 1986 to 1990, and Wu Shiliang, a translator and interpreter of Zhou Enlai.
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Ying Da's sister Ying Xiaole is a Chinese-American painter.
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Ying's parents were arrested in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution of China, and 8 year-old Ying Da was passed between relatives and got acquainted with a gang of older delinquents.
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In 1973, after his parents were released from jail, Ying Da resumed studies at the Beijing No 72 Middle School, where he studied alongside Jiang Wen.
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Ying Da received a master's degree in literature and art from the University of Missouri in 1987, that same year he returned to Beijing.
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Ying Da made his film debut in Xie Jin's The Last Aristocrats, playing Zhou Daqing.
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In 1993, Ying Da had a cameo appearance in Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine, a drama film starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li.
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In 1997, Ying Da starred with Ng Man-tat, Eric Tsang, Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan in the comedy film Family Harmony.
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Ying Da received a Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Hundred Flowers Awards for the role.
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In 2006, Ying Da portrayed Ni Zhengyu in the historical film The Tokyo Trial, directed by Gao Qunshu.
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In 2008, Ying Da participated in Chen Kaige's Forever Enthralled as Feng Ziguang, a friend of Leon Lai and Zhang Ziyi's characters.
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In 2010, Ying Da co-starred with Guo Tao, Hu Jing, Ada Choi and Kingdom Yuen in the romantic film The Love Clinic.
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Ying Da co-starred with Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi, Vivian Wu and Qiao Renliang in the comedy film Under the Influence.
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Ying Da hosted the Chinese version of Family Feud from October 2010 to January 2011.
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Ying Da had a minor role in the romantic comedy Dear Enemy, which starred Xu Jinglei, Stanley Huang, Gigi Leung, Aarif Rahman, Christy Chung, Michael Wong, and Zhao Baogang.
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Ying Da was nominated for Golden Lotus Award for Best Actor at the 2nd Macau International Movie Festival.
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In 2014, Ying Da played the lead role in the comedy film Hot Blood Band, alongside Chen Xiang, Leon Dai, Anthony Wong, Kathy Chow and Cai Ming.
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Ying Da married for the second time in 1989 in Beijing, to actress Song Dandan, the couple had a son Ying Rubin.
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On February 24,1997, Ying Da married Liang Huan, 8 years his junior, in Beijing.
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Ying Da's great-grandmother Aisin Gioro Shuzhong was a member of the Qing dynasty royal family.
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Ying Da's grandfather Ying Qianli was a professor at National Taiwan University and Fu Jen Catholic University.