I. Liu Xitian (December 6, 1938 – November 7, 2003)
Stills of Liu Xitian
Liu Xitian was a famous national first-class actor and a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association, he was also a member of the China Filmmakers Association and the head of the China Railway Literary and Labor Troupe Drama Troupe, and he repeatedly created the artistic image of Marshal Chen Yi, a proletarian revolutionary of the older generation, on the screen.
Stills from Liu Xitian's film Armageddon
His personal works include "Meiling Spark", "Wind and Rain Under The Bell Mountain", "Yellow Bridge Decisive Battle", "Weiwei Kunlun", "Founding Ceremony", "Armageddon", "The Great Turn", "Zhou Enlai" and many other epic films as Marshal Chen Yi.
Comrade Liu Xitian's many years of experience in the drama stage has laid a solid foundation for the successful shaping of Marshal Chen Yi, and he has played the role of Mr. Chen dozens of times in film and television dramas, which can be called "Chen No. 1", and has won the Xiaobaihua Best Actor Award, the Government Award, the Feitian Award and other honors.
He died of a heart attack on November 7, 2003. He was 65 years old.
Second, Gu Wei
Gu Wei
Gu Wei graduated from the acting department of the Shanghai Theater Academy, a national first-class actor of the Wuhan Drama Theatre, played by Marshal Chen Yi, according to Gu Wei recalled the scene of the first performance that year: "The first time I played Chen Lao was always 18 years old, that year I was still studying at the Shanghai Theater Academy, there was a drama that needed a younger actor, at that time the older generation of actors were older, so they came to the school to find out, to see if there were any students like a little, I was thinner at that time, but I was still selected, and from then on I began to play the special actor road of Marshal Chen Yi.
Gu Wei stills
The image of Founding Marshal Chen Yi has been shaped in more than 40 film and television works such as "Seven Battles and Seven Victories", "Marshal Liu Bocheng", "General Su Yu", "Dongfang", "Liberation of the Great Southwest", "Southward", "Five-Star Red Flag Fluttering in the Wind", "New Fourth Army", "Liberation" and so on.
Among them, "Together Forever" won the Golden Rooster Award, "Great Friend" and "Founding Leader Mao Zedong" won the National Five One Project Award.
Gu Wei's original hair was thick, and now the hairline has begun to move backwards, and it has just moved to the same position as Chen Yi's hairline; the eyebrows have also changed from a relatively gentle eyebrow shape to a diagonal sideburn; at the same time, due to the continuous imitation of Chen Yi's demeanor, Gu Wei's eyebrows also have a deep "Sichuan character pattern"... It can be said that The current Gu Wei and Marshal Chen Yi are becoming more and more similar.
In 2018, Gu Wei continued to star in Chen Yi in the large-scale epic TV series "Changed the World", and on September 19, 2019, he starred in the historical and diplomatic theme TV series "Diplomatic Storm" Gu Wei not only pursued similarity, but also strived to achieve the greatest godlike, in order to understand Mr. Chen, Gu Wei read a large number of historical materials and related biographies.
Wang Tiecheng, who once played Zhou Enlai, told Gu Wei that as a special actor of a great man, it is not enough to read only the works of the great man, "you must put the background of the great man on you." Chen Yi was a politician, military expert, diplomat, and poet, so Wang Tiecheng demanded that Gu Wei must understand politics, study military affairs, know diplomacy, and be a poet.
Gu Wei really did so, and now Gu Wei has done a good job of poetry and writing well, and even in the most boring military, he can say that he already has the shadow of Mr. Chen on his body. With the continuous in-depth understanding of Chen Yi, Gu Wei is also more delicate and real in his performance.
Stills of the great showdown of the valley
In the famous director Gao Xixi's drama version of "Armageddon", Gu Wei still played Mr. Chen, but Gu Wei is still not satisfied with the current performance, Gu Wei said that his biggest regret is that there is no masterpiece about Chen Yi so far, he is looking forward to a greater breakthrough, and we are also looking forward to Gu Wei to give us a different image of Mr. Chen.
3. Huang Junpeng (October 23, 1973 -)
Huang Junpeng
Huang Junpeng, formerly known as Huang Peng, was born in Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts. His role as Chen Yi is also dramatic, according to himself, in 1997, when he was still a senior at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, one day in a physical fitness class, he was suddenly pulled to the Bayi Factory to do modeling. At that time, he learned that he had picked someone to play Chen Yi in "Zhu De Shangjinggang", and he also secretly thought, "I play Chen Yi? Where is this? Who expected that after some tossing and turning such as eyebrow pulling, drawing eyes, opening the door of the brain, a young man who was alive and free appeared in front of everyone's eyes. As soon as the director made a decision, he became the first person in the circle to play the young Chen Yi.
Huang Junpeng stills
Since then, Huang Junpeng has become a special actor who plays Mr. Chen at the Bayi Film Studio of the People's Liberation Army of Chinese, and then played the young Chen Yi in many revolutionary films such as "Zhu De shangjinggang", "Finding the way", "Red Cradle", "Marshal Zhu De", "Long March", "Shanghai Vicissitudes" and so on.
When filming "Jinggangshan", Huang Junpeng because he has many years of acting experience, the style of the soldiers, so he is more demanding and more attentive when shaping Mr. Chen, before the filming of "Jinggangshan" Huang Junpeng learned about Marshal Chen Yi through various channels, carefully studied the script at home, and brought this "Chen Yi Military Anthology" at any time when filming, which was very well prepared. Fully prepared, coupled with his own experience of playing Marshal Chen Yi many times, Huang Junpeng is quite in place, into the wood three points, not ashamed, the director praised Huang Junpeng for acting better and better, and the audience is also very sure of his acting skills.
Stills of the Bloody Flag
In the process of the founding of the people's army, Marshal Chen Yi, one of the ten marshals of the People's Republic of China, had a pivotal position. In the drama "Blood Army Flag", he played Marshal Chen Yi again. In order to play Chen Yi, Huang Junpeng did not spare any effort. He went to the new film studio to check the materials, not only to read the biography of Chen Yi, but also to read the biographies of Mao Zedong, Zhu De and others, and to deeply understand Chen Yi from all aspects. He had worried that Chen Yi's image was already familiar to people, and it would not be easy to act well. But the director encouraged him to put down his baggage and act boldly. In the process of groping, the image of Chen Yi, a young man with vitality, passion, and open-mindedness and cheerfulness, slowly walked towards him.
He said: "I'm playing a flesh and blood person, not a shelf." If you act according to the inherent Chen Yi style, it is false. After the broadcast of "Blood Army Flag", with his solid and superb acting skills and a high sense of fit with the role, Huang Junpeng has been unanimously recognized and praised by the audience. Affectionately known as "Chen Yi Professional Household" young Chen Yi is the first person. I believe that Huang Junpeng will create more marshal Chen Yi image for us!
Huang Junpeng also played Chen Hai, the director of the Jingzhou Anti-Corruption Bureau, in the anti-corruption drama "In the Name of the People", which made people shine, but after being injured by Director Qi Tongwei, he lay on a hospital bed for most of the drama, which is also a test for Huang Junpeng!
There are also many actors who play Marshal Chen Yi in film and television dramas, and they have also left a lot of classic images, which are deeply recognized and accepted by the audience! So who do you prefer to play Mr. Chen? Who is the best actor for Mr. Chen on the screen? Welcome to discuss and exchange!