Peninsula all-media reporter Wang Yue
On December 12, bad news came, according to informed sources, the famous actor Tu Men died of illness at 3:50 a.m. at the age of 61.
The person who released the news was Tu's former friend, director Wang Rui, and the two had collaborated on the movie "Under the White Clouds".
According to Zhou Ziyang, the director of "Old Beast", Tu was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in early November, and it was advanced. After receiving two rounds of chemotherapy in Beijing, he chose to return to his hometown of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, and was ready to return to the roots of the fallen leaves. Relatives and friends revealed Tu Lao's last days, saying: "When I left, I was very peaceful."
In his acting career, Tu Men starred in a series of "Wang Ye" roles, heroic and atmospheric, not angry and arrogant, known as "Prairie Wang ye professional household".
Tumen are evenk people who have lived in the vast Hulunbuir steppe since childhood. According to the data, when he was 6 years old, the herdsmen's neighbors helped him onto the back of the horse for the first time, and since then tu has fallen in love with riding horses and cannot be separated from him for a day. When they were in their 10s, Tu had a job as a horseman.
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 starred with Shen Junyi in the drama film "Yin and Yang Realm" directed by Wu Ziniu, playing the captain of the Shangshangmu Flying Tiger Team, Xu Datou.
In 1996, he played a savannah man Balai in the war film "Sad Brooke", and won the 16th "Golden Rooster Award" Collective Performance Award and the nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Southeast Asian International Film Festival for this role.
In 1998, he ushered in another important role in his life, playing the imperial Genghis Khan in the historical theme film "A Generation of Heavenly Glory Genghis Khan", for which he won the Film Art Expert Award "The Seventh Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award - Society Award".
After that, Zuo Lengchan in "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes", Jieli Khan in "Zhenguan Changge", Hu Han evil Dadan Yu in "Wang Zhaojun", Wu Sangui in "Deer Ding", "Bao Wangye" in "Breaking into Guandong Novella"... He imprinted one character after another into the hearts of the audience.
In 2017, in the film "Old Beast" directed by Zhou Ziyang, he played a wanderer who changed from a rich class in the era of wealth to a bankrupt and idle, and won the Best Actor Award at the 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for this role.
In addition to his superb acting skills, there is also a sincere patriotic heart of his. At the 55th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony, Tu and Hui Yinghong presented the Best Actress Award together, and spoke on the spot: "It is a special honor to come to Taiwan Golden Horse again as an award guest. 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. ”
He has loved the grassland all his life, not only participating in the historical war film "Gadamerin", China's first domestic digital feature film "Heavenly Grassland", but also directing the first feature film "Hulunbuir City" in 2019.
This year, the film "Wuhai", which he specially starred in, was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 68th San Sebastian International Film Festival, and the four films to be screened, "Up the Mountain", "Getaway", "The Last Truth" and "HeavenLy Unforgivable", have become his last works. Not long ago, he also participated in the variety show "Director Please Take Place". In an exclusive interview, he said that he hopes to work with actors with independent abilities in the future, and also revealed that he wants to try roles that he has not played. It can be seen that Tu's teachers have always maintained a heart of love for the acting career.
As soon as the news of Tu's death was announced, many celebrities such as Huang Xiaoming, Huang Xuan, Yan Ni, Hui Yinghong, Yang Zishan, kan Qingzi and so on sent tributes.
Huang Xuan said, "Last month we were still promoting the movie together, and we are as tough and humorous as ever! I didn't expect you to leave so suddenly. It's an honor to have a short time with you and it's a pleasure to get to know you! Teacher Tu has gone all the way, and I will miss you. ”
Yang Zishan posted on Weibo to mourn Tu: "Teacher Tu, thank you for the support and help you have given us, all the way, I will always remember you holding my hand and smiling." ”
Actor Hui Yinghong sent two blog posts in a row to mourn, "I can't believe it, it's hard to accept" and "I would rather believe that the old beast is just asleep".
Hulunbuir City Literary Association issued a tribute: "The death of Teacher Tu is a huge loss and regret in the literary and art circles. As one of the outstanding performing artists in inner Mongolia Autonomous Region who have won many international and domestic awards, Tu Men has made many contributions to the cultural and artistic undertakings of the autonomous region and Hulunbuir in his decades of artistic career. People in the city's literary and artistic circles and literary artists mourn and deeply remember Tu's teachers. ”