Early life Yang was born and raised in
Nanjing,
Jiangsu, on April 2, 1994. He attended
Nanjing Foreign Language School and Nanjing No.9 Middle School. He entered
Central Academy of Drama in September 2012, majoring in acting.
Acting career In early 2014, Yang signed with
Huayi Brothers Media Group. In July 2014, Yang made his acting debut in historical drama
Cosmetology High, playing a scholar. In August, he co-starred with
Dilraba Dilmurat and
Merxat in the web drama
The Backlight of Love. In October, he played the lead role in the modern drama
Horrible Bosses. Yang's first major film role was in the
action comedy film Bad Guys Always Die (2015). In October, he was cast in the youth military drama
Deep Blue. In April 2016, Yang had a minor role in the
romantic drama film New York New York. In July, he featured in the fantasy action drama
Noble Aspirations. In January 2017, Yang portrayed
Guo Jing in
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, adapted from
Louis Cha's
wuxia novel
of the same name. In 2018, Yang starred in the business drama
Excellent Investor and
shenmo television series
Ghost Catcher Zhong Kui’s Record. In 2019, Yang starred in the military drama
Anti-Terrorism Special Forces III. The same year, he was cast in the romance drama
The Memory About You. In 2022, Yang starred in the historical suspense drama
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty in the lead role of the young general Lu Lingfeng. The drama was well received and described as a "dark horse drama," achieving a relatively good score of 7.9 on Douban, an online Chinese film and drama forum. ==Filmography==