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Li Youbin

Li Youbin
Born (1958-02-15) 15 February 1958 (age 66)
Alma materShanghai Theatre Academy
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
AgentLiangce Media
Spouse(s)Zhang Ruiqi (former)
Shi Lanya
ChildrenA son
FamilyLi Yeping
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Yòubīn

Li Youbin (born 15 February 1958) is a Chinese actor known for his roles in military dramas.[1] He is particularly known for playing the role of Li Yunlong in the war drama Drawing Sword based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Duliang (都梁). In 2006, along with seven other actors, he received the Audience's Favorite Actor award at the Golden Eagle Awards.[2]

Early life and education

Li was born into a family of workers in Kuancheng District of Changchun, Jilin, on February 15, 1958.[3] He has four siblings. His elder sister Li Yeping (李野萍) is also an actress.[4] Li attended the Changchun No. 11 High School.

In 1995, Li moved to Beijing with his family.[3] In 2002, Li was transferred to the August First Film Studio.[3]

Personal life

Li was twice married. At the age of 16, Li was admitted to a drama troupe and met Zhang Ruiqi (张瑞琪), who will married to him in 1984.[3] Their son Li Xiaoke (李小珂) was born in 1985.[3] In 2006, the two divorced.[3][5]

Li began dating actress Shi Lanya (史兰芽) in 2003 after they first met while appearing in Chinese drama Jiang Shan.[6] They married in 2008.[3] Shi is 13 years younger than Li and has been married twice.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1985 Si zheng 死证 Fang Shusheng (方树森)
1988 Heaven Drum 天鼓 Yu Tian (于天)
1989 Men Coming to the Execution Ground 老少爷们上法场 Qiang Juren (强举人)
1990 Fight at the Imperial Tomb 血泊皇陵 Xu Jin (徐进)
1990 War of Information on the Isolated Island 孤岛情报战 Liu Jianfeng (刘建丰)
1991 Hotline 热线电话 Song Ancheng (宋安成)
1992 Successors of the Great Yu 大禹的传人 Zheng Haifeng (郑海峰)
1992 Edeke xue jiu 俄德克血酒 Liuhan Wu (刘汉五)
1993 Jun lie sha chu zhong wei 军列杀出重围 Zhong Ye (中野)
1994 Sha ji si fu 杀机四伏 Yang Zhigang (扬子江)
1995 Flying Tigers 飞虎队 Qin Xiong (秦雄)
1998 Run for the Village Head 竞选村长 Zhang Changshun (张长顺)
2000 Roaring Across the Horizon 横空出世 Lu Guangda (陆光达)
2003 Jingtaohailang 惊涛骇浪 Zhang Ziming (张子明)
2004 Profoundly Affecting 惊心动魄 Marshal
2005 On the Mountain of Tai Hang 太行山上 Zhu Huaibing (朱怀冰)
2006 Qing nuan wan jia 情暖万家 Zhang Yungsheng (章云生)
2007 My Left Hand 我的左手 Teacher
2008 Jing tian dong di 惊天动地 Liang Zhidong (梁志东)
2010 Feitian 飞天 Commander
2011 Du jiang! Du jiang! 渡江!渡江! He Xiaojiang (和小江)
2012 Loyalty and Betrayal 忠诚与背叛 Weapons factory owner
2013 The Sweet Smile 雷锋的微笑 Luo Ruiqing
2019 九条命
The Bugle from Gutian 古田军号 boss of paper mill
The Secret of China 红星照耀中国

Television

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1992 The Ebb and Flow Lu Mingkuan (鲁明宽)
1995 Bolshevik Brothers 布尔什维克兄弟 Li Shuichang (刘水长)
2005–2006 Drawing Sword[1] 亮剑 Li Yunlong
2008 Pathfinding to the Northeast Zhu Kaishan
2009 In a place far far away 在遥远的地方 Wei Tie
2012 Yan has a daughter who doesn't worry about marriage 老严有女不愁嫁 Yan Chaling (严查令)
2014 Bodyguard of the Love 爱的保镖 Sun Haishan (孙海山)
2015 Don't Let Me Find It 别让我看见 Liu Yusheng (刘玉生)
2015 The Happiness of Sun laojue 孙老倔的幸福 Sunlao Jue (孙老倔)
2017 Juézhàn jiāng qiáo 决战江桥 Ma Zhanshan
2019 In Law We Believe 因法之名 Ge Dajie
反恐特战队之天狼 Wang Duo

References

  1. ^ a b Song, Geng (2010). "Chinese Masculinities Revisited: Male Images in Contemporary Television Drama Serials". Modern China. 36 (4): 404–434. doi:10.1177/0097700410368221. JSTOR 25699442. S2CID 220603904.
  2. ^ "Zhang and Jiang win Most Popular TV Actor and Actress". Xinhua. Shenzhen Daily. October 31, 2006. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Xiao Fengwei (肖凤伟) (2022). 李幼斌之子:生活在明星父亲离婚的阴影下 [Son of Li Youbin: Living in the shadow of celebrity father's divorce]. Bosom Friend (in Chinese). 429. Wuhan, Hubei: Hubei Zhiyin Media Group Co., Ltd.: 29–31. ISSN 1007-502X.
  4. ^ 他47岁才走红,爱上同剧女演员,跟结婚30年原配离婚净身出户!. Tencent (in Chinese). 2018-05-29.
  5. ^ 李幼斌24岁儿子照片曝光 揭秘李幼斌与结发妻离婚娶史兰芽内幕. dzwww.com (in Chinese). 2015-12-03.
  6. ^ 李幼斌 史兰芽老演夫妻终成真夫妻(组图). 163.com (in Chinese). 2010-03-11.