Yang Yang (actor)

Yang Yang
Born (1991-09-09) September 9, 1991 (age 33)
Shanghai, China
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • dancer
  • model
Years active2010–present
AgentYuekai Entertainment
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊洋
Simplified Chinese杨洋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Yáng

Yang Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨洋; traditional Chinese: 楊洋, born September 9, 1991) is a Chinese actor. He made his acting debut in the Chinese television drama The Dream of Red Mansions (2010). Since then, he has received recognition for his roles in television dramas The Lost Tomb (2015), The Whirlwind Girl (2015), Love O2O (2016), Martial Universe (2018), The King's Avatar (2019), You Are My Glory (2021), Glory of Special Forces (2022), Who Rules The World (2022), Fireworks of My Heart (2023) and films The Left Ear (2015), I Belonged to You (2016), Once Upon a Time (2017), Vanguard (2020).

He was ranked 5th on the 2017 Forbes China Celebrity 100 list, 27th in 2019 and 44th in 2020. He was China's first Olympic flame torch bearer for the Rio Olympic Games in Greece, on April 22, 2016.[1] He also became the first artist to be featured on the China Post postage stamp in January 2016.[2]

  1. ^ Zhong, Yulan (April 23, 2016). "中国火炬手在希腊传递火炬 杨洋郭采洁现身(高清组图)-新华网" [Chinese torchbearers pass the torch in Greece]. www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  2. ^ 杨洋专属邮品牵引粉丝正能量. Sina (in Chinese). January 11, 2016.