| Native Name: | 我就是演员 |
| Genre: | Variety show |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Director: | Wu Tong |
| Location: | China |
| Company: | Zhejiang Television |
| Network: | Zhejiang Television |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Last Aired: | present |
I Am the Actor is a Chinese variety program produced by Zhejiang Television. The show is hosted by Zhang Guoli and Yi Yi, and features Wu Xiubo, Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi as mentors.[1] The first season of the show was called Birth of Performers, and Zhejiang TV renamed the show as I Am the Actor in the second season, which began airing in September 2018.[2]
After becoming a hit in China, Zhejiang TV formed a partnership in November 2018 with the American company IOI (founded by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky) to co-produce an English version of the show for the global audience.[3]
| Episode # | Broadcast Date | Round # | Session # | Actors | Repertoire | Roles | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) |
| Xu Jiao wins, 212 votes to 194 | |
| 2 |
| Back to 1942 (2012) |
| Ren Suxi wins, 216 votes to 209 | |||
| 3 |
| The Advisors Alliance (2017) | Du Chun wins, 292 votes to 128 | ||||
| 1-2 Actors collaborate with mentors | 1 |
| (离婚夫妻) |
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| 2 |
| (狂笑的男人) |
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| 2 | 3 |
| (失窃之后) |
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| 1-3 Chen Kaige's short film | 1 |
| (艳红) |
| Zhang Ziyi wins, 231 votes to 152 | ||
| 2-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| Eighteen Springs (1997) |
| Janine Chang wins, 335 votes to 81 | ||
| 2 |
| Soul Mate (2016) |
| Kan Qingzi wins, 321 votes to 104 | |||
| 3 |
| Echoes of the Rainbow (2010) |
| Tu Songyan wins, 300 votes to 133 | |||
| 3 | 2-2 Ann Hui's short film | 1 |
| (留情) |
| Wu Xiubo wins, 228 votes to 154 | |
| 3-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| (后宫) |
| Yang Rong wins, 186 votes to 172 (Wang Yuanke) and 63 (Lan Xi) | ||
| 2 |
| The Great Hypnotist (2014) |
| Jin Shijia wins, 318 votes to 107 | |||
| 3 |
| Blind Mountain (2007) |
| Sun Qian wins, 229 votes to 208 | |||
| 4 | 3-2 Jia Zhangke's short film | 1 |
| (自由发挥) |
| Xu Zheng wins, 237 votes to 148 | |
| 4-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| (浪漫的事) |
| Li Qian wins, 308 votes to 114 | ||
| 2 |
| The Flowers of War (2011) |
| Han Xue wins, 222 votes to 203 | |||
| 3 |
| The Banquet (2006) |
| Li Chun wins, 253 votes to 154 | |||
| 4-2 Actors' impromptu performance | 1 |
| (等待) |
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| 5 | 4-3 Lu Chuan's short film | 1 |
| (女儿) |
| Zhang Ziyi wins, 247 votes to 143 | |
| 5-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| One Night in Supermarket (2009) |
| Wang Maolei wins, 272 votes to 228 (Cao Bingkun), 126 (Baby Zhang) and 108 (Yang Di) | ||
| 2 |
| The Last Emperor (1987) | Jiang Mengjie wins, 242 votes to 101 (Zhang Xincheng) and Hai Lu (96); Zhang Xincheng is revived by Yu Hewei | ||||
| 3 |
| The First Half of My Life (2017) |
| Wang Xiaochen wins, 233 votes to 214 | |||
| 6 | 5-2 Joan Chen's short film | 1 |
| (公车上的曹操) |
| Yu Hewei wins, 263 votes to 121 | |
| 6-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| Soldiers Sortie (2006) |
| Guo Qilin wins, 166 votes to 142 (Cao Jun) and 122 (Jing Chao); Jing Chao is revived by Carina Lau | ||
| 2 |
| In Love We Trust (2007) |
| Wang Yang wins, 183 votes to 146 (Xue Jianing) and Cao Xiwen (96) | |||
| 7 | 3 |
| Midnight Diner (2017) |
| Liu Huan wins, 193 votes to 128 (Li Sheng) and 114 (Lin Peng) | ||
| 7-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| The Spring Festival (1991) |
| Shen Chunyang wins, 198 votes to 145; she is waitlisted by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi | ||
| 2 |
| Beijing Love Story (2014) |
| Tan Jianci wins, 286 votes to 260 (Fan Tiantian), 135 (Zhang Meng), 129 (Sun Jian), 126 (Fang Zibin) and 75 (Jiang Kaitong) | |||
| 8 | 6-2 Hu Mei's short film | 1 |
| (儿子的歌声) |
| Kara Hui wins, 203 votes to 184 | |
| 7-1 Actors compete | 3 |
| iPartment (2009) |
| Shao Weitong wins, 168 votes to 164 (Zhang Zhilü), 146 (He Dujuan) and 98 (Hong Bingyao); he is waitlisted by Wu Xiubo, Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi | ||
| 4 |
| My Chief and My Regiment (2009) |
| Han Dong wins, 186 votes to 164 (Yu Xiaotong), 152 (Yin Xiaotian) and 132 (Jia Chenfei); he is waitlisted by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi | |||
| 5 |
| (外来妹; 1991) |
| Liu Yase wins, 252 votes to 210 (Wang Wanjuan), 148 (Gao Xiaofei) and 64 (Tian Yuan) | |||
| 7-2 Selection of waitlisted actors | 1 | 17 waitlisted actors | — | — | Fan Tiantian is revived by Lee Li-chun | ||
| 8-1 Selection for mentor teams | 1 |
| Youth (2017) |
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| 2 |
| Reply 1988 (2015) |
| Jin Shijia joins Wu Xiubo's team; Li Landi, selected by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi, joins Zhang Ziyi's team | |||
| 9 | 3 |
| (潜伏; 2008) |
| Wang Yang joins Xu Zheng's team | ||
| 4 |
| Penitentiary Angel (女儿谷; 1996) |
| Kan Qingzi joins Xu Zheng's team; Han Xue, selected by Wu Xiubo and Zhang Ziyi, joins Zhang Ziyi's team | |||
| 5 |
| (2017) |
| Tan Jianci joins Xu Zheng's team; Liu Huan, selected by Wu Xiubo and Zhang Ziyi, joins Wu Xiubo's team | |||
| 10 | 6 |
| Ke Wang (1990) |
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| 7-3 Stanley Kwan's short film | 1 |
| First Night Nerves (八个女人一台戏; 2018) | ||||