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Ruocheng Ying

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74 Years Old

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.

Born

Beijing,China on 21st June 1929

Died

27th December 2003

All Credits

Fortress Besieged Image
Fortress Besieged
高松年
Marco Polo Image
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
The Last Emperor Image
The Last Emperor
The Governor
Little Buddha Image
Little Buddha
Lama Norbu
Teahouse Image
Teahouse
Liu Ma Zi
Doctor Bethune Image
Doctor Bethune
童秘书
推销员之死 Image
推销员之死
威利·洛曼
骆驼祥子 Image
骆驼祥子
刘四爷
雷雨 Image
雷雨
鲁贵