Dan Li
| Dan Li | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 12, 1981 Greater Manchester, North West England |
| 💼 Occupation | Film and Television actor, Voice Actor |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.danli.co.uk/ |
| Twitter= | |
Overview[edit]
Dan Li is a well known and respected British film, television, and voice actor. He is best known for playing a pivotal role in the Black Mirror episode, White Christmas. He first worked in a supporting role of Laizi in the 1993 acclaimed film, Farewell My Concubine. He has since provided voicework for The Angry Birds Movie 2 and video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Li has also had numerous roles including in Doctor Who[1], 24: Live Another Day, Ideal, Casualty[2], Hotel Babylon, 4Funnies, Secret Diary of a Call Girl[3], Silent Witness, Black Mirror[4], and Comedy Lab[5].[6]
Farewell my Concubine (in which Li was credited as "Li Dan") went on to win Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and went on to win other honors. This role, though small, was important for Li as it provided exposure that launched future acting opportunities.
Early Life[edit]
Li is a British actor of Chinese descent. Chonan Chew of Resonate, Global Voices on East Asian Issues, reported that Li is important to the Asian community as Asian actors usually remain unseen with little known about them. "As East Asians are rarely seen on British television, seeing an East Asian actor cast in such a mainstream television show in a role that wasn’t a takeaway owner or stereotype, was refreshing to say the least."[7]
Filmography[8][edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine | Laizi, Peking Opera Schoolboy | Screen debut |
| 2008 | Dorothy | Montgomery | Short film |
| 2010 | Last Chance | Mr. Maxwell | Short film |
| 2010 | Pimp | Chinese Heavy | |
| 2016 | I, Daniel Blake | Stan Li | |
| 2018 | Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! | Yong Bao (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | J.J. (speaking voice) | In production |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hotel Babylon | Jiang | Episode: "#3.7" |
| 2008-2011 | Ideal | Tony | 13 episodes |
| 2009 | Casualty | Hui | Episode: "Who Do You Think You Are?" |
| 2009 | My Spy Family | Mike | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Comedy Lab | Yuki | Episode: "Filth" |
| 2010 | The Deep | Hatsuto | 5 episodes
Television miniseries |
| 2011 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Me. Watanabe | Episode: "#4.6" |
| 2011 | Hotel Trubble | Mr. Takahashi | Episode: "Takahashi" |
| 2012 | 4Funnies | Nurse | Episode: "Gittens" |
| 2013 | Doctor Who | Alexei | Episode: "The Bells of Saint John" |
| 2013-2016 | Slugterra | Additional Voices (voice) | 38 episodes |
| 2014 | Amber | Charlie | Television miniseries
Episodes: "Sarah" and "Charlie" |
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Chinese Tech | 3 episodes
Television miniseries |
| 2014 | The Driver | Chinese Man | Episode:"#1.3"
Television miniseries |
| 2014 | Black Mirror | Tim | Episode: "White Christmas" |
| 2015 | Horrible Histories | Various | Episodes: "Crooked King John and Magna Carta" and "Horrid Henry VIII Special" |
| 2018-present | Thomas & Friends | Yong Bao (voice) | UK/US versions |
Video games[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2017 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Wong (voice) |
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bells of Saint John, retrieved 2019-03-17
- ↑ Who Do You Think You Are?, retrieved 2019-03-17
- ↑ Episode #4.6, retrieved 2019-03-17
- ↑ Chew, Cohan (2016-12-21). "FEATURE: Who was that British East Asian actor from Black Mirror's 'White Christmas'?". Resonate. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ↑ "Dan Li". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- ↑ "Dan Li". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ↑ Chew, Cohan (2016-12-21). "FEATURE: Who was that British East Asian actor from Black Mirror's 'White Christmas'?". Resonate. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ↑ "Dan Li". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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