Zhang Lei (born 20 December 1972), is a Chinese actor best known for his role as "journalist Ga Yu" in the 2004 Movie Kekexili: Mountain Patrol film by Chinese director Lu Chuan (陆川).
[citation needed] Zhang was born in Ürümqi City, Xinjiang Province, China.
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol is more or less told from the point of view of Ga yu, an ambitious young journalist from Beijing whose idea to report on the mountain patrol may just end up being his last.
Zhang once told a reporter "I couldn't stand the pain of the AMS in the beginning and dreamt about going back home every day.
"[1] After Kekexili, Zhang embarked on a number of television series, most of which had a Chinese civil war theme.