ACTOR

Jiang Wen

1963 - Today

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Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiang Wen has received more than 1,349,011 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jiang Wen is the 4,317th most popular actor (up from 4,358th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from China (down from 827th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jiang Wens by language

Over the past year Jiang Wen has had the most page views in the with 128,134 views, followed by English (62,926), and Japanese (8,140). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Wu Chinese (281.92%), Simple English (86.40%), and Cantonese (79.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jiang Wen ranks 4,317 out of 13,578. Before him are Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe von Nagy, Anna Kendrick, Gheorghe Mureșan, Charles Hallahan, and Richard Portnow. After him are David Bailie, Francis Blanche, Tracey Walter, Kerwin Mathews, Paola Pitagora, and Charmian Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jiang Wen ranks 242. Before him are Laurene Powell Jobs, Claudio Chiappucci, Jason Connery, Rupert Graves, Holt McCallany, and Yulduz Usmonova. After him are Rosario Flores, Ivan Capelli, Clint Mansell, E. L. James, Henri Leconte, and Raimond Aumann.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jiang Wen ranks 888 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhong Shanshan (1954), Wang Guowei (1877), Liu He (1952), Tsai Chin (1933), Wei Fenghe (1954), and Lin Shu (1852). After him are James Wong Howe (1899), John Baptist Wu (1925), Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Xie Fuzhi (1909), Zhang Jie (1937), and Yao Lee (1922).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Jiang Wen ranks 47. Before him are Zhao Wei (1976), Tang Wei (1979), Hu Die (1908), Toshiko Fujita (1950), Nina Li Chi (1961), and Tsai Chin (1933). After him are Dilraba Dilmurat (1992), Bai Yang (1920), Keye Luke (1904), Xiao Zhan (1991), Lisa Lu (1927), and Zhou Xun (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

Let the Bullets Fly
Pocky Zhang
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
Dec 20o 20107.701 / 10
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Baze Malbus
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Dec 14o 20167.5 / 10
Devils on the Doorstep
Ma Dasan
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
May 12o 20008.138 / 10