Sun Haiying

Sun Haiying (; born 7 October 1956) is a Chinese actor.

Sun is noted for his roles as Shi Guangrong and Hong Qigong in the television series The Years of Intense Emotion (2001) and The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2002) respectively. He has now gained even greater popularity from his breakthrough role as Fan Zeng in King's War (2012).

Sun has won the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival - Best Supporting Actor in 2012 and the Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding actor in 2002.

Life Sun was born in a wealthy and highly educated family in Shenyang, Liaoning on October 7, 1956, the son of Hai Na , an actress, and Sun Haichang , the President of Liaoning People's Art Theatre.

At the age of 7, he joined the People's Liberation Army in Tibet, he was transferred to Fujian Military Region in 1979. Sun joined Shenyang Theatre in 1989 and became an actor.

On February 26, 2016, Sun's Sina Weibo was banned.

Sun was twice married. Originally wed to a female pharmacist in 1979, the couple had a son, who died early.

After a turbulent divorce, he remarried in 2002. Lǚ Lìpíng, his second wife, who is also a Chinese notable actress. Both Sun and Lǚ are Protestants.

Political positions Role of the Chinese Communist Party Sun questioned the statement "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China", a slogan from a popular Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda song, on his Sina Weibo. He publicly stated that "No matter who appeared, China will exist still."

Cultural Revolution In August 2015, Sun said in a post on his Sina Weibo that "The Cultural Revolution is a crime against humanity, and we will never forgive it".

Homosexuality Sun also stated in an interview that he believes homosexuality to be a dirty crime against humanity.

Freedom of religion As a Protestant himself, Sun supported the freedom of religion on his Sina Weibo and opposed the CCP's control of religions.

Filmography Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1995 Walk Out of Mountain Tomorrow Ma Baoshan 1996 Northeast of the Godfather a bandit 2002 Laughing in the Wind Tian Boguang 2001 The Years of Intense Emotion Shi Guangrong 2002 The Holidays in My Heart The Legend of the Condor Heroes Hong Qigong 2003 High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty Li Bai Police in Tibet Fang Ziguang 2004 The Queen is Here Zhu Yuanzhang Swear Not To Give Up 2005 The Prince of Han Dynasty Jiang Chong 2006 The Man Out of the War Zhong Yukun The Sentry Lu Dacheng 2007 My Father's Flag Zhong Shoucheng 2008 A Woman's Epic Du Han 2012 King's War Fan Zeng The Highest Interests Li Dongfang 2017 There is a Sea in the East Li Hongzhang

Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1987 Operation Flashpoint 1992 Swordsmen in Double Flag Town Yi Daoxian Ball Game Fan 1995 The War Wang Zhen 1996 The Sunflower Zhang Gengnian 2001 Out of Xibaipo Shanghai Woman 2002 Pretty Big Feet 2004 Jade Goddess of Mercy 2006 Getting Home 2007 The One Man Olympics Liu Zhaoxiu 2008 1977 College Entrance Examination 2010 Under the Hawthorn Tree 2012 The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894 Li Hongzhang 2014 For Love or Money 2015 Lost and Love 2016 Out of Ordinary 2018 The Class of One Song Wenhua

Awards 2002 Flying Apsaras Award for Outstanding actor 2012 The Sino-Japanese War at Sea - China Movie Channel Media Awards - Best Supporting Actor