Cheng Sihan was born into a family of ordinary workers, and his father was a truck driver. His family was not wealthy since he was a child, and after graduating from high school, in order to share the family's income, he also chose to work as a car delivery driver.
He could have been like his father and worked in this position for the rest of his life. However, the occurrence of two car accidents completely changed Cheng Sihan's originally ordinary life trajectory.
In 1983, at the age of 27, he was in a car accident for the first time and injured someone. Despite being handled properly, it made him aware of the risks of driving work. A few years later, an even more serious car accident caused the train to crash directly into his car.
Stimulated by the two life and death bringings, Cheng Sihan decided to give up the profession of driving.
Cheng Sihan, who graduated from high school, was still relatively young, so he chose to take the university entrance examination. During this period, the breakdown of a relationship pushed him to leave his hometown and go to Hainan for development. There, he accidentally entered the film industry and started acting as a trick.
In this way, Cheng Sihan started his 32-year acting career in the entertainment industry.
This series of serendipitous encounters pushed an ordinary driver onto the silver screen. It reminds us that sometimes many turning points in life actually stem from the accidental collision of some small events.
And we may only need to seize these opportunities to create a new life.
Cheng Sihan first entered the entertainment industry, which can be said to be a blank. Without any acting experience, he could only start from the grassroots level and began a long training process.
At first, he would run some temporary tricks, such as filling up the number of scenes where migrant workers were needed. Sometimes the shooting needs mass scenes, and he will also go to the show. This kind of character has no lines, just going through the motions and playing soy sauce.
Despite this, Cheng Sihan cherishes such an opportunity very much. Because this is already a rare practice for a layman.
Gradually, he gained the recognition of the director through the continuous accumulation of performance experience. So there was the first line, albeit just a "chirp". But it is of great significance to Cheng Sihan, which means that he has officially been promoted to a supporting actor with lines.
Since then, he has played more such small supporting roles, and slowly accumulated his own network resources.
Of course, the process was not smooth, and there were career lows in between. His first wife left him because she was not suitable for the life of displacement. But Cheng Sihan was not discouraged, but decided to devote himself to his acting career.
The supporting roles he played became more and more individual, and gradually had his own characteristics and fame.
Behind anyone's success, there is a dull and continuous process of hard work. Cheng Sihan used his own story to interpret how a layman gradually grew up in the entertainment industry, starting from the grassroots level and climbing up step by step.
2013 can be said to be the turning point of Cheng Sihan's popularity. In this year, he cooperated with Stephen Chow, a legendary figure in the Chinese film industry. In "Journey to the West", he successfully interpreted the image of a little monk with a distinct personality.
This has also become a classic role that many viewers remember him.
What makes Cheng Sihan even happier is that Stephen Chow, who has a bad temper on weekdays, shows a patient and friendly side on the set. This was unexpected by Cheng Sihan.
After filming the movie, Stephen Chow also took the initiative to find him to express his gratitude, and he was quite moved by this series of details.
It can be seen that the cooperation of "Journey to the West" is of great significance to Cheng Sihan. It not only enhanced his popularity, but also allowed him to gain a certain status and exemplary perception in the industry.
And this successful cooperation has also become a masterpiece of his acting career.
reached a high point at the same time as his career, as well as Cheng Sihan's married life. He met his second wife, and the two entered the palace of marriage. This family is warm and happy, and Cheng Sihan also has his own son.
It can be said that at that moment, he successfully achieved the "double harvest" of his life.
However, just when Cheng Sihan's career and family were both harvesting, tragedy suddenly happened. In 2019, he died suddenly of myocardial infarction, ending his short happy life.
When the news broke, both relatives and fans felt extremely sorry.
It turned out that Cheng Sihan's body had problems a long time ago. During the filming of "Journey to the West", he was hospitalized for heart disease. But in order not to delay his work, he did not tell his family the truth.
After being discharged from the hospital, he seemed to be cured, but he still worked his own way, and did not despise his hidden body at all.
This is a typical Cheng Sihan style. For him, work is always the most important thing. Even if his health is damaged, he will definitely carry the weight forward to complete his task.
However, this time he still lost the bet after all. The consequence of being overly dedicated was that he did not keep his life.
At the moment of leaving, did Cheng Sihan regret his decision? But what is certain is that in the actor industry, there are indispensable people like him who regard acting as their life.
It is their professionalism that has made this industry wonderful.
Cheng Sihan's life is a combination of opportunity and courage.
He was unwilling to accept the fate of ordinary people, so he dared to change his trajectory at a critical juncture. From a driver to an actor, from a trick to a supporting role, he chose to transform again and again with his feet.
Friends may ask, what is the meaning of this? He has just changed from an ordinary person to another ordinary person, and even his sudden death is even more tragic. But I would say that the meaning lies precisely in the power contained in his "ordinary".
Cheng Sihan used his 32-year acting career to explain how ordinary people overcome obstacles and stick to their dreams. There is no natural advantage, all he relies on is the love of acting and enough diligence.
And in the end, his story touched countless audiences, just as they wept over the death of this ordinary actor.
Therefore, Cheng Sihan's life is neither extraordinary nor a failure. In my opinion, he spent his life interpreting the true meaning of "ordinary beauty".