Zhang Jiayi

Zhang was born and raised in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Zhang was a student with merit on wrestle when he was in high school. After graduated from high school, he planned to be a professional wrestler. However, on the advice of his uncle, who worked at the Xi’an Film Studio, he decided to take the entrance examination for the Beijing Film Academy and was subsequently admitted.^[3] After graduating from the academy in 1991, he was assigned to Xi'an Film Studio.^[4]

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Zhang played his first role as Kang Bosi in film Rubilks-clock in 1990, which is his first film. One year later, he graduated from Beijing Film Academy and changed his name from Zhang Xiaotong to Zhang Jiayi.^[3]

In 1995, Zhang played Zhang Jianguo in television series Daobei People which is his first time to appear in small screen.^[3]

Zhang in 1999 participated in film Xian's Finest and won Society Award at 7th Golden Phoenix Awards.^[5]

Zhang came back to Beijing from Xi'an in 2000. And he played Wu Dengyun in television series Dr. Wu in Pamir which was adapted from a true story and won the First Prize of television series at 21st Flying Apsaras Awards.^[6]

In 2004, Zhang played main role Song Chao in television series National Mission cooperated with actress Wang Haiyan.^[7]

Zhang gained attention and popularity and rose to fame with his role as Song Siming in television series Dwelling Narrowness in 2009.^[1]

Zhang won the Best Actor(Contemporary Drama) at 4th Huading Awards in 2010 due to television series I Am the Proprietor.^[8]

In 2011, Zhang won the Best Actor at 17th Magnolia Awards for his performing in television drama Borrow Gun.^[9] In hit film Love Is Not Blind, Zhang played as a supporting role.^[10]

In 2012, Zhang participated in television drama The Brink as main actor and artistic director.^[11] In May, he played as Liu Chenxi in hit television drama Angel Heart which was adapted from writer Liu Liu's novel.^[12] In September, he played as a police in television series Story of Police in Yingpan.^[13] Zhang won the Best Actor at 8th Huading Awards, 3rd Golden Lotus Awards and 4th China TV Drama Awards for his performing in The Brink.^[14][15] And he won the Best Actor at 29th Flying Apsaras Awards, 27th China TV Golden Eagle Award due to Story of Police in Yingpan.^[16] At 8th Huading Awards, he also won 10 Most Popular TV Celebrities of the year award.

Zhang played as main role in Life's Ups and Downs in 2013 and won the Best Actor at 19th Magnolia Awards.^[17] In the same year, he participated in film The Founding of a Party and won the Society Award at 14th Golden Phoenix Awards.

In 2014, Zhang played as main role in A Servant of Two Masters and won the Best Actor at 6th China TV Drama Awards. In Forty-nine Days Memorial, a television series which was adapted from writer Geling Yan's novel, Zhang Jiayi's performing won the Best Actor Award at 20th Asian Television Awards.^[18] Same year, Zhang participated in Chinese director Zhang Yimou's film Coming Home.^[19]

In 2015, Zhang participated in television series White Deer Plain as leading role and artistic director. He also played a guest role in hit drama Game of Hunting.^[20] At 1st China Quality Television Drama Ceremony, Zhang won the Most Expressive Actor award.
In 2016, Zhang played as main actor in contemporary drama My! Physical Education Teacher.^[21] Same year, he participated in Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's film I Am Not Madame Bovary, and was nominated for the Best Actor at 8th China Film Director's Guild Awards.^[22]

The drama White Deer Plain was allowed to broadcast in 2017.^[23] Due to this television drama, Zhang was nominated for Best Actor at 8th Golden Lotus Awards and 29th China TV Golden Eagle Awards. And he won the Best Actor at 4th Asia Rainbow TV Awards.^[24] In this year, he also played a main role in television drama Wonderful Life, and won Best Actor at 24th Huading Awards in 2018 for his performing in this drama.^[8]

Marriage

In 2004, during filming the television series National Mission, Zhang had a romance with actress Wang Haiyan. Three years later, in 2007, Zhang married Wang in his hometown Xi'an. This is his second marriage.^[25] On September 19, 2010, their first daughter was born, and was named Zhang Yixin.^[26]

Disease

In the beginning of 2018, a video about Zhang Jiayi in television series Wonderful Life went viral because of his unique walking posture. In fact, his unique walking posture is one of the symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis. The disease limits his actions so that sometimes he is unable to straighten his back.^[27] When he was 22, he felt the back pain, but did not pay much attention and still endured the pain to work, which made his illness more serious. According to his speech in CCTV program Voice, he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis when he was 25.^[28]

Television series

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Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1990	Nie Rongzhen	聂荣臻	Nie Rongzhen
1994	Ai You Ru He	爱又如何	Shen Wei
1995	Daobei People	道北人	Zhang Jianguo	[3]
1997	The Old House	老房子	Xu Hao
1997	Fighting for National Heirloom	火线对峙	Zhang Xueliang
1997	Good Man	好人难当	Liu Donghai
1998	Stories in Performing School	表演系的故事	Li Bing
1999	Graduate Students	毕业生	Yang Zijiang
2000	The Life Is Destined	前世今生	Su Yunfei
2001	Dr. Wu in Pamir	帕米尔医生	Wu Dengyun
2002	Cadre	干部	Bai Senlin
2002	Fleeting Time	不觉流水年长	Sun Baoming
2002	City of Hope	希望之城	Zhao Guoliang
2002	Sunshine Lit the Soul	照亮灵魂的阳光	Gao Yu
2002	Representative of Sunshine	阳光代表	Wu Shutian
2002	Emphasis Detect	立案侦查	Ren Jichang
2003	Heroic Legend	萍踪侠影	Zhang Fengfu
2003	Greatest Building in The World	天下第一楼	Rui Ying
2003	Behind the Truth	真相的背后	Zhang Xiaolong
2003	Suddenly Turn Hostile	变脸	Qi Mingxuan
2004	National Mission	国家使命	Song Chao	[25]
2004	A Mission	使命	Lin Yin
2004	24 Hour Police Affair	24小时警事	Chen Yiming
2004	Detective Ou	探长欧光慈	Hu Xiaodao
2005	Remarriage of A Police Woman	半路夫妻	Jiang Jianping
2005	Unbreakable	生死劫	Yuan Muye	[29]
2005	Greatest Matchmaker in the World	天下第一媒婆	Zheng Wanjun
2005	Farmers' Representative	农民代表	Xu Mingyuan
2005	The Warmth	温暖	Yan Zhiguo
2006	Marry for Love	为爱结婚	Zhu Yanfeng
2006	Two-gun Li Xiangyang	双枪李向阳	Li Xiangyang	[30]
2006	Agents on The 5th Group	五号特工组	Liu Tao
2006	Worry in Woman	女人心事	You Wei
2006	Cause Troubles Tracing	肇事追踪	Tang Guodong
2006	The Jins	妻室儿女	Jin Shunqi
2006	Jal sarabose	好好过日子	Chen Siwei
2007	You Are Authorized to the Maintenance Slience	你有权保持沉默	Gu Zhongshi
2007	No Bullet	没有子弹	Zang Junling	[31]
2007	Ex-wife Comes Home	前妻回家	Li Xiang
2007	I Am the Sun	我是太阳	Pang Ruofei
2007	Behind Marriage	婚姻背后	Su Qin
2007	The Image of A Nation	国家形象	Zhao Gang
2008	Studio of Glorious Treasures	百年荣宝斋	Zhang Youlin
2008	Great Trade Route	大商道	He Tianbao
2008	Secret Train	秘密列车	Zheng Jucun
2008	Living	大生活	Gao Ming
2008	Military Doctor	军医	Zhang Shizhang
2009	Dwelling Narrowness	蜗居	Song Siming	[1]
2009	The Sacred Mission	神圣使命	Ma Qiming
2009	I Am the Proprietor	我是业主	Fang Dongxu
2010	Slience	沉默	Lin Yin
2010	Xian Hua Duo Duo	鲜花朵朵	Dong Liangchen
2010	Family	瞧这一家子	Liu Licheng
2010	The Informant	告密者	Du Shengkui
2011	Brothers	你是我兄弟	Ma Xuewu
2011	Borrow Gun	借枪	Xiong Kuohai	[9]
2011	Two-gun Li Xiangyang	双枪李向阳之再战松岗	Li Xiangyang
2011	Please Forgive Me	请你原谅我	Zhang Yi
2011	Xia Hai	下海	Chen Zhiping
2012	The Brink	悬崖	Zhou Yi	[11]
2012	Valley Of The Wolves	雪狼谷	Hao Guozhen
2012	Angel Heart	心术	Liu Chenxi	[12]
2012	Life's Ups and Downs	浮沉	Wang Guilin	[17]
2012	Story of Police in Yingpan	营盘镇警事	Fan Dangyu	[13]
2014	Marriage Secret	结婚的秘密	Guan Haotian
2014	A Servant of Two Masters	一仆二主	Yang Shu
2014	Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads	历史转折中的邓小平	Xi Zhongxun	[32]
2014	True Man	爷们儿	Li Guosheng
2014	Forty-nine Days Memorial	四十九日·祭	Fa Bi	[33]
2014	Hua Hong Hua Huo	花红花火	Sheng Jiamen
2014	The Merchants of Qing Dynasty	大清盐商	Wang Chaozong
2015	Dare to Love	敢爱	Ren Woxing	Cameo
2015	For Love To	妻子不设防	Liang Tian	Cameo
2015	Truth And Trust	后海不是海	Shi Mo	[34]
2015	The Direction of Happiness	幸福双黄线	Su Shizhang
2015	Pretty Wife	老婆大人是80后	Dong Jinghui
2015	Tumultuous Times Scholars	乱世书香	Xu Jianbo	[35]
2015	Young Marshal	少帅	Li Daxhao	Cameo
2016	Transition From Liping	生死黎平	Tang Guoxun	[36]
2016	The Red Flag Thrown into West Wind	红旗漫卷西风	Cheng Muxian	Cameo
2017	White Deer Plain	白鹿原	Bai Jiaxuan	[23]
2017	Under Cover	卧底归来	Fang Qinglong
2017	Emergency Department Doctors	急诊科医生	He Jianyi	[37]
2017	Game of Hunting	猎场	Qu Minjing	Cameo
2017	My! Physical Education Teacher	我的！体育老师	Ma Ke	[21]
2017	A Splendid Life in Beijing	生逢灿烂的日子	Guo Xiaohai	[38]
2018	Blossoms in Dream	花开如梦	Meng Yunong
2018	Collision	大叔与少年	Yang Jinggang
2018	Love is Leaving	安娜的爱人	Lin Fu
2018	Wonderful Life	美好生活	Xu Tian	[39]
2019	Novoland: Eagle Flag	九州缥缈录	Baili Jinghong	[40]
2019	Growing Pain	少年派	Lin Dawei	[41]
2020	Together	在一起	Zhang Hanqing
2020	The Stage	我待生活如初恋	Diao Shunzi	[42]
2021	Minning Town	闽宁镇	Ma Hanshui	[43]
2021	Love is beautiful	对你的爱很美	Wang Dashan
2022		战上海

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Film

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year	English title	Chinese title	role	notes
1990	Rubilks-clock	魔表	Kang Bosi	[44]
1991	Nie Qing	孽情	Shui Gen
1991	Zao Yu Ji Qing	遭遇激情	Tang Da Xian
1992	The Cruel Summer Time	残酷夏日	Guo Rong
1992	A Man or A Monkey	人猴大裂变	Zhen Ping
1994	Dirt	头发乱了	Zheng Weidong
1994	Back to Back, Face to Face	背靠背脸对脸	Shi Jingli	Cameo
1996	Ba Ba Bie Pian Wo	爸爸，你别骗我	The college student
1996	Ambush	埋伏	Yang Gao
1997	Bearing Father to School	背起爸爸上学	Gao Laoshi
1997	My Wife, My Boss	给太太打工	Chen Shaoyu
1997	Superconductor	超导	Ge Jingli
1997	Xian's Finest	睡不着	Li Suozhang
1999	People in Macau	澳门儿女	Li Fanding
2000	Wei Xian Guan Xi	危险关系	Li Rui
2001	Li Qiushi	李秋实	Wang Zhicheng
2001	The Dream of A Young Soldier	高原如梦	Zhi Daoyuan
2001	Plain Shots	平原枪声	Zheng Jingzhi
2001	Sanyan and ErPai: Lian Jin Shu	拍案惊奇之炼金术	Pan Dasheng
2005	Eat Hot Tofu Slowly	心急吃不了热豆腐	Ye Lang
2007	Feng Zhiyuan	冯志远	Feng Zhiyuan
2008	In Love We Trust	左右	Xiao Lu	[45]
2009	One Night in Supermarket	夜·店	The robber
2010	Chongqing Blues	日照重庆	Liu Cheng
2011	The Founding of a Party	建党伟业	Li Daozhao	[46]
2011	Love Is Not Blind	失恋33天	Da Laowang	[10]
2012	All for Love	三个未婚妈妈	Liu Erbiao
2013	Going to Lhasa	去拉萨	Lu Bocheng
2013	Angry Kid	愤怒的小孩	Sun Jianye	[47]
2013	A Touch of Sin	天注定	Xiaoyu's lover
2014	Coming Home	归来	Wang Yisheng	[19]
2014	The Golden Era	黄金时代	Zhou Jingwen
2014	The Crossing	太平轮	Lei Fu
2016	I Am Not Madame Bovary	我不是潘金莲	Ma Wenbin	[48]
2019	My People, My Country	我和我的祖国		[49]
2019	At Last	玩命三日		[50]

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Animation film

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year	English title	Chinese title	role	notes
2014	The Legend of Qin	秦时明月之龙腾万里	Wei Zhuang	[51]

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Forbes China Celebrity 100

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Year	Rank	Ref.
2011	96th	[60]
2012	51st	[61]
2015	40th	[62]
2017	93rd	[63]
2019	50th	[64]
2020	67th	[65]

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