Shi Weijian

Biography

Shi Weijian was born in 1935 in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. In 1950, he enrolled in the Actor Training Institute of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre and graduated in 1952. In 1953, he went to the Korean front to perform the play Liu Hulan for the Chinese People's Volunteers. In 1956, he was transferred to the Central Experimental Theatre, where he performed in notable plays such as A Servant of Two Masters, The Peach Blossom Fan, and The Long Flowing Fen River. He entered cinema in 1981 with the film Legend of Tianyun Mountain, playing the lead role Luo Qun. In 1983, he collaborated with director Xie Jin on the film Qiu Jin, portraying Sun Yat-sen. He served as president of the China Youth Art Theatre in 1991 and led the theatre on a tour to Taiwan in 1993 to perform the play Guan Hanqing. He received the Special Honor Award at the Chinese Golden Phoenix Film Award. He passed away in Beijing in 2024 at the age of 89.