Yan Shunkai

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| caption = Yan Shunkai.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|6|6}}

| birth_place = Shanghai, Republic of China

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|16|1937|6|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Shanghai, People's Republic of China| alma_mater = Central Academy of Drama

| occupation = Director, actor

| years_active = 1980-2010

| awards = {{awards|award=Hundred Flowers Awards|name=Best Actor
1983 The True Story of Ah Q}}

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| t = 嚴順開

| s = 严顺开

| p = Yán Shùnkāi

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Yan Shunkai ({{zh|s=严顺开}}; 6 June 1937 – 16 October 2017) was a Chinese comedian, actor and film director.

Yan rose to fame after portraying Ah Q in The True Story of Ah Q, which was based on an episodic novella by Lu Xun, one of the pioneers of modern Chinese literature. He was awarded the Best Actor at the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards and earned "The Gold Stick Prize" at the Second International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland in 1982.{{cite news|title=Chinese comedian Yan Shunkai dies at 80|url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2017-10/18/content_41753247.htm|access-date=10 April 2018|work=Chinadaily|date=18 October 2017}}

Biography

=Early life and education=

Born in Shanghai on June 6, 1937, Yan enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama in 1959, graduating in 1963.[http://www1.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/17/content_79527.htm Yan Shunkai: a Well-Known Comedian], chinaculture.org, 17 January 2008. After graduation, he joined the Shanghai Farce Troupe ({{zh|s=上海滑稽剧团|t=|labels=no}}).

=Career=

Yan first garnered recognition for his acting in 1980, when his performance in The True Story of Ah Q earned him a Best Actor award at the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards, the Chinese equivalent of the Golden Globes, and received "The Gold Stick Prize" at the Second International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland in 1982. The film is his film debut.

Yan co-starred with Liu Falu, Jin Kangmin, Niu Hong, Chen Qi and Fang Qingzhuo in the 1983 film Spring in the Hometown as a lame person.

In 1984, Yan starred as Du Xiaoxi in Wang Weiyi's drama film The New Stories Of Du Xiaoxi.

Yan appeared in the romance film The Female Director's Boyfriend (1986), in which he played Cui Hailong.

In 1988, Yan made his directorial debut The Story of Ah Tan, and he also starred as Ah Tan in the film.

In 1996, Yan starred with Lu Yanfang in the comedy film The Harmonious Gouple.

Yan appeared in Huang Jianzhong's Girls in the Red Chamber (2002), based on Cao Xueqin's classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber, as Jia She, one of the heads of the Jia family.

In 2003, he was cast in the romance television series Dear Angle with Chang Yue and Li Xiaolu.

Yan filmed in Legend of the Book's Tower, a wuxia television series starring Sharla Cheung, Nicky Wu, Allen Lin, and Tiffany Tang.

In 2006, Yan had a minor role in Pretty Girls in Jianghu. The drama stars Christy Chung, Du Chun, and Liang Guanhua.

In 2010, when he was 72, he starred as Wang Mugen, reuniting him with co-star Yvonne Yung, who played his daughter-in-law, in the television series My Ugly Dad.

=Death=

Yan died on 16 October 2017, aged 80, in Shanghai.{{Cite web|url=http://wenhui.whb.cn/zhuzhan/yishu/20171016/64194.html?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0|title=著名艺术家严顺开去世，享年80岁|publisher=Wenhui Bao|date=16 October 2017|access-date=16 October 2017}}

Filmography

=Film=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
class="wikitable"
1981	The True Story of Ah Q	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|阿Q正传}}	Ah Q
1983	Spring in the Hometown	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|鼓乡春晓}}	A lame person who named Zhu
1984	The New Stories Of Du Xiaoxi	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|阿混新传}}	Du Xiaoxi
1986	The Female Director's Boyfriend	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|女局长的男朋友}}	Cui Hailong
1988	The Story of Ah Tan	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|阿谭内传}}	Ah Tan	also director
1996	The Harmonious Gouple	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|夫唱妻和}}	Mu Ahman
2000	A Widow's Romance	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|好女不愁嫁}}	Lao Wogua
2005	Silver Ornaments	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|银饰}}	The old craftsman

=TV series=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
class="wikitable"
1994	Mr. Wang and Xiao Chen	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|王先生和小陈}}	Mr. Wang
1997		{{lang\|zh-Hans\|新72家客房}}	Shui Gen
2001		{{lang\|zh-Hans\|小皮匠登基}}	The old craftsman
2002	Girls in the Red Chamber	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|红楼丫头}}	Jia She
2003	Dear Angle	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|我的淘气天使}}	Cheng Dongming
rowspan=3 \| 2004	Our Story	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|我们的故事}}	Yan Fugen
Legend of the Book's Tower	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|风满楼}}	Master Ao
	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|王保长后传}}	specialist
2005	Dead Men Do Tell Tales	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|大宋提刑官}}	Censor Feng
2006	Pretty Girls in Jianghu	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|江湖俏佳人}}	His Royal Highness Zhu
2010	My Ugly Dad	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|我的丑爹}}	Wang Mugen

=CCTV New Year's Gala=

Year	English title	Chinese title	Cast members
class="wikitable"
rowspan=3 \| 1983	A Monologue of Ah Q	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|阿Q的独白}}
Playing the Piano	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|弹钢琴}}
Visiting the Factory	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|逛厂甸}}	Siqin Gaowa
1990	Fellow Sufferers	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|难兄难弟}}	Huang Hong
1992	Stars	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|今夜星辰}}	Sun Qixin, Liang Guyin, Chen Xu and Da Shichang
1993	Zhang San	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|张三其人}}	Zhao Lingqi, Yang Xinming, Xu Xiaofan and Ju Bo
1998	Road	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|我在马路边}}	Du Ninglin, Zhao Lingqi and Jiang Xiaohan
1999	Father and Son	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|爱父如爱子}}	Zhang Kaili, L Ding and Wang Xinyue
2004	Storytelling	{{lang\|zh-Hans\|讲故事}}	Hong Jiantao and Xiao Dingdang
2007		{{lang\|zh-Hans\|假话真情}}	Lin Yongjian, Liu Xiaomei and Liu Guijuan

Film and TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
class="wikitable"
1982	rowspan=2 \| The True Story of Ah Q	Second International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland - Best Actor	{{won}}
1983	6th Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Actor	{{won}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0945817|name=Yan Shunkai}}

Category:1937 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Central Academy of Drama alumni

Category:Male actors from Shanghai

Category:Chinese male film actors

Category:Chinese film directors

Category:Chinese male television actors

Category:Chinese male stage actors