Zhang Yao (Zhang Bo)

Biography

Zhang Yao (real name Zhang Bo) is a Chinese actor from Shenyang, Liaoning Province, born on April 29, 1997. He studied finance during his student years and had no prior background in acting. He began his acting career in October 2017 at age 20, starring alongside Wang Shasha in his first drama "Love Your Neighbor Chef," where he played "Zhou Wayne," a character who could perceive the five senses of others. In December of the same year, he submitted an audition video for the youth campus drama "A Little Reunion" and was quickly chosen to play "Li Yu" because the creators felt he seemed to have walked out of the script. In 2019, he participated in filming "Young Warriors: Love of an Inch" and the suspense drama "Breaking Cocoon," where he portrayed a toxicology entomology graduate student "Tan Jingtian." He also appeared in the film "Better Days" as the model student "Li Xiang." In 2020, he achieved a significant milestone by winning the Most Promising Actor of the Year award at the 4th Network Film & Television Awards for his role as an arrogant archer in "The Best of You," and launched his first period drama "Young Warriors: Love of an Inch," playing the young recluse "Zuo Ci Ci." That same year, he was listed in the "Stars Sea Young Actors Preferred Program" and performed the song "Remember This Scene" at the closing ceremony of the China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival and the 35th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards. In 2021, he starred alongside Wan Peng in "Jade Without Flaws," playing dual roles, and joined the cast of "Forensic Qin Ming: The Heart Reader" as forensic doctor "Qin Ming."