Li Cunxin - boy — Mao’s Last Dancer Character Profile

About Li Cunxin - boy

An 11-year-old from a rural Shandong village destined for farm labor. Selected for ballet training after his teacher's intervention, he begins his journey to the Madame Mao's Dance Academy.

Character Facts

Played by

Wen Bin Huang

Appears in

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Role

Supporting

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• Li Cunxin - adult (Chi Cao)
• Li Cunxin - teenage (Chengwu Guo)
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• Niang (Joan Chen)
• Ben Stevenson (Bruce Greenwood)
• Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) (George H. W. Bush)
• Dilworth (Aden Young)
• Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) (Mao Zedong)
• David (Kip Gamblin)
• Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) (Barbara Bush)
• Houston Ballet Conductor (George Ellis)