Breakthrough in 《
末代皇帝》 (The Last Emperor, 1988 CCTV version) playing Puyi. Defined a generation of emperor roles with 《
康熙王朝》 (Kangxi Dynasty, 2001). Later shifted to film — 《
唐山大地震》, 《
一九四二》, 《
归来》 — working repeatedly with Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou.