| Yuan Hong | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 袁弘 |
| Pinyin | Yuán Hóng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Yun Wang (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Yuan Ding (袁丁) |
| Ethnicity | Han |
| Born | August 23, 1982 Hubei, China |
| Other name(s) | Justin Yuan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
Yuan Hong (Chinese: 袁弘, born 23 August 1982), also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.
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Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, where he met and made friends with a fellow actor Hu Ge(胡歌）who later collaborated on numerous television projects. In 2005, a screen test for the TV series Shangshu Fang made him highly admired by the producer and director. Consequently, he became the leading actor of that TV series. In 2007, he acted Yang Kang in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, his powerful performance of the character, while initially thought to be a villainous antagonist as other actors who had portrayed on the previous film and television adaptations, instead this one reinterpreted him as a morally conflicting and romantic antihero, which left a deep impression on many people. Furthermore, he acted many other roles such as Yelü Xie in The Young Warriors, Lei Yunting in Chinese Paladin 3, Lin Mufei in A Weaver on the Horizon, Yinxiang in Startling by Each Step and so on. He is popular among many people especially those young people.
In 2008, Yuan received the most popular person in the Fujian's cities union TV awards [1] [2] [3]