Throughout the history of China's TV dramas, especially the quality of this period in the early 21st century, the most prominent, many post-90s viewers also grew up watching the TV dramas at that time.
At that time, TV dramas were not only well-made and full of flowers, but more importantly, talents emerged, including many excellent first-line actors now, who were also gradually known to the audience since then.
However, what many people may not notice is that many of these actors have long since "disappeared", although most of them have never publicly announced their retirement, but we do not know when we have not seen them again.
This time, Xiaobian will take you to recall that the 10 mainland male actors who were popular more than a decade ago but suddenly disappeared on the screen, let's take a look at what kind of stories and experiences they have behind them, and what is the current situation?
01. Yang Junyi, classic character "Child War"
There are many actors from martial arts athletes in the film and television circle, and Yang Junyi is one of them.
Yang Junyi began to learn martial arts at the age of 7, became a national professional athlete at the age of 9, was named a national martial arts athlete at the age of 15 in 1990, and in 1995, the 20-year-old Yang Junyi also represented the Jiangsu team in the National Wushu Championship, winning the championship of marksmanship and the runner-up of swordsmanship.
However, at the age of 23, the spirited Yang Junyi was injured and his physical function declined, and he could only regret retirement and ended his athlete career early.
Two years after retiring, Yang Junyi joined Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television Production Company and starred in the martial arts drama "The History of Wulin Waishi" and began his acting career.
Although his acting skills are slightly jerky, Yang Junyi, who has excellent martial arts skills, soon showed his fists in the circle, and after that, he successively starred in the martial arts drama "Xiao Shiyilang" with Wu Qilong and Zhu Yin, and co-starred in the kung fu movie "The Strongest on the Ground" with Zhang Zhiyao, which made himself stand firm.
Then in 2003, Yang Junyi ushered in his own highlight moment, he co-starred with Yu Bo, Cai Shaofen, Zhang Jin and others in the fantasy martial arts drama "Water Moon Cave Heaven".
The "child war" played by Yang Junyi in the play is both handsome and stylish, but also an impulsive and kind infatuation, such a flesh-and-blood role, and has also become one of the childhood male gods in the minds of many audiences.
And it is worth mentioning that this epoch-making fantasy drama, in addition to the achievement of Cai Shaofen and Zhang Jin, also made Yang Junyi and Chen Farong have feelings for each other at that time.
Chen Farong, who is seven years older than Yang Junyi, is a veritable sister-brother love, and the two did not officially expose their relationship until 2005 when they collaborated on the second filming of "Eight Arrays of Gods and Ghosts" because of the arm-in-arm photos on the set.
Like her good girlfriend Cai Shaofen, Chen Farong should have reaped her own happiness, but unfortunately she and Yang Junyi's personality seriously conflicted.
Finally, in 2007, the two people who could not tolerate water and fire completely ended the four-year relationship after countless times of separation and merger.
What needs to be emphasized here is that after Yang Junyi and Chen Farong broke up, he quickly fell in love with Ma Haotian, the actress of the new drama "Thunderbolt Vanguard", which led to Chen Farong, who was not yet mentally prepared, to have a deep resentment.
On May 1, 2007, Chen Farong updated her blog "Happy Birthday" on her blog, although it seems to be the after-effect of the movie of the same name, but it can still be seen between the lines, after all, four years just refers to four years, and that day also happens to be Yang Junyi's birthday.
At the end of the same year, Chen Farong updated her blog with the headline "What is Love?" She said, "Men see one love ten, see ten love ten, is this still love?" And it was accompanied by a picture of tears.
In short, Yang Junyi has become the man who hurt Chen Farong the most, and I don't know if it is because of shame on Chen Farong, until 2010, Yang Junyi suddenly quit the circle and stopped acting.
Immediately, Yang Junyi returned to his hometown to become a martial arts instructor, and a year later, his apprentice Zhang Kai won the world wushu championship men's group leader boxing competition.
After the apprentice won the championship, Yang Junyi reached the first new height of his coaching career, and soon after, Yang Junyi and his girlfriend Wang Zailing officially held a wedding in Wuxi, after which the couple welcomed a lovely daughter.
A few decades have passed, Yang Junyi has also been blessed a lot, and when talking about his previous life in the show business circle, he said: "Everything that was once there has been has been a passing cloud. What I am most concerned about now is to contribute to the revitalization of Jiangsu martial arts by the side of my mentor Wang Zhentian. ”
02. Zhao Hongfei, the classic character "Fourth Master"
In 2003, the first episode of the secret history series directed by You Xiaogang, "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", was broadcast.
This classic drama has attracted many actors, including Dayu'er played by Tranquility, Dolgun played by Ma Jingtao, Huang Taiji played by Liu Dekai, and Duo Duo played by Zhao Hongfei.
Zhao Hongfei is not a class actor, he graduated from the Department of Television Production, he was found by director You Xiaogang before preparing to go abroad to develop, and starred in the TV series "Phoenix in the Jianghu".
Because of his outstanding performance in the play, Zhao Hongfei became the royal actor directed by You Xiaogang, and after that, Zhao Hongfei successively starred in two other "Secret History of the Crown Prince" and "Secret History of Taizu" in the secret history series, which made him the most classic "fourth master" in the history of TV dramas.
After that, Zhao Hongfei's career began to take off, and he participated in Huang Xiaoming's Liu Yifei's version of the martial arts drama "Divine Eagle Hero" in 2006, in which he played the heroic and tender Yelüqi.
In 2007 and 2008, Zhao Hongfei's career exploded again, and in addition to participating in movies, he also had as many as 6 TV series male number one roles, just one step away from success.
However, also in 2008, a surprising thing happened, so that Zhao Hongfei's career has since fallen to the bottom, and he himself is also in a slump.
In June 2008, the famous print media "Zhiyin" magazine published an article in a prominent position entitled "North Drift Girl Midnight Nightmare, Dating Star Boyfriend Where There Is a Way Forward", using a pseudonym to allude to Zhao Hongfei and his art school girlfriend arguing, and then letting his girlfriend get off the bus, but was killed by passing migrant workers.
After the article was published, some readers of "Zhiyin" were furious and conducted a "human flesh search" on the Internet, confirming that it was Zhao Hongfei from Tianjin, and many netizens posted and followed posts, accusing those irresponsible "love" in the film and television circle and condemning Zhao Hongfei's selfishness and indifference.
But the truth of the matter was not exposed until a year later, when Zhao Hongfei sued Zhiyin to the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing.
It turned out that Zhao Hongfei's relationship with the murdered woman was only a friendship relationship, not a boyfriend and girlfriend.
Moreover, the place where the girl got off at that time was a bustling place with hospitals, schools, and residential areas, a few hundred meters away was the Tangjiakou Police Station of Tianjin Hedong Branch, and across the wall was the back square of Tianjin Railway Station, not the text described abandoned on the remote and dark road, so in the end, this was just an accident!
In 2011, the court of first instance found that Zhiyin fabricated the key facts and ruled that Zhao Hongfei was awarded more than 730,000 yuan in damages, and subsequently, Zhiyin also issued an apology statement to Zhao Hongfei on page 56 of the final february 2012 edition.
And because this matter was too sensational in that year, the China University of Political Science and Law also held a seminar.
Through the law, Zhao Hongfei smashed the rumors and finally proved his innocence.
It is a pity that Zhao Hongfei was physically and mentally damaged because of this, and after participating in the TV series "Blood Oath" in the same year, there were no film and television works.
On July 9, 2014, Zhao Hongfei's last update dynamic stayed at this moment, and two years ago, some fans revealed that Zhao Hongfei has now gone to the sea to do business, and hopes that he can live well now.
03. Wan Hongjie, the classic character "Zhu Di"
In 2002, Zhang Ting, who had just transferred to the mainland showbiz circle, co-starred with Xu Zheng and others in the TV series "Love Through Time and Space", which was officially broadcast.
As the first cross-over romantic comedy in the mainland, the drama won the first ratings of the year as soon as it was broadcast, and the ratings of more than 10.0 also set a record.
In this drama, the Yan King "Zhu Di", played by the male number two Wan Hongjie, has become the male god of white moonlight in the minds of many young girls.
Wan Hongjie grew up poor, early to the society to work, he has done a lot of small work in Shenzhen, because he learned to dance at an early age, occasionally go to bars to sing.
It was also because of this that Wan Hongjie had the idea of becoming an actor, and then, Wan Hongjie successfully entered the 96th level refresher class of the Beijing Film Academy through the examination, and became an alumnus with Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and other star class members, and that year, Wan Hongjie was 24 years old.
Although age makes Wan Hongjie lack advantages, he is tall and handsome, and he is born to be an actor.
After successfully becoming popular, Wan Hongjie has successively starred in popular dramas such as "Xiao Shiyilang", "Wulin Foreign History", "The Chief Justice", "Zhenguan Long Song" and so on, especially the role of "Yang Kaitai" in "Xiao Shiyilang", which has made Wan Hongjie's popularity soar a lot again.
However, it is deeply regrettable that Wan Hongjie seems to have just taken the actor as a job, and he who is not here faded out of the show business circle around 2014, and has never seen his figure on the screen again, but later there is news that Wan Hongjie has turned to the background.
After that, Wan Hongjie also married a dancer as a wife, the couple had a beautiful and lovely daughter after marriage, and Wan Hongjie in life was also a proper daughter slave, seeing that he could choose the life he wanted so frankly, we only had heartfelt blessings.
04. Gu Yang, the classic character "Wang Hua"
I wonder how many viewers remember the TV series "Prince Lotus" broadcast in 2001?
This drama is Gu Yang's debut work, but also his famous work, but also the peak of his acting career, including the prince "Wang Hua" he played in the play, and the love road between him and "Zhao Xiaoman" played by He Lin, are memorable.
Of course, if this drama is too niche, then Gu Yang's "Original Zhenxia" played in "Young King" after that, everyone must have an impression, right?
In comparison, although Gu Yang is not necessarily famous enough, he does have a lot of faces that he brushed in those years.
Including in the TV series "The Dragon in the Sea" is well known to the audience, also known as the "prince professional household", after that, he has successfully shaped various roles in works such as "Conscience Without Regret" and "Breaking New Ground", breaking through his image in the hearts of the audience.
However, Gu Yang's problem is that the state has not been stable enough, coupled with the tendency of the late body to gradually gain weight, it did not take long for him to disappear from everyone.
Until around 2011, Gu Yang tried to turn to behind-the-scenes work after participating in the TV series "Breaking New Ground" and the movie "Yan'an Film Troupe".
It is worth mentioning that during this period, Gu Yang was also revealed in 2015 to be suspected of revenge on his ex-girlfriend, holding a fruit knife to scratch the other party's expensive convertible car, and also blocking the door and keyhole with glue.
Although Gu Yang's identity was not revealed by the police, the photos after being mosaicked in news reports are clearly similar to his previous stills.
In addition, in the past ten years, Gu Yang has also guest starred in the movie "Manslaughter" directed by his friend Ke Wenli, in which he played a passerby, which is also the only cameo appearance of Gu Yang since 2011.
Today, the 41-year-old Gu Yang seems to be still doing behind-the-scenes work, middle-aged, but he insisted on sports and fitness, compared to that year, he seems to be more peaceful now, but he is still single, and has not married and had children.
05. Zhuo Fan, the classic character "Wang Pihua"
Zhuo Fan ran dragon sets on TVB for two years in the mid-1990s, and only returned to the mainland in 1997, where he played important roles in many costume dramas and restarted his acting career.
In the impression of the editor, when I first met him, it should be the role of "Wang Pihua" in the premiere of "Wulin Waishi" in 2001, as the second major villain of the whole drama, Zhuo Fan's lonely character image in the play, as well as the obsessive lover setting of Zhu Qiqi, has always been unforgettable.
Zhuo Fan was indeed "red" in that year, at least, his face appeared frequently in many popular dramas of that year.
Moreover, due to the influence of appearance factors, Zhuo Fan has played villain roles for many years, including "Wang Bodang" who betrayed his teammates in "The Legend of Sui and Tang Heroes", and "Jin Duyi", the Duke of Dongchang Factory in "The Legend of the New White-haired Witch".
However, Zhuo Fan also encountered the same dilemma as most actors of the same type, with the increase of age, Zhuo Fan from the early villain role to the later can only receive eighteen-line supporting roles, and then later, simply can only show his face to play soy sauce.
Coupled with the crisis of Fa Fu, until he participated in the TV series "Borrow Eyes" in 2017, Zhuo Fan did not take on new works.
Nowadays, Zhuo Fan, who has completely withdrawn from the circle, rarely updates the dynamics, and the outside world knows very little about his current state of life, but from the photos he posted, compared with the appearance of the handsome little student at that time, he has now become a greasy uncle, and the comeback filming has become a one-sided luxury for fans.
06. Sheng Chao, the classic character "Qin Kehao"
In 2003, a "Red Apple Paradise" came out and became the "originator" of mainland youth idol dramas.
Although it now seems that this series is shoddily made, the overall plot is shameful and full of local atmosphere, and it has fallen into controversy such as strong praise for the heroine Xinzi and plagiarism, but this does not affect its classic memory in the minds of post-90s audiences.
In this drama, Sheng Chao, the actor of the male protagonist "Qin Kehao", overtook the car in a straight line with his own popularity in that year, a handsome word, which can fully interpret the impression of those young girl audiences on him at that time.
In fact, in a sense, the other four male protagonists of this drama are in the same situation as Sheng Chao, but the editor is also like most of the audience, he has his own selfish intentions, so let him replace it alone.
After Sheng Chao became popular in "Red Apple Paradise", he cooperated with the original team in the following year to "Star Dream Edge", which was also very popular, and once again consolidated the super popularity for Sheng Chao and other actors.
However, Sheng Chao's personal ideas are very unique, after filming "Fast Romantic Youth" in 2004, he stopped taking on the role, and since then, except for participating in the performance of the drama "Struggle" in 2008, there have been no works.
In 2014, some netizens exposed the recent situation of Shengchao, it turned out that Shengchao opened a small stir-fry shop with a few friends in the alley behind the Siming Cinema after retiring from the circle, and he was usually responsible for the work of the main business and the chef.
At that time, Sheng chao, who returned to the public vision, did not refuse the enthusiastic attention of fans, for this reason, he also reunited with his friends who were filming together that year, and the "A5" group also reunited after 12 years.
But Sheng Chao also revealed that he did not plan to return to the show business, and later, Sheng Chao's small fried shop closed, and after a few years of silence, he regrouped and opened a private restaurant, but unfortunately, in the end, he could not do it.
Today's Sheng Chao, still insisting on his boss dream, compared to that year, almost 40 years old he is also vicissitudes, the only good thing is that he is not as completely greasy as his peers, tidy up, but also still handsome.
07. Zhang Zichen, classic character "Liao Yu"
In the 2005 broadcast of "What to Move, Don't Move True Feelings", the "Liao Yu" played by Zhang Zichen and the "love triangle" between Xiao Tao Hong and Zhang Hanyu are the topics that many viewers enjoy.
And what is even more rare is that in the play, Zhang Zichen played his young and handsome advantages to the fullest, if there was a "Sense of Su" at that time, Zhang Zichen should be ranked in the first gear.
Zhang Zichen graduated from the acting class of the Beijing Film Academy in 2001, and is a classmate of well-known actors such as Zhou Zhouwei, Huang Shengyi, Jia Nailiang, and Wang Luodan.
Compared with other students, Zhang Zichen is the earliest group of people to become famous, after his debut, Zhang Zichen has successively filmed popular dramas such as "Evil Fire", "Legal Beauty 2", "Love is a Bullet of Happiness", "Heaven and Earth Have Love" and other popular dramas, completing the transition of continuous screen brushing.
It is worth mentioning that during this time, Zhang Zichen also talked about love with the actress Chen Ying (played by Liu Hong), who has cooperated many times, and the two were also handsome and beautiful, but unfortunately it did not take long to break up.
Zhang Zichen's acting career is also very strange, according to the data, he once briefly stopped filming after 2010, and then faded out after making two works in 2012, until he came back to shoot two works again in 2015 and then retired!
Moreover, after several years of rest, Zhang Zichen now seems to have signs of a comeback... It's just that he repeatedly retreated and came back, and the result was that he fell from the male number one of the year to the current dragon running set.
Two years ago, Zhang Zichen published a photo of himself and his wife on Weibo, and the couple also went to the Maldives to play together, but Zhang Zichen did not disclose other information, and his wife's face and other information were also unknown.
At the end of the same year, Zhang Zichen once again exposed the photo of his son, and he was almost 40 years old, and finally completed the two most important things in his life, perhaps, this is the reason why he pursues a plain life.
8. Li Rui, the classic character "Ding Kaile"
"Happy little fairy, wind, thunder, rain, snow and electricity; happy little boy, singing and dreaming..."
When humming this song, the picture of "Happy Planet" will involuntarily appear in the mind of the editor.
As the actor of the first male protagonist "Ding Kaile" in the series of TV series, Li Rui was indeed a childhood male god in the minds of many viewers at that time.
Li Rui can be red, not surprising at all, after all, looking back now, Li Rui at that time was simply a copy of Yang Yang!
However, unlike Yang Yang, as a science bully, Li Rui has a determination to study well since he was a child, and after "Happy Planet" became popular, Li Rui gave up his high-paying job in the show business circle and continued to go to school, and later went to the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom for further study.
For a long time after that, there was no news of Li Rui from the outside world, and occasional photos were taken, which also existed in highly blurry group photos.
Until the first two years, some netizens took a recent photo of Li Rui, who turned out to be working in a financial company after returning to China after graduating from his master's degree.
Then in 2019, the network uploaded the news that Li Rui was about to get married, and soon after, Li Rui's wedding photos were also exposed, the bride was very beautiful, and he was still handsome when he grew up.
Nowadays, Li Rui has been successfully upgraded to be a father last year, he also continues to engage in finance-related work, there is no idea of re-becoming an actor, in fact, this is also very good, compared to the disputes in the entertainment industry, perhaps most people are more willing to see him such a stable and low-key choice.
09. Wang Zhaolin, the classic character "Broken Wave"
Not long ago, the news of the death of Shinichi Chiba, the actor of "Xiongba" in "Wind and Cloud", caused a lot of hot discussion among netizens, and many people recalled this classic TV series.
Speaking of this drama now, in addition to the flowing and dashing "Nie Feng" and the "Step Frightening Cloud" who has contributed countless memes, the first role that comes to the audience's mind may be the "Broken Wave" played by Wang Zhaolin.
Whether the appearance of "Broken Wave" is the highest in the play, everyone has their own evaluation in their hearts, but it is undeniable that Wang Zhaolin, who was only 19 years old at the time, was really the peak of his appearance.
In addition to the role of "Broken Wave", Wang Zhaolin also played many roles in the follow-up, although most of the popularity was not as high as before, but the quality increased a lot.
Among them, Wang Zhaolin played Gao Litian in "The Woman Under the Archway", and the "Four Famous Catches" series, all of which created an extremely rich character image.
Moreover, Wang Zhaolin is also a rare actor whose reputation does not fall but rises, and in the 2014 starring role in "Nine Dead Lives" (also known as "Top Secret Files"), Wang Zhaolin's superb acting skills have brought a strong boost to the reputation of the series.
With the deepening of the plot, the drama's ratings have also continued to rise, not only winning the throne of the national ratings third place in a row, but also the audience's post-viewing response after the end is also extremely enthusiastic, and many people are strongly demanding to shoot a sequel.
However, it is regrettable that everyone did not wait for the sequel to this drama, and Wang Zhaolin, as the male protagonist, disappeared shortly after this drama.
Although it is not known why Wang Chalin had such a choice, the good news is that Wang Chalin finally has signs of a comeback after several years.
According to the data, in the new drama "Mistakenly Entering the Glitz" starring Zhang Yuqi Gao Weiguang, Wang Qilin played a role, and this drama was also completed in April, if it is fast, maybe you can see Wang Zhaolin again within the year.
10. Liu Dong, the classic character "Li Hong"
Remember "Daming Palace Words" that aired in 2000? This drama is one of the career masterpieces of Chen Hong, Gui Yalei, Zhao Wenxuan, Zhou Xun and other actors, and Liu Dong, who plays the prince "Li Hong" in the play, is also an unforgettable classic for many people.
Liu Dong, who came from a science class, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with a 94-level undergraduate degree in the Acting Department, and was a classmate of Jiang Qinqin, Jin Qiaoqiao, Liu Chang, Fu Dalong and others.
After the role of "Prince Hong" became popular, Liu Dong was favored by more directors, and subsequently, he co-starred in the TV series "Youth Out" with Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing, Pan Yueming, Ya Qi, Ren Quan and others.
Later, Liu Dong starred in the TV series "Your Life Is So Sentimental" and became a "rock boy", in which he played a young wolf dog named "Wu Xiao" and fell in love with the popular actress Chang Yuan.
At that time, this series was also popular, but unfortunately, the heroine Chang Yuan faded out of the entertainment circle soon after.
It is reasonable to say that after becoming a "rock boy", Liu Dong's acting career has just begun.
But I don't know why, Liu Dong instead opened high and walked low, step by step from male number one to male number N, and then even just played soy sauce.
In 2011, Liu Dong tried the sweetness of a director after filming "Spring Warm Flowers", and then he set up a personal studio and officially transformed from an actor to a director.
In recent years, Liu Dong has been steady and steady, and he is one of the directors of the web drama "Kyushu Muyi" broadcast in the previous two years.
Secondly, in addition to the director, he is also an excellent editor, and many of the film flowers in the hit drama "Mr. Good" are also from his hands.
Now Liu Dong,His career has stabilized, and he has also completed his marriage by the way.
It is reported that Liu Dong's wife is an outsider, graduated from Yunnan University, she is currently working as a flight attendant in an airline, but also a big beauty, and she and Liu Dong are also stable in love for many years and successfully married.
They also have a cute and beautiful daughter, a family of three happy and harmonious, sometimes Liu Dong in the field when working, but when the wife and daughter have time, will definitely go to visit the class together, there is no doubt that Liu Dong has become a winner in life.
Of course, there are many actors like the above 10 actors, and the editor throws bricks and stones to bring some memories to everyone's busy life, in fact, it also wants more people to remember the beauty of our childhood.
Perhaps, these actors who have withdrawn from the circle or "disappeared" have some willingness, some have their own hardships, but they also believe that the classic roles they have created will surely accompany the long river of TV dramas and go further.