When it comes to actor Kaohsiung, many people will show a look of doubt: "Who is this?" "But if you see his face, people will suddenly realize that it is him!" After decades of tinkering in the film and television industry, why is Kaohsiung still in a state where almost no one knows its name? Because he has almost always played supporting roles, although his acting skills are superb and he has created many classic roles, he rarely plays the main role, so the audience will not remember his name.
Today, Kaohsiung is 75 years old and has settled in Canada with a large family. Although he is not living in China now, his career is still in China, although he has long reached the retirement age, but he does not choose to go to Canada to spend his old age in Canada, but as long as there is a drama, he will still come back to film without hesitation.
Kaohsiung is actually a native of the mainland, born in 1947 in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, and his father named him He Yaoshen. When he was a child, He Yaoshen was fascinated by learning martial arts, so when he grew up, he attended the Wuhan Sports School, where he studied martial arts in Kaohsiung.
When he was 21 years old, martial arts movies in Hong Kong officially rose, so he came to Hong Kong, entered the wireless acting training class, debuted as a martial artist, and began to act as a stand-in in various movies.
It was also at this time that he gave himself a stage name of Kaohsiung and began to work hard in the Hong Kong film circle. At that time, the Hong Kong film circle all spoke by strength, and the actors all started from the set of dragons. Zhou Xingchi used to be soldier B in the movie, and Jackie Chan was a "corpse" whose face was not revealed on the set.
Starting from martial arts like Kaohsiung is already very remarkable, but it also has to suffer a lot. Qian Xiaohao, who was also born in martial arts, was constantly beaten and jumped off the building and jumped out of the car, and slowly survived to become a leading actor.
Kaohsiung is no exception, and after many years in the industry, he slowly changed from a martial artist to a supporting role. In 1982, Kaohsiung starred in the TV series "Crane Needle" and officially became an actor. Later, in the old owner TVB, he successively played many roles, but he was still a small supporting role.
Later, Kaohsiung left wireless and switched to ATV, and in 1995, he officially starred in his first TV series "Jingwumen", in which Kaohsiung and Zhen Zidan cooperated to play a generation of heroes Huo Yuanjia.
Because Kaohsiung looks like a righteous person, huo Yuanjia, who he played, was very popular, and even overpowered the limelight of Chen Zhen, played by Zhen Zidan, and this role became one of the most important masterpieces in Kaohsiung's life.
When he starred in Huo Yuanjia, Kaohsiung was already 48 years old, which can be regarded as a big instrument. However, later Kaohsiung did not take advantage of the chase to continue to play the main role, still in various TV series and movies as a green leaf, setting off the brilliance of the protagonist.
Because he looks very fierce, Kaohsiung is either playing a decent person who does not smile or playing a fierce villain, but because of his characteristics, each of his roles is impressive.
In the early years, Kaohsiung appeared frequently in Hong Kong movies, whether it was Jackie Chan's "Red Fan District" or Stephen Chow's "Inquisitor" and other movies by big stars.
Later, like other Hong Kong actors, he also chose to return to the mainland to develop and star in TV dramas. In 2012, Kaohsiung played Chen Fu in the TV series "Traces of Xuanyuan Sword Heaven", making people realize that he is still acting. Later, he successively acted in many plays, but there was no splash, until in "Dragon Ridge Labyrinth", people once again noticed his wonderful acting skills.
Kaohsiung has been in the entertainment industry for more than 50 years, but his emotional life is very simple. When he was in Wuhan Sports School, he met his wife Chen Yongxia. Chen Yongxia was born into a martial arts family, studied martial arts in sports school, and is now a national first-class martial arts instructor. Later, it developed in Hong Kong with Kaohsiung.
Chen Yongxia encountered many opportunities in that era with a real kung fu, and in 1983, she participated in the role of Miao Cuihua in "New Fang Shiyu", and became famous for her clean and neat martial arts dramas. Speaking of which, Chen Yongxia became famous earlier than Kaohsiung, but she did not leave Kaohsiung to find someone else.
Kaohsiung and Chen Yongxia married very early, and in the 1990s, they went to Canada to settle down in order to educate their children. Because Kaohsiung's career is domestic, they are always separated.
But now that their children are older, they don't have to be separated anymore. When Kaohsiung came back to film, he would be with his wife Chen Yongxia. The two have been married for almost 50 years, but their relationship is still very good.
Although Kaohsiung is a star, he developed from the Hong Kong area, and like most Hong Kong stars, he does not take himself seriously at all in life, either squeezing the subway out of the house or eating with friends in restaurants.
However, Kaohsiung's appearance is still very conspicuous, and his silver hair and beard make it easy to recognize him everywhere. People were amazed that although he was in his 70s, he was still in good shape, with thick hair and looked very young.
Kaohsiung not only looks young, but also has a young mentality, and although he is 75 years old for acting, he is still full of enthusiasm. When asked why he didn't rest, he said that he still wanted to act, and he also generously took the opportunity of the interview to shout that if there was a play, he could find him.
Now, Kaohsiung's latest TV series "Star Han Brilliant" is being released, although the drama itself is in the controversy of Wu Daihua, but Kaohsiung's acting skills are beyond doubt. He gave a lot for acting. I hope he can continue to act and bring more good works to everyone.
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