Biography
Ying Da (also credited as Da Ying or 英达) is a Chinese actor and director. Born in Beijing in 1960, he is the son of actor and director Ying Ruocheng. He studied at Peking University and earned a master's degree from the University of Missouri before returning to China to work in theatre and film.
He made his film debut in The Last Aristocrats (1988) and appeared as the Manager in Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine (1993). Ying Da is known for roles including Louie Wang in Big Shot's Funeral (2001), for which he won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor, Jin Shenghuo in The Message (2009) and governors in the Tai Chi films (2012). As a director he introduced the multi-camera sitcom format to Chinese television with I Love My Family (1993).
