# Yan Zidong

Yan Zidong (Chinese: 晏紫东; born 10 December 1994), also known as Kevin Yan, is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in the dramas Love is More Than a Word (2016), Till Death Tear Us Apart (2017), and Butterfly Lovers (2017).

## Early life and education

Yan was born on 10 December 1994 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He enrolled in Xie Jin Film & Television Art College of Shanghai Normal University in 2012, and graduated in 2016.

## Career

In 2013, Yang starred in the micro film Return; the film is also his majoring in college graduation work. After graduating from university in 2016, he signed with Century Agency, a brokerage company and officially entered the entertainment industry.
Yan officially debuted as an actor in 2016 with the drama Love Is More Than A Word, playing Gu She. Thereafter, he became known to the audience. In 2017, he started to gain increased attention and popularity with his role as Zhou Yaohua in historical drama Till Death Tear Us Apart, based on the BL novel Love in a Blaze / A Lifetime Love by Nan Zhi. The same year, he played Bujantai in historical drama Rule the World and starred in the wuxia comedy drama Legend of the Little Monk 2, playing a supporting role. He then starred as the male lead in historical drama Butterfly Lovers, and received positive reviews for his portrayal of Liang Shanbo.
On February 24, 2018, Yan himself issued a statement via Sina Weibo saying that he had cancelled the contract with the original brokerage company Century Agency. In 2019, he starred in the romance drama Meet in Gourmet Food, as well as action crime series The World is Not Fraudulent. Yan also starred in the historical drama Psychic Princess, and youth romance film Miss Forever.
Yan has been cast in the historical dramas Renascence, and Court Lady. He also starred in the 2020 urban romance drama Nothing But Thirty playing a guitarist. Yan also played the role of a sharp-tongued scholar Xu Xinnian in the 2024 period fantasy drama Guardians of the Dafeng.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2019 | Miss Forever | 一生有你 | Meng Yifei | |

### Television series

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 2016 | Love is More Than a Word | 識汝不識丁 | Gu She |
| 2017 | Till Death Tear Us Apart | 愉此一生 | Zhou Yaohua |
| 2017 | Rule the World | 独步天下 | Bujantai |
| 2017 | Legend of the Little Monk 2 | 降龙伏虎小济公2 | Li Fengchun |
| 2017 | Butterfly Lovers | 梁山伯与祝英台 | Liang Shanbo |
| 2017 | A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity | 大话西游之爱你一万年 | Xu Tianqian |
| 2019 | Meet in Gourmet Food | 食分喜歡你 | Zuo Yi |
| 2019 | The World is Not Fraudulent | 天下无诈 | Tian He |
| 2019 | Psychic Princess | 通灵妃 | Prince Ye |
| 2020 | Renascence | 凤唳九天 | Han Jinyi |
| 2020 | Nothing But Thirty | 三十而已 | Zhong Xiaoyang |
| 2021 | Ode to Daughter of Great Tang | 大唐女儿行 | |
| 2024 | Guardians of the Dafeng | 大奉打更人 | Xu Xinnian |

## Discography

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Album |
| 2016 | "Blooming Youth" | 花开年少 | Love is More Than a Word OST |
| 2016 | "Only This Life" | 愉此一生 | Till Death Tear Us Apart OST |
| 2017 | "Thoughts Flying" | 思念飞花 | Till Death Tear Us Apart OST |
| 2017 | "Entire City Scattered with Flowers" | 满城飞花 | Butterfly Lovers OST |
| 2017 | "Eighteen Farewell" | 十八相送 | Butterfly Lovers OST |
| 2017 | "Meow Alien and Bear Child" | 喵星人和熊孩子 | |
| 2019 | "Miss Forever" | 一生有你 | Miss Forever OST |