Peng Yuchang

Peng Yuchang (, born October 25, 1994) is a Chinese actor and singer, who gained recognition after appearing in Our Shining Days and Hu Bo's award-winning film An Elephant Sitting Still. He was chosen by CCTV-6's China Movie Report as one of the "New Generation Four Young Actors Skilled in Acting" on 2019, along with Liu Haoran, Leo Wu, and Hu Xianxu. Forbes China listed Peng on their 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list which consisted of 30 influential people under 30 years old who have had a substantial effect in their fields. Peng ranked 57th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and 67th in 2020. Early life Peng Yuchang was born in Xinyu, Jiangxi, China. In his childhood days, he was always looked after by his grandparents because his parents were busy with work. He was trained to play the saxophone from an early age. He studied at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2012, majoring in puppetry. During that time, he performed in Come On, My Life! and other theatrical performances. Career Peng made his acting debut in the romance web drama Go Princess Go (2015) and first gained attention for his performance as Eunuch Jiang. In 2016, he starred in a teen web drama Stardom, acting as an aspiring artist. The same year, Peng took on his first lead role in a fantasy web drama Weapon & Soul. Then he starred in Sohu's self-produced drama Men with Sword.