Portrait of Sun Li

Acting

Sun Li

Career

Active from 1996 to 2026, busiest in 2004 and 2009 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Empresses in the Palace
Empresses in the Palace
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sun Li Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Romantic Tragedy 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Historical Fantasy 2
  • Tragic Love Story 2
  • Chinese Cinema 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Martial Arts Action 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Power Struggles 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

48
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Survive
Survive

TV show ยท as Ma Honglei

Before Birthday
Before Birthday

TV show ยท as Jiang Ke

Let It Be
Let It Be

TV show

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 78
The Dark Romance
The Dark Romance (2026)

TV show ยท as Yan Ling

ๅ‘ๅ†…ไธ€ๅ…ฌ้‡Œ
ๅ‘ๅ†…ไธ€ๅ…ฌ้‡Œ (2026)

TV show

A Better Life
A Better Life (2025)

TV show ยท as Hu Manli

Breaking the Shadows
Breaking the Shadows (2025)

TV show ยท as Han Qing

็”„ๅฌ›็ˆฑไธๅœโ€”โ€”็”„ๅฌ›ไผ ๅฐไธป่Š‚ๆ™šไผš
็”„ๅฌ›็ˆฑไธๅœโ€”โ€”็”„ๅฌ›ไผ ๅฐไธป่Š‚ๆ™šไผš (2025)

TV show

Ping-Pong: The Triumph
Ping-Pong: The Triumph (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

as Wang Ying

The Ideal City
The Ideal City (2021)

TV show ยท as Su Xiao

I Will Find You a Better Home
I Will Find You a Better Home (2020)

TV show ยท as Fang Sijin

With You
With You (2020)

TV show ยท as Chief Fang

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 64
Shadow
Shadow (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

as Madam Xiao Ai

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Zhou Ying

Legend of Mi Yue
Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Mi Yue / Mi Bazi

Empresses in the Palace
Empresses in the Palace (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Zhen Huan

Devil And Angel
Devil And Angel (2015)
GoodWatch score 36

as Cha Xiaodao

Just Another Margin
Just Another Margin (2014)

as Jin Ling

Keep Running
Keep Running (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show

Hot Mom!
Hot Mom! (2013)

TV show ยท as Xia Bing

Empresses in the Palace
Empresses in the Palace (2011)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Zhen Huan

The Lost Bladesman
The Lost Bladesman (2011)
GoodWatch score 55

as Qilan

Mural
Mural (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

as Shaoyao

Just Another Pandora's Box
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
GoodWatch score 46

as Rose

2000s

22 titles ยท average score 68
Iron Road
Iron Road (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Little Tiger

Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg
Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

as So-mui

Auntie Duohe
Auntie Duohe (2009)

TV show

Painted Skin
Painted Skin (2008)
GoodWatch score 61

as Xia Bing

Shanghai Bund
Shanghai Bund (2007)

TV show ยท as Feng Chengcheng

Tian Mimi
Tian Mimi (2007)

TV show ยท as ๅถ้’

Fearless
Fearless (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

as Moon

ๅฑ‹้กถไธŠ็š„็ปฟๅฎ็Ÿณ
ๅฑ‹้กถไธŠ็š„็ปฟๅฎ็Ÿณ (2006)

TV show ยท as ่Žซๅฎถ็ฆ

Happiness as Flowers
Happiness as Flowers (2005)

TV show ยท as ๆœๅจŸ

Harmony
Harmony (2004)

TV show ยท as ็ซบๆ™š็ง‹

Da Ran Fang
Da Ran Fang (2003)

TV show ยท as ๆฒˆ่ฟœๅฎœ

Yu Guan Yin
Yu Guan Yin (2003)

TV show ยท as ๅฎ‰ๅฟƒ

1990s

1 title
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1996)

TV show