I Am the Actor
{{Infobox television
| native_name = 我就是演员
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| genre = Variety show
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| country = China
| language = Mandarin
| director = Wu Tong
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| location = China
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| runtime = {{duration|m=100|s=00}}
| company = Zhejiang Television
| network = Zhejiang Television
| num_seasons = 1
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| first_aired = {{start date|2018|9|8}}
| last_aired = present
| related = {{Plainlist|
- The Birth of an Actor (2017)
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I Am the Actor ({{zh|s=我就是演员|t=我就是演員}}) is a Chinese variety program produced by Zhejiang Television. The show is hosted by Zhang Guoli and Yi Yi, and features Wu Xiubo, Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi as mentors.{{cite web|url= https://ent.china.com/movie/tv/11015529/20180905/33801205.html|title= 《我就是演员》定档9月8日 章子怡徐峥吴秀波化身"炼金师"|work=Entertainment China|date= 2018-09-05|language= zh}} The first season of the show was called Birth of Performers, and Zhejiang TV renamed the show as I Am the Actor in the second season, which began airing in September 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/29/WS5c272c45a310d91214051be6_8.html|title=Hit Chinese variety shows in 2018 - Chinadaily.com.cn|last=Li Ping 李平|date=2018-12-19|website=China Daily|access-date=2019-05-01}}
After becoming a hit in China, Zhejiang TV formed a partnership in November 2018 with the American company IOI (founded by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky) to co-produce an English version of the show for the global audience.{{Cite web|url=https://radiichina.com/original-chinese-variety-show-i-am-the-actor-gets-picked-up-in-the-us/|title=Original Chinese Variety Show "I Am the Actor" Gets Picked Up in the US|last=Fan|first=Shuhong|date=2018-11-19|website=RADII|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-01}}
Guests
- Episode 1:
- Xu Jiao, Hu Xianxu
- Ren Suxi (任素汐), Zuo Xiaoqing
- Song Yang (宋洋), Du Chun
- Episode 2:
- Janine Chang, Zhang Xinyu
- Kan Qingzi (阚清子), Xu Lu
- Tu Songyan (涂松岩), Qi Xi (齐溪)
- Episode 3:
- Lan Xi (斓曦), Wang Yuanke (王媛可), Yang Rong
- Jin Shijia, Song Yi (宋轶)
- Sun Qian (孙茜), Zhang Xiaofei (张小斐)
- Episode 4:
- Li Xiaomeng (李小萌), Li Qian
- Li Landi (李兰迪), Han Xue
- Li Chun, He Hongshan
- Episode 5:
- Yang Di (杨迪), Cao Bingkun (曹炳琨), Baby Zhang, Wang Maolei (王茂蕾)
- Hai Lu (海陆), Jiang Mengjie, Zhang Xincheng
- Li Nian (李念), Wang Xiaochen (王晓晨)
- Episode 6:
- Guo Qilin (郭麒麟), Jing Chao (经超), Cao Jun (曹骏)
- Xue Jianing (薛佳凝), Cao Xiwen, Wang Yang (王阳)
- Episode 7:
- Liu Huan, Lin Peng, Li Sheng (李晟)
- Shen Chunyang (沉春阳), Du Ruoxi (杜若溪)
- Sun Jian (孙坚), Zhang Meng (张萌), Tan Jianci (檀健次), Jiang Kaitong (江铠同), Fang Zibin (房子斌), Fan Tiantian (范湉湉)
- Episode 8:
- Zhang Zhilü (张植绿), He Dujuan (何杜娟), Hong Bingyao (洪冰瑶), Shao Weitong (邵伟桐)
- Yin Xiaotian (印小天), Han Dong (韩栋), Jia Chenfei (贾晨飞), Yu Xiaotong (于小彤)
- Liu Yase (刘雅瑟), Gao Xiaofei (高晓菲), Tian Yuan, Wang Wanjuan (王婉娟)
Episodes
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| style="width:15px;" | Episode #
! style="width:30px;" | Broadcast Date ! style="width:15px;" | Round # ! style="width:15px;" | Session # ! style="width:90px;" | Actors ! style="width:60px;" | Repertoire ! style="width:180px;" | Roles ! style="width:60px;" | Result |
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| rowspan=5|1
| rowspan=5|{{nowrap|8 September 2018}} | rowspan=3|1-1 | 1 |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) |
| {{HideH}}Xu Jiao wins, 212 votes to 194{{HideF}} |
| 2
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| Back to 1942 (2012) |
| {{HideH}}Ren Suxi wins, 216 votes to 209{{HideF}} |
| 3
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| The Advisors Alliance (2017) | | {{HideH}}Du Chun wins, 292 votes to 128{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|1-2 Actors collaborate with mentors | 1 |
| (离婚夫妻) |
| |
| 2
|
| (狂笑的男人) |
| |
| rowspan=5|2
| rowspan=5|{{nowrap|15 September 2018}} | 3 |
| (失窃之后) |
| |
| 1-3 Chen Kaige's short film | 1 |
| (艳红) |
| {{HideH}}Zhang Ziyi wins, 231 votes to 152{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|2-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| Eighteen Springs (1997) |
| {{HideH}}Janine Chang wins, 335 votes to 81{{HideF}} |
| 2
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| Soul Mate (2016) |
| {{HideH}}Kan Qingzi wins, 321 votes to 104{{HideF}} |
| 3
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| Echoes of the Rainbow (2010) |
| {{HideH}}Tu Songyan wins, 300 votes to 133{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=4|3
| rowspan=4|{{nowrap|22 September 2018}} | 2-2 | 1 |
| (留情) |
| {{HideH}}Wu Xiubo wins, 228 votes to 154{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|3-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| (后宫) |
| {{HideH}}Yang Rong wins, 186 votes to 172 (Wang Yuanke) and 63 (Lan Xi){{HideF}} |
| 2
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| The Great Hypnotist (2014) |
| {{HideH}}Jin Shijia wins, 318 votes to 107{{HideF}} |
| 3
|
| Blind Mountain (2007) |
| {{HideH}}Sun Qian wins, 229 votes to 208{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=5|4
| rowspan=5|{{nowrap|29 September 2018}} | 3-2 | 1 |
| (自由发挥) |
| {{HideH}}Xu Zheng wins, 237 votes to 148{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|4-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| (浪漫的事) |
| {{HideH}}Li Qian wins, 308 votes to 114{{HideF}} |
| 2
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| The Flowers of War (2011) |
| {{HideH}}Han Xue wins, 222 votes to 203{{HideF}} |
| 3
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| The Banquet (2006) |
| {{HideH}}Li Chun wins, 253 votes to 154{{HideF}} |
| 4-2 Actors' impromptu performance | 1 |
| (等待) |
| |
| rowspan=4|5
| rowspan=4|{{nowrap|6 October 2018}} | 4-3 | 1 |
| (女儿) |
| {{HideH}}Zhang Ziyi wins, 247 votes to 143{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|5-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| One Night in Supermarket (2009) |
| {{HideH}}Wang Maolei wins, 272 votes to 228 (Cao Bingkun), 126 (Baby Zhang) and 108 (Yang Di){{HideF}} |
| 2
|
| The Last Emperor (1987) | | {{HideH}}Jiang Mengjie wins, 242 votes to 101 (Zhang Xincheng) and Hai Lu (96); Zhang Xincheng is revived by Yu Hewei{{HideF}} |
| 3
|
| The First Half of My Life (2017) |
| {{HideH}}Wang Xiaochen wins, 233 votes to 214{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|6
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|13 October 2018}} | 5-2 | 1 |
| (公车上的曹操) |
| {{HideH}}Yu Hewei wins, 263 votes to 121{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|6-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| Soldiers Sortie (2006) |
| {{HideH}}Guo Qilin wins, 166 votes to 142 (Cao Jun) and 122 (Jing Chao); Jing Chao is revived by Carina Lau{{HideF}} |
| 2
|
| In Love We Trust (2007) |
| {{HideH}}Wang Yang wins, 183 votes to 146 (Xue Jianing) and Cao Xiwen (96){{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|7
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|20 October 2018}} | 3 |
| Midnight Diner (2017) |
| {{HideH}}Liu Huan wins, 193 votes to 128 (Li Sheng) and 114 (Lin Peng){{HideF}} |
| rowspan=2|7-1 Actors compete | 1 |
| The Spring Festival (1991) |
| {{HideH}}Shen Chunyang wins, 198 votes to 145; she is waitlisted by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi{{HideF}} |
| 2
|
| Beijing Love Story (2014) |
| {{HideH}}Tan Jianci wins, 286 votes to 260 (Fan Tiantian), 135 (Zhang Meng), 129 (Sun Jian), 126 (Fang Zibin) and 75 (Jiang Kaitong){{HideF}} |
| rowspan=7|8
| rowspan=7|{{nowrap|27 October 2018}} | 6-2 | 1 |
| (儿子的歌声) |
| {{HideH}}Kara Hui wins, 203 votes to 184{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|7-1 Actors compete | 3 |
| iPartment (2009) |
| {{HideH}}Shao Weitong wins, 168 votes to 164 (Zhang Zhilü), 146 (He Dujuan) and 98 (Hong Bingyao); he is waitlisted by Wu Xiubo, Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi{{HideF}} |
| 4
|
| My Chief and My Regiment (2009) |
| {{HideH}}Han Dong wins, 186 votes to 164 (Yu Xiaotong), 152 (Yin Xiaotian) and 132 (Jia Chenfei); he is waitlisted by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi{{HideF}} |
| 5
|
| (外来妹; 1991) |
| {{HideH}}Liu Yase wins, 252 votes to 210 (Wang Wanjuan), 148 (Gao Xiaofei) and 64 (Tian Yuan){{HideF}} |
| 7-2 Selection of waitlisted actors | 1 | 17 waitlisted actors | — | — | {{HideH}}Fan Tiantian is revived by Lee Li-chun{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=6|8-1 Selection for mentor teams | 1 |
| Youth (2017) |
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| 2
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| Reply 1988 (2015) |
| {{HideH}}Jin Shijia joins Wu Xiubo's team; Li Landi, selected by Xu Zheng and Zhang Ziyi, joins Zhang Ziyi's team{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=3|9
| rowspan=3|{{nowrap|3 November 2018}} | 3 |
| (潜伏; 2008) |
| {{HideH}}Wang Yang joins Xu Zheng's team{{HideF}} |
| 4
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| Penitentiary Angel (女儿谷; 1996) |
| {{HideH}}Kan Qingzi joins Xu Zheng's team; Han Xue, selected by Wu Xiubo and Zhang Ziyi, joins Zhang Ziyi's team{{HideF}} |
| 5
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| Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017) |
| {{HideH}}Tan Jianci joins Xu Zheng's team; Liu Huan, selected by Wu Xiubo and Zhang Ziyi, joins Wu Xiubo's team{{HideF}} |
| rowspan=2|10
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|10 November 2018}} | 6 |
| Ke Wang (1990) |
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| 7-3 Stanley Kwan's short film | 1 |
| First Night Nerves (八个女人一台戏; 2018) | |