Sky Yang
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| caption = Yang at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
| native_name = 楊子英
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| birth_date = 1999
| birth_place = Lambeth, London, England
| alma_mater = LAMDA
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| years_active = 2010–present
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| p = Yángzi Yīng
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Sky Chi Y. Yang ({{zh|c=楊子英|p=Yángzi Yīng}}; born 1999) is a British actor and filmmaker. He was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2023-sky-yang-actor/5183298.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Sky Yang (actor)|journal=Screen Daily|first=Mark|last=Salisbury|date=28 June 2023|accessdate=29 June 2023}} He starred in the film Last Days (2025). On television, he is known for his role in the ITV drama Holding (2022).
Early life and education
Yang was born in South London. He attended Alleyn's School as a member of Roper's.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alleyns.org.uk/alumni-development/news-events/news-detail/~board/alumni-and-development/post/a-star-in-sky-in-the-tv-adaptation-of-graham-nortons-novel|title=Sky stars in TV adaptation of Graham Norton's novel|website=Alleyn's|date=16 March 2022|accessdate=27 October 2023}} He discovered acting through a school production of Peter Pan and subsequently enrolled in Saturday classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, through which he signed with an agent. He later graduated in 2020 from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamda.ac.uk/students-alumni/graduating-students/sky-yang|title=Sky Yang|website=LAMDA|accessdate=27 October 2023}} Upon graduating, Yang won the New Earth Theatre's Constellation Creatives bursary.{{Cite web|url=https://theatreweekly.com/yellow-earth-theatre-announces-sky-yang-recipient-of-the-2020-constellation-creatives-drama-student-bursary/|title=Yellow Earth Theatre Announces Sky Yang Recipient Of The 2020 Constellation Creatives Drama Student Bursary|work=Theatre Weekly|date=22 June 2020|accessdate=7 October 2023}}
Career
After signing with an agent, Yang began his career in the ensemble of Madame Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall. At the age of 17, Yang made his feature film debut with a small role in the Tomb Raider adaptation. Yang created the 2020 short film Sunny with his school friend Ben Bainbridge, based on a poem Yang wrote titled Made In Anger and named after Sun Yat-sen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/lbb-film-club-sunny|title=LBB Film Club: Sunny|website=Little Black Book|date=2 September 2020|accessdate=27 October 2023}}
Yang featured in The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, a 2021 stage prequel to His Dark Materials performed at the Bridge Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/legit/reviews/the-book-of-dust-la-belle-sauvage-review-play-1235129288/|title='The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage' Review: 'His Dark Materials' Prequel Is a Triumph of Theatrical Storytelling|work=Variety|first=David|last=Benedict|date=8 December 2021|accessdate=28 May 2025}} The following year, Yang made his television debut with a main role as Stephen Chen in the ITV crime series Holding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/holding-cast-graham-norton-new-drama/|title=Holding cast: Who is in Graham Norton's new drama and where do you recognise them from?|work=Heart|date=14 March 2022|accessdate=27 October 2023}} This was followed by a role in the Netflix film Rebel Moon as Imperium, a role Yang would reprise in the sequel.{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rebel-moon-every-character-backstory-cut-missing/|title=Every Character's Backstory That Was Cut From Rebel Moon|work=ScreenRant|first=Stephen M|last=Colbert|date=31 December 2023|accessdate=9 February 2025}}
Yang starred as the titular character of Justin Lin's film Last Days (working title The Last Days of John Allen Chau),{{Cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/sky-yang-justin-lin-the-last-days-of-john-allen-chau-1235409747/|title=Sky Yang To Star In Justin Lin's 'The Last Days Of John Allen Chau'|journal=Deadline|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=6 June 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}} which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://awardswatch.com/last-days-review-sky-yang-excels-in-justin-lins-muted-missionary-man-adventure-b-sundance-film-festival/|title='Last Days' Review: Sky Yang Excels in Justin Lin's Muted Missionary Man Adventure [B-] – Sundance Film Festival|work=AwardsWatch|first=Martin|last=Tsai|date=28 January 2025|accessdate=9 February 2025}} Yang also returned to the stage in 2025, appearing in Joel Tan's Scenes from a Repatriation at the Royal Court Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/may/01/scenes-from-a-repatriation-review-royal-court-theatre-london|title=Scenes from a Repatriation review – 12 ingenious questions about cultural ownership|work=The Guardian|first=Arifa|last=Akbar|date=20 February 2025|accessdate=28 May 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/cast/sky-yang-he-him/|title=Sky Yang (he/him)|work=Royal Court Theatre|accessdate=18 March 2025}} He has upcoming roles in the films Whistle{{Cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/dafne-keen-sophie-nelisse-percy-hynes-white-nick-frost-horror-movie-whistle-corin-hardy-1235578350/|title=Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Percy Hynes White & Nick Frost Set For High School Horror 'Whistle' From 'The Nun' Director Corin Hardy & Black Bear – AFM|journal=Deadline|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=19 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023}} and Anniversary.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| No Hopers | Dick | |
| 2018
| Chinese Kid | |
| 2020
| Sunny | Sunny | Short film; director, writer |
| 2021
| Tuesday | George | Short film |
| 2022
| Pragma | Oscar | Short film |
| 2023
| rowspan="2" | Aris | rowspan="2" | Netflix film |
| rowspan="2" | 2024 |
| Touchdown
| Wang Li | |
| 2025
| John Allen Chau | |
| TBA
| Whistle | | |
| TBA
| Moses Ho | |
=Television=
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Ensemble | Royal Albert Hall, London |
| 2021
| Rescuing One's Sister in the Wind and Dust | Scholar An | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2021
| The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage | Andrew / Ben | Bridge Theatre, London |
| 2025
| Scenes from a Repatriation | | Royal Court Theatre, London |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|9478258}}
- [https://spotlight.com/2935-3492-6376 Sky Yang] at Spotlight
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Category:Actors from the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:English male child actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English people of Chinese descent