Yu Zhang

Zhang Yu is a Chinese actor. Zhang became widely known in 2018 through three films: An Elephant Sitting Still, Dying to Survive and A Cool Fish. His performance as the leukaemia patient "Huang Mao" in Dying to Survive won him the Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and earned him nominations at the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards, and in 2019, he received the Best New Actor award at the Beijing College Student Film Festival. His later work includes the films Her Story (2024) and Front Teeth (2026) and the television series The First Shot (2024) and Crimes Against Humanity (2025).