Liu Yijun (actor)
Liu Yijun is a Chinese actor. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. Liu is known for his television roles in The Disguiser, Nirvana in Fire and Surgeons ; and has been nominated for the Golden Eagle Awards and Magnolia Awards.
Biography
On 12 June 1970, Liu was born Liu Min into an intellectual family near the Xi'an Film Studio in Xi'an, Shaanxi. His parents were geologists. In his youth, his father took him to study Sichuan opera under actor Qu Guoqiang.In 1991, he was assigned to Xi'an Film Studio after graduating from Beijing Film Academy. In 1994, he resigned from Xi'an Film Studio and joined Ningbo Television as a director. During this period, his work Walking in the Human World won the second prize of the Star Award. In 1998, he resigned from Ningbo Television and went to Beijing alone.
In 2014, director Kong Sheng invited Liu to star as Xie Yu, the Marquis of Ningguo, in Nirvana in Fire. He had a supporting role as Wang Tianfeng in The Disguiser, for which he was nominated as the Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Shanghai TV Festival.
In 2017, His classmate Zhang Jiayi introduced him to portray police officer Lian Zhong in Undercover. In the same year, he co-starred with Jin Dong and Bai Baihe in "Surgeons". Liu has also appeared in major roles in time travel loop series Reset and period fantasy series Guardians of the Dafeng.