Yan Yikuan, formerly known as Yankuan, was born in Shanghai on January 24, 1979. He is a film and television actor and singer in Mainland China. He graduated from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy. In 1994, Yan Yikuan was admitted to Shanghai Yindu Artists Training School to study vocal music and participated in the shooting of the MV "I Am Chinese". In 1995, Yan Yikuan was admitted to the Shanghai Xie Jin Hengtong Star School to learn to perform. Yan Yikuan, who was only 16 years old, played a Qing dynasty in the historical war film "Opium War" directed by Xie Jin; in the same year, he participated in the drama "Sun Fire". In 1997, the 18-year-old Yan Yikuan was admitted to the acting department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Since his sophomore year, Yan Yikuan began to take over the show, and has appeared in TV series such as "Love Letter" and "Xinwang". In the graduation examination, Yan Yikuan achieved all A grades in 4 subjects of the "Sound Table Form" and played the leading role in the graduation show. In 1999, Yan Yikuan starred in his first TV drama work and officially entered the show business circle.
in the same year, guest starred in the romantic drama "Love the Sun, Moon and Stars". In 2001, he played Ye Yushu, a doctor with exquisite medical skills and a handsome appearance in the fantasy mystery drama "Curious Cases". On February 5, 2002, Yan Yikuan co-starred with Zhang Weijian and Li Bingbing's costumed martial arts drama "Young Zhang Sanfeng", in which he played Yi Jifeng, the master of the famous Sword Villa. In the same year, he played the role of rural youth Sun Benli in the youth idol drama "Dream Pursuing". On January 20, 2004, Yan Yikuan played the role of Ming Yingzong in the historical costume drama "Daming Dynasty 1449". In 2005, starred in the costume drama "Flying Qianlong". On February 28, the historical costume drama "Qin Wang Li Shimin" co-starred with He Rundong and Gao Yuanyuan was broadcast, playing the thoughtful Prince Li Jiancheng in the play. On June 24, the legendary costume drama "Wudang" directed by Tan Ruiming was broadcast. Yan Yikuan played Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. On August 7, 2006, the emotional drama "Golden Age" starring Yan Yikuan was aired. He played the role of Guowei Gao of the Shanghai Supervision Bureau and sang the ending song "Only Love".
On January 30, 2007, Yan Yikuan and Zhang Zhilin starred in the costume martial arts film "Before and after the Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" was released, in which he played the role of sword master Ye Gucheng. On November 8, the costumed martial arts drama "Big Person", which he starred in based on the novel of the same name, was broadcast. Yan Yikuan played the role of Qin Ge, who is searching for a big person in his heart. In 2009, starred in the criminal investigation suspense drama "Criminal Apocalypse". In the same year, he played the role of Liu Shaokang in the ancient costume court drama "Beauty Scheming". On August 1, 2010, the spy war mystery drama "Life and Death" starring Yan Yikuan was aired. In the drama, he played the upright, arrogant, meticulous and meticulous private detective Wu Fei. On December 31, 2012, the mythical inspirational drama "Mazu" starring Yan Yikuan and Liu Tao was broadcast. He played the role of Wu Zonglun, a grateful and honest official in the drama. After the show was broadcast, the average viewership rate reached 3.19%, the viewership share was 9.14%, and the highest viewership rate for a single episode was 4.44%, refreshing the viewership rate of the CCTV TV drama channel. In January 2017, he played Ji Dan, the prince of Yan Guo, in the legendary drama "Ba Qing Biography". In April, with "Xin Xiao Shi Lang" nominated the 22nd Huading Awards for Best Actor in Chinese Ancient Costume TV Series.
May 24th, was invited to attend the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. In July, starring in the movie "The Whisperer of Life and Death Qin Ming" adapted from the forensic Qin Ming's series of novel "The Dead Whisperer". On January 3, 2018, the era spy war drama "Xiao Lou Dong Feng" starring Song Yi premiered. Yan Yikuan played the romantic and suave agent Gao Chen in the play, and sang the theme song "Poppy Poppy" for the play. Interlude "Near, Far". In January 2019, she confirmed her partner Li Fei Er to star in the epic historical drama "Kun Peng and the Butterfly". On January 25th, Hunan Satellite TV's original sound competition show "Sound Immersion Season 2" recorded as a "sound master" was broadcast. When he first saw him, he was so handsome that he could be seen crying on the screen. When he saw him and Peng Xiaoran participated in a variety show together, he still wanted to collaborate on a drama with these two high-value dramas, but it was a pity that Ba Mou didn’t. Broadcast, otherwise the editing expert will have material to cut a video of these two. Haha, it may be just my delusion. How many dimensions and boundaries must be crossed between the two co-stars.
