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Li Yifeng (born Li He, 4 May 1987) also known as Evan Li, is a Chinese actor and singer. Li launched his career after participating in the talent show My Hero (2007). Since 2009, he shifted to acting. Li is known for his roles in television dramas Swords of Legends (2014), The Lost Tomb (2015), Noble Aspirations (2016), Sparrow (2016), Fearless Whispers (2020), Day Breaker (2022), as well as in films Mr. Six (2015), for which he won the Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and Animal World (2018). Li ranked 9th on Forbes China Celebrity list in 2015, 11th in 2017, and 26th in 2019.
Li's career was suspended in 2022 after he was detained by the police for soliciting prostitutes.
In 2009, Li made his acting debut in the drama The Prince of Tennis 2, adapted from the Japanese anime The Prince of Tennis. His role is the equivalent of Saeki Kojirou in the original anime. The same year, Li released his first full-length album Mr Child.
Li gained recognition after starring in the Taiwanese drama Sunny Happiness, which achieved high ratings in both Taiwan and China. He received the Best New Actor award at the 2011 China TV Drama Awards for his performance. The same year, he made his feature film debut in Lovesick, starring alongside Ariel Lin and Chen Bolin.
In 2012, Li starred in the television series White Lies and earned praise for his performance as an autistic youth. In 2013, Li starred in the romance revenge drama The Return of a Princess, and won the Best Acting Idol award at the 2013 China TV Drama Awards and the Most Popular Actor award at the 2013 LeTV Awards.
Li solidified his popularity with two hit dramas in 2015: period drama Legend of Fragrance and action adventure web drama The Lost Tomb where he played the role of Wu Xie, based on the popular tomb-raiding novel Daomu Biji. The same year Li worked as a producer for the first time, taking part in the production of outdoor variety show Lets Go! Go! Go!.
Li's starred in two films in 2015, coming-of-age tale Forever Young and romance drama Fall in Love Like a Star, both were panned by critics. He bounced back in December 2015 with a supporting role in Feng Xiaogang's crime blockbuster Mr. Six, where he plays a rebellious youth who runs away from home because of conflicts with his father and later gets into trouble with gangsters. The film topped Chinese box office charts and won critical acclaim. Li won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards.
Following his success, Li entered the 2015 Forbes Chinese Celebrity list for the first time, placing at 9th with an estimated revenue of 69 million Chinese yuan (10.5 million dollars; 9.6 million euros). He was also named "Most Commercially Valuable Celebrity" by CBN Weekly.
In 2016, Li was appointed the Chinese Spectator Ambassador for the blockbuster film . The same month, Li the attended 2016 Style Icon Asia Awards as the only Chinese representative, and won the 2016 SIA Style Icon Award.
In 2016, Li starred as the protagonist in both seasons of Noble Aspirations, adapted from popular xianxia novel Zhu Xian. The drama received positive reviews and surpassed 28 billion views, becoming one of the most watched Chinese dramas. He then starred in Sparrow, an espionage series set in the 1940s. The drama received critical acclaim, and became the second highest rated drama of the year with the finale reaching the peak rating of 2.46. Li won the Best Actor award at the China TV Golden Eagle Award for his performance.
In 2017, Li starred in the suspense crime film Guilty of Mind, based on the novel Evil Minds by Lei Mi.
In 2018, Li appeared in CCTV New Year's Gala for the first time, performing the song "The New Era of Zanzan". The same year he starred in the thriller film Animal World, based on the Japanese manga series Ultimate Survivor Kaiji. The film received positive reviews and topped the box office of the week of its release.
In 2020, Li starred in modern romance drama Wait in Beijing and historical spy drama Fearless Whispers. The latter was in the Top 10 of 2020 highest-rated dramas.
In 2021, Li starred in the first Chinese rocket force themed military television series The Glory of Youth, produced by People's Liberation Army Rocket Force. He also starred in the xianxia fantasy drama Mirror: Twin Cities.
In 2022, the suspense series Day Breaker, in which Li took on the protagonist role, was released. The drama received positive reviews, ranked 2nd on 2022 top suspense dramas list.
On 12 April 2025, after over two years of hiatus, Li held his comeback concert, "Covenant of the Green Sea," in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2022, the internet influencer Guo Ziyu came out as Li's girlfriend for three years, expressing her disappointment at Li's soliciting prostitution and accusing him of cheating with another influencer in their relationship.
| TBA | Playground | 操场 | Zong Shaobin |
| Cameo |
| Olympic theme song with Hu Haiquan |
| Earthquake relieve charity song Lyrics written by Li Yifeng |
| Earthquake relieve charity song |
| with Feng Xiaogang |
| Spring Bud Project theme song with Hao Wei |
| Performance for CCTV Spring Gala |
| Lyrics written by Li Yifeng with Lexie Liu |
| Performance for CCTV Spring Gala with Zhu Yilong |
| For anti-bullying campaign |
| Feat. Mosaic |
| 2015 | 17th Huading Awards | Best Actor (Ancient Drama) | Swords of Legends | ||
| 2016 | 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Mr. Six | ||
| 16th Chinese Film Media Awards | Most Anticipated Actor | ||||
| 2017 | 22nd Huading Awards | Best Actor | Noble Aspirations | ||
| Top 10 Audience's Favorite TV Star | |||||
| 27th Zhejiang TV Peony Awards | Outstanding Actor | Sparrow | |||
| 2018 | 29th China TV Golden Eagle Award | Best Actor | |||
| 12th China Golden Eagle TV Arts Festival | Most Popular Actor | ||||
| 15th Guangzhou Student Film Festival | Most Popular Actor | Animal World | |||
| 5th Beijing Youth Film Festival | Popularity Award | ||||
| 2020 | 7th The Actors of China Award Ceremony | Best Actor (Emerald) | Wait in Beijing, Fearless Whispers | ||
| 2011 | Youku Television Index Awards | New All-Rounded Idol Award | Sunny Happiness | ||
| 3rd China TV Drama Awards | Best New Actor | ||||
| 2013 | 4th 4th LeTV Movie and Drama Awards | Most Popular Actor | Daughter's Return | ||
| 5th China TV Drama Awards | Best Acting Idol | ||||
| 2014 | 4th iQiyi All-Star Carnival | Most Popular Actor (Mainland China) | Swords of Legends | ||
| 6th China TV Drama Awards | Most Popular Actor (Mainland China) | ||||
| Most Commercially Valuable Actor | |||||
| Baidu Entertainment Hot Point | Most Popular Actor | ||||
| 2016 | China Original Literature Billboard Awards | Best Actor | Noble Aspirations | ||
| 10th Tencent Video Star Awards | Most Popular TV Actor | Noble Aspirations, Sparrow | |||
| VIP Star of the Year | |||||
| 8th China TV Drama Awards | Artist of the Year | Sparrow | |||
| 16th New & Sharp Top List | Artist of the Year | ||||
| 2021 | Tencent Entertainment White Paper Awards | Praiseworthy Artist of the Year | Fearless Whispers | ||
| 2008 | 6th Southeast Music Chart Awards | Best Newcomer (Mainland China) | Ferris Wheel | ||
| 1st New Artist Awards of Top Chinese Music Chart | Best Newcomer EP | ||||
| 2009 | Music Radio China Top Chart Awards | Campus Popularity Award | |||
| 2010 | CCTV-MTV Music Awards | Most Promising Artist | Mr. Child | ||
| 2016 | 10th MIGU Music Awards | Top Ten Golden Songs | "Please Contact Me" | ||
| 2012 | MSN Fashion Party | New Artist Award | |||
| 2013 | Chinese Campus Art Glory Festival | Most Popular Actor | |||
| 2014 | 11th Elle Style Awards | Newcomer Award | |||
| Bazaar Men of the Year Awards | Most Attractive Celebrity | ||||
| 11th Man at His Best Awards | New Forces Award | ||||
| Baidu Entertainment Hot Point | Top Ten People in the Spotlight | ||||
| 2015 | GQ China Men of the Year Awards | Trendy Artist of the Year | |||
| 2016 | Style Icon Asia Awards | Style Icon Award | |||
| Weibo Fan Festival | Person of the Year | ||||
| Baidu Entertainment Awards | |||||
| 2017 | 2nd Weibo Movie Awards Ceremony | Most Anticipated Film Male God | |||
| 2018 | Weibo Awards Ceremony | Hot Search Artist | |||
| 3rd Weibo Movie Awards Ceremony | Breakthrough Performance Award | ||||
| Cosmo Beauty Ceremony | Beautiful Idol | ||||
| L'Officiel Night | Generation Transformation Award | ||||
| Jinri Toutiao Awards | Most Powerful Actor | ||||
| 2019 | Weibo Awards Ceremony | Person of the Year | |||
| 2020 | GQ 2020 Men of the Year | Upward Power Actor of the Year | |||
| 2021 | Douyin Star Motion Night Awards | Warm Star of the Year | |||
| Huasheng Media Fashion Culture Awards | Influential Award of the Year | ||||
| 2022 | Weibo Movie Night 2022 | Attracts The Most Attention Actor of the Year | |||
| 2015 | 9th | |
| 2017 | 11th | |
| 2019 | 26th | |
| 2020 | 43rd |
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