In 2017, Ning Li, who has reached middle age and has been unknown, became popular with "Li Toyota" in "Undocumented Crime".
Netizens called him a man who was colder than the winter in Harbin, and anyone who watched his performance was cold all over his body.
Director Lu Xing commented on him:
"No matter how well he acts, he will never be surprised."
This is the greatest affirmation of his acting skills.
Many viewers are curious, why did an actor with such good acting skills remain unknown before?
In fact, Ning Li was already popular more than 20 years ago, and he was still the kind of red that was at the peak of his debut.
However, he made a wrong decision at the peak of his career, that is, to go abroad, and as a result, he went for 10 years.
When he came back, there was no place for him in the domestic entertainment industry.
He suddenly changed from the most potential young actor to a down-and-out uncle with two daughters to support.
Along the way, Ning Li has no regrets, his rich and tortuous life experience has created his current amazing acting skills,
To have today, what he is most grateful for is the foreign daughter-in-law who has raised him for 10 years and never abandons him.
01
Ning Li's father is an engineer, and as a science and engineering man, it seems reasonable for his son to have a single name with the word "Li".
But unreasonablely, his father was not dull, but very fond of art, on the bookshelf of their house,
It is full of all kinds of literary and artistic books.
And Ning Li's mother is a doctor, and she may be used to seeing life and death, so she has a request for Ning Li.
That's just to live,
In addition, she is a very romantic, very elegant, very emotional person,
This also affected Ning Li's life.
Both husband and wife have very stable jobs, the spiritual world is also very rich, and the family of four lives very happily.
But when Ning Li was in elementary school, just in time for the special period, his father was sent to a tannery in Anhui as a worker.
The mother was reluctant to be separated from her father, so she took her two children with her.
In the tannery, my father did dirty and tiring work, and he was covered in oil every day after work.
But Ning Li never heard him complain, and when he was okay at night, he would sit at his desk and draw down the mechanical principles in the factory, and he never got tired of it.
For my father, who loves machines, as long as he can guard the machine and hear the roar of the machine, he will be happy no matter how hard and tired he is.
Even if the family lives in a small room, the quilt will become moldy if it is not dried for a few days, but the mother is still very romantic.
She would pick up the wildflowers on the roadside to make flower arrangements, and she would paint on the mottled and dilapidated walls of her house.
Vines are painted on cracks, flowers are painted on holes, and green lotuses bloom in the mud of life.
My father was afraid that Ning Li and his sister would be bored at home, so he bought them a chess set and taught them how to play.
In Ning Li's heart, what he likes the most is to be able to gallop vertically and horizontally, and he can take people's heads thousands of miles away.
But his father taught him that to be a man is to be a pawn,
Although humble, it can often be taken by surprise, although it moves slowly, but it only advances and does not retreat,
So in Ning Li's life dictionary, there are no regrets, he just wants to move forward, he doesn't want to look back.
02
Ning Li first became interested in being an actor when he was in Beijing, and his father took him to see a drama.
It is Jiang Wen and Lu Liping's "Family Events", Ning Li is fascinated by it, and what he admires Jiang Wen is even more devotive.
But later, with his father being sent down, Ning Li also buried this memory in his heart, and finally became a seed.
Just wait for the right opportunity to sprout.
When Ning Li was 11 years old, there was an accident in the family.
On this day, he was playing chess with his sister as usual, when suddenly, the neighbor's child ran in out of breath:
"Ning Li, come with me, your mother was hit by a car. ”
By the time Ning Li ran to the hospital, her mother had already been pushed out, still covered with a white cloth,
His father pulled Ning Li tightly, covering his eyes to prevent him from looking.
Since then, not only has Ningli's home become boring, but there is no longer a delicate or lofty flower arrangement.
Even the people who live in this house have changed.
The father became sloppy and depressed, and his temper became eccentric, irritable and irritable.
The slightest mistake on the part of Ning Li and his sister will attract the accusation of his father.
It was from that time on, Ning Li never played chess again, and he has always been unable to forget that afternoon.
The cries of the neighbors' children, the panicked cries of my sister, and the chess pieces scattered all over the place.
This accident also affected Ning Li's learning.
At that time, their family had a hand-cranked phonograph, and through this phonograph, Ning Li came into contact with music.
Indulge in it and can't extricate yourself,
During the college entrance examination, he was a mess in the exam, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly.
The father of the scholar who has been an engineer finds it difficult to accept that his son is a "scumbag".
So he ordered Ning Li to retake the exam, but Ning Li knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to get to university in his life.
In 1987, Ning Li, who was repeating his studies, accidentally learned that there was a type of school that specialized in acting.
Moreover, this kind of school has very low requirements for cultural class scores, but relatively high requirements for faces.
Although Ning Li's appearance is not handsome, it definitely belongs to the kind with taste.
Coupled with the dream of being an actor he had when he was a child, he had the idea of applying for the Shanghai Theater Academy.
In the end, he studied hard for more than half a year and was admitted to the drama with a score of 380 points in the cultural class.
At that time, in the play, I was very partial to "blank paper" like Ning Li, and the teacher told him in the first class,
To be an actor is like a book, the richer your life experience, the better, the more exciting the better, but the cover must be a blank piece of paper.
The cleaner the surface, but without traces, the easier it is for the performance to move people's hearts.
Many people don't understand, but Ning Li understands and understands, he is like hanging all the way,
Whether it is acting in a drama or making a movie, he seems to be very calm and easy.
After graduating from the opera, Ning Li was assigned to work at the Shanghai People's Art Theater and became a drama actor.
Unlike others, Ning Li began to play the leading role as soon as he joined the work.
He skipped directly and partnered with veteran actor Zhong Xinghuo to act in a drama.
In 1990, Ning Li officially entered the showbiz with the movie "The Married Girl", and since then it has been out of control.
"The Legend of Little Pudong", "Honeymoon Again", "Brother Qiao", "Urban Saxophone", "Red Hat Romance", "People About Dusk",
Whether it's a comedy movie or a drama, he can control it very well,
Many directors praise him as a natural actor, his acting skills are never too violent, but he can always make a thousand pounds.
Gently and skillfully captured the hearts of the audience, he made you laugh and laughed, made you cry and cried, and scared if you were afraid.
In 1992, Ning Li, Wei Zongwan, Zhu Xu and other old artists played on the same stage and co-starred in the movie "Que Li Family".
As soon as this movie was released, Ning Li became a hot spot and the envy of countless peers.
His path as an actor has gone so smoothly that Ning Li himself feels bored.
03
In 1994, "Beijingers in New York" starring Jiang Wen and Wang Ji premiered, which mainly tells the story of the actor Wang Qiming going to the United States to pan for gold.
And the story of the ups and downs.
After reading it, Ning Li couldn't calm down in his heart for a long time, looking at his life, he felt that his life was too boring,
So he also had the idea of going to the United States, whether it was hardship or happiness, as long as he didn't make movies, he could do anything.
With this thought in mind, after he finished filming "People About Dusk" in 1996, he suddenly resigned to his relatives and friends.
I want to see if the moon abroad is bigger and rounder, and whether the air abroad is more fragrant and sweeter.
In the United States, no one knows who he is, in order to make a living, he worked as a real estate agent, worked as a temporary worker in the post office,
His daily work is to sort the letters piled up into a small mountain, according to the address of the recipient, and neatly put them into boxes.
It's very boring.
In order to make his life more fun, Ning Li began to increase the difficulty for himself,
On the premise of ensuring zero mistakes, he constantly increased his work speed and turned himself into a precision machine.
Then he finds pleasure in this sense of accomplishment.
Later, he also tried to learn jewelry appraisal in the past, and followed others to do finance and real estate.
In the process, he met all kinds of people and encountered all kinds of things.
In the end, he sadly discovered that the joys and sorrows of all mankind are the same, except for the different geographical locations, everything else is the same.
Everyone is running for a living, excited about getting it, and suffering for losing.
In 1990, after several years of traveling, Ning Li finally found his original intention in the hustle and bustle of a foreign country.
He still can't forget about being an actor, and after a short period of letting go, he finally understood what he really loved.
For him, this is not only the first awakening from a big dream, but also a great realization.
In this year, Ning Li was admitted to the University of Minnesota in the United States, majoring in film production.
While studying, he performed, and made some short films with his classmates.
He hopes that he can make a career here like Wang Qiming in "Beijinger in New York".
However, after three or four years of hard work, he found that no matter how long he lived here, he was always a foreigner.
Whether it's living habits or culture, he can't integrate well.
And as time went on, his attachment to his hometown became deeper and deeper.
Until 2005, Ning Li, who had been in the United States for 10 years,
Decided to start over and return to China for development.
04
Stepping back on his homeland after a 10-year absence, Ning Li was excited, and this time he didn't come back alone.
He was joined by his wife and two daughters.
The first thing after getting off the plane, Ning Li gave his wife a big hug and said to her:
"Thanks to you for the past 10 years, in the future, the matter of raising your family will be left to me. ”
Ning Li's wife is an American, but she has lived in China and speaks Chinese fluently.
The two met in the year when Ning Li first arrived in the United States.
At that time, Ning Li was very depressed in the United States because of the language barrier.
Every night he goes to the supermarket to buy bread that is about to expire, while his wife works in a charity.
It's in her nature to be helpful.
But she didn't expect that she just helped Ning Li in a timely manner, and Ning Li conquered her with her charm.
And with a promise.
For a long time, it was the wife who was supporting the family to make money, while Ning Li was taking care of the children at home.
Even he himself said:
"I ate soft rice for quite some time. ”
After returning to China, Ning Li thought that he would carry the whole family, but 10 years have passed, and there is no place for him in the film and television industry.
Fortunately, his popularity is good, and with the help of friends, he received "It's Good to Be in Love", "Lone Ranger", "Survivor", "Foxtrot Spy", "The Legend of Bruce Lee" and other plays,
But now it's not what it used to be, he can only play some supporting roles or villains in the play,
This kind of gap still hurt Ning Li very much.
And he doesn't always have filming, always on and off, when he doesn't have a job,
He can only return to his old business at home, become a family cook, take care of his daughter and wife's daily life,
Let the wife go out to work to earn money.
But it may be that Americans and Chinese have different concepts, and his wife does not think that he is a sign of unemployment.
On the contrary, he often praised him, saying that he was really amazing, and it was a very great job for him to grow up with his daughter.
With the encouragement of his wife, Ning Li gradually calmed down his mentality and acted diligently.
This performance was another 10 years, and it was not until 2017 that he met the role of "Li Toyota".
In order to make the character image more plump, Ning Li designed a lot of actions for this character,
He has never smoked, and in order to act in this drama, he also learned to smoke.
In this process, he designed the plot of removing the filter cotton and then smoking in reverse.
When the fire lit up, illuminating his face hidden in the darkness, the eerie scene was chilling.
After the broadcast of this drama, whether it was smoking in reverse or gnawing on chicken legs and chopping corpses, it left a deep impression on the audience.
It's been more than 20 years, and even Ning Li himself didn't expect that he would become popular again because of playing a villain,
may be because the acting is too realistic, and then he acted in suspense dramas such as "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth".
has confirmed the title of "high-quality villain of mankind".
Just when everyone thinks that Ning Li will go further and further on the road of villains,
Ning Li used his acting skills to surprise the audience,
Whether it is "Wu Wenlu" in "Hello, Old Times", or the cobbler in "The Myth of Love", or "Chen" in "Ask the Boundless",
all let the audience see a different Ning Li.
In the hit drama "Sweeping the Black Storm", Ning Li and Sun Honglei met, in the eyes of the audience, this is a contest between "Li Toyota" and "Liu Huaqiang".
The final result is also as the audience wishes, Ning Li's acting skills are not inferior to Sun Honglei at all.
After reading thousands of sails, he is still a teenager when he returns, this sentence is very suitable for Ning Li,
He was young and ambitious, but then he left for the United States.
first experienced 10 years of ups and downs in a foreign country, and then returned to China after 10 years of tempering, and finally had today's acting skills.
If Ning Li hadn't gone abroad back then, he might have achieved greater achievements and greater fame than he has now.
But if that experience is really missing, maybe we won't be able to see Ning Li's current acting skills.
For the decision to go abroad that year, Ning Li did not regret it, for him who only advanced and did not retreat,
If there is no loss, where will there be gain?
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