Nie Yuan
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Early life

Nie was born in Zhenyuan County
Zhenyuan County, Guizhou
Zhenyuan County is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture....

, Guizhou
Guizhou
' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :...

. His parents named his older brother and him "Zhen" and "Yuan" respectively to remind them not to forget their hometown (Zhenyuan). When Nie recalled his adolescent days, he thought of himself as a "marginal youth" back then - he secretly joined the Guiyang Dance Class without informing his parents; when he was around 15 and 16 years old, he smoked, got into fights, and ran away from home. His worried parents sent him to enlist in the PLA
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 — celebrated annually as "PLA Day" — as the military arm of the Communist Party of China...

. Nie later enrolled in the Shanghai Theatre Academy after completing his service in the army. However, Nie behaved insolently in the academy and was almost expelled for poor conduct, but a teacher appealed for him to stay. After this incident, Nie became more mature and changed his rebellious ways.

Career

Nie first started acting when he was still in the Shanghai Theatre Academy. He was a "highly productive" actor, as he described in his own words, "In times when I was playing with my life, I could finish filming one episode in two days. I tried completing filming a 140 episodes television drama and one movie in a year. This can be taken as a record."

In 2000, after graduating from the academy, Nie and his first girlfriend, actress Huang Yi
Huang Yi (actress)
Huang Yi is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the TV Film Department of the Shanghai Institute of Oriental Culture.- Filmography :Film references:- Discography :...

, collaborated in the television drama Wrong Carriage, Right Groom. Nie did not receive much acclaim for his performance while in contrast, Huang Yi was very successful. In 2001, Nie worked on Tianxia Liangcang with director Wu Ziniu
Wu Ziniu
Wu Ziniu , is a Chinese film director and a member of the "Fifth Generation" film movement, a movement of filmmakers who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in the early 1980s. Unlike his better-known contemporaries, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, who made their names with historical dramas, Wu...

, and was noted for his outstanding performance. Following that, Nie acted in the period dramas Datang Qingshi, Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story, Hanxue Baoma, and Zhenguan Changge
Zhenguan Changge
Zhenguan Changge is a Chinese television series directed by Wu Ziniu. It was first aired on CCTV in China in 2007. The series is based on the events in the Zhenguan era of the reign of Emperor Taizong during the Tang Dynasty.-Plot:...

, and experienced a surge in popularity for his portrayal of good-looking young men dressed in ancient Chinese costumes.

In 2004, Nie was named by the Chinese media as one of the "Mainland's New Four Young Actors", along with Huang Xiaoming
Huang Xiaoming
Huang Xiaoming is a mainland Chinese actor, singer, and model. He is often referred to as China's "number one heartthrob" or "number one young male"...

, Tong Dawei
Tong Dawei
Tong Dawei is a Chinese actor and singer. Tong is best known for starring TV series Jade Guan-yin, Struggle and the film Lost in Beijing....

 and Yin Xiaotian. That year, producer Zhang Jizhong was searching for someone to play the lead role of Yang Guo
Yang Guo
Yang Guo, style name Gaizhi , is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong....

 in his wuxia
Wuxia
Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

television series The Return of the Condor Heroes
The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006 TV series)
The original soundtrack was released on 13 May 2006 from Rock Records Co., LTD . There are two versions of the soundtrack. The mainland Chinese release contains a total of 15 tracks while the Taiwanese release includes two bonus tracks...

. Nie was a popular choice for "Yang Guo", and he participated in the audition as well, but eventually lost the role to Huang Xiaoming, who was not as popular as him then. Huang Xiaoming's performance in The Return of the Condor Heroes propelled him to fame, while in contrast, Nie did not advance much in his career. It was said that Nie and Huang developed a rivalry over the incident, but in a 2010 interview, Nie admitted that he did feel depressed when he lost the opportunity to play Yang Guo, but also stated that his feud with Huang Xiaoming is a hype by the media and not true.

From 2008 onwards, Nie's career took an upturn when he starred in television dramas Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, adaptations of two of the Four Great Classical Novels
Four Great Classical Novels
The Four Great Classical Novels, or the Four Major Classical Novels of Chinese literature, are the four novels commonly regarded by scholars to be the greatest and most influential of pre-modern Chinese fiction. Dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties, they are well known to most Chinese readers...

 of Chinese literature
Chinese literature
Chinese literature extends thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novels that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese...

. In 2011, he also started working on the films Wang De Shengyan and Jinling Shisan Cha.

Personal life

When he was in his third year at Shanghai Theatre Academy, Nie met actress Huang Yi
Huang Yi (actress)
Huang Yi is a Chinese actress and singer. She graduated from the TV Film Department of the Shanghai Institute of Oriental Culture.- Filmography :Film references:- Discography :...

 and started a relationship with her. They also acted together as a couple in the television drama Wrong Carriage, Right Groom. Nie and Huang Yi later broke up as they pursued their respective careers.

Around 2003, Nie started a new relationship, this time with Liu Yun
Liu Yun (actress)
-Biography:Liu Yun, a girl born and raised in Changsha, Hunan, China, later became a graduate from Central Academy of Drama, one of the best and most famous drama school in China...

 (劉芸), whom he first met when they were working together in Hanxue Baoma. They were later paired up again in Dahan Jinguo (2004). Nie and Liu Yun separated in 2006, and they did not want to mention anything about their relationship again.

On September 28, 2008, Nie married actress Yang Guang (陽光). Their wedding was held in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 and more than 300 guests were invited.

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Tengwangge Chuanqi
滕王閣傳奇
Wang Bo
Wang Bo
Wang Bo , courtesy name Zi'an , was a Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty.Wang Bo is one of the Four Literary Eminences in Early Tang, known as ChuTangSiJie . He opposed the spread of the Gong Ti Style of the Sui Dynasty, and advocated a style rich in emotions...

 
Television film
Daofeng
刀鋒
Fang Xiao Television film
2002 Xiongzhai Youling
凶宅幽靈
Jiang Hongbin
2004 Jianxun Yiyue Zhui
簡訊一月追
Tan Qiang Guest star
2005 Fangxiang Zhi Lü
芳香之旅
Liu Fendou
Abao De Gushi
阿寶的故事
Luo Wei
2006 Wohu
臥虎
Policeman
Dongfang Haidao Chuanqi
東方海盜傳奇
Young Tang Lang Guest star
2007 Da'ai Wuyin
大愛無垠
Zhu Yibing
Wonder Women
女人本色
Cheng Bicong
2008 Fit Lover
愛情左燈右行
2011 The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman is a 2011 Hong Kong film adapted from the story of Guan Yu crossing five passes and slaying six generals in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It stars Donnie Yen as Guan, who also served as the film's action director. Written and directed by Alan Mak...


關雲長
Han Fu
Han Fu (fictional)
Han Fu is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He served as a general under the warlord Cao Cao, and was appointed as Administrator of Luoyang...

 
The Founding of a Party
The Founding of a Party
The Founding of a Party, alternatively titled in English Beginning of the Great Revival for its international release, is a Chinese film released in 2011 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China...


建黨偉業
Chen Qimei
Chen Qimei
Chen Qimei was a Chinese revolutionary activist, close political ally of Sun Yat-sen, and early mentor of Chiang Kai-shek. He was as one of the founders of the Republic of China, and the uncle of Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu....

 
TBA Wang De Shengyan
王的盛宴
Xiang Zhuang
Xiang Zhuang
Xiang Zhuang was a younger cousin of Xiang Yu, the "Hegemon-King of Western Chu". He fought on Chu's side as a military general during the Chu–Han contention, a power struggle for supremacy over China between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang...

 
Jinling Shisan Cha
金陵十三釵

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Bainian Fuchen
百年沉浮
Pei Yexiang
1999 Saoniang
嫂娘
Yunlin
Smart Kid
機靈小不懂
Zhengde Emperor
Zhengde Emperor
The Zhengde Emperor was emperor of China between 1505-1521. Born Zhu Houzhao, he was the Hongzhi Emperor's eldest son...

 
Qingshu
情書
Lü Bin Guest star
2000 Wrong Carriage, Right Groom
上錯花轎嫁對郎
Qi Tianlei
Xiari Lianyu Lu
夏日戀語錄
Dali Guest star
Duoming Wanglu
奪命網路
Xu Bo Guest star; alternative title Ai Buxuyao Chengnuo (愛,不需要承諾)
2001 Tianxia Liangcang
天下糧倉
Qianlong Emperor
Qianlong Emperor
The Qianlong Emperor was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. The fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, he reigned officially from 11 October 1735 to 8 February 1796...

 
Ruying Suixing
如影隨形
Zuo Xiaobing Guest star
Datang Qingshi
大唐情史
Bian Ji
Feichang Qingwang
非常情網
Tian Jiang
Lü Bu Yu Diaochan
呂布與貂蟬
Cao Cao
Cao Cao
Cao Cao was a warlord and the penultimate chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during the dynasty's final years. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the state of Cao Wei and was posthumously titled...

 
Alternative title Diewu Tianya (蝶舞天涯)
2002 Four Marshals
四大名捕斗將軍
Wuqing
Xiao Baxian
笑八仙
Da'erguai
Jungang Zhi Ye
軍港之夜
Xiao Ming
2003 Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story
倩女幽魂
Qiye
Suitang Yingxiong Zhuan
隋唐英雄傳
Luo Cheng
Datang Gefei
大唐歌飛
An Qingxu
An Qingxu
An Qingxu , né An Renzhi , was a son of An Lushan, a general of the Chinese Tang Dynasty who rebelled and took imperial title of his own state of Yan. An Qingxu serves as the Prince of Jin from 756 - 757, and later killed his father and took imperial title for himself. He was eventually defeated...

 
Longfeng Qiyuan
龍鳳奇緣
Fu Jun
Renming Guantian
人命關天
Chen Tianhua
Qingtian Yamen
青天衙門
Lin Youqing Guest star
2004 Hanxue Baoma
汗血寶馬
Zhao Xizhu
Jingcheng Sishao
京城四少
Tiedan
Dahan Jinguo
大漢巾幗
Fu Shen
Lingyun Zhuangzhi Bao Qingtian
凌雲壯志包青天
Wang Chao Guest star
Sheizhu Zhongyuan
誰主中原
Chongzhen Emperor
Chongzhen Emperor
The Chongzhen Emperor was the 16th and last emperor of the Ming Dynasty in China. He reigned from 1627 to 1644, under an era name that means "honorable and auspicious".- Early years :...

 
The 100th Bride
第100個新娘
Xiaogang
Zhenguan Changge
Zhenguan Changge
Zhenguan Changge is a Chinese television series directed by Wu Ziniu. It was first aired on CCTV in China in 2007. The series is based on the events in the Zhenguan era of the reign of Emperor Taizong during the Tang Dynasty.-Plot:...


貞觀長歌
Li Ke
Li Ke
Li Ke , posthumously known as the Prince of Yulin , often known by his greater title as the Prince of Wu , was an imperial prince of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty...

 
2005 Zhuri Yingxiong
逐日英雄
Ouyang Hanqiang
Yinshang Chuanqi
殷商傳奇
Zu Mawang Guest star
Xiangfeng Yiyang Liqu
像風一樣離去
Fan Yifeng
2006 Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006 TV series)
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is a 2006 Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox...


雪山飛狐
Hu Fei
Hu Fei
Hu Fei is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox by Jin Yong.-Biography:...

 
Hongfan
紅幡
Zhang Ziqing
Xiangfeng Hebi Ceng Xiangshi
相逢何必曾相識
Zhou Xinyan Guest star
Ming Dynasty
大明天下
Mu Yunzhou Guest star
Renjian Fuchen
人間浮塵
Wu Shu
A Jihua
A計劃
Young Tang Lang Guest star
Nanren De Tiantang
男人的天堂
Zhong Shan
2007 Daizhe Mianju Tiaowu
戴著面具跳舞
Suona
Fubei De Qizhi
父輩的旗幟
Zhong Hao
Tianxia Xiongdi
天下兄弟
Liu Dong
2009 Qiangsheng Beihou
槍聲背後
Ye Zhenglong
2010 Three Kingdoms
三國
Zhao Yun
Zhao Yun
Zhao Yun was a military general who lived during the late Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history. For most of his career, Zhao served the warlord Liu Bei, playing a part in the establishment of state of Shu Han...

 
2011 Journey to the West
西遊記
Tang Sanzang
Xuanzang (fictional character)
The fictional character Xuanzang is a central character of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.For most of the novel he is known as Táng-sānzàng, the title Sānzàng referring to his mission to seek the Sānzàngjīng, the "Three Collections of Scriptures"...

 

Discography

Title Notes
Aini Ai Daodi
愛你愛到底
Theme song of Hongfan; performed together with Hu Ke
Chuanshuo
傳說
Ending theme song of Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006 TV series)
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is a 2006 Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox...

Nishi Sheide Xinniang
你是誰的新娘
Opening theme song of Xiangfeng Yiyang Liqu

Awards

Year Award Representative work
2005 Popular TV Best Ten Actors Award
大眾電視十佳演員獎
Hanxue Baoma
Beijing Youth Weekly Magazine Awards Ceremony (Excellent Idol Male Star)
北京青年周刊頒獎典禮 (優質偶像男明星)
TOM Net "Entertainment" Heroes' Gathering Most Popular Four Actors
TOM網路"娛樂"英雄會最受歡迎四大小生
2006 Tengxun Entertainment China 2006 Stars Ceremony (Mainland Four Great Actors)
騰訊娛樂中國"2006星光大典「內地四大小生」
2007 Meidu Fengshang Night IN Heroic Gentleman Award
美度風尚之夜IN豪情紳士獎
2007 The Public's Most Satisfactory Chinese Acting Star Award
2007公眾最滿意中國演藝明星獎
2009 Fujian TV 2008 Annual "I Love My Drama" Most Popular Actor Award
福建電視台2008年度「我愛我劇」最受觀眾喜愛男演員獎
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006 TV series)
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is a 2006 Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox...

Fashion Weekly Fashionable Male Star Award
《風尚志》風尚魅力男明星獎
12th Film Acting Association Golden Phoenix Association Award
十二屆電影表演藝術學會金鳳凰學會獎
Tengxun Entertainment Annual Ten Most Stylish Entertainers
騰訊娛樂年度十大娛樂風格人物
2010 Trends Home Best Spacial Design Award

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