Biography
Xia Yu is a Chinese actor. He was born on 28 October 1976 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, and trained at the Central Academy of Drama.
He first came to international attention for his leading role as Ma Xiaojun in In the Heat of the Sun (1994), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival at the age of 17. Subsequent film roles include Wu Lien in The Painted Veil (2006), Wong Jack Man in Birth of the Dragon (2017), and Shen Gongbao in Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023) and its sequel (2025). He also appeared as Old Ma in A Little Red Flower (2020).
Xia Yu has been married to actress Yuan Quan since 2009.
