Actor Tu Men, who has starred in films such as "Old Beast", "Genghis Khan" and "Wuhai", died at 3:50 a.m. today at the age of 61. According to relatives and friends, Tu died of esophageal cancer, "when he left very peacefully." ”
Tu Men was born in February 1960 in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia. In 1985, Tu Men, who was a junior at the Shanghai Theater Academy, played a general in the movie "Genghis Khan" and officially opened the road of acting.
In 1988, he partnered with Shen Junyi to star in the feature film "Yin and Yang World" directed by Wu Ziniu, playing Xu Datou, the captain of the Shangshangmu Flying Tiger Team.
In 1996, he won the 16th Golden Rooster Award for Collective Performance and the Nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Southeast Asian International Film Festival for his performance of the role of Barai in the film "Sad Brooke".
In 1998, he starred in the historical theme film "A Generation of Proud Genghis Khan", in which he played the emperor Genghis Khan, for which he won the Film Art Expert Award "The Seventh Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award - Society Award".
In 2001, he partnered Li Yapeng and Xu Qing to star in the costume martial arts TV series "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", in which he played Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Songshan Sect.
In 2002, he starred in the historical war film Gadamerin as a land-grabbing barbarian prince; in the same year, she starred in China's first domestic digital feature film "Heavenly Grassland", which won the Golden Deer Cup Award for Best Chinese Feature Film at the 6th Changchun International Film Festival.
In 2004, he participated in the costume historical drama "Zhu Yuanzhang" directed by Feng Xiaoning, playing the role of Timur, a general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
In 2007, he played the arrogant and domineering Jieli Khan in the costume historical drama "Zhenguan Changge" directed by Wu Ziniu.
In 2008, he played Wu Wang lu in the costume historical drama "Bing Sheng" in which Zhang Jizhong served as the chief producer.
In 2009, he starred in the mainland version of the costume martial arts TV series "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" directed by Yu Min, playing Zhao Min's father, Ruyang Wang.
In the same year, he participated in the period drama "Breaking into the Kanto Novella". In October 2012, he participated in the first official screening of the feature film Stop Killing Order in Busan, in which Tu Men played the role of Genghis Khan again.
In 2015, Degna, a young Mongolian female director, wanted to make a film based on her father, "Farewell", and found Tu. But he has his own concerns, because Degna's father, Sef, is also a good friend of Tu's, and the two have collaborated on the films "Sad Brooke" and "A Generation of Proud Genghis Khan". But in the end, tus agreed.
In 2015, he starred in the modern drama film "Farewell", and Tu Men was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 9th FIRST Youth Film Festival for his role as Mongolian director Sev.
And Zhou Ziyang, the director of "Old Beast", decided to let Tu play "Old Yang" precisely because he watched "Farewell". Tu men said, "'Old Yang' is a rough man, who speaks dirty words when he opens his mouth, and is an 'old bastard'. ”
In "Old Beast", Tu Men starred as a bankrupt upstart Lao Yang who struggled in the magical real life, an elderly man in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, and he also wanted to jump out of the original role restrictions deliberately.
In 2017, he played a wanderer who went from a wealthy class to a bankrupt and idle wanderer in the film "Old Beast" directed by Zhou Ziyang, and won the Best Actor Award at the 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
At the 55th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony in 2018, Tu Men echoed the "Taiwan independence" remarks when they presented the awards on stage, "It is a special honor to come to The Golden Horse in Taiwan as a guest of honor again." This time I saw many familiar faces, came into contact with many new faces, and met many new friends, and I felt that the two sides of the strait were close to each other. ”
After winning the award, Tu Men said in an interview with the media, "I don't want to just play Khan, I also want to play a small person who can be felt around life, I was fixed for a few years, and it was hard to push away a lot of Khan roles because of "Old Beast". ”
Tu also took over the role of "God of War Chronicles" (formerly known as "Temujin Legend") is also going to be released, and this time the young "Temujin" in the film is played by the idol Chen Weiting. Speaking about the cooperation with the young man, Tu Said, "There are some opponent plays, which is very good, and he is also trying to complete the role."
Tu Men also appeared in the recently released film "Wuhai", playing the heroine's father, and there are currently three films to be screened, "Up the Mountain", "Getaway" and "The Last Truth".
May the teachers go all the way! He dedicated his life to acting, wishing him happiness in heaven, and the film and television drama he starred in will accompany us to eternity!