Ying Ruocheng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ying Ruocheng

Chinese actor, translator

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 27-Dec-2003

Profession: writer, politician, translator, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ying Ruocheng (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Ying Ruòchéng; June 21, 1929 - December 27, 2003) was a Chinese actor, director, playwright and vice minister of culture from 1986 to 1990.
He first came to the attention of Western audiences for his portrayal of Kublai Khan in the 1982 miniseries Marco Polo.
He is best known for playing the part of the governor of the detention camp in the Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor, and the role of the Tibetan Buddhist Lama Norbu in Little Buddha.
He is also well known as a theater translator, director, and actor for the Beijing People's Art Theatre, particularly for his role as Pockmark Liu in Lao She's masterpiece "Teahouse" and as Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" in 1983, directed by Arthur Miller (Ying also translated the script).