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(Five Tigers, from left: Wang Gang, Gao Dongping, Ding Zhicheng, Wu Gang, Feng Yuanzheng)
The Five Tigers of Renyi refer to the five male actors of the Beijing People's Art Theater, Feng Yuanzheng, Ding Zhicheng, Wu Gang, Gao Dongping, and Wang Gang.
In 1985, when Beijing Renyi recruited students, only these 5 male actors were left when they finally graduated, and they were known as the "Five Tigers of Renyi".
The Five Tigers of Renyi are the mainstay of the Beijing Renyi drama stage, and they have also taken over many popular film and television dramas, enjoying a high reputation among the audience.
In life, the five tigers are like brothers, but with the passage of time, their life fates are completely different......
In 1985, more than 3,000 people applied for the Beijing Renyi Student Class, and 15 were finally admitted. After two years, 7 more students were eliminated, and 8 were left when they graduated. Among them, there are 5 boys and 3 girls, and the 5 boys are the later "Five Tigers of Renyi".
Feng Yuanzheng: There is a German mother who does "Dink" with her wife
Feng Yuanzheng was born in Beijing on November 16, 1962, and served as the director of the Beijing People's Art Theater in 2022.
He is the 5th president in the history of Beijing Renyi Institute, and the first dean in the history of Beijing Renyi who was born as an actor.
Feng Yuanzheng, who studied in the Renyi student class, is thin and jade-tree-like, full of a compelling youthful atmosphere.
(Feng Yuanzheng when he was young)
(Feng Yuanzheng and his mentor Ruth Mersin)
Feng Yuanzheng has a German mother named Ruth Mersin, who used to teach at the Beijing Renyi Performance Department and thinks Feng Yuanzheng is a piece of jade.
After Mersin returned to China, he sent an invitation to Feng Yuanzheng in 1989, hoping that he would go to Germany for further study. Feng Yuanzheng took the train for 8 days and 8 nights to enter the Higher School of Art in West Berlin, Germany, to study Grotowski's performance theory.
For two years, Feng Yuanzheng rehearsed with German actors every day and learned German from them. Mersin took care of Feng Yuanzheng in a foreign land like a mother, and she often called Feng Yuanzheng to her home to make him sandwiches and bake pizza.
Mersin also used his home-grown grapes to make red wine for Feng Yuanzheng.
(It is a teacher and a student, but also a mother and son)
In 1991, Feng Yuanzheng completed his studies, and Mersin wanted him to stay in Germany to develop. But Feng Yuanzheng felt that he was a yellow-skinned, black-eyed Chinese who could not play the protagonist here, so he insisted on returning to Beijing.
Since then, Feng Yuanzheng has been in telephone and letter contact with Mersin, treating her as another mother.
In 2004, Feng Yuanzheng released his autobiography "I Want to Talk to Strangers", and specially asked a friend in Germany to send a copy to Mersin.
In 2013, Feng Yuanzheng took his wife Liang Danni to Germany to visit his teacher. At this time, Mersin's joint disease was very severe, he was in a wheelchair, and the front and back of the house were overgrown with weeds. Feng Yuanzheng burst into tears.
(Feng Yuanzheng)
In 2014, Mersin passed away due to illness, and Feng Yuanzheng was sad.
In 2017, Feng Yuanzheng went to Germany to pay homage to Mersin. He walked around the Mersin House and then said goodbye to his German mother with tears in his eyes.
Mersin's son received Feng Yuanzheng. When they parted, Feng Yuanzheng said to him: If I have time in the future, I will come to visit my mother in Germany.
Feng Yuanzheng's wife is named Liang Danni, who is 8 years older than him and is also an actor in Beijing Renyi. In 1993, Feng Yuanzheng married Liang Danni.
(Liang Danni and Feng Yuanzheng)
(Feng Yuanzheng)
Liang Danni wants to have a baby, but Feng Yuanzheng only thinks about the world of two. Liang Danni loves her husband deeply and respects his choice, but her heart is painful and tangled, and her mother's love has nowhere to release.
After reaching middle age, Liang Danni accepted the fact of "Dink".
Now Feng Yuanzheng is 62 years old and Liang Danni is 70 years old, the old wife and young husband are very affectionate, and they did not break up as some people predicted.
Ding Zhicheng: His parents have passed away, he is still single after the divorce, and now he is worried about his daughter's marriage
(Ding Zhicheng and actor Jin Lili)
Ding Zhicheng was born in Beijing on December 25, 1963, his father Ding Xiaoshi is a well-known geologist, and his mother is named Zhang Baochen, both of whom work at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.
After graduating from high school, Ding Zhicheng took over his mother's job and entered the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences as a librarian.
Ding Zhicheng in life stutters a little when he speaks, but as soon as he walks on the stage, he speaks softly, and he is naturally suitable for being an actor.
When Ding Zhicheng was studying in the Beijing Renyi student class, Renyi paid him a salary of more than 30 yuan per month, and he also had a subsidy of 5 cents for acting in a drama.
(Ding Zhicheng)
Sometimes it was late at night after the performance, and Ding Zhicheng was hungry, so he went to the small restaurant next to the theater to eat beef noodles. But a bowl of beef noodles costs more than 1 piece, and he can't eat a bowl of beef noodles when he plays a drama.
Ding Zhicheng attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and is close to Feng Yuanzheng, Wu Gang, Gao Dongping, and Wang Gang like brothers.
In 2003, Ding Zhicheng's father died of Parkinson's syndrome, and Feng Yuanzheng and other friends came to his home to help him take care of the funeral and send the old man to Babaoshan.
In 2017, Ding Zhicheng's mother was in a dying state in the hospital, but Ding Zhicheng was acting in a drama in the unit and couldn't get out.
(Ding Zhicheng's "Gong and Drum Lane" stills (2010))
Gao Dongping, Wang Gang and others went to the hospital to help him accompany his mother. When Ding Zhicheng rushed to the hospital after performing the play, his mother had passed away.
Ding Zhicheng's sister Ding Baoming has suffered from polio since she was a child, and her husband is a civil servant. She said to Ding Zhicheng with tears: Although you didn't stay by your mother's side, Wang Gang, Gao Dongping and others sent her on the road, and my mother had no regrets.
didn't see his mother for the last time, Ding Zhicheng felt pain and regret in his heart, and his brothers helped him handle his mother's funeral together, and sent the old lady away in style.
(Ding Zhicheng and sister Ding Baoming)
When he was an editor and reporter at a well-known magazine in Beijing, he interviewed Ding Zhicheng's mother and sister at the home of his parents in Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing.
Ding Zhicheng's sister and mother were very enthusiastic, and they made a new beef sauce that day, insisting on letting the "fine celebrities" eat it together.
Ding Zhicheng had a failed marriage, his ex-wife was an accountant of Beijing Renyi, and the two had a daughter, Ding Ding. In 2000, Ding Zhicheng divorced because of his incompatible personality, and his daughter lived with his ex-wife.
(Ding Zhicheng)
After the divorce, Ding Zhicheng devoted himself to his career and has not remarried.
Now that Ding Zhicheng's daughter is 29 years old and not married, Ding Zhicheng began to worry about his daughter's personal problems.
Ding Zhicheng is not happy in his own marriage, and hopes that his daughter's marriage and love will be smooth and stable, and he can find a good guy who loves her and loves her.
Wu Gang: His wife is also a well-known actor, and she was criticized for filming with her son
(Young Wu Gang)
Wu Gang was born in Beijing on December 9, 1962, and was the head of the Renyi student class that year.
When he was in school at Renyi, he pursued Yue Xiuqing, a girl in his class. Originally, Yue Xiuqing liked Ding Zhicheng, who had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but Ding Zhicheng was not enlightened and never confessed to Yue Xiuqing, but Yue Xiuqing was arrested by Wu Gang.
Yue Xiuqing was born in Beijing on March 22, 1967, and was one of the three female students in the 1985 Renyi student class, the other two female students were Meng Xiu and Liu Xiaorong, who were known as the "Five Tigers and Three Phoenixes" of Renyi together with the five boys.
(Wu Gang and Yue Xiuqing)
After graduating from the trainee training course, Wu Gang and Yue Xiuqing both stayed in Beijing to work. In 1991, the two got married in Beijing.
In 1996, the couple gave birth to their son Wu Yuqing. In 2009, Wu Gang starred in the film "Iron Man" and won the Best Actor Award at the 27th China Film Golden Rooster Awards.
In 2017, Wu Gang starred in the anti-corruption drama "In the Name of the People" and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 23rd Shanghai TV Festival.
(Stills from Wu Gang's "In the Name of the People")
(Wu Gang starring in the film "Ma Ge is a City")
In 2019, Wu Gang starred in the film "Ma Ge is a City" and won the Best Actor Award at the 15th Chinese American Film Festival.
After becoming popular, Wu Gang has been criticized by netizens in recent years, and many netizens accused him of cutting his double eyelids and cutting himself into a monster. In fact, this is because netizens misunderstood Wu Gang, and he did not cut his eyelids at all.
He injured both eyes while filming "Iron Man", and after undergoing surgery in the hospital, the single eyelid became a double eyelid.
Others accuse Wu Gang of having swollen cheeks, which is a typical example of plastic surgery failure. It turned out that Wu Gang was too tired during filming and suffered from kidney stones, which caused his face to be swollen.
(Yue Xiuqing and his son)
(Wu Gang's "Hurricane" stills)
In 2022, when Wu Gang took over the filming of the TV series "Hurricane", he brought his son Wu Yuqing to the crew and asked him to play Gao Qiqiang's stepson Gao Xiaochen.
In all fairness, Wu Yuqing's performance was passable, but netizens frantically derogated him, saying that he was the biggest failure of the show.
Some netizens criticized Wu Gang, saying that he pulled the relationship and praised his son who couldn't act. For a time, Wu Gang and his son were criticized and attacked.
Gao Dongping: He became famous as a male pet, but now he is silent
(Gao Dongping)
(Beijing Renyi Class 85, 2nd row from right)
Gao Dongping was born in Beijing on January 11, 1964, and after graduating from the Renyi student class, he stayed in Renyi as an actor.
Gao Dongping mainly acted in dramas in the unit, starring in a series of classic dramas such as "Parisian", "The First Floor of the World", "Thunderstorm", "Uncle Beijing", "Xiaojing Hutong" and "Teahouse".
The drama is relatively niche, and Gao Dongping is not well-known to the audience. In 1999, Li Shaohong planned to shoot 40 episodes of the historical drama "Daming Palace Ci", and auditioned actors across the country.
Gao Dongping learned the news from a friend and took his photo to recommend the play. Li Shaohong glanced at Gao Dongping, did not talk to him, and prepared to let him play the male pet "Zhang Zongchang".
Worried that Gao Dongping would refuse to act, Li Shaohong did not give him the script, and he did not say it explicitly at that time.
After a period of time, Li Shaohong arranged for the assistant director to call Gao Dongping and ask him to try on makeup for the crew. The makeup artist put Gao Dongping on makeup for more than 4 hours, and Gao Dongping looked in the mirror: Why is he so young and handsome?
At this time, the assistant director told him that Li Shaohong was ready to let him play Zhang Zongchang, who was "beautiful as a lotus flower".
Gao Dongping can't wipe off his face when he plays a male pet, Li Shaohong criticized him: How can a professional actor have such a naïve idea?
(Stills from Gao Dongping's "Daming Palace Ci")
Because Gao Dongping wanted to embroider Wu Zetian in the play, and he also had to embroider with Princess Taiping, Li Shaohong specially invited a master to teach Gao Dongping to learn embroidery.
In 2000, "Daming Palace Ci" was broadcast on many TV stations across the country, and Gao Dongping became famous.
Gao Dongping did not take over many film and television dramas, and later starred in "Twelve Citizens", "Hunter", "The Nameless", "Eight Hundred", "Code Name Mountain Leopard", "Wolves", etc., he mostly played villains in the plays.
(Gao Dongping's recent photo)
Gao Dongping likes to play roles with shortcomings, and he doesn't like to play a good guy who is stable. Therefore, he is more picky about taking on films, which is also the reason why he takes on few film and television dramas.
Gao Dongping is low-key and has never talked about family life in public, in fact, he has long been married and a father, and his wife is an outsider.
Wang Gang: Living under the aura of others
(Wang Gang stills)
When everyone talks about Wang Gang, they think of the famous host and film and television actor Wang Gang.
Many netizens saw Wang Gang's name in the "Five Tigers of Renyi" and regarded him as Wang Gang who played "He Shen" in the Qing court drama, and not many people know Wang Gang in "Five Tigers of Renyi", he has been living under the halo of the host Wang Gang.
Wang Gang was born in Beijing in the 60s of the last century, he joined the army at the age of 18 and joined the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau after transferring from the army.
(Photo of Wang Gang's military uniform)
Wang Gang loves literature and art, and made a "Golden Shield" program in the unit, and then broadcast it on Beijing TV.
In 1984, Wang Gang applied for the Beijing Renyi student class, because only 7 satisfactory students were recruited, and there were too few students, so the student class was suspended.
In 1985, Wang Gang applied for the second time for the Renyi student class and was admitted again. The leaders of Beijing Renyi specially sent actor Xiao Peng to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau to send Wang Gang an admission notice.
Wang Gang is a cadre in the unit, with a monthly salary of 59 yuan, and he can enter the Renyi student class, and his monthly salary is less than 20 yuan.
(Wang Gang's drama "Li Bai" as "Guo Ziyi")
Wang Gang is tall and big, and after graduation, he can act in a drama in the unit with peace of mind. When he played "The First Floor of the World", he performed more than 600 performances.
Many netizens are not familiar with Wang Gang, but in fact, he is a big name on the drama stage and is very influential in the drama industry.
Wang Gang has starred in nearly 100 dramas such as "Teahouse", "Li Bai", "Family Portrait", "White Deer Plain", "Zhao's Orphan", "Hamlet", "Sima Qian", "Cai Wenji" and so on.
And he only took over 8 film and television dramas such as "Caoyun Wharf", "People are Iron and Rice is Steel", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Twelve Citizens", so he is not well-known to the audience.
(Stills from Wang Gang's "Sunrise")
Wang Gang's wife is an outsider, the couple has their own children, and their marriage is stable and happy.
Among the five tigers, Wang Gang has taken on the least film and television dramas, and his fame is relatively small.
The five tigers are like brothers in life, and if anyone encounters any difficulties, everyone treats them as their own family affairs.
Among the 5 people, Ding Zhicheng loves Zhang Luo the most, and he organizes everyone to gather no less than 3 times a year. Due to scheduling reasons, Renyi Five Tigers did not take over the filming of the same TV series, which is their regret.
(The Nameless Poster)
At the beginning of 2016, Ding Zhicheng served as the chief producer and leading actor of the 38-episode spy war drama "The Nameless", and invited Wu Gang, Feng Yuanzheng, Gao Dongping, and Wang Gang to join. This is the first TV series jointly filmed by the Five Tigers.
The four brothers don't talk about salary, but Ding Zhicheng is very righteous and satisfies them with the remuneration.
Ding Zhicheng also specially brought a chef from Beijing to cook Beijing-style dishes for them in the crew. Whoever of the 4 people left the crew after filming, Ding Zhicheng had to have a farewell party.
(Ding Zhicheng's "The Nameless" stills)
(Five Tigers, from left: Wang Gang, Feng Yuanzheng, Wu Gang, Ding Zhicheng, Gao Dongping)
In May 2023, the Five Tigers of Renyi will jointly perform the classic drama "Mutiny" of Beijing Renyi, which is the first drama performed by the Five Tigers of Renyi more than 30 years after graduation.
In April 2024, the five tigers of Renyi will all be over the age of six, but their friendship will never change, and they will always be young. 5 people are like brothers, but time passes, their fates are different, and life is hard to say!
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