--- name: "Jiang Wen" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jiang-wen" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 January 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T12:12:54.350722+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jiang Wen Actor. Born 5 January 1963 in Tangshan, Hebei, China. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 January 1963, Tangshan, Hebei, China - **Also known as:** 姜文, Γουέν Ζιανγκ, 강문, 姜小军 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Wen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716069, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77301 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jiang Wen (Chinese: 姜文) is a Chinese actor, director and screenwriter. Born on 5 January 1963 in Tangshan, Hebei, China, he began his career in the 1980s and gained recognition for his leading role in Zhang Yimou's *Red Sorghum* (1988). He has also appeared in *Warriors of Heaven and Earth* (2003) and *The Lost Bladesman* (2011). As a director, Jiang is noted for *In the Heat of the Sun* (1994), *Devils on the Doorstep* (2000) and *Let the Bullets Fly* (2010). He played Baze Malbus in the 2016 film *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*. He is the older brother of actor Jiang Wu. *Sources: starwars.fandom.com, imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, as Baze Malbus — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) ## Complete filmography (45) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Take Off* (2026), Thanks - *Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass* (2025), as Heavenly Master (voice) - *You are the Best* (2025), Lang Guoren, Director, Writer, Editor - *Master Rabbit Comes Home* (2022), Director, Writer, Editor - *The Curse of Turandot* (2021), as The Great Khan - *Hidden Man* (2018), Lan Qingfeng, Director, Screenplay - *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), as Baze Malbus — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) - *Star Wars: Go Rogue* (2016), series, as Baze Malbus (voice) - *Gone with the Bullets* (2014), Ma Zouri, Director, Writer, Editor - *Chinese Zodiac* (2012), as Narrator - *看球记* (2011), Director - *Love for Life* (2011), Acting - *The Lost Bladesman* (2011), as Cao Cao - *20 Years of Original Chinese Music* (2011), Acting - *Let the Bullets Fly* (2010), Pocky Zhang, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor - *Golden Wedding* (2010), series, as 军长 - *The Founding of a Republic* (2009), as Mao Renfeng - *New York, I Love You* (2008), Director - *长河东流* (2008), series, as 朱常瀛 - *The Sun Also Rises* (2007), Tang, Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Writer - *Heroic Legend of the Chin Dynasty* (2006), series, as 皇太极 - *Letter from an Unknown Woman* (2004), as Mr. Xu - *Jasmine Women* (2004), as Mr. Meng - *Warriors of Heaven and Earth* (2003), as Lieutenant Li - *My Father and I* (2003), as Police Officer - *Green Tea* (2003), as Chen Mingliang - *The Missing Gun* (2002), as Ma Shan - *Devils on the Doorstep* (2001), Ma Dasan, Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer - *The Grand Mansion Gate* (2001), series, as 府台大人 - *Lotus Lantern* (1999), as Niro Go (voice) - *Keep Cool* (1997), as Zhao Xiaoshuai - *The Soong Sisters* (1997), as Charlie Soong - *The Emperor's Shadow* (1996), as Ying Zheng - *In the Heat of the Sun* (1994), Adult Ma Xiaojun, Director, Screenplay - *The Trail* (1993), as Lei Xiaobao - *A Native of Beijing in New York* (1993), series, as 王起明 - *I Love My Family* (1993), series, as 6号嫌疑人 - *Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch* (1991), as Li Lianying - *Black Snow* (1990), as Li Huiquan - *Red Sorghum* (1988), as Yu - *A Woman For Two* (1988), as 刘向高 - *The Last Empress* (1987), as Pu Yi - *Hibiscus Town* (1987), as Qin Shutian - *Le palanquin des larmes* (1986), as Wei Hi - *曹操传*, series, Acting ## Gallery - ![Jiang Wen](https://film.one/media/person/1030621/gallery-199a91ce8c8c.jpg) Jiang Wen — Étienne ANDRÉ, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/2008-03-14_Jiang_Wen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jiang Wen](https://film.one/media/person/1030621/gallery-d48ef0b642e8.jpg) Jiang Wen — Image via TMDB - ![Jiang Wen](https://film.one/media/person/1030621/gallery-e66de1b1cf25.jpg) Jiang Wen — Image via TMDB - ![Jiang Wen](https://film.one/media/person/1030621/gallery-65673a25ddab.jpg) Jiang Wen — Image via TMDB - ![Jiang Wen](https://film.one/media/person/1030621/gallery-878684fd43e7.jpg) Jiang Wen — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won - China Film Director's Guild Award for Best Director 2011: China Film Director's Guild Award for Best Director (won), for *Let the Bullets Fly* - Prix France Culture Cinéma 2001: Prix France Culture Cinéma (won) - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 1998: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *The Soong Sisters* - Golden Horse Award for Best Director 1996: Golden Horse Award for Best Director (won), for *In the Heat of the Sun* - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor 1989: Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor (won), for *Hibiscus Town* - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor 1987: Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor (won), for *Hibiscus Town* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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