Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen | |||||||||||
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Jiang in 2008 | |||||||||||
| Born | Jiang Xiaojun 5 January 1963 Tangshan, Hebei, China | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Central Academy of Drama | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter, film director | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1986–present | ||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Jiang Hongqi (father) Gao Yang (mother) | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Jiang Wu (brother) | ||||||||||
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Supporting Actor 1997 The Soong Sisters Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Director 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Best Screenplay 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Golden Horse Awards – Best Director 1996 In the Heat of the Sun Best Adapted Screenplay 1996 In the Heat of the Sun 2011 Let the Bullets Fly Best Film Editing 2007 The Sun Also Rises Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actor 1986 Hibiscus Town 1989 A Woman for two | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 姜文 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 姜小軍 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 姜小军 | ||||||||||
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Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese actor and filmmaker. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. His representative works include In the Heat of the Sun (1994), Devils on the Doorstep (2000), The Sun Also Rises (2007), and Let the Bullets Fly (2010). Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016). He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.