Nie Yuan is a Chinese actor born in Zhenyuan, Guizhou, China. Currently residing in Beijing, he is signed under Huanyu Film and Television. In 2000, he graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy with a major in acting.
During his junior year in college, Nie Yuan developed a close relationship with actress Huang Yi, becoming an official couple. However, differences in their acting careers eventually led to their breakup. After that, he was dating the actress Liu Yun from 2003 to 2006. Nie Yuan officially married actress Yang Guang on September 28, 2008. However, news of their divorce surfaced in 2012. He has since remarried, and his current wife, actress Qin Zi Yue, gave birth to their daughter on May 8, 2014.