Golden boy of the box office
Xia Yu in the movie Waiting Alone (2005) which earned him the Best Actor award at the 12th Chinese Student Film Festival Awards. File photo |
His performance In the Heat of the Sun (1994) rocketed him to international stardom after he won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award. He became the youngest actor in the festival's history to win the award, and he went on to win Best Actor awards at the Singapore International Film Festival and Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.
The Law of Romance (2003) won him a Golden Rooster Award and Waiting Alone (2005) earned him Best Actor at the 12th Chinese Student Film Festival Awards.
In 1995, Xia was accepted into the Central Academy of Drama. After completing his studies, he remained an active force in Chinese cinema as well as television. He may not be the most prolific of actors, but every one of his films has been a box office winner.
China Daily
(China Daily 04/04/2007 page19)
