Yan Zidong (Chinese: 晏紫东; born 10 December 1994), also known as Kevin Yan, is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in the dramas Love is More Than a Word (2016), Till Death Tear Us Apart (2017) and Butterfly Lovers (2017).^[1][2]

Yan was born on 10 December 1994 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He enrolled in Xie Jin Film & Television Art College of Shanghai Normal University in 2012, and graduated in 2016.

In 2013, Yang starred in the micro film Return; the film is also his majoring in college graduation work. After graduating from university in 2016, he signed with Century Agency, a brokerage company and officially entered the entertainment industry.^[3]

Yan officially debuted as an actor in 2016 with the drama Love Is More Than A Word, playing Gu She.^[4][5] Thereafter, he became known to the audience.^[6] In 2017, he started to gain increased attention and popularity with his role as Zhou Yaohua in historical drama Till Death Tear Us Apart, based on the BL novel Love in a Blaze / A Lifetime Love by Nan Zhi.^[7][8] The same year, he played Bujantai in historical drama Rule the World and starred in the wuxia comedy drama Legend of the Little Monk 2, playing a supporting role.^[9][10] He then starred as the male lead in historical drama Butterfly Lovers, and received positive reviews for his portrayal of Liang Shanbo.^[11]

On February 24, 2018, Yan himself issued a statement via Sina Weibo saying that he had cancelled the contract with the original brokerage company Century Agency.^[12] In 2019, he starred in the romance drama Meet in Gourmet Food, as well as action crime series The World is Not Fraudulent.^[13][14] Yan also starred in the historical drama Psychic Princess,^[15] and youth romance film Miss Forever.^[16][17]

Yan has been cast in the historical dramas Renascence,^[18] and Court Lady. He is set to star in modern romance drama Nothing But Thirty playing a guitarist.^[19]