Portrait of Jiang Wen

Acting

Jiang Wen

Career

Active from 1986 to 2025, busiest in 2003 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for In the Heat of the Sun
In the Heat of the Sun
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jiang Wen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.9, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 8
  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Chinese Cinema 6
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Tragedy 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Cultural Revolution 2
  • Epic Scope 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
曹操传
曹操传

TV show

2020s

5 titles · average score 51
Take Off
Take Off (2026)

Thanks

Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass (2025)
GoodWatch score 44

as Heavenly Master (voice)

You are the Best
You are the Best (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lang Guoren

Master Rabbit Comes Home
Master Rabbit Comes Home (2022)

Director, Writer

The Curse of Turandot
The Curse of Turandot (2021)
GoodWatch score 46

as The Great Khan

2010s

10 titles · average score 61
Hidden Man
Hidden Man (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lan Qingfeng

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as Baze Malbus

Star Wars: Go Rogue
Star Wars: Go Rogue (2016)

TV show · as Baze Malbus (voice)

Thirteen Talks
Thirteen Talks (2016)

TV show

Gone with the Bullets
Gone with the Bullets (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ma Zouri

Chinese Zodiac
Chinese Zodiac (2012)
GoodWatch score 38

as Narrator

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

as Cao Cao

看球记
看球记 (2011)

Director

Let the Bullets Fly
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

as Pocky Zhang

Golden Wedding
Golden Wedding (2010)

TV show · as 军长

2000s

13 titles · average score 64
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

长河东流
长河东流 (2008)

TV show · as 朱常瀛

The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Tang

Heroic Legend of the Chin Dynasty
Heroic Legend of the Chin Dynasty (2006)

TV show · as 皇太极

Jasmine Women
Jasmine Women (2004)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mr. Meng

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mr. Xu

Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)
GoodWatch score 59

as Lieutenant Li

Green Tea
Green Tea (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Chen Mingliang

My Father and I
My Father and I (2003)
GoodWatch score 65

as Police Officer

The Missing Gun
The Missing Gun (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Ma Shan

Devils on the Doorstep
Devils on the Doorstep (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

as Ma Dasan

The Grand Mansion Gate
The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as 府台大人

1990s

10 titles · average score 74
Lotus Lantern
Lotus Lantern (1999)
GoodWatch score 59

as Niro Go (voice)

Keep Cool
Keep Cool (1997)
GoodWatch score 68

as Zhao Xiaoshuai

The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Charlie Soong

The Emperor's Shadow
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ying Zheng

In the Heat of the Sun
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
GoodWatch score 84

as Adult Ma Xiaojun

A Native of Beijing in New York
A Native of Beijing in New York (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as 王起明

The Trail
The Trail (1993)

as Lei Xiaobao

I Love My Family
I Love My Family (1993)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as 6号嫌疑人

Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch (1991)

as Li Lianying

Black Snow
Black Snow (1990)
GoodWatch score 76

as Li Huiquan

1980s

5 titles · average score 83
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum (1988)
GoodWatch score 81

as Yu

A Woman For Two
A Woman For Two (1988)

as 刘向高

Hibiscus Town
Hibiscus Town (1987)
GoodWatch score 84

as Qin Shutian

The Last Empress
The Last Empress (1987)

as Pu Yi

Le palanquin des larmes
Le palanquin des larmes (1986)

as Wei Hi