Movie
Mao’s Last Dancer
Released: October 1, 2009 (2009)
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jack Thompson as US Federal Judge
Age at release: 69
- Bruce Greenwood as Ben Stevenson
Age at release: 53
- Kyle MacLachlan as Charles Foster
Age at release: 50
- Joan Chen as Niang
Age at release: 48
- Amanda Schull as Elizabeth Mackey
Age at release: 31
- Chi Cao as Li Cunxin - adult
Age at release: 31
- Chengwu Guo as Li Cunxin - teenage
Age at release: Unknown
- Camilla Vergotis as Mary McKendry
Age at release: Unknown
- Madeleine Eastoe as Lori
Age at release: Unknown
- Steven Heathcote as Bobby Cordner
Age at release: Unknown
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- Mao Zedong as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 115
- George H. W. Bush as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 85
- Barbara Bush as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age at release: 84
Age at release: 53
Age at release: 44
- Aden Young as Dilworth
Age at release: 37
- Kip Gamblin as David
Age at release: Unknown