Sky Yang
British actor and filmmaker (born 1999)
Sky Yang
楊子英
Yang at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Born1999 (age 26–27)
Alma materLAMDA
Years active2010–present
Chinese name
Chinese楊子英
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Zǐyīng

Sky Chi Y. Yang (Chinese: 楊子英; pinyin: Yáng Zi Yīng; born 1999) is a British actor and filmmaker. He was named a 2023 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.[1] His films include Last Days and Whistle (both 2025). On television, he is known for his role in the ITV drama Holding (2022).

Early life and education

Yang was born in South London. He attended Alleyn's School as a member of Roper's.[2] He discovered acting through a school production of Peter Pan and subsequently enrolled in Saturday classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, through which he signed with an agent. He later graduated in 2020 from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.[3] Upon graduating, Yang won the New Earth Theatre's Constellation Creatives bursary.[4]

Career

After signing with an agent, Yang began his career in the ensemble of Madame Butterfly at the Royal Albert Hall. At the age of 17, Yang made his feature film debut with a small role in the Tomb Raider adaptation.[1] Yang created the 2020 short film Sunny with his school friend Ben Bainbridge, based on a poem Yang wrote titled Made In Anger and named after Sun Yat-sen.[5]

Yang featured in The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, a 2021 stage prequel to His Dark Materials performed at the Bridge Theatre.[6] The following year, Yang made his television debut with a main role as Stephen Chen in the ITV crime series Holding.[7] This was followed by a role in the Netflix film Rebel Moon as Imperium, a role Yang would reprise in the sequel.[8]

Yang starred as the titular character of Justin Lin's film Last Days (working title The Last Days of John Allen Chau),[9] which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.[10] Also in 2025, Yang returned to the stage in Joel Tan's Scenes from a Repatriation at the Royal Court Theatre,[11][12] played Rel in the horror film Whistle[13] and Moses Ho in the political thriller film Anniversary,[14] and premiered his second short film Dear Google, which serves as a follow-up to Sunny (2020).[15] Yang has an upcoming role in the films The Uprising[16] and Shoulders.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 No Hopers Dick
2018 Tomb Raider Chinese Kid
2021 Tuesday George Short film
2022 Pragma Oscar Short film
2023 Rebel Moon Aris Netflix film
2024 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Touchdown Wang Li
2025 Last Days John Allen Chau
2025 Whistle Rel
2025 Anniversary Moses Ho
TBA The Uprising
TBA Shoulders Teff

Filmmaking credits

Year Title Director Writer Other Notes
2020 Sunny Yes Yes Sunny Short film
2025 Dear Google Yes Yes Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2022 Holding Stephen Chen Miniseries
2022 Halo Ruben 2 episodes

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Madame Butterfly Ensemble Royal Albert Hall, London
2021 Rescuing One's Sister in the Wind and Dust Scholar An Almeida Theatre, London
2021 The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Andrew / Ben Bridge Theatre, London
2025 Scenes from a Repatriation Royal Court Theatre, London

References

  1. ^ a b Salisbury, Mark (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Sky Yang (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Sky stars in TV adaptation of Graham Norton's novel". Alleyn's. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sky Yang". LAMDA. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Yellow Earth Theatre Announces Sky Yang Recipient Of The 2020 Constellation Creatives Drama Student Bursary". Theatre Weekly. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ "LBB Film Club: Sunny". Little Black Book. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ Benedict, David (8 December 2021). "'The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage' Review: 'His Dark Materials' Prequel Is a Triumph of Theatrical Storytelling". Variety. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Holding cast: Who is in Graham Norton's new drama and where do you recognise them from?". Heart. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ^ Colbert, Stephen M (31 December 2023). "Every Character's Backstory That Was Cut From Rebel Moon". ScreenRant. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  9. ^ Kroll, Justin (6 June 2023). "Sky Yang To Star In Justin Lin's 'The Last Days Of John Allen Chau'". Deadline. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. ^ Tsai, Martin (28 January 2025). "'Last Days' Review: Sky Yang Excels in Justin Lin's Muted Missionary Man Adventure [B-] – Sundance Film Festival". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  11. ^ Akbar, Arifa (20 February 2025). "Scenes from a Repatriation review – 12 ingenious questions about cultural ownership". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Sky Yang (he/him)". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  13. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (19 October 2023). "Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Percy Hynes White & Nick Frost Set For High School Horror 'Whistle' From 'The Nun' Director Corin Hardy & Black Bear – AFM". Deadline. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  14. ^ Linden, Sheri (27 October 2025). "'Anniversary' Review: Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler Lead a Stupendous Cast in a Family's-Eye View of Authoritarian Politics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Creator of 'Sunny' releases second short film exploring racial identity via a teen's search history". Hunger. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Stanley Townsend and Sky Yang Round Out the Cast of The Uprising". Focus Features. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
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