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Xuejian Li

Xuejian Li

Actor · Born February 20, 1954 (72) · Heze, Shandong, China

Li Xuejian (李雪健) is a Chinese actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 20, 1954 (72)
From
Heze, Shandong, China
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 47% in 30 days

What are Xuejian Li's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Power
23%
Self
22%
Survival
13%
Bonds
11%
Society
3%
Ideas
2%
Coming of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 7
Ally
2 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
5
Absurd
2
Thrilling
2
Warm
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Xuejian Li's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Xuejian Li's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Wandering Earth III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Zhou Zhezhi

  • Traces of Justice(2026)

    as 老年崔寻

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • To Love Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as 李振华

  • Story Of Cotton Field (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Inside the Wandering Earth Ⅱ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as 自己

  • Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms(2023)

    as Ji Chang

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Wandering Earth II(2023)

    as Zhou Zhezhi

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Home Coming(2022)

    as Lu Yisong

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • My Country, My Parents(2021)

    as Elderly Scientist (segment "Youth Journey")

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • New Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Zhao Xudong

  • To Be With You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Lin Hegen

  • Day Is Done (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Homeland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 50 episodes · as Wei's Father

  • The Land of Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 37 episodes · as Wu Wen Yuan

  • The Secret of China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Lu Xun

  • 北部湾人家 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · Actor

  • The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Love Education (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Court Staff

  • The Woman Behind the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Gan Zuchang

  • Young Marshal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 48 episodes · as 张作霖

  • For A Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 36 episodes · as 韩敬明

  • Monk Comes Down the Mountain(2015)

    as Master Luo Yin

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hey, Daddy! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 37 episodes · as Liu Ertie

  • 远方的河 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • In The Name Of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 35 episodes · as 祺瑞年

  • Back to 1942(2012)

    as Li Peiji

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 孤军英雄 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 32 episodes · Actor

  • Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • 誓言今生 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 30 episodes · as Mr. Yan

  • Beginning of the Great Revival(2011)

    as Yang Changji

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • 百年情书 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • 你是我的传说 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Under the Hawthorne Tree(2010)

    as Mr.Zhang

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Father's Love Like a Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 29 episodes · Actor

  • 命运 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 30 episodes · Actor

  • 父亲的战争 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 30 episodes · Actor

  • 美丽人生 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 30 episodes · as 伍正德

  • The Go Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Li Yutang

  • Shanghai Bund (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 44 episodes · as Feng Jingyao

  • 高纬度战栗 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 30 episodes · as 劳东林

  • 唐山绝恋 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 20 episodes · as Xiang Guohua

  • 海之门 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 45 episodes · Actor

  • Hitching the Wrong Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 22 episodes · as Sun Li

  • 中国故事 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · Actor

  • South of the Clouds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • History of the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 32 episodes · as 杨庭辉

  • The Grand Mansion Gate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 40 episodes · as 于八爷

  • 尚方宝剑 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 26 episodes · Actor

  • Happy Times(2000)

    as Li

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • 剑客春秋 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as 中山伯有

  • Roaring Across the Horizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Feng Shi

  • 梦开始的地方 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 20 episodes · as 宋延培

  • The Emperor and the Assassin(1998)

    as Ying Zheng

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Water Margin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 27 episodes · as 宋江

  • Keep Cool(1997)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • 抉择 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 17 episodes · Actor

  • Life on the Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • 沙镇的故事 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Shanghai Triad(1995)

    as Uncle Liushu

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Flying Tigers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • The Blue Kite(1993)

    as Uncle Li

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • 生死拍档 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • I Love My Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · as 苏老板

  • Shadow of Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Family Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Expectation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 50 episodes · as 宋大成

  • Jiao Yulu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • Da Zhen Tan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as 杜义甫

  • Unforgettable Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Jiang Wenxiong

  • The Street Players (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as 方宝庆

  • 钢锉将军 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as 李力

  • 天山行 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Yu Haizhou

  • 九·一三事件 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as 林彪

  • Peace in Palace, Peace in Changan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · as Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu

  • 斗贼 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles, 72 of them dated from 1980 to 2026; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

The Wandering Earth II (2023)

$615M worldwide

Highest rated

The Blue Kite (1993)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Wandering Earth II (2023)

Film career

19802026

Peak 2023 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting75 of 75: 75 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

By decade

1980s6 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s14 · acting2010s24 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles
9409

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Xuejian Li's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

80th percentile spread · 79% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Blue Kite (1993)

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Xuejian Li work with?

People who share at least 2 of Xuejian Li's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yimou Zhang shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles