| Yan Zidong | |||||||
| Othername: | Kevin Yan | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1994 | ||||||
| Agent: | Century Agency (2016-18) | ||||||
| Occupation: | Actor, singer | ||||||
| Yearsactive: | 2016–present | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Shanghai Normal University | ||||||
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Yan Zidong (; born 10 December 1994), also known as Kevin Yan, is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in the dramas Love is More Than a Word (2016), Till Death Tear Us Apart (2017) and Butterfly Lovers (2017).[1] [2]
Yan was born on 10 December 1994 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He enrolled in Xie Jin Film & Television Art College of Shanghai Normal University in 2012, and graduated in 2016.
In 2013, Yang starred in the micro film Return; the film is also his majoring in college graduation work. After graduating from university in 2016, he signed with Century Agency, a brokerage company and officially entered the entertainment industry.[3]
Yan officially debuted as an actor in 2016 with the drama Love Is More Than A Word, playing Gu She.[4] [5] Thereafter, he became known to the audience.[6] In 2017, he started to gain increased attention and popularity with his role as Zhou Yaohua in historical drama Till Death Tear Us Apart, based on the BL novel Love in a Blaze / A Lifetime Love by Nan Zhi.[7] [8] The same year, he played Bujantai in historical drama Rule the World and starred in the wuxia comedy drama Legend of the Little Monk 2, playing a supporting role.[9] [10] He then starred as the male lead in historical drama Butterfly Lovers, and received positive reviews for his portrayal of Liang Shanbo.[11]
On February 24, 2018, Yan himself issued a statement via Sina Weibo saying that he had cancelled the contract with the original brokerage company Century Agency.[12] In 2019, he starred in the romance drama Meet in Gourmet Food, as well as action crime series The World is Not Fraudulent.[13] [14] Yan also starred in the historical drama Psychic Princess,[15] and youth romance film Miss Forever.[16] [17]
Yan has been cast in the historical dramas Renascence,[18] and Court Lady. He is set to star in the modern romance drama Nothing But Thirty playing a guitarist.[19]
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Love is More Than a Word | 識汝不識丁 | Gu She | ||
| 2017 | Till Death Tear Us Apart | 愉此一生 | Zhou Yaohua | ||
| Rule the World | 独步天下 | ||||
| Legend of the Little Monk 2 | 降龙伏虎小济公2 | Li Fengchun | |||
| Butterfly Lovers | 梁山伯与祝英台 | ||||
| A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity | 大话西游之爱你一万年 | Xu Tianqian | |||
| 2019 | Meet in Gourmet Food | 食分喜歡你 | Zuo Yi | ||
| The World is Not Fraudulent | 天下无诈 | Tian He | |||
| Psychic Princess | 通灵妃 | Prince Ye | |||
| 2020 | Renascence | 凤唳九天 | Han Jinyi | ||
| Nothing But Thirty | 三十而已 | Zhong Xiaoyang | |||
| 2021 | Ode to Daughter of Great Tang | 大唐女儿行 | |||
| TBA | Guardians of the Dafeng | 大奉打更人 | Xu Xinnian | [20] |