Biography

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