Zhang Jingchu

Acting

Zhang Jingchu

Born 1980-02-02 · Sanming, Fujian Province, China

Zhang Jingchu (张静初), born on February 2, 1980, is a Chinese film actress known for her versatility and international acclaim. She studied directing at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing and is fluent in English, having studied at the Beijing New Oriental Institute. Raised in a modest countryside family, Zhang rose to prominence with her breakout role in Peacock (2005), directed by Gu Changwei, which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. She went on to star in several critically acclaimed films, including Tsui Hark’s Seven Swords (2005), Derek Yee’s Protégé (2007), Florian Gallenberger’s John Rabe (2008), and Ann Hui’s Night and Fog (2009). In 2005, Time magazine recognized Zhang as one of "Asia’s Heroes," cementing her status as a rising star in international cinema.

Acting credits

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation poster
7.2

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Rush Hour 3 poster
6.5

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?

Rush Hour 3

2007

Project Gutenberg poster
7.2

The Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" . The gang possesses exceptional counterfeiting skills which makes it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of its counterfeit currency. The scope of their criminal activities extends globally and greatly attracts the attention of the police. In order to crack the true identity of "Painter", the police recruits a painter named Lee Man to assist in solving the case.

Project Gutenberg

2018

Seven Swords poster
6.2

In the middle of the 17th century, the Manchus conquered China and founded the Ching dynasty. Due to widespread uprisings against the new rulers, the study and practice of traditional martial arts is forbidden and punishable by death. The unscrupulous leader of a troop of mercenaries takes advantage of this situation to make a fortune with the bounty on his head.

Seven Swords

2005

The Adventurers poster
5.9

The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.

The Adventurers

2017

Protégé poster
6.8

A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.

Protégé

2007

Aftershock poster
7.2

Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. Forced to make the most difficult decision of her life, she finally chooses to save her son. Though left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives, unbeknownst to her brother and mother.

Aftershock

2010

A.I. poster
7.0

In a near future, the mysterious arrival of a scientist sets in motion a college professor's experiment to prove the existence of AI consciousness.

A.I.

2025

Switch poster
3.5

To recover and ancient scroll, a Chinese agent battles the Japanese yakuza and British mercenaries.

Switch

2013

City Under Siege poster
5.1

Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants...

City Under Siege

2010

Beast Stalker poster
6.8

Sergeant Tong is wracked with guilt after he unwittingly kills a young girl whilst capuring a criminal named Cheung. When the girl's sister is later kidnapped in a ploy to get Cheung released, Sergeant Tong vows to find and rescue her before she comes to harm.

Beast Stalker

2008

Flirting Scholar 2 poster
4.3

Tang Bohu's mother sends him to study at Qingfeng Monastery, but he can't bear the austere and monotonous life at the monastery. So, his three good friends secretly take Tang Bohu out for an excursion, where they run into Qian Qian/Qiu Xiang. Tang Bo Hu immediately falls for her, but later, she gets accused as being a spider spirit and is about to be burned to death by a priest...

Flirting Scholar 2

2010

John Rabe poster
7.1

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

John Rabe

2009

Overheard poster
6.9

The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble upon an opportunity to capitalize on information they gathered during their surveillance.

Overheard

2009

Peacock poster
7.3

Brings viewers into a small Chinese city and inspires familiarity with the rhythms of everyday existence, with people's dreams, shortcomings and illusions in a way that is universal.

Peacock

2005

Something Good poster
5.8

In a small Chinese village in Yunnan, a young woman named Xiwen sees her little son Shitou die of poisoning from adulterated food. On the other side of the world, in Italy, Matteo works on behalf of Feng, a multinational based in Hong Kong that traffics counterfeit food. To avoid arrest, Matteo escapes from Italy, saving a precious shipment of Feng's food, and this begins his unscrupulous climb towards success. At a time when he is enjoying the greatest prestige within Feng, Matteo meets Xiwen by chance, who has opened a restaurant in memory of his son and is fighting for the authenticity of food. Neither of them imagines that from that moment their lives will be turned upside down.

Something Good

2013

Sky on Fire poster
5.8

The chief security officer at a top-secret medical facility finds himself caught in an explosive battle when a young thief and his accomplices steal a groundbreaking curative medicine. After discovering the true origins of the medicine, the officer must decide who he can trust to protect the cure from falling into the wrong hands, and prevent an all-out war from bringing the city to its knees.

Sky on Fire

2016

Miss Puff poster
1.0

Puff, grew up as a child spoilt by her parents. During the party celebrating her return from overseas studies, she had a romantic encounter with a young university student, it was love at first sight.

Miss Puff

2018

Red River poster
7.4

A haunting, tragic love story about the aftermath of the American War in Vietnam, and the long-term effect it had on ordinary people's lives. Set in a border town between China and Vietnam, it is a universal story that could be about any war, in any country.

Red River

2009

Love Song to The Days Forgone poster
NR

The film is adapted from Kong Ergou's novel. The film reflects more than 20 years of social changes. The film tells about a northern underworld organization headed by Mei San and Zhao Hongbing, from 1986 to 2006.

Love Song to The Days Forgone

Wings Over Everest poster
5.9

An experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s notorious death zone

Wings Over Everest

2019

Tiger Mom poster
NR

A first-generation Chinese-American mother who, unable to control her teenage children, enrolls them in a prestigious disciplinary school called Tiger Academy, which is capable of whipping them into Ivy League shape.

Tiger Mom

2025

Jade Warrior poster
5.1

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a man fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in modern Finland.

Jade Warrior

2006

The Road poster
6.7

A young girl comes of age -- while also coming to terms with her destiny, pre-determined by the Communist Party -- in this beautiful, sweeping Chinese drama.

The Road

2006

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