Zhang Yi

Acting

Zhang Yi

Born

1978-02-17 (48)

Place of birth

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

86 titles

Zhang Yi (Chinese: 张译, born 17 February 1978 ) is a Chinese actor.

Known for

Blades of the Guardians poster
8.2

Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive" to Chang'an.

Blades of the Guardians

2026

The Knockout poster
8.2

20 years of perseverance, hot-blooded teenagers finally become the people's hero.

The Knockout

2023

Inspector Coliandro poster
8.1

Coliandro is an inspector serving at the Bologna police headquarters who constantly finds himself embroiled, against his will, in matters bigger than himself. But Coliandro never backs down, even though his carelessness and investigative incompetence inevitably land him in trouble.

Inspector Coliandro

2006

Feather Flies to the Sky poster
8.6

Chen Jianghe is an orphan, picked up and taken home by Chen Jinshui. While growing up, he picked up various business strategies from the adults around him. Now an adult, he nurtures this business acumen by travelling throughout China. It is during these travels where he meets Lu Yuzhu who shares a similar situation in life, as well as Yang Shiu, a wealthy girl who just returned from living abroad.

Feather Flies to the Sky

2017

Black Dog poster
7.1

Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.

Black Dog

2024

The Glorious Era poster
7.0

Set around the founding of the PRC, the story follows CCP undercover agent Zheng Chaoyang as he battles KMT operatives. After his cover is blown at the Peiping police station, he escapes with a critical list of KMT spies. Returning to Peiping post-liberation, Chaoyang faces a new challenge—elite KMT spies led by "Phoenix," who is revealed to be his estranged brother, Zheng Chaoshan.

The Glorious Era

2019

Film credits

2020s · 19 titles

Blades of the Guardians poster
8.2

Dao Ma, the "second most wanted fugitive," is entrusted by his benefactor, the chief of Mo family clan, to take on a mysterious escort mission-escorting the "most wanted fugitive" to Chang'an.

Blades of the Guardians

2026

Black Dog poster
7.1

Released from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.

Black Dog

2024

Traces of Justice poster
7.3

The film follows criminal police officer Cui Xun over half a century of investigative work. Alongside his colleagues, he solved numerous major cases while staying true to his original aspiration of 'serving the people.' This legendary detective not only witnessed the evolution of China's public security system but also stood as a living testament to the rise of New China.

Traces of Justice

2026

The Eight Hundred poster
7.0

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

The Eight Hundred

2020

Scare Out poster
6.2

After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations reveal a shocking truth: the trail leads back to within the unit itself. Amidst a storm of trust and betrayal, a silent battle begins to unfold...

Scare Out

2026

Cliff Walkers poster
6.7

In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.

Cliff Walkers

2021

One Second poster
7.3

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

One Second

2020

Full River Red poster
6.0

During China's Song Dynasty, a mysterious murder occurs at Chancellor Quin Hui's palace after meeting delegates from the neighboring Jin Dynasty. The members become embroiled not just in a murder mystery, but a larger conspiracy concerning the fate of the empire.

Full River Red

2023

The Sacrifice poster
5.8

In 1953 the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched its last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive on time and deliver enough ammo to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombardments of enemy bombers and race against time to repair the last bridge, all while facing supply shortages and with inferior equipment.

The Sacrifice

2020

Seven Killings poster
5.8

In 1940, within the premises of the Nanjing Security Bureau under the puppet government of Wang Jingwei, various conflicting forces converged, and dangers lurked at every corner. Among them, former history professor Jin Shenshui, inspired by the anti-Japa

Seven Killings

2023

Article 20 poster
6.8

Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.

Article 20

2024

My People, My Homeland poster
6.2

In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.

My People, My Homeland

2020

Home Coming poster
7.5

Two members of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs are tasked with the evacuation of Chinese citizens when war breaks out in Numia, North Africa.

Home Coming

2022

Endless Journey poster
7.0

An accidental death of the suspect leads to the entire team of the Third Division being imprisoned. Six years later, team leader Cheng Bing is released but remains consumed by the case. Over the next eleven years, he lives a normal life while secretly tracking down the killer, determined to see justice served.

Endless Journey

2023

Snipers poster
6.9

The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days.

Snipers

2022

Be My Family poster
6.9

In order to claim the arrears, two laid-off workers took temporary care of Qianqian, the daughter of the debtor, but they didn't expect Qianqian to have an accident.

Be My Family

2023

The Day We Lit Up The Sky poster
5.0

The young man, who has come to Hainan alone to repeat his studies, meets a group of "salty boys" with similar taste and a group of "weed girls" with different backgrounds.

The Day We Lit Up The Sky

2021

A Documentary About The Movie One Second poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Documentary About The Movie One Second

2020

Years Are Here poster
NR

From the Three Great Wars to the founding of New China, from starting from scratch, to China's entry into the world's second largest economy. Looking back over the past seventy years. Relying on 500,000 minutes of precious documentary images, the original sound, and the meticulous ingenuity to build a time-space corridor to the history

Years Are Here

2021

2010s · 24 titles

Operation Red Sea poster
7.4

A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.

Operation Red Sea

2018

Ash Is Purest White poster
6.9

Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

Ash Is Purest White

2018

Mr. Six poster
6.8

Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.

Mr. Six

2015

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield poster
6.8

An imperial guard searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him and his partners. The proof of his innocence lies with a wanted woman named Bei Zhai... but will she reveal what she knows? In this intense prequel to BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, the only thing he can truly trust is his sword.

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield

2017

Mountains May Depart poster
7.0

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Mountains May Depart

2015

The Climbers poster
6.3

Upon learning that the international community does not recognize China's ascent of Mount Everest during May 1960 owing to a lack of videographic evidence from the summit, three members on the team rally together a group of young hopefuls to reach the world's highest point.

The Climbers

2019

Beginning of the Great Revival poster
4.7

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

Beginning of the Great Revival

2011

Dearest poster
7.2

A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.

Dearest

2014

I Am Not Madame Bovary poster
6.8

Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.

I Am Not Madame Bovary

2016

My People, My Country poster
6.6

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

My People, My Country

2019

The Golden Era poster
6.7

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.

The Golden Era

2014

Goldbuster poster
5.1

A quirky internet star, a pair of retired gangsters, and the black sheep of a prolific family of herbalists are a few of the oddball tenants that call the dilapidated apartments of Humble Grove home. Fearful of being locked out by a ruthless property developer with his eye on the building, they’ve stayed inside for years. So, when supernatural incidents befall them all on one night, instead of running, they turn to flamboyant ghost hunter Golden Ling to perform a most unusual exorcism.

Goldbuster

2017

Everybody's Fine poster
5.5

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.

Everybody's Fine

2016

Cock and Bull poster
7.2

When a murder occurs in a small town in Southeast China, a local mechanic, known for his honesty, comes under suspicion. When the police target him to take the fall, he’s forced to try and exonerate himself, uncovering a number of disturbing facts, most much bigger than the initial crime.

Cock and Bull

2016

The Promised Land poster
7.0

Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.

The Promised Land

2015

Run for Love poster
3.6

A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan Norway, where the sun is brought down where the can't shine by large mirrors.

Run for Love

2016

Better and Better poster
4.2

Sun Xiangcheng, a self-styled professional fan organiser, is called from his home village of West Well Valley by his mother Yuanfang. Thinking he's highly connected with celebrities, she asks him to help organise the village's New Year celebrations

Better and Better

2013

Crazy New Year's Eve poster
4.0

Six crazy stories occur in the new year's eve.

Crazy New Year's Eve

2015

The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee poster
5.2

Three generations of family butt heads during Chinese New Year celebrations.

The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee

2016

Blood of Youth poster
5.9

The fourth film of firefighter-turned-director Yang Shupeng, Blood of Youth follows a young hacker named Su Ang (Oho Ou), who anonymously tips off the police about the remains of a woman buried in the woods near the city of Hangzhou. Detective Zhang (Zhang Yi) discovers the victim was beaten to death almost two decades ago, and starts investigating the events that lead to her death.

Blood of Youth

2016

Exceptionally Gifted Girl poster
NR

Tian Feifan, who has extraordinary memory and can sense other peoples minds, was secretly attracted by entrepreneur Liu Shenyi, and he arranged it into the beauty company as his wife Wang Yaqin. Tian Feifan turned from a rookie in the industry to a fashion goddess with super powers. In the process of growing up, Tian Feifan completed many incredible tasks because of his extraordinary memory and his telepathic ability.

Exceptionally Gifted Girl

2019

Eastern Bandits poster
4.0

Movie is set during a period of time when Japanese invaded China. The story is told from Gao's perspective, a soldier seeking revenge from the Japanese in trying to assassinate the visiting Japanese chief in command. In the process of plotting such scheme, he had a chance encounter with a local Mafia, lead by its charismatic leader Fang. Fang had a bandit of followers, of which one is Fang's sister. Fang in the past have rescued many of these followers using his own blood and as a result all the members in the bandit formed a life long bond and friendship. When Gao realizes he could use the firearms and man power of Fang's bandit, he sets up a scheme to get captured by Fang on purpose. When Fang found out - he was extremely angry and upset and almost killed Gao, but Gao is saved by Fang's sister because she clearly developed feelings for Gao after seeing how he fared during the interrogation phases when he was in Fang's capture.

Eastern Bandits

2012

Angry Kid poster
8.0

Ao's parents work overseas, leaving Ao with his grandfather. Ao runs away and meets Lan, a girl on the run from kidnappers. With the bad guys on their heels, they must head toward Lan's home.

Angry Kid

2013

Reviving of Beichuan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Reviving of Beichuan

2011

Series credits

The Knockout poster
8.2

20 years of perseverance, hot-blooded teenagers finally become the people's hero.

The Knockout

2023

Inspector Coliandro poster
8.1

Coliandro is an inspector serving at the Bologna police headquarters who constantly finds himself embroiled, against his will, in matters bigger than himself. But Coliandro never backs down, even though his carelessness and investigative incompetence inevitably land him in trouble.

Inspector Coliandro

2006

Feather Flies to the Sky poster
8.6

Chen Jianghe is an orphan, picked up and taken home by Chen Jinshui. While growing up, he picked up various business strategies from the adults around him. Now an adult, he nurtures this business acumen by travelling throughout China. It is during these travels where he meets Lu Yuzhu who shares a similar situation in life, as well as Yang Shiu, a wealthy girl who just returned from living abroad.

Feather Flies to the Sky

2017

The Glorious Era poster
7.0

Set around the founding of the PRC, the story follows CCP undercover agent Zheng Chaoyang as he battles KMT operatives. After his cover is blown at the Peiping police station, he escapes with a critical list of KMT spies. Returning to Peiping post-liberation, Chaoyang faces a new challenge—elite KMT spies led by "Phoenix," who is revealed to be his estranged brother, Zheng Chaoshan.

The Glorious Era

2019

Family on the Go poster
6.0

The drama begins during China’s Reform and Opening Up era in the 1980s in Wenzhou, south China, an area renown for the emergence of many successful businesses. It charts the progress of a certain family headed by Zhou Wanshun, that lived in Rui’an village. The family had the opportunity for one of their two children to go to Italy to study. Wanshun (quite extraordinary at the time, and even today) chose to let his 13-year old daughter, Ayu, go to study rather than his 16-year-old son, son Maigou. Unbeknownst to his wife, Zhao Yinhua and son he sold their ancestral home cum cottage industry and spent all the proceeds in funding the Italy study trip. Although he had no business plan, he set out with his wife and son to Wenzhou City to “make money”, any which way. Together, they make it to Wenzhou City, while the daughter goes to Italy, each forging different paths, especially the children each persevering through challenges and hardship, achieving individual success.

Family on the Go

2012

My Chief and My Regiment poster
9.0

The series is about the Chinese National Revolutionary Army Expeditionary Force in Burma fighting the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1942 Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road at the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Chinese troops landed in Burma to support the British allied forces operations. The aim was to protect the road since it served as an important supply route after China's ports fell under Japanese control. When the British forces withdrew their support and surrendered, part of the remaining Chinese troops was forced to abandon their heavy equipment and retreat in loose formations through the harsh Burmese jungles, experiencing constant enemy pursue and ambush. Of the 100,000 strong Chinese Expeditionary Force sent to fight, only around 40,000 returned home. The story follows a small group of soldiers being refuged in Yunnan, and is narrated through the eyes of a limping young Beiping student-turned-soldier named Meng Fanliao.

My Chief and My Regiment

2009

The Line poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Line

2009

Hot Mom! poster
6.5

Xia Bing is a 26-year old woman whose motto is “No marriage or kids until the age of 30.” Life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes pregnant and must face the possibility of becoming a mother and marriage with her boyfriend.

Hot Mom!

2013

Soldiers Sortie poster
7.7

As a Chinese special forces operative falls from a beam to his possible death during a mission, he recalls the path he took as a dimwitted young man in rural China to reach this point.

Soldiers Sortie

2006

In the Name of Justice poster
7.6

In Haidong Province, prosecutors uncover a false accusation against Zhang Wenqing while reviewing the “Wan Group Gang Case,” exposing deep corruption among judicial officials. Using a whistle-blower tip as their entry point, the team dismantles the criminal network and brings the corrupt officials behind it to justice.

In the Name of Justice

2025

Beijing Love Story poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Beijing Love Story

2012

Who Is He poster
7.5

A haunting serial killer case from 1988 resurfaces, forcing a determined police captain to confront a dark past and solve a new wave of brutal murders in Ningjiang.

Who Is He

2023

Fearless Blood poster
6.4

Xu Tian was a 21-years-old young man. He carried on the revolutionary predecessors' belief, and to fulfill their entrustment, he went all the way from southeast Asia to Shanghai to deliver the materials to the Communist International. In this arduous journey, he went through hardships and setbacks with Sun, Yu Yixiu, Zhang Jiayi, and many others. Finally, he managed to finish the task. The smiles on their faces reflected their firm belief and their hopes for a bright future.

Fearless Blood

2023

Women Must be Stronger poster
NR

On the verge of retirement, a seasoned journalist is unexpectedly promoted to editor-in-chief. Faced with internal challenges and the rise of digital media, she must adapt and lead her team through change, discovering that growth comes from embracing the new.

Women Must be Stronger

2016

The Good Fellas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Good Fellas

2016

Be Reborn poster
7.0

While investigating an ancient painting that has been stolen, Luo Jian, who heads the criminal investigation team, crosses paths with genius university student Zhuang Wenjie who is from a family of thieves. The unlikely pair work together to crack the case.

Be Reborn

2022

雪花那个飘 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

雪花那个飘

2011

Dead End Heaven poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dead End Heaven

2007

For the Young Ones poster
7.4

The newly appointed Director of the Juvenile Prosecution Department, Lei Xu, juvenile prosecutor Du Ziyu, clerk Yang Tian, and bailiff Xu Zhangli, along with the team at the Ninth Prosecution Department, tackle juvenile criminal cases. When a routine case takes an unexpected turn, they find themselves investigating a juvenile suspect in an accidental death. As they dig deeper, several seemingly unrelated cases reveal a complex web of connections. The team gradually uncovers the truth, bringing the criminals to justice while working to protect the youth and nurturing hope for a future where their services are no longer needed.

For the Young Ones

2024

Three Sevens hits Twenty One poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Three Sevens hits Twenty One

2009

Guardian of Beauty poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Guardian of Beauty

2017

Reborn poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Reborn

2020

嫁个老公过日子 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

嫁个老公过日子

2015

The Age of Iron poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Age of Iron

2011

National Action poster
NR

Based on the Sichuan Liu Han case, the story follows anti-corruption heroes led by He Yanling as they, with a national task force mobilized by the central government, finally solve the four-year-old Mianyang 1.10 case and dismantle the criminal syndicate and its protectors.

National Action

—

My Father & Daddy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Father & Daddy

2019

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes

2019

Love is Not Blind poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love is Not Blind

2013

Mop Lasy's Spring poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mop Lasy's Spring

2013

好男儿之情感护理 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

好男儿之情感护理

2014

民工 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

民工

2004

极:《悬崖之上》电影纪录片 poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

极:《悬崖之上》电影纪录片

2021

好家伙(导演剪辑版) poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

好家伙(导演剪辑版)

2016

枪声背后 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

枪声背后

2010

掌门女婿 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

掌门女婿

2011

新上门女婿 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

新上门女婿

2011

Saber poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Saber

2008

兵团岁月 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

兵团岁月

2010

雷哥老范 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

雷哥老范

2010

青春正步走 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

青春正步走

2007