Chen Jianbin

Chen Jianbin (Chinese: 陈建斌, born June 27, 1970) is a Chinese actor active in television and film. He is most notable for the portrayal of Cao Cao in the 2010 television series Three Kingdoms; as well as his performance in Decade of Marriage, Qiao's Grand Courtyard and Empresses in the Palace.

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lu Chuan  •  Han Sanping  •  Huang Jianxin  •  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Chen Kun  •  John Woo  •  Daniel Wu

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lu Chuan  •  Han Sanping  •  Huang Jianxin  •  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Chen Kun  •  John Woo  •  Daniel Wu

Leaving Me, Loving You (2004)

When two former lovers are brought back together by fate, their one chance to rekindle romance becomes more complicated than either could have ever anticipated. Zhou Qian is an outpatient doctor who works the streets of Shanghai from his SUV. His girlfriend Xin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilson Yip
CAST:  Faye Wong  •  Leon Lai  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Lee Tong

When two former lovers are brought back together by fate, their one chance to rekindle romance becomes more complicated than either could have ever anticipated. Zhou Qian is an outpatient doctor who works the streets of Shanghai from his SUV. His girlfriend Xin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilson Yip
CAST:  Faye Wong  •  Leon Lai  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Lee Tong

People Mountain People Sea (2011)

A story of vengeance set in China’s wild Southwest, where brutality can be the norm rather than the exception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Shangjun
CAST:  Wu Xiubo  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Hong Tao  •  Wang Xun

A story of vengeance set in China’s wild Southwest, where brutality can be the norm rather than the exception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Shangjun
CAST:  Wu Xiubo  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Hong Tao  •  Wang Xun

Driverless (2010)

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yang
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Li Xiaoran  •  Chen Jianbin

Driverless is about three love stories that are intertwined by a car accident. It deals with several relationship issues, including the infamous seven year itch, reuniting with a first love, one night stands, an old husband with a young wife, and extramarital affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yang
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Li Xiaoran  •  Chen Jianbin

Confucius (2010)

In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Mei
CAST:  Chow Yun-fat  •  Zhou Xun  •  Wang Ban  •  Chen Jianbin

In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Mei
CAST:  Chow Yun-fat  •  Zhou Xun  •  Wang Ban  •  Chen Jianbin

24 City (2008)

24 City chronicles the dramatic closing of a once-prosperous state-owned factory in Chengdu, southwest China and its conversion into a sprawling luxury apartment complex. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jia Zhangke
CAST:  Joan Chen  •  Lü Liping  •  Zhao Tao  •  Chen Jianbin

24 City chronicles the dramatic closing of a once-prosperous state-owned factory in Chengdu, southwest China and its conversion into a sprawling luxury apartment complex. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jia Zhangke
CAST:  Joan Chen  •  Lü Liping  •  Zhao Tao  •  Chen Jianbin

Goddess of Mercy (2003)

Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Hui
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Zhao Wei  •  Liu Yunlong  •  Chen Jianbin

Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Hui
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Zhao Wei  •  Liu Yunlong  •  Chen Jianbin

A Fool (2015)

With his directorial debut actor Chen Jianbin walks in the footsteps of A Touch of Sin, No Man’s Land, and Black Coal, Thin Ice and offers a hard-edged mainland noir where kindness and cruelty, madness and reason, greed and humanity all struggle for dominance and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Jianbin
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Xuebing Wang  •  Jin Shijia

With his directorial debut actor Chen Jianbin walks in the footsteps of A Touch of Sin, No Man’s Land, and Black Coal, Thin Ice and offers a hard-edged mainland noir where kindness and cruelty, madness and reason, greed and humanity all struggle for dominance and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Jianbin
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Xuebing Wang  •  Jin Shijia

Paradise in Service (2014)

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
CAST:  Ethan Juan  •  Wan Qian  •  Ivy Chen  •  Chen Jianbin

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service" follows the adventure of a boy who serves his military service in Unit 831 from 1969 to 1972, in preparation for a war that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
CAST:  Ethan Juan  •  Wan Qian  •  Ivy Chen  •  Chen Jianbin

When a Peking Family Meets Au Pair (2014)

An Australian girl becomes an au-pair for a Chinese family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Gang
CAST:  Xu Fan  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Chen Yinuo  •  Qin Ziyue

An Australian girl becomes an au-pair for a Chinese family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Gang
CAST:  Xu Fan  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Chen Yinuo  •  Qin Ziyue

Chicken Poets (2002)

Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jing Hui Meng
CAST:  Qin Hailu  •  Liao Fan  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Li Naiwen

Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jing Hui Meng
CAST:  Qin Hailu  •  Liao Fan  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Li Naiwen

A Cool Fish (2018)

Cop-turned-security guard Ma Xianyong finds himself in a criminal twilight zone when two unrelated events turn his world upside down. The mysterious disappearance of his boss has implications for his financial security. Even more perilous is the abduction of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rao Xiaozhi
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Suxi Ren  •  Zhang Yu  •  Wang Yanhui

Cop-turned-security guard Ma Xianyong finds himself in a criminal twilight zone when two unrelated events turn his world upside down. The mysterious disappearance of his boss has implications for his financial security. Even more perilous is the abduction of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rao Xiaozhi
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Suxi Ren  •  Zhang Yu  •  Wang Yanhui

The Eleventh Chapter (2021)

A man must attempt to clear his name after a theatre puts on a play that accuses him of committing a 30-year-old murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Jianbin
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Zhou Xun  •  Jessie Li  •  Leah Dou

A man must attempt to clear his name after a theatre puts on a play that accuses him of committing a 30-year-old murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Jianbin
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Zhou Xun  •  Jessie Li  •  Leah Dou

Love in the Internet Generation (1998)

Three love stories that take place in the modern 'internet age'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jin Chen
CAST:  Hu Jing  •  Sun Xun  •  Chen Jianbin

Three love stories that take place in the modern 'internet age'  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jin Chen
CAST:  Hu Jing  •  Sun Xun  •  Chen Jianbin

Chrysanthemum Tea (2000)

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DIRECTION:  Jin Chen
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Wu Yue  •  Qiu Yuzhen

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DIRECTION:  Jin Chen
CAST:  Chen Jianbin  •  Wu Yue  •  Qiu Yuzhen

Dwelling by the West Lake

Second chapter of Shanshui Painting series from Gu. A story of mother and son in Hangzhou.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gu Xiaogang
CAST:  Leo Wu  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Wang Jiajia

Second chapter of Shanshui Painting series from Gu. A story of mother and son in Hangzhou.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gu Xiaogang
CAST:  Leo Wu  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Wang Jiajia

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DIRECTION:  Meng Jinghui
CAST:  Chen Jianbin

致命的一击 (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Teng Wenji
CAST:  Chen Jianbin

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DIRECTION:  Teng Wenji
CAST:  Chen Jianbin

In Our Prime (2023)

The film revolves around the story of Li Yitian, who struggles in a big city, showing the current situation of the life of a new generation of young people, focusing on the ordinary people who are trying to live in contemporary society, and their pain and struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liu Yulin
CAST:  Huang Lu  •  Guo Tao  •  Zhang Guoli  •  Duan Bowen

The film revolves around the story of Li Yitian, who struggles in a big city, showing the current situation of the life of a new generation of young people, focusing on the ordinary people who are trying to live in contemporary society, and their pain and struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liu Yulin
CAST:  Huang Lu  •  Guo Tao  •  Zhang Guoli  •  Duan Bowen

Empresses in the Palace (2011)

A young woman born in Eight Banners' family marries the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. After surviving through many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress dowager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiaolong Zheng
CAST:  Sun Li  •  Lan Xi  •  Ada Choi  •  Tao Xinran

A young woman born in Eight Banners' family marries the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. After surviving through many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress dowager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiaolong Zheng
CAST:  Sun Li  •  Lan Xi  •  Ada Choi  •  Tao Xinran