Many people are unfamiliar with the name Dobje, but he is a full-fledged powerhouse.
And his most impressive thing is that he played a poacher in the movie "No Man's Land" directed by director Ning Hao.
In this play, Dobje does not say much, but every action and look brings absolute shock to the audience! In particular, the expression of non-anger and self-esteem and the eyes that transmit cold light make people shudder.
Even if it has been debuting for many years, Xu Zheng, who is in the same crew, has also said:
"I don't dare look him in the eye, because he's talking about the character with his eyes!"
If "No Man's Land" is Dobje's bold attempt at commercial films, then the Tibetan-themed films he participated in are the perfect embodiment of his love for his hometown!
Dobje is a native of Tibet. He graduated from the Acting Department of Shanghai Theater Academy in 1981
He is currently a national first-class actor of the Tibet Repertory Theatre, a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and a member of the China Film and Television Arts Association.
Dobje was a coal miner in Shigatse before joining the Tibetan Repertory Theatre.
At the end of 1976, the Tibet Repertory Theatre went there to recruit the last batch of workers, peasants, and soldiers.
Dobje, who was 18 at the time, was one of 500 unmarried young lads who recalled:
"At that time, the enrollment was very simple, just look at the appearance, let you sing a song, and then follow them to read a poem by Chairman Mao, and finally they chose two in the coal mine, and then took us to Lhasa, took the Sichuan-Tibet Highway for 15 days, and then took the train to Shanghai when we arrived in Chengdu."
Dobje was very fortunate to have joined the drama troupe, because the Shanghai Theater Academy set up a special Tibetan class and gave them remedial cultural lessons.
He said that the teachers at that time had just resumed their teaching positions and regarded the students as their own children. At that time, there were also many well-known actors such as Teacher Zhao Dan and Teacher Zhang Ruifang who gave them lessons.
The audience knows Dobje, probably from "Coco Siri", and his role as the patrol captain Ritai is a tragic hero.
When participating in "No Man's Land", this face, which was born like a sculpture, suddenly became fierce.
Dobje plays the villain who sells falcons, not even a character name, and a few lines, but firmly entrenched in the top of the food chain. The character that Ning Hao gave to this character also best reflects the style of the film - cold and cruel.
When he received an invitation from the crew of "No Man's Land", Dobje did not even know who the director Ning Hao was.
Until he was thrown to the sparsely populated set, he was still doubting whether he could play the role of villain, and he could not predict that he would not see himself as a villain on the screen until 4 years later.
In early 2009, the crew of "No Man's Land" called again and invited Dobje to go to the filming location to see the scene.
Dobje, who had dentures, finally went. He and Ning Hao went to Hami, Xinjiang, and stayed for three or four days.
In March, Dobje joined the group, playing the villain boss we see on the screen today who doesn't even have a name.
Later, Dobje learned that Ning Hao decided to invite him to join "No Man's Land" after watching "Coco Xili". His character Ritai is stylistically close to the villain.
During the filming of "No Man's Land", the crew spent at least two hours a day driving from where they lived to the set of Hami and Turfan.
In addition, Ning Hao is very demanding, costumes, makeup, props are all excellence, as long as there is a play of Dobje, he must get up at 4 a.m. every day and spend two hours to make up.
Regarding styling, Dobje says:
"The crew prepared various styles for this villain role, found a lot of information, what long hair, etc. have tried, including Ken Takakura's classic style. Only after that was the white head and prosthetic limbs were fixed. The issue of leather coats, sweaters, and pants was also discussed for several days before it was determined. In the film, my hair is dyed white, every day, and it is colored one by one. ”
At the end of each day, just washing his hair, Dobje spends several times more time than the average person, he said, smearing various oils several times.
What impressed him the most was the character-specific prosthesis, "wearing a prosthesis and walking is very difficult." The prosthesis is made of iron, tightened with screws on the legs, and it hurts to walk too much, and the effect of limping and limping will naturally come out. ”
Unlike many actors in the mainland, Dobje has always been an actor in the Tibet Autonomous Region Repertory Theatre and does not have his own agent.
All performance opportunities, in his opinion, are the needs of the work. As a national first-class actor, he did not have his own assistant before.
"When you are young, you have good energy, where do you need to be taken care of?" —Dobje
As a Tibetan actor, Dobje has an extraordinary love for Tibetan-themed films.
Although most of these films were produced at a small cost, as long as the crew invited him, out of the idea of promoting national culture, he never refused.
What makes him most anxious is that at present, Tibet lacks professional talents in all aspects of shooting Tibetan-themed films.
Dobje has starred in a number of Tibetan-themed films, almost all of which were made by directors and teams outside Tibet, many of which were filmed in Tibet.
In Dobje's view, Tibetan-themed films tell the story of Tibetans, and it is most appropriate for Tibetan actors to play them.
"The most important point is that Tibetan actors can reveal the nationality in their bones from their looks, and that kind of temperament cannot be imitated."
However, with such superb acting skills, he is paid less than a fraction of the small fresh meat, the small fresh meat is recognized as no acting, just has a face, those performances like puppets in the film, it is really shameful, like a cutscene, just take tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of film remuneration, can only say that this era, is no longer sober.