Zhang Hanyu (born 19 December 1964) is a Chinese actor. He rose to fame for his role in the film Assembly (2007), for which he won the Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards, the Golden Horse Film Awards, the Huading Awards and the Huabiao Awards. He is also known for the films The Message (2009), The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel (2013), The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014), Operation Mekong (2016), The Captain (2019), and Chinese Doctors (2021), as well as the television series All Men Are Brothers (2011).
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Life and career
Zhang was born in Beijing. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1988. He started his career as a voice actor for the Chinese dubbings of films such as Shark Tale, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Troy. Zhang played minor roles in television series before gaining recognition as a recurring supporting actor in films directed by Feng Xiaogang, such as Sorry Baby, Cell Phone, Big Shot's Funeral, and A World Without Thieves.
Zhang's breakthrough came with his first lead role in Feng's war film Assembly in 2007. The film propelled Zhang to fame and earned him the Best Actor Awards at the Hundred Flowers Awards, the Golden Horse Film Awards, the Huading Awards and the Huabiao Awards, among others.
Zhang followed with films such as Cao Baoping's crime drama The Equation of Love and Death; the espionage thriller The Message; and the action film Bodyguards and Assassins. Zhang also played Zhang Liang in the historical film White Vengeance. In 2012, Zhang teamed up again with Feng Xiaogang in the disaster film Back to 1942, playing a priest.
