Ruocheng Ying

Born: 1929-06-21

Ying Ruocheng (simplified Chinese: 英若诚; traditional Chinese: 英若誠; pinyin: Yīng Ruòchéng; June 21, 1929 - December 27, 2003) was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and vice minister of culture from 1986 to 1990. He first came to the attention of Western audiences for his portrayal of Kublai Khan in the 1982 miniseries Marco Polo. He is best known for playing the part of the governor of the detention camp in the Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor, and the role of the Tibetan Buddhist Lama Norbu in Little Buddha. He also worked as a theater translator, director, and actor for the Beijing People's Art Theatre, particularly for his role as Pockmark Liu in Lao She's Teahouse and as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman in 1983, directed by Arthur Miller (Ying also translated the script). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ying Ruocheng, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Last Emperor

as The Governor
Released: 1987-10-04

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief...

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Little Buddha

as Lama Norbu
Released: 1993-12-01

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two...

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Teahouse

as 刘麻子
Released: 1982-01-01

An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous...

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Doctor Bethune

as 童秘书
Released: 1965-09-07

Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune assists the Communists during the anti-Japanese struggle.

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Marco Polo

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-12-05

Marco Polo is an American-Italian television miniseries originally broadcast by NBC in the...

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Fortress Besieged

as 高松年
First aired: 1990-01-01

Set in the 1930s, “Fortress Besieged” follows the misadventures of Fang Hung-chien, a bumbling...

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