Yan Ni

Acting

Yan Ni

Born March 10, 1971 · Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (age 55)

Yan Ni (Chinese: 闫妮), born Yan Kaiyan, is a Chinese film and television actress. Most well known for her role as Tong Xiangyu in the hit sitcom My Own Swordsman. She works for the Television Art center of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yan Ni,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

True LegendTrue Legend · 2010
True Legend
★ 6.62010
MovieActionFantasy
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King of Beggars."
Monster HuntMonster Hunt · 2015
Monster Hunt
★ 6.52015
MovieComedyFantasy
Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.
Coming HomeComing Home · 2014
Coming Home
★ 7.32014
MovieDramaRomance
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.
Waiting for Myself
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Waiting for Myself · 2026
Waiting for Myself
2026
MovieDramaComedy
Kung Fu DunkKung Fu Dunk · 2008
Kung Fu Dunk
★ 6.02008
MovieActionAdventure
Shi-Jie is a brilliant martial artist from the Kung Fu School. One day, he encounters a group of youths playing basketball and shows off how easy it is for him, with his martial arts training, to do a Slam Dunk. Watching him was Chen-Li, a shrewd businessman, who recruits him to play varsity basketball at the local university.
The Volunteers: Peace at LastThe Volunteers: Peace at Last · 2025
The Volunteers: Peace at Last
★ 8.22025
MovieDramaWar
Set during the final phase of the War to Resist U.S. and Aid Korea, the film depicts the tense final battles and simultaneous peace negotiations leading to the armistice, capturing the spirit of perseverance and sacrifice on both the battlefield and the diplomatic front.
My People, My HomelandMy People, My Homeland · 2020
My People, My Homeland
★ 6.22020
MovieDramaComedy
In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
The Great MagicianThe Great Magician · 2011
The Great Magician
★ 6.02011
MovieDramaMystery
In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

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Every Dog Has Its DayEvery Dog Has Its Day · 2026
Every Dog Has Its Day
★ 7.02026
MovieComedyDrama
Old Lin, a retired steel mill veteran with mobility issues, lives a materially comfortable yet emotionally desolate life. His routine is unexpectedly disrupted when he crosses paths with Ma Teng, an idle drifter brimming with "useless knowledge" and a chronic habit of abandoning projects midway, during a botched caregiver interview. What begins as a comedic clash of misunderstandings evolves into an extraordinary companionship. Through their unlikely journey bridging generational and social divides, the mismatched pair transforms from chaotic strangers into mutual pillars of support. This transgenerational bond defying conventional boundaries of age and mortality becomes a profound testament to human resilience. In each other's flawed existence, they discover the courage to confront physical decline and mortality, ultimately unearthing the fortitude to embrace life's uncertainties with renewed bravery.

Yang Zhuoning (Notary Officer)

Magic to WinMagic to Win · 2011
Magic to Win
★ 3.92011
MovieFantasyComedy
Nobody knows that Professor Hong Sum Kwai is actually the Water Magician, one of the five elemental wizards. One day, Hong accidentally loses his magical powers, which are transferred to his student Cheng Meisi. The girl happily uses the superhuman abilities she acquired by luck in life, at school, and on the volleyball court, but those powers also land her in trouble as a war of wizardry rages around her... Fire Magician Bi Yewu is desperate to turn back time to change a tragedy in the past, but to do so he needs to bring together the powers of all five elemental wizards. Wood Magician Gu Xinyue foresees catastrophe if time is warped, so he alerts the other wizards - including Earth Magician Ling Feng and Metal Magician Charlie - to join forces and prevent it from happening...

Volleyball Team Coach