Du Chun was born in Hebei, China. His parents are also in the performing business. His father, Du Zhiguo is also an actor, and his mother, Yang Li, is a dancer and dancing instructor. He is the only child in the family and was very shy in his childhood. Du got admitted into Beijing Film Academy in 1999 with one of the highest admission test scores even though he did not take the regular middle and high school courses. He was among the best students academically in college. Before his graduation in 2003, his father asked help from his director friend Hu Mei,to give him a small role in a big TV historical costume drama production Han Wu Dadi (Emperor Wu of Han, one of the greatest Emperor in Chinese history). After audition, the director gave him an important role, the young Emperor. He did great job on portraying an ambitious and playful young leader which established his acting career. Beginning of 2021 it was announced that he married his girlfriend Wang Can. In April 2021 he confirmed that they had welcomed a baby girl into the world by posting a sweet picture of his wife kissing their daughter‘s tiny feet with the caption "our world grew bigger with her". (Source: Wikipedia, DramaPanda)

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