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Man of many talents
肖央：是歌手，更是演員
It is hard to define what Xiao Yang does.
肖央所做的事情很難被定義。
He rose to fame in the pop duo Chopsticks Brothers, best known for their songs Old Boys, Father and Little Apple. Now he stars in the new suspense movie Sheep Without a Shepherd, which came out on Dec 13. The 39-year-old plays a brave and tactful father.
當年，肖央以流行組合“筷子兄弟”出道走紅，代表作有歌曲《老男孩》、《父親》以及《小蘋果》等。如今，他又主演了一部懸疑新片《誤殺》，該片于去年12月13日上映。39歲的肖央在片中飾演一位有勇有謀的父親。
Joan Chen, who co-stars in the movie, described Xiao as a "rare actor with the skills of multiple perspectives".
在片中與肖央演對手戲的陳沖，稱他是一位“難得一見的演員，擁有多維視角”。
From a well-known singer to a successful actor, Xiao's transformation has surprised many people. It's a natural fit for Xiao, however, given his educational background and life experiences.
從家喻戶曉的歌手到成功的演員，肖央的轉型令許多人感到驚喜。但從他的教育背景和生活經歷來看，這樣的轉變對肖央而言其實是水到渠成。
Majoring in commercial direction at Beijing Film Academy, Xiao did lots of part-time jobs as a commercial actor to pay his tuition fees. He gradually learned the acting and directing skills. Even after joining the Chopsticks Brothers in 2005, he never gave up creating his own films. While his partner Wang Taili wrote the songs, Xiao wrote and directed the screenplays for their mini movies and music videos.
肖央曾在北京電影學院主修廣告導演專業，為了交學費兼職拍了不少廣告。他從中逐漸學到了表演和導演技巧。在2005年加入“筷子兄弟”組合后，他仍沒有放棄創作自己的電影。搭檔王太利負責創作歌曲，而肖央就為兩人的微電影和音樂錄影帶編導劇本。
The duo peaked in 2014, when Little Apple became a global internet sensation. For the video, Xiao came up with a novel idea: to show the most tragic love stories he could think of. "Plastic surgery gone wrong, a wartime romance and a mermaid and prince forever apart," he told The Hollywood Reporter.
該組合在2014年到達了事業的一個巔峰，一首《小蘋果》火遍全球。肖央為歌曲的音樂錄影帶想到了一個新奇的點子：展現他所能想到的最凄美的愛情故事。“整形失敗、戰亂時期的愛情以及美人魚與王子永遠也不能在一起，”他在接受《好萊塢報道》采訪時如此表示。
People loved his idea. The song won International Song of the Year at the American Music Awards, bringing Xiao new chances to act and promote himself. However, the sudden fame and wealth weren't easy for Xiao to live with. He began to rethink what he really wanted from life. He told Culture Spotlight website, at that time, he heard from deep in his heart that he "wants to create more good visual works in this era".
這一創意大受歡迎。這首歌獲得了全美音樂獎年度國際最佳流行音樂獎，為肖央帶來了演戲和宣傳自己的新機會。但突如其來的名氣和財富讓肖央感到難以適從。他開始重新思考自己的人生真正想要的是什么。在接受“文化聚焦”網站采訪時他表示，當時自己內心的聲音是“想要在這個時代創作更多優秀的視覺作品”。
So, he returned to the film industry. Compared with being a singer, Xiao is more comfortable with the role of an actor, as he gets to portray different lives.
因此，他重回電影行業。和作為歌手相比，做演員能演繹多種人生，對于肖央來說更加如魚得水。
"For me, it's a healing process to be an actor, presenting the emotions that cannot be shown in real life through various characters," Xiao said on the Mtalk program.
“于我而言，成為演員是個很治愈的過程，能夠通過各種各樣的角色，展現現實生活中無法表露出來的種種情緒，”肖央在《今日影評》欄目中說道。
