Jackson Yee

Date of birth

28 Nov 2000

25 years ago at Huaihua, Hunan, China

Also Known As

易烊千玺
Yi Yangqianxi
Jackson Yi
易烊千璽
이양천새
Dịch Dương Thiên Tỉ
อี้หยางเชียนซี
イー・ヤンチェンシー
ジャクソン・イー
四字
جکسون یی
dich duong thien ti
qianxi
千玺
Джексон И

Jackson Yee (born 28 November, 2000) is a Chinese actor and singer who graduated from The Central Academy of Drama.

Biography

Already a major star across Asia by the age of 13, Yee gained international recognition with his film debut in the Oscar-nominated Better Days (2019), filmed at 17 and winning numerous Best Newcomer awards. Since then, Yee has starred in a string of record-breaking hits including A Little Red Flower (2020), The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021), China’s highest-grossing film of all time, Nice View (2022), Full River Red (2023), the top-grossing film of 2023, and Big World (2024). Yee's seven leading roles have amassed over US$2.8 billion at the box office (497 million admissions), earning him Best Actor nominations from all prestigious Chinese film awards.

Jackson Yee is widely considered the leading figure in contemporary Chinese cinema, distinguished by his charisma, versatility and box office power. He topped the Forbes China Celebrity list in both 2020 and 2021, before the list’s discontinuation.