---
name: "Ruocheng Ying"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruocheng-ying"
fi1m_id: "ruocheng-ying"
imdb_id: "nm0948078"
tmdb_id: 11394
wikidata_id: "Q708535"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 June 1929"
died: "27 December 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:04.080869+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."
---

# Ruocheng Ying

## Identity

Ruocheng Ying

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruocheng-ying
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruocheng-ying
- **IMDb ID:** nm0948078
- **TMDB ID:** 11394
- **Wikidata ID:** Q708535
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ying_Ruocheng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11394

Actor. Born 21 June 1929 in Beijing，China. Died 27 December 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 June 1929, Beijing，China
- **Died:** 27 December 2003
- **Also known as:** 英若诚
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ying_Ruocheng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948078/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11394

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Last Emperor*](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md) (80)

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## Biography

Ying Ruocheng (also credited as 英若诚) was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and translator. Born in Beijing in 1929, he graduated from Tsinghua University and joined the Beijing People's Art Theatre, where he performed roles including Pockmark Liu in Lao She's *Teahouse*.

He appeared as the detention camp governor in Bernardo Bertolucci's *The Last Emperor* (1987) and as Lama Norbu in *Little Buddha* (1993). He also portrayed Kublai Khan in the 1982 miniseries *Marco Polo*. From 1986 to 1990 he served as vice minister of culture. In 1983 he translated and starred as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's production of *Death of a Salesman* in Beijing.

Ying died in Beijing in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Emperor* (1987), Fi1m 80, as The Governor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little Buddha* (1993), as Lama Norbu
- *I Love My Family* (1993), series, as 胡学范
- *Fortress Besieged* (1990), series, as 高松年
- *The Last Emperor* (1987), as The Governor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-emperor.md)
- *推销员之死* (1983), as 威利·洛曼
- *Marco Polo* (1982), series, as Kublai Khan
- *Teahouse* (1982), as Liu Ma Zi
- *雷雨* (1979), as 鲁贵
- *Doctor Bethune* (1965), as 童秘书

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Ramon Magsaysay Award 1998: Ramon Magsaysay Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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