Ma Tianyu

Ma Tianyu
Chinese name 馬天宇 (traditional)
Chinese name 马天宇 (simplified)
Pinyin Ma Tiānyǔ (Mandarin)
Ethnicity Hui
Origin China
Born (1986-07-12) July 12, 1986
Dezhou, Shandong, China
Other name(s) Ray Ma
Occupation Singer, Actor
Genre(s) Mandopop
Label(s) Diantong Yule
Years active 2006 – present
Official website Official website
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.

Ma Tianyu is a Chinese Mandopop artist who rose to fame after winning sixth place and "most popular" at the 2006 My Hero Competition, a Chinese talent competition. Since then, he has released two albums, a single, and an EP.

Ma has begun to act in various television dramas, which is greatly contributing to his rise in popularity.

Before My Hero

Ma Tianyu's mother died when he was five, and his father left the family while he was young. He lived with his grandparents and two older sisters until the age of sixteen. There, he helped his grandfather tend the family's cornfields. His two sisters both dropped out so that he could attend school. Even then, he had to skip one year of middle school because of lack of money. For a year, he worked for 150 Renminbi a month carrying water from one end of the town to the other.

After finishing middle school, at the age of sixteen, he went with his uncle to Beijing to sell meat. A year later, their marketplace was taken down, and they worked in various jobs.To avoid being a car mechanic, as his uncle wanted him to be, he ran away with seven jiao (one-tenth of a Yuan). After spending four fen (one-hundredth of a Yuan) on a copy of his residence ID card, Ma Tianyu found a job at a restaurant cleaning dishes. During this period of his life, Ma worked in numerous jobs, including as a car washer, cashier, waiter, kitchen helper, and seller of shaobing, mantou, Lamian, lamb chuanr, tofu, and soybean milk.

In 2006, while working as a clothing assistant for a magazine, Ma decided to apply for the Beijing Film Academy after suggestions by friends. To increase courage in preparation for the tests, he signed up for the My Hero competition.[1]

Discography

Type Title Date Released
Album Beautiful Lights (宇光十色) January 29, 2007
EP Fly (飞) March 6, 2008
Single The world's dream (世界的梦想) August 2008

Filmography

Television

Year Title Chinese title Role Notes
2006 Super Community 超级社区 Xiaotian
2008 You Are My Dream 你是我的梦 Ma Yu
2010 The Legend of Daiyu 黛玉传 Jia Baoyu
2010 The Vigilantes in Masks 怪侠一枝梅 He Xiaomei/He Yunhu
2011 Scarlet Heart 步步惊心 Huang Diguest appearance
2012 Baobei Mama Baobei Nü /Treasure Mother Treasure Girl 宝贝妈妈宝贝女Zhang Hanzhe
2012 Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky 轩辕剑:天之痕 Lü Chengzhi
2013 Romance of Tang′ Kongfu 唐朝浪漫英雄 Silver Hawk
2013 Hot Mother, Smart Father 辣妈俏爸 Yuan Zhida
2013 Longmen Express 龙门镖局 Qingdong guest appearance
2014 Lady's House 淑女之家 Su Zhiwen
2014 Young Sherlock 少年神探狄仁杰 Wang Yuanfang
2014 Ancient Sword 古剑奇谭 Fang Lansheng
2014 Sunshine in Me 骄阳似我 Himself guest appearance
2014 Romantic Kitchen 浪漫满厨 Mi Qing
2015 Kung Fu mother-in-law 功夫婆媳 Huang Lezong
2015 Four Wonderful Balls 四手妙弹 Wen Shaohui
2016 Ice Fantasy 幻城 Yong Kong Shi
TBA Time to Love 抓紧时间爱 Wen Jun
TBA Singing All Along 秀麗江山之長歌行 Yan Ziling
TBA Beauty Private Kitchen 美人私房菜 Lee Ma
TBA The Gossip Girl 绯闻女友 Meng Yan

Films

Year Title Chinese title Role Notes
2006 Curse of the Golden Flower
2009 Night Rose/Evening of Roses 夜玫瑰 Lan Heyan
2010 Illusion Apartment异度公寓 Meng Yifan
2011 East Meets West 东成西就2011
2013 The Cosplayers 百万爱情宝贝 Ye Chong
2015 Love Without Distance 土豪520
2015 Surprise 万万没想到
2016 The Choice: A Story of the Old Shanghai 君子道：上海滩后传

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