| Li Youbin | |||||
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1958 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Changchun, Jilin, China | ||||
| Alma Mater: | Shanghai Theatre Academy | ||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||
| Years Active: | 1985 - present | ||||
| Agent: | Liangce Media | ||||
| Spouse: | Zhang Ruiqi (former) Shi Lanya | ||||
| Children: | A son | ||||
| Family: | Li Yeping | ||||
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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]
Li was born into a family of workers in Kuancheng District of Changchun, Jilin, on February 15, 1958. He has four siblings. His elder sister Li Yeping is also an actress.[3] Li attended the Changchun No. 11 High School.
In 1995, Li moved to Beijing with his family. In 2002, Li was transferred to the August First Film Studio.
Li was twice married. At the age of 16, Li was admitted to a drama troupe and met Zhang Ruiqi, who will married to him in 1984. Their son Li Xiaoke was born in 1985. In 2006, the two divorced.[4] [5]
Li began dating actress Shi Lanya in 2003 after they first met while appearing in Chinese drama Jiang Shan.[6] They married in 2008.[4] Shi is 13 years younger than Li and has been married twice.[4]
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Si zheng | Fang Shusheng | |||
| 1988 | Heaven Drum | Yu Tian | |||
| 1989 | Men Coming to the Execution Ground | Qiang Juren | |||
| 1990 | Fight at the Imperial Tomb | Xu Jin | |||
| 1990 | War of Information on the Isolated Island | Liu Jianfeng | |||
| 1991 | Hotline | Song Ancheng | |||
| 1992 | Successors of the Great Yu | Zheng Haifeng | |||
| 1992 | Edeke xue jiu | Liuhan Wu | |||
| 1993 | Jun lie sha chu zhong wei | Zhong Ye | |||
| 1994 | Sha ji si fu | Yang Zhigang | |||
| 1995 | Flying Tigers | Qin Xiong | |||
| 1998 | Run for the Village Head | Zhang Changshun | |||
| 2000 | Roaring Across the Horizon | Lu Guangda | |||
| 2003 | Jingtaohailang | Zhang Ziming | |||
| 2004 | Profoundly Affecting | Marshal | |||
| 2005 | On the Mountain of Tai Hang | Zhu Huaibing | |||
| 2006 | Qing nuan wan jia | Zhang Yungsheng | |||
| 2007 | My Left Hand | Teacher | |||
| 2008 | Jing tian dong di | Liang Zhidong | |||
| 2010 | Feitian | Commander | |||
| 2011 | Du jiang! Du jiang | He Xiaojiang | |||
| 2012 | Loyalty and Betrayal | Weapons factory owner | |||
| 2013 | The Sweet Smile | ||||
| 2019 | Chinese: 九条命 | ||||
| The Bugle from Gutian | Chinese: 古田军号 | boss of paper mill | |||
| The Secret of China | Chinese: 红星照耀中国 |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Ebb and Flow | Lu Mingkuan | |||
| 1995 | Bolshevik Brothers | Li Shuichang | |||
| 2005–2006 | Drawing Sword | Li Yunlong | |||
| 2008 | Pathfinding to the Northeast | Zhu Kaishan | |||
| 2009 | In a place far far away | Wei Tie | |||
| 2012 | Yan has a daughter who doesn't worry about marriage | Yan Chaling | |||
| 2014 | Bodyguard of the Love | Sun Haishan | |||
| 2015 | Don't Let Me Find It | Liu Yusheng | |||
| 2015 | The Happiness of Sun laojue | Sunlao Jue | |||
| 2017 | Juézhàn jiāng qiáo | ||||
| 2019 | In Law We Believe | Chinese: 因法之名 | Ge Dajie | ||
| Chinese: 反恐特战队之天狼 | Wang Duo |