Late-blooming actors are still very common in the entertainment industry, these actors have such several characteristics, first, their appearance is not high, and some are even very ugly, second, they have no background, they can only start from playing tricks, third, they will not hype, and they are focused on acting, but fortunately, they have superb acting skills, and finally they have countless fans by relying on their outstanding acting skills, and Zhang Songwen we are talking about today, he is such an actor.
If before 2023, ask if you know Zhang Songwen? may not know many people, but since the broadcast of an anti-black criminal investigation drama "Hurricane" in 2023, he has become a popular actor who is a household name, at that time, he was 47 years old, it can be said that overnight, he became an idol in everyone's minds.
In the play, Zhang Songwen plays the role of Gao Qiqiang, a small trader born in a poor family, relying on selling fish in the vegetable market to support his younger brother and sister.
Because the acting is too realistic, many viewers don't believe that he is acting, because the acting is too good, originally he was only a second male role in the play, but he never thought about it, but in the end he stole the limelight of the male number one Zhang Yi and became the biggest winner of the show.
But behind the scenery, it is Zhang Songwen's persistence for decades, if he gave up early, we may not see him today, and we will not be able to appreciate his superb acting skills, fortunately, even when he was the most down, he still did not give up.
On May 10, 1976, Zhang Songwen was born in a village in Shaoguan City, Guangdong, his father was a retired soldier, and his mother was a rural doctor.
At that time, he had a movie dream, he could have realized his dream, but at the age of 13, his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Zhang Songwen washed his face with tears all day long, looking at his mother in pain, he was very sad, but his mother told him that boys must be strong and not shed tears.
Not long after, his mother passed away, Zhang Songwen was only 13 years old at the time, which was too big a blow to him, and his academic performance was very good, but later his grades plummeted.
After graduation, at the beginning, he entered the hotel as a waiter, but he felt bored, so he worked as a salesman, and then felt bad, and also worked as an air conditioning installer, but until later, seeing a job of recruiting tour guides, Zhang Songwen took the tour guide qualification certificate and became a tour guide.
Zhang Songwen is still very successful in the job of tour guide, and has been rated as the best tour guide, but suddenly one day, Zhang Songwen felt that the tour guide was not his favorite thing to do, although Zhang Songwen's tour guide salary was very high at that time, but he was still not happy.
One night, Zhang Songwen, who was lying in bed, suddenly remembered his dream when he was a child, that is, he wanted to become a director, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep, Zhang Songwen didn't fall asleep all night, and made a decision at that time, that is, to quit his job as a tour guide and choose to take the director school.
When he got up early, he rushed to the company and handed in his resignation report. Zhang Songwen told them that he wanted to pursue his dreams and go to Beijing to become a director.
Fortunately, his father supported him very much in this decision, but when he was about to go to Beijing to chase his dream, his father told him that he wanted to remarry and asked Zhang Songwen's opinion, although Zhang Songwen was a little surprised at that time, but fortunately, he was still very supportive of his father's remarriage, because since his mother passed away, his father has changed a lot, and he has aged a lot all of a sudden, Zhang Songwen feels very sorry for his father, so he supports his father's remarriage.
After arriving in Beijing, Zhang Songwen initially wanted to apply for the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, but unfortunately, the director department was full, and the teacher suggested that he apply for the acting department, and when he wanted to apply for the undergraduate acting department, it was also very unfortunate that it was also full.
Because of his excellent grades, when he graduated, he stayed in school and became a teacher, but this is not what he wants, what he wants is filming, but unfortunately, a lot of resumes have been sent, and they have all been lost.
This made Zhang Songwen very distressed at that time, he thought about giving up, but he thought that he had given up so much to get to today, if he gave up again, what he was going to do, Zhang Songwen didn't know.
Fortunately, he chose to persevere, and after that, he could only start from playing tricks, step by step, to a supporting role and then to a protagonist with few roles, during this period, he starred in: "The Secret History of Yang Guifei", "The Great Gold Robbery", "All the Way Forward", "The Big Bang of Lies" and other film and television dramas, but they did not gain attention.
It wasn't until 2019 that the audience got to know him with a "Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind", and after that, he became famous with the role of Zhu Yongping in the online drama "The Hidden Corner", and it was from this that his role became more and more important.
In 2023, "Hurricane" will make him a household name, and subsequently, he starred in good-looking film and television dramas such as "Home of the Heart", "More than Endless", "The Eighth Suspect", "Lonely Boat", etc., and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger.
In 2015, the 39-year-old Zhang Songwen married his wife outside the circle, and had a son and a daughter after marriage, because he was too low-key and protected his wife and children very well, so many people didn't know that he was married and was the father of two children.
Although Zhang Songwen is now popular, he still can't afford to buy a house, and he still lives in a rental house in the suburbs of Beijing with his wife and children.