Jiang Wen

Personal Info

Birthday

January 5, 1963

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Tangshan, Hebei, China

Also Known As

姜文

Γουέν Ζιανγκ

강문

姜小军

Jiang Wen

Biography

Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese film actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film Red Sorghum (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars film Rogue One (2016). He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.

Known For

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Grand Mansion Gate

Chinese Zodiac

Let the Bullets Fly

Golden Wedding

In the Heat of the Sun

Heroic Legend of the Chin Dynasty

Marriage Cuisine

Filmography

2025
You are the Best
as Lang Guoren
2021
The Curse of Turandot
as The Great Khan
2018
Hidden Man
as Lan Qingfeng
2017
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Baze Malbus
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
as Self
2014
Gone with the Bullets
as Ma Zouri
2012
Chinese Zodiac
as Narrator
2011
The Lost Bladesman
as Cao Cao
2010
Let the Bullets Fly
as Pocky Zhang
2009
Let the Wind Carry Me
as Self
The Founding of a Republic
as Mao Renfeng
2007
The Sun Also Rises
as Tang
2004
Letter from an Unknown Woman
as Mr. Xu
Jasmine Women
as Mr. Meng
2003
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
as Lieutenant Li
My Father and I
as Police Officer
Green Tea
as Chen Mingliang
2002
The Missing Gun
as Ma Shan
2001
Devils on the Doorstep
as Ma Dasan
1999
Lotus Lantern
as Niro Go (voice）
1997
Keep Cool
as Zhao Xiaoshuai
The Soong Sisters
as Charlie Soong
1996
The Emperor's Shadow
as Ying Zheng
1995
In the Heat of the Sun
as Adult Ma Xiaojun
1991
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
as Li Lianying
1990
Black Snow
as Li Huiquan
1988
Red Sorghum
as Yu
A Woman For Two
as 刘向高
1987
The Last Empress
as Pu Yi
Hibiscus Town
as Qin Shutian
1986
Le palanquin des larmes
as Wei Hi