Film & TV

Xu Weizhou (October 20, 1994 -), Chinese actor and singer. In October 2015, he starred in the youth inspirational film "E-Sports Is Crazy"; his representative work, the online gay drama "Addicted" became popular, and he composed and sang the theme song and ending song for the drama.

Shelley Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress known for her interpretations of unique and often bizarre characters. She has won several awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a Peabody Award, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Born in Texas, Duvall began his acting career after being discovered by director Robert Altman. Impressed by his positive and optimistic demeanor, Atman cast her in the black comedy film "Strangers in the Air" (1970). Although he was hesitant to become an actor, she continued to work with Altman in "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "Thieves Like Us" (1974). Her breakthrough performance was in Altman's cult film Nashville (1975), and she received critical acclaim for Altman's drama Three Women (1977), winning the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and being nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. That same year, she also had a supporting role (as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine) in Woody Allen's satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), and hosted Saturday Night Live. In the 1980s, Duvall became known for starring roles, including Olivia Orr in Altman's live-action Popeye, and as the paranoid wife Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (both 1980). She also appeared in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Time Bandits (1981), the short comedy-horror film Frankenweenie (1984), and the comedy Roxanne (1987). In the latter half of the 1980s, she branched into producing television programs for children and teenagers, notably creating and hosting Once Upon a Time (1982-1987), Tall Tales and Legends (1985-1987) (the show earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1988), and Nightmare Classics (1989). Duvall acted intermittently throughout the 1990s, notably in supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Price of Shadows (1995) and the Jane Camping film adaptation Nicole Kidman (1996). His last performance was in "The Rain" (200

Xie Na (May 6, 1981 -) was born in Zhongjiang County, Mianyang District, Sichuan Province (renamed Deyang City after 1983). She graduated from the Film and Television School of Sichuan Normal University and is a program host, actor and singer in mainland China. He is well-known to the audience for hosting the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Happy Camp". On April 7, 2018, Weibo fans exceeded 100 million, becoming the first artist in history to have Weibo fans exceed 100 million.

Xie Mengwei (March 4, 1989 -), a native of Xiong County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, China, is a third-level actor. In 2003, he starred in the TV series "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and played the protagonist Zhang Ga and became well-known to the public.

Sergey Mikhaylovich Eisenstein (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, Romanized: Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; January 22, 1898 – February 11, 1948) was a Soviet director, film theorist, and Jew. He is one of the founders of montage theory in film and the Soviet montage school. His film "Battleship Potemkin" is a representative work of this theory. In addition to "Battleship Potemkin" in 1925, his famous works include "Strike" in 1924, "October: Ten Days That Shook the World" in 1927, "Viva Mexico" in 1932, and the epic films "Alexander Nevsky" and "Ivan the Terrible". His theoretical works include "Montage", "Montage 1938", "Vertical Montage", "Vaudeville Montage", "The Fourth Dimension in Film", and "Beyond the Lens".

Xie Jin (November 21, 1923 - October 18, 2008), male, was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and was a Chinese film director.

Xie Tiantian (October 9, 1982 -) is a Chinese dubbing actor and dubbing director.

Shailene Woodley (English: Shailene Woodley, November 15, 1991 -), American actress. Her most notable roles include Amy Jergens in the ABC Family series Whisperers (2008-2013), and in 2011 she co-starred with George Cooney in the critically acclaimed film Succession, for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In June 2012, she won a breakthrough performance at the MTV Movie Awards. Her performance in the movie "Love in Summer" won her the Drama Special Jury Acting Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Woodley played the heroine Tracey Pryor in the film adaptation of Veronica Roth's novel "Divergent", and will play the heroine Heather in the film adaptation of John Green's novel "The Good Luck".

Patrick Tse Yin (English: Patrick Tse Yin, August 13, 1936 - July 16, 2026), formerly known as Tse Jiayu, is a Hong Kong actor. Because he was the fourth among eight brothers and sisters in the family, he was nicknamed "Fourth Brother". For this reason, TVB screenwriter Wang Jing tailor-made the role of "Luo Sihai" for him in the TV series "The King of Kings" in 1980, which deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and made the title "Fourth Brother" a household name. Also known as "Laosi" and "Xie Laosi", the older generation calls it by its nickname "A Shen" (because the two characters "Xian" and "Kidney" are similar in shape). In 2022, he won the Best Actor Award at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in "Beyond Dusk", becoming the oldest Best Actor at the time of the award. His children include entertainers Nicholas Tse and Tingting Xie.

Gu Wei, graduated from Shanghai Theater Academy, is an actor from mainland China. He is a special actor who plays Chen Yi and is a first-class actor at Wuhan Theater Theatre.

Ku Feng (English: Ku Feng, July 3, 1929 - March 27, 2025), formerly known as Chen Siwen, was a Hong Kong film and television actor who debuted in 1958 and officially retired in 2013. He twice won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Vincent Kok Tak Chiu (English: Vincent Kok Tak Chiu, August 15, 1966 -), Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor, and program host.

Jo Koo (English: Jo Koo, May 16, 1977 -), Hong Kong female singer, actress, disc jockey and model.

Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne (English: Annabella Avery "Bella" Thorne, October 8, 1997 -) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, model, adult film director and writer. His famous works are "My Enemy", "Sanqi Man" and "Dancing Youth". He also appeared in the movies "When We Mixed Up" and "Alexander Comes Home".

Bernardo Bertolucci (Italian: Bernardo Bertolucci, pronounced: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; March 16, 1941 - November 26, 2018), Italian screenwriter, film director, and member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). With the movie "The Last Emperor", he won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. He was awarded the Honorary Palme d'Or - Lifetime Achievement Award at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Bernardo Bertolucci died of cancer on November 26, 2018, at the age of 77.

Fei Qinyuan (March 20, 2001 -), born in Shanghai, China, is a member of the Chinese idol group SNH48, and his team is Team HII. She was revealed in the second SNH48 finals on July 25, 2015, and became the fifth generation of SNH48. On December 4, 2015, he made his official debut in the performance of "Theatre Goddess". She is also a member of the SNH48 sub-unit Color Girls. On the evening of December 5, 2024, Fei Qinyuan announced on Weibo that she would withdraw from the group.

Jacques Tati (French: Jacques Tati, French: [tati], October 9, 1907 - November 4, 1982) was a French film director and actor, best known for his roles in "My Uncle", "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" and "Playtime". He only made six feature films and three short films in his life.

Eugen Bertholt Friedrich Brecht (German: Eugen Bertholt Friedrich Brecht, February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956) was a German dramatist and poet. His plays have been performed around the world. Brecht created and replaced the concept of narrative drama, or "dialectical drama". Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He worked as a theater writer and director when he was young, and devoted himself to the left-wing labor movement. After 1933, the Nazi Party came to power and was forced to live in exile on the European continent. He went to the United States via the Soviet Union in 1941, but was persecuted against communism in the United States after the war. He had to return to Europe in 1947 and settled in East Berlin from the following year. In 1951, he received the National Prize for his contribution to drama, and in 1955, he received the Lenin Peace Prize. Brecht died in East Berlin on August 14, 1956.

Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (Spanish: Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez; February 19, 1967 -), American and Spanish actor and director. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as a Mexican policeman in "Heroes". In 2008, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "Che Guevara" (two parts of the film, "Che: Revolution at 28" and "Che: Farewell Letter at 39").

Bette Davis (English: Bette Davis, April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989), formerly known as Ruth Elizabeth Davis (English: Ruth Elizabeth Davis), was an American film, television and theater actress who twice won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Shortly after her Broadway debut, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal were unsuccessful. In 1932, she became a contract actress for Warner Bros. Pictures and made a number of acclaimed films. In 1937, she left the company to pursue independent development. Although she lost the famous lawsuit, it was also the beginning of the most successful phase of her acting career. By the late 1940s, she was already one of the top actresses in the American film industry. Her performance is full of passion and she strives for perfection in everything. In-depth discussions and even disputes with producers, directors and other actors in order to be able to concretely develop the characters are often reported. Her straightforward personality, crisp voice, and image of holding a cigarette are often imitated and ridiculed; "Bette Davis Eyes" was the top song on the American pop music charts in the 1980s. It tells the story of Bette Davis's extraordinary acting skills with sometimes coquettish and sometimes fierce eyes. It is widely welcomed by Americans and has become one of the famous representatives of 20th century pop culture. Davis is the first woman to hold the position of president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is the first actor to be nominated for 10 Oscars for Best Actress and the first actress to receive the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her acting career has seen many ups and downs, with more than 100 film, television and theater roles. She was married four times in her life, widowed once, divorced three times, and raised her children independently as a single mother. She was plagued by illness in her later years, but she continued to perform until shortly before her death from a recurrence of breast cancer.

Federico Fellini (Italian: Federico Fellini, January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1993) was an Italian art film director, actor and writer. Federico Fellini was born in Rimini, Italy, and began to participate in film production with the help of Italian film director Roberto Rossellini. Federico Fellini has won the Academy Award five times. Federico Fellini is known for his unique style, especially his films that mix dreams with gorgeous baroque imagery. He is considered one of the most influential directors of the 20th century.

Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (English: Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier, November 5, 1913 - July 8, 1967), a British national treasure film actress, two-time Oscar winner and Best Actress winner at the Venice Film Festival. Vivien Leigh was not only an excellent film actress, but also an excellent stage actor. Her outstanding appearance and superb acting skills earned her a place in the history of the film industry. Vivien Leigh's personal relationships were not smooth. She suffered from physical and mental illnesses in the years before her death. She died at home in the UK in 1967 at the age of 53. Vivien Leigh played the heroine in the movie "Gone with the Wind". Scarlett Hao became one of the most unsurpassed characters in film history. In 1998, she was selected by the American Film Institute as the 16th on the "AFI 100 Greatest Female Stars of the Century".

Jia Lina is an actress at China's Liaoning People's Art Theater. She started dubbing work at the age of 20 and has dubbed many classic roles. Jun Yamano's first voiceover work is the Japanese animation "Magic Altar Fighter".

Jia Nailiang (April 12, 1984 -), Chinese actor, native of Liaocheng, Shandong Province, was born in Songbei District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province.