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Cheng Yi

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 17, 1990 (35 years)
Cheng Yi, born in Huaihua, Hunan Province, China, is a Chinese actor and singer. He made his television debut in 2011 while still in college when he appeared in the Chinese television series "Beauty World" (唐宫美人天下). The following year in 2012, Cheng Yi graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and went on to make his film debut in “Haunting Love” (诡爱).

In 2016, he won the Newcomer award at the 7th Donews Award ceremony. On November 2, 2023, Cheng Yi won the Outstanding Young Actor Award for his work on "Mysterious Lotus Casebook" (莲花楼) at the prestigious 19th Annual Chinese-American Film & TV Festival, one of the only two of these awards given that night.

Cheng Yi made his solo music debut in 2017 with the single “Goodbye to the Past."

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Paradox
  • Pegasus

Known For

  • The Vendetta of An
  • The Journey of Legend
  • Mysterious Lotus Casebook
  • Love and Redemption
  • Sword and Beloved
  • Agarwood Like Crumbs
  • South Wind Knows
  • Dream of Chang'an
  • Deep Lurk
  • Draw the Line
  • The Promise of Chang'an
  • The Lost Tomb 2
  • Pegasus
  • Surprise
  • Impossible
  • Inside the Girls

Cheng Yi Filmography

2025
The Vendetta of An (TV Series) · as Xie Huai'an
2025
Sword and Beloved (TV Series) · as Wangquan Fugui
2025
The Journey of Legend (TV Series) · as Xiao Qiushui / Li Chenzhou / Xiao Mingming
2024
Deep Lurk (TV Series) · as Yun Hongshen
2023
South Wind Knows (TV Series) · as Fu Yushen
2023
Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV Series) · as Li Lianhua / Li Xiangyi
2022
Draw the Line (TV Series) · as Zhou Yian
2022
Agarwood Like Crumbs (TV Series) · as Ying Yuan / Tang Zhou
2022
Hello Saturday (TV Series)
2021
Dream of Chang'an (TV Series) · as Qi Yan, Emperor Wuzong
2021
Faith Makes Great (TV Series) · as Guan Chonggui
2021
Marvelous City (TV Series)
2020
The Promise of Chang'an (TV Series) · as Xiao Chengxu
2020
Love and Redemption (TV Series) · as Yu Sifeng
2019
The Lost Tomb 2 (TV Series) · as Zhang Qiling
2016
The Legend of Chusen (TV Series) · as Lin Jingyu
2015
Impossible · as Tian Ye
2014
Grade One (TV Series)
2014
Inside the Girls · as Gao Munan
2012

2019
2018
Long Day's Journey Into Night · as Associate Producer
2015

2017
Paradox · as Co-Executive Producer
2015
Go Away Mr. Tumor · as Line Producer

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