Li Xuejian
Jury President of the 12th Tiantan Award
Li Xuejian was the winner of Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards and the People’s Hundred Flowers Awards, and recipient of the title and medal of Reform Pioneer, as well as being known as the “Most Impressive Striver”.
Growing up against the backdrop of the reform and opening up policy, Li Xuejian is an excellent performing artist and a role model for Chinese actors. He is good at observing the characteristics of the roles he plays and embraces their life experiences. He has refined his own acting style through theoretical study and actual performance and has created countless artistic images with great vitality and appeal, demonstrating the zeitgeist during the economic development and social changes over the past 40 years. He used to be the 9th chairman of the China Film Association and is now honorary chairman of the China Film Association.
Internationally, Li Xuejian’s films have been shortlisted for many international awards. In 1992, the film Family Portrait, which he starred in, was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 46th Locarno International Film Festival. In 1995, he starred in the film Shanghai Triad, which was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival, won the Technical Grand Prize, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in the following year. In 1998, he starred in the film The Emperor and The Assassin, which was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival and won the Technical Grand Prize.
In China, Li Xuejian’s acting skills are even more well-known, with his performances regarded as the backbone of the films he has appeared in. In 1990, he starred in the film Jiao Yulu, which is one of his most representative works. By virtue of this film, he won the Best Actor Award both at the 11th Golden Rooster Awards and the 14th People’s Hundred Flowers Awards, for a double scoop as best actor. In 2011, he won the Outstanding Actor Award at the 14th Huabiao Film Awards for his film Yang Shanzhou.
In 2018, Li Xuejian was awarded the title and medal of Reform Pioneer by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and was praised as an outstanding performing artist who had promoted core socialist values. In 2019, he was selected as the “Most Impressive Striver”.
In recent years, Li Xuejian has continued to perform in many films. Regardless of the importance of the role, he has always been conscientious and dedicated.
Growing up against the backdrop of the reform and opening up policy, Li Xuejian is an excellent performing artist and a role model for Chinese actors. He is good at observing the characteristics of the roles he plays and embraces their life experiences. He has refined his own acting style through theoretical study and actual performance and has created countless artistic images with great vitality and appeal, demonstrating the zeitgeist during the economic development and social changes over the past 40 years. He used to be the 9th chairman of the China Film Association and is now honorary chairman of the China Film Association.
Internationally, Li Xuejian’s films have been shortlisted for many international awards. In 1992, the film Family Portrait, which he starred in, was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 46th Locarno International Film Festival. In 1995, he starred in the film Shanghai Triad, which was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival, won the Technical Grand Prize, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for the Best Foreign Language Film in the following year. In 1998, he starred in the film The Emperor and The Assassin, which was shortlisted for the main competition section of the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival and won the Technical Grand Prize.
In China, Li Xuejian’s acting skills are even more well-known, with his performances regarded as the backbone of the films he has appeared in. In 1990, he starred in the film Jiao Yulu, which is one of his most representative works. By virtue of this film, he won the Best Actor Award both at the 11th Golden Rooster Awards and the 14th People’s Hundred Flowers Awards, for a double scoop as best actor. In 2011, he won the Outstanding Actor Award at the 14th Huabiao Film Awards for his film Yang Shanzhou.
In 2018, Li Xuejian was awarded the title and medal of Reform Pioneer by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and was praised as an outstanding performing artist who had promoted core socialist values. In 2019, he was selected as the “Most Impressive Striver”.
In recent years, Li Xuejian has continued to perform in many films. Regardless of the importance of the role, he has always been conscientious and dedicated.
