In the entertainment industry, there are many people who have been silent for many years, and after changing careers halfway, they turned over and became well-known stars after becoming famous.
Liu Huan's achievements in the pop music scene can be said to have influenced several generations of Chinese people. But what few people know is that the earliest artistic activities he participated in were cross talk, and he had undergone professional training, and he spoke very well.
Liu Huan was very interested in quyi when he was a child, and when he was in elementary school, he talked about cross talk with Dai Zhicheng, Liu Huan was funny, Dai Zhicheng was funny, Liu Huan played a leading role in cross talk, and was the protagonist of the show, and the two were later students of Tianjin Quyi Troupe. Liu Huan has a great talent for opera, not only does the cross talk speak well, but Shandong Allegro also speaks well. Chang Baohua, a famous cross talk performance artist, once intended to take Liu Huan as an apprentice, but gave up because Liu Huan's mother didn't want her child to do quyi.
In 1981, Liu Huan was admitted to the School of International Relations, majoring in French literature, and developed a strong interest in music during college, embarked on the road of pop music, and has since completely separated from the cross talk world.
The actor Huang Bo walked into the song hall when he was in high school, became the first batch of singers to sing in the song hall, and organized the combination of "Blue Wind and Sand" to perform all over the country. Later, he signed with Pacific Records and became a professional singer. In 2002, he was admitted to the dubbing major of Beijing Film Academy, and after graduation, he was mainly engaged in film and drama dubbing.
In 2006, Huang Bo participated in the film "Crazy Stone" directed by Ning Hao and became an instant hit, winning many film awards including the "Best Original Screenplay Award" at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. "Bullfighting" won the 46th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, the 17th Beijing University Student Film Festival Best Actor Award, and the 1st Golden Banyan Award for Best Actor; The subsequent "People Are Embarrassed in Thailand" with a box office of 1.266 billion; "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons" was the annual box office champion of mainland films in 2013 with a box office of 1.246 billion yuan; the box office of "Heart Flower Road" exceeded 600 million in 6 days of release, setting a new box office record for Chinese films in the first week and the National Day file, and "Looking for the Dragon" was released, with a box office of more than 1 billion.
Huang Bo, who is ugly and playful, has never been a singer, and has become the most popular and box office star in China.
Many people know that Zhang Guoli joined the work at the age of 16 and worked as a worker in the railway, and later joined the China Railway Art Troupe and embarked on the road of acting. But what few people know is that he had a close relationship with cross talk master Hou Yaowen. While in Beijing. He lived in the house of the cross talk master Hou Baolin, commensurate with the Hou Yaowen brothers, and learned cross talk with the Hou father and son. Among the four courses of cross talk, speaking, and singing, Zhang Guoli's speaking and learning were a must, and his basic skills were quite solid. In the process of learning cross talk performances, Zhang Guoli learned 11 local dialects, such as Sichuan, Tangshan, etc., and he can often be seen speaking Sichuan dialect in film and television dramas. Although he did not worship his master, he was very respected in the cross talk world, and his seniority was not low.
In 1996, he participated in the movie "Mixed in Beijing" and won the Best Actor at the 19th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards. In 1997, he starred in the TV series "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview" and won the Best Actor at the 1998 China TV Golden Eagle Festival. In 2000, he starred in Feng Xiaogang's movie "A Sigh" and won the Best Actor at the 24th Cairo International Film Festival and the 8th Beijing University Student Film Festival. In 2012, he starred in Feng Xiaogang's movie "1942" and won the Best Actor at the 29th China Film Golden Rooster Awards. Zhang Guoli has made outstanding achievements in movies and won many actor honors. He has also achieved good results in TV series, starring in the series of TV series "Iron Tooth Bronze Tooth Ji Xiaolan" and "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview", "Golden Wedding", "Dad's Home" and other emotional TV series, which are all recognized classics.
Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan have cooperated on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for many years in classic sketch programs, bringing countless laughter and classic sentences to the audience. But he was a professional cross talk actor in his early years, and at the age of 16, he was taught by Chen Lianzhong, a cross talk actor of the Shenyang Quyi Troupe. After some hard work, he soon became the backbone of the regiment. After meeting Zhao Benshan, he became an important member of Zhao Benshan, Gao Xiumin, and Fan Wei's sketch iron triangle, and presented many excellent sketch programs for the concept.
After transforming into the film and television industry, he starred in many classic movies such as "No Thieves in the World", "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", "Aromatic Journey", "Blessed Ears", "Private Custom", "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain", "Father and Son Soldiers", and even won the Best Actor at the 53rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards in 2016 for starring in "Unproblematic Problems", and is the first Golden Horse actor from a sketch actor. In 2021, he won the Best Supporting Actor at the 34th China Film Golden Rooster Awards for the movie "One Second".
In the field of TV dramas, Fan Wei has also gained a lot. played the medicine box in the series of TV series "Liu Laogen", which was originally a supporting role, but he performed the aura of the protagonist. In 2010, with his performance in the TV series "The Happiness of the Boss", Fan Wei won the 25th China TV Golden Eagle Award for the audience's favorite TV drama actor award and the 16th Shanghai TV Festival Most Appealing Actor Award
Fan Wei went from a cross talk actor to a sketch star, and then to a Chinese actor, and he has achieved great success in both career changes, and this experience is legendary.
Before Liu Wei became a movie actor, he was also a cross talk actor. In 1974, he was admitted to the student class of the Jilin Provincial Folk Opera Troupe and studied cross talk under the nephew of the famous cross talk master Ma Sanli, Ma Jingbo. After graduating in 1976, he was assigned to the Jilin Provincial Quyi Troupe and became a professional cross talk actor.
In 1980, 23-year-old Liu Wei was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy for acting, and since then he has changed his career to be a film and television actor. In 1983, Liu Wei participated in his film debut "Autumn Impression", and after graduating from university in 1984, he was assigned to the Actors Troupe of Changchun Film Studio. In 1989, he starred in the movie "Women's Rangers" and fell in love with the heroine He Qing in the film. In 1990, Liu Wei starred in the large-scale costume TV series "Tang Minghuang", and in 1993, he won the Best Actor Award at the 10th China TV Golden Eagle Awards for "Tang Minghuang", thus becoming the top male star at that time.
Gong Hanlin is popular all over China as a sketch actor. He gives the impression to ordinary people that he seems to be a Northeast duo turned actor. But in fact, his academic qualifications are quite high, and he was one of the first college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977. After graduating from the Department of Philosophy of Shenyang Normal University, he worked as a teacher for a while. Later, the Shenyang Quyi Troupe recruited actors, he went to apply for the examination and was admitted, due to the school's insistence, Gong Hanlin resolutely resigned and entered the Shenyang Quyi Troupe as a cross talk actor.
In 1988, Gong Hanlin apprenticed with cross talk actor Tang Jiezhong, and was later transferred to the China Broadcasting Art Troupe. Gong Hanlin became famous because of sketches, initially cooperating with Zhao Benshan, and later because of cooperating with Zhao Lirong, he achieved a pair of mother and son golden partners. The sketches "So Packaged", "Part-time Job Adventure", "Kung Fu Order" and "Veteran Horse" cooperated with Zhao Lirong respectively won the first prize of the favorite program sketch of the national audience that year.
After Zhao Lirong's death, although Gong Hanlin also participated in sketches on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, such as cooperating with Pan Changjiang, Li Qi, Liu Liu, Huang Hong, Kai Li, Lin Yongjian, Liu Yajin, Wei Ji'an, Huang Xiaojuan and other famous actors, but he can no longer find the atmosphere and effect of cooperating with Zhao Lirong. Although he later participated in some film and television dramas, the response was not very great.
Full stop, whose real name is Ju Zhaojie, joined the army after graduating from high school and came to the 11th Garrison Division of the Shenyang Military Region as an actor and projectionist of the soldier performance team. In April 1983, he was transferred to the Quyi Team of the Advance Acrobatic Troupe of the Shenyang Military Region and began to engage in cross talk performances. In 1984, full stop was transferred to the Shenyang Military Region Repertory Troupe. In 1990, he transferred to Shenyang Electromechanical Equipment Manufacturing Company and served as the assistant to the general manager. In April 1994, he enlisted again in the army and became an actor in the Quyi team of the Shenyang Military Region Advance Repertory Troupe. In February 1996, he was taught by the famous cross talk actor Jiang Kun.
In 1996, he appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time and performed the sketch "A Wallet". In 1999, he appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again, and his partner Huang Hong performed the sketch "Cheer Up", which won the second prize of the sketch in the Spring Festival Gala program evaluation and became famous in one fell swoop. Subsequently, he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala a total of five times and became a well-known sketch actor. Of course, he also participated in many film and television dramas, and the one with a greater impact was the military sitcom "The Story of the Cooking Class".
Liu Yajin entered the Tianjin Quyi Troupe in 1978, and Liu Huan, Dai Zhicheng, Zheng Jian, etc. were classmates of the Tianjin Quyi Troupe that year. Later, Dai Zhicheng and Zheng Jian worshipped Li Boxiang as their teacher, and Liu Yajin worshipped Ma Zhicun as their teacher. In 1995, he was transferred to the People's Liberation Army Air Politics Art Troupe.
Liu Yajin definitely became famous through the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. In 1987, Liu Yajin landed on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for the first time and performed the sketch "Selling Fish". In 1992, Liu Yajin collaborated with Zhang Guoli on the sketch "Selling Rat Poison" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Liu Yajin has participated in more than 10 CCTV Spring Festival Galas, including sketches and cross talks, including "Zodiac New Year's Greetings" with Hou Yaowen, Shi Fukuan, etc., and "Neighbors" with Huang Hong, Gong Hanlin, and Lin Yongjian. While acting in sketches, he also got involved in film and television, and played a series of comedy images in dramas such as "Wang Baochang's New Chapter", "Wulin Biography", "Underground Traffic Station", "Xiaobao and Lao Cai".
Liu Liu, formerly known as Liu Yanbin, in 1981, Liu Liu applied for a training class of the Provincial Quyi Troupe because he liked to listen to cross talk, and later became the main temporary worker of the Provincial Quyi Troupe, and only became a regular employee of the Quyi Troupe in 1988.
Liu Liu was not well-known among domestic cross talk actors at that time, even in Heilongjiang Province, and he was also ranked behind Shi Shengjie, Zong Chengbin, Yu Shide, and Xu Baoku. Liu Liu participated in CCTV's New Year's Day and Spring Festival Gala in the 90s, but his works had little impact.
In 2007, Liu Liu left the Heilongjiang Quyi Troupe and became the vice president of Benshan Media, responsible for the promotion and distribution of Zhao Benshan's investment in film and television dramas. Liu Liu's fire is inseparable from Zhao Benshan, under the support of Zhao Benshan, he participated in the filming of many film and television dramas such as "Ma Dashuai", "Mr. Kanto", "Country Love" series of Benshan Media, and served as the executive producer;In 2008, Liu Liu and Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan cooperated in the Spring Festival Gala sketch "Torchbearer", which made the national audience remember this comedy star who is not a two-person actor.
Niu Zhenhua, after returning to the city after returning to the city, was admitted to the Beijing Rap Art Troupe in 1978 and began to engage in cross talk creation and performance. In 1981, he was transferred to the Kongzheng Art Troupe, and in 1991, he was transferred to the China Broadcasting Art Troupe.
As a cross talk actor, Niu Zhenhua has participated in the creation and performance of a large number of drama sketches, and has participated in CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, many provincial and municipal TV stations across the country, and other major evening performances. But what made him famous was his artistic achievements in film and television performances. He has starred in more than a dozen TV series such as "Ah Lang in Beijing", "The Prodigal Son", "Companion", "The Legend of the God of Wealth" and "Seven Pins of Qincha"; starred in many films such as "Stand Straight, Don't Lie Down", "Back to Back Face Face to Face", "Turn Right with the Left Light", "Kiss Russia", "Ambush", etc.; in 1993, he won the Best Actor of the Chinese Film Hundred Flowers Award for starring in "Stand Straight, Don't Lie Down"; in 1995, he was nominated for Best Actor at the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for starring in "Back to Back, Face to Face", and the 1995 Film Society Performance Award. Best Actor Award at the First China Zhuhai Film Festival, Best Actor Award for Top Ten Film Critics in Shanghai, and other laurels.
Wang Xun, born in 1974 in Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in 1992 to learn comedy performance by Mr. Shen Fan, a comedy performance artist, in 1993 began to follow the cross talk master Mr. Hou Baolin's apprentice Yang Ziyang to learn cross talk performance and creation, on March 18, 1997, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province officially worshiped Mr. Yang Ziyang as a teacher, in 1998 won the first "Bashu Top Ten Comedians" title.
In 2006, he became famous with the "four-eyed secretary" played in the comedy movie "Crazy Stone", and then joined Huang Bo Studio and obtained good resources. In 2012, he starred in the TV series "Militia Ge Erdan" with Huang Bo and Tong Yao, he played Zhang Yaozu, who was timid and cowardly, but also knew righteousness and kind-hearted, especially the Sichuan dialect of "Zheng'er Bajing", which left a deep impression on people, and it was the supporting role to steal the leading role. then participated in Xu Zheng's movie "Hong Kong", which also made him brilliant in the small supporting role.