He had a resounding nickname: "Adulterer Jian".
He was 27 years old when he starred in his first play.
He played supporting roles in obscurity for 53 years.
He was 70 years old when he was well known to the audience.
He was 83 years old when he first won the award.
He is the actor Shi Jian.
There is a saying in show business: If you can't make people remember your name, then let people remember the role you played.
He played a lifelong bad guy in show business, and he was well known for playing a bad role.
Born in 1913, Shi Jian is a native of Panyu, Guangdong.
When shi jian was a child, he was an unfortunate child, and his parents died twice.
So he was brought up by his second mother.
When he was a teenager, he became weak and sickly, and his second mother sent him to the Shaolin Temple, where he studied for nine years, and he also grew from a weak physique to a strong young man.
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in 1937, the 24-year-old Shi Jian joined the anti-Japanese war and planned a number of anti-Japanese dramas with his classmates, once from Guangzhou to the province and Hong Kong.
It was also this experience that he learned behind-the-scenes work, stage makeup skills, and lighting arrangements, and the idea of becoming an actor came to mind.
In 1940, the 27-year-old Shi Resolutely entered the show business circle and worked hard, and his first job was to work as a makeup artist for Cantonese opera master Xue Juexian.
Xue Juexian saw his stage talent, and with xue Juexian's help, he also officially became a film actor.
In the same year, he starred in his first film, "Blood Sea Flower", playing a hated Japanese agent.
Later, he successively starred in many film and television dramas such as "Hong Xiguan Blood Splashed Liujia Village" and "Fang Shiyu Burning Red Cloud Temple", although he had great skills, but due to the impact of the war at that time, his talents could not be discovered.
This time lasted for eight years, and he was still a nameless man with no reputation.
Until the 1949 Guan Dexing version of the action film series "The Legend of Huang Feihong", Shi Jian was invited by director Hu Peng to play Huang Feihong's nemesis.
It is also the success of this film that allows Shi Jian to play the Southern Shaolin Fist and Mantis Fist he learned to the fullest, and he also left an indelible image of "adulterer" in the hearts of the audience.
He was also affectionately known as "Adulterer Jian".
In the following acting career, Shi Jian also became a villain professional.
Like Boss Shi in 1976's "The Low Society";
Lü Xiaolong in 1980 'Drunken Snake Kid';
The Heavenly Stump in 1982's "Rulai God's Palm";
All of them made the audience grit their teeth with hatred for the character he played, especially in the play, his self-created evil laughter, which made any martial arts master shudder when he heard it.
In the 1970s, Hong Kong's action movie development entered a prosperous period, and action movies led by Bruce Lee swept the world for a while.
In 1973, bruce Lee starred in the movie "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight", which is also one of Bruce Lee's masterpieces to enter the international screen, as an actor, Shi Jian was invited to play the villain "Mr. Han" in the play many times.
Although Shi Jian at this time has passed the age of flower armor, in the film, his every move reflects the calm and introverted between the masters.
In particular, the fight scene with Bruce Lee made the audience addicted, and it was rumored that Shi Jian once injured Bruce Lee's jaw with a punch.
The gesture of hands and feet left a deep impression on the audience.
In 1975, at the age of 62, Shi Jian began to play on the stage of TV dramas, of course, he was also carrying out the transformation of his role.
"Kung Fu Fever" is his first TV series after the transformation.
In the play, he plays a martial arts family member Liu Zhongyuan, but has long since quit the jianghu for many years, and the family returns to Hideyamada to live happily together.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, Liu Zhongyuan's son Liu Long did not learn any techniques and offended the underworld, and in the end, Liu Zhongyuan swore to die against the underworld with his martial arts and benevolent heart.
The bad guy who has played on the stage all his life has also begun to play the role of an elderly person with integrity and humility.
Cheng Yilong in 1976's "Frenzy";
Xie Xun, the Golden Retriever King in 1978's "Dragon Slaughter in the Heavens";
Ming Sect Leader in "The God of Knives" in 1979;
Even Mr. Jin Yong couldn't help but praise Xie Xun, the golden retriever king played by Shi Jian, and personally inscribed the four big characters of "God is as strong as a stone" to Give to Shi Jian.
In that era, there was neither flowery rhetoric nor gorgeous costumes, but Shi Jian showed the audience a different self with his natural acting skills.
In 1980, he was invited to take over an advertisement with the name of "adulterer", and since then he has had the classic line "Adulterer has his own magic plan", which has penetrated the hearts of the people and competed to be imitated by future generations.
What once made him fire from Hong Kong to the mainland was his starring role in 1983's "Legend of the Eagle Hero's Legend of the East Evil and The West Poison" and "The Legend of the Eagle Hero's Legend of the Huashan Sword".
In these two dramas, he played two roles, Qiu Qianling and Qiu Qianzhang.
The younger brother Qiu Qianling is a generation of tyrants, with unfathomable internal strength, and has practiced the unique martial art of floating on the water with iron palms;
The elder brother Qiu Qianzhang is a charlatan who deceives the world and deceives the world;
Two characters with completely opposite personalities, under the precise grasp of Shi Jian, are both at ease and easy to control, which makes people sincerely admire his acting skills.
In the same year, he continued to play Qiu Qianling in Andy Lau's version of "Divine Eagle Hero", and unconsciously he had already played this character.
A year later, Shi Jian single-handedly starred in the family comedy "Adulterous Ghost" for the first time, and his free-flowing, laughing and tearful acting skills made the audience can't help but clap their hands.
In 1993, at the age of 80, Shi Jian announced his retirement from the film industry, and the last work of his acting career was the film "Adulterous Family" based on his own theme, which was subsequently performed in Hong Kong.
In 1996, Shi Jian won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards, and seven years later he won the grand prize again, which although it came late, was definitely deserved.
Shi Jian, who is perfect in his career, also makes people envious emotionally.
Since marrying his wife Li Jieying in 1936, the two have always been in love, in a complex entertainment circle, and there has been no scandal for more than 70 years, and the actor Shi Jian's approach is exemplary.
In his later years, Shi Jian suffered from a very serious sciatica, and when he was severe, he could not walk at all, and his wife Li Jieying always accompanied him and did not abandon it, and such a love could not help but make people envious.
In addition, Shi Jian is also a person who loves acting culture, even if he has been away from the film industry for decades, he has been paying close attention to acting culture, and for young people who are wandering and confused, he uses his personal experience to encourage generations of young people.