在中国电影史上，赵丹是跨越历史阶段的著名表演艺术家，也是少有的新中国二十二大电影明星之一，他一生出演电影四十部，塑造了一系列栩栩如生的艺术形象，被誉为“享誉国内外的人民艺术家”。他创造的不少形象都令人难忘，不仅在表演上，在总结表演艺术的理论上也颇有建树，赵丹较早提出建立“中国民族的表演艺术体系”，时常为人提及而津津乐道。在当下人们倡导建立中国式的现代化和中国艺术自由体系建构中，温习赵丹的表演艺术和表演理论无不裨益。在近半个世纪的创作生涯中，立足于现实主义，将中国戏曲艺术及书画艺术的美学理论、欧美电影表演形式、文明戏中的体验派和表现派方法结合在一起，形成独具特色的“赵氏表演体系”。本文从赵丹的电影作品入手，围绕其艺术生涯展开研究，探寻一生追求美、传达美的他如何成功塑造出符合民族文化心理的银幕形象，形成颇具个人风格的表演美学。

In the history of Chinese cinema, Zhao Dan is a famous performing artist who has crossed historical stages and is also one of the few New China's 22 major movie stars. He starred in 40 films throughout his life, shaping a series of vivid artistic images, and is known as a "renowned people's artist both domestically and internationally.". Many of the images he created are unforgettable, not only in performance, but also in summarizing the theory of performing arts. Zhao Dan was one of the earliest to propose the establishment of a "Chinese national performance art system," which is often mentioned and talked about. In the current advocacy for the establishment of a Chinese style modernization and the construction of a Chinese art freedom system, reviewing Zhao Dan's performance art and performance theory is beneficial. In nearly half a century of creative career, based on realism, he combined the aesthetic theories of Chinese opera and calligraphy and painting art, European and American film performance forms, and the experiential and expressive methods in civilized dramas, forming a unique "Zhao's performance system". This article starts with Zhao Dan's film works and conducts research around his artistic career, exploring how he, who pursues and conveys beauty throughout his life, successfully shapes a screen image that conforms to the national cultural psychology, and forms a performance aesthetics with a considerable personal style.