[1][2] Sun is noted for his roles as Shi Guangrong and Hong Qigong in the television series The Years of Intense Emotion (2001) and The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2002) respectively.
He has now gained even greater popularity from his breakthrough role as Fan Zeng in King's War (2012).
Sun was born in a wealthy and highly educated family in Shenyang, Liaoning on October 7, 1956, the son of Hai Na (Chinese: 海娜), an actress, and Sun Haichang (Chinese: 孙海昌), the President of Liaoning People's Art Theatre.
[3] At the age of 7, he joined the People's Liberation Army in Tibet, he was transferred to Fujian Military Region in 1979.
In August 2015, Sun said in a post on his Sina Weibo that "The Cultural Revolution is a crime against humanity, and we will never forgive it".