# Li Youbin

Li Youbin (born 15 February 1958) is a Chinese actor known for his roles in military dramas. He is particularly known for playing the role of Li Yunlong in the war drama Drawing Sword based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Duliang (都梁). In 2006, along with seven other actors, he received the Audience's Favorite Actor award at the Golden Eagle Awards.

## Early life and education

Li was born into a family of workers in Kuancheng District of Changchun, Jilin, on February 15, 1958. He has four siblings. His elder sister Li Yeping (李野萍) is also an actress. Li attended the Changchun No. 11 High School.
In 1995, Li moved to Beijing with his family. In 2002, Li was transferred to the August First Film Studio.

## Personal life

Li was twice married. At the age of 16, Li was admitted to a drama troupe and met Zhang Ruiqi (张瑞琪), who will married to him in 1984. Their son Li Xiaoke (李小珂) was born in 1985. In 2006, the two divorced.
Li began dating actress Shi Lanya (史兰芽) in 2003 after they first met while appearing in Chinese drama Jiang Shan. They married in 2008. Shi is 13 years younger than Li and has been married twice.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 1985 | Si zheng | 死证 | Fang Shusheng (方树森) |
| 1988 | Heaven Drum | 天鼓 | Yu Tian (于天) |
| 1989 | Men Coming to the Execution Ground | 老少爷们上法场 | Qiang Juren (强举人) |
| 1990 | Fight at the Imperial Tomb | 血泊皇陵 | Xu Jin (徐进) |
| 1990 | War of Information on the Isolated Island | 孤岛情报战 | Liu Jianfeng (刘建丰) |
| 1991 | Hotline | 热线电话 | Song Ancheng (宋安成) |
| 1992 | Successors of the Great Yu | 大禹的传人 | Zheng Haifeng (郑海峰) |
| 1992 | Edeke xue jiu | 俄德克血酒 | Liuhan Wu (刘汉五) |
| 1993 | Jun lie sha chu zhong wei | 军列杀出重围 | Zhong Ye (中野) |
| 1994 | Sha ji si fu | 杀机四伏 | Yang Zhigang (扬子江) |
| 1995 | Flying Tigers | 飞虎队 | Qin Xiong (秦雄) |
| 1998 | Run for the Village Head | 竞选村长 | Zhang Changshun (张长顺) |
| 2000 | Roaring Across the Horizon | 横空出世 | Lu Guangda (陆光达) |
| 2003 | Jingtaohailang | 惊涛骇浪 | Zhang Ziming (张子明) |
| 2004 | Profoundly Affecting | 惊心动魄 | Marshal |
| 2005 | On the Mountain of Tai Hang | 太行山上 | Zhu Huaibing (朱怀冰) |
| 2006 | Qing nuan wan jia | 情暖万家 | Zhang Yungsheng (章云生) |
| 2007 | My Left Hand | 我的左手 | Teacher |
| 2008 | Jing tian dong di | 惊天动地 | Liang Zhidong (梁志东) |
| 2010 | Feitian | 飞天 | Commander |
| 2011 | Du jiang! Du jiang! | 渡江!渡江! | He Xiaojiang (和小江) |
| 2012 | Loyalty and Betrayal | 忠诚与背叛 | Weapons factory owner |
| 2013 | The Sweet Smile | 雷锋的微笑 | Luo Ruiqing |
| 2019 | | 九条命 | |
| 2019 | The Bugle from Gutian | 古田军号 | boss of paper mill |
| 2019 | The Secret of China | 红星照耀中国 | |

### Television

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 1992 | The Ebb and Flow | — | Lu Mingkuan (鲁明宽) |
| 1995 | Bolshevik Brothers | 布尔什维克兄弟 | Li Shuichang (刘水长) |
| 2005–2006 | Drawing Sword | 亮剑 | Li Yunlong |
| 2008 | Pathfinding to the Northeast | — | Zhu Kaishan |
| 2009 | In a place far far away | 在遥远的地方 | Wei Tie |
| 2012 | Yan has a daughter who doesn't worry about marriage | 老严有女不愁嫁 | Yan Chaling (严查令) |
| 2014 | Bodyguard of the Love | 爱的保镖 | Sun Haishan (孙海山) |
| 2015 | Don't Let Me Find It | 别让我看见 | Liu Yusheng (刘玉生) |
| 2015 | The Happiness of Sun laojue | 孙老倔的幸福 | Sunlao Jue (孙老倔) |
| 2017 | Juézhàn jiāng qiáo | 决战江桥 | Ma Zhanshan |
| 2019 | In Law We Believe | 因法之名 | Ge Dajie |
| 2019 | | 反恐特战队之天狼 | Wang Duo |