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Liao Fan
Winning Berlin’s acting award for Black Coal, Thin Ice.
Black Coal, Thin Ice
- Born
- 14 February 1974
- Birthplace
- Changsha
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Liao Fan
Liao Fan is a Chinese actor working in cinema and theatre.
Early life
Training
Grew up around theatre through his father Liao Bingyan, an actor and theatre-company leader, and trained at Shanghai Theatre Academy.
Career
- Stage career
Meng Jinghui productions
Worked in experimental theatre, including Rhinoceros in Love, before his international film breakthrough.
- 2014
International recognition
Won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin.
Selected work
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Starred in Diao Yinan’s crime film.
The Final Master
Played a martial-arts instructor in Xu Haofeng’s drama about the fading world of traditional fighting schools.
Ash Is Purest White
Played Bin opposite Zhao Tao in Jia Zhangke’s story of loyalty, estrangement and social change.
Beyond work
Away from the set
In a 2014 interview, described watching American and British television dramas and wanting a less hurried everyday life when he was not working.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Away from the set — biographical source ↗Interview — roles and acting ↗Theatre background ↗Berlinale 2014 awards ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Sebaso. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.