Ying Da
Ying Da | |||||||
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英达 | |||||||
| Born | July 7, 1960 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Peking University University of Missouri | ||||||
| Occupations | Actor, director | ||||||
| Years active | 1988–present | ||||||
| Agent | Beijing Yingshi Visual Arts Limited Liability Company | ||||||
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| Children | 3, including Ying Rudi | ||||||
| Parent(s) | Ying Ruocheng Wu Shiliang | ||||||
| Relatives | Ying Lianzhi (great-grandfather) Shuzhong (great-grandmother) Cai Rukai (great-maternal grandfather) Ying Qianli (grandfather) Cai Baozhen (grandmother) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 英達 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 英达 | ||||||
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Ying Da (Chinese: 英达; born July 7, 1960) is a Chinese actor and director with Manchu origin. He is known for film roles as Louie Wang in Big Shot's Funeral (2001), for which he won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor, Ni Zhengyu in The Tokyo Trial (2006) and Jin Shenghuo in The Message (2009), as well as for his television performances as Zhao Xinmei in Fortress Besieged (1990) and Leng Zixing in The Dream of Red Mansions (2008). As a director, Ying is credited with introducing the sitcom genre to China with I Love My Family (1993). His other directorial works include Idler: Sister Ma (1999), Sister Ma and Her Neighborhoods (2000), and We Are A Family (2013).