In the recent hit drama "Sweeping Black Storm", a treasure actor was fired - Tan Kai.
While most viewers may not know his name, social media platforms are full of comments about his acting skills.
When brushing "Sweeping The Black Storm", Pigo was also quite impressed by the performance of this "double-sided district chief", especially two scenes, which really showed his acting skills.
In the first scene, Li Chengyang went to the district government to expose his plot.
In this scene, Dong Yao, the mayor of Shimen District played by Tan Kai, although there are not many lines, his rich inner activities are all displayed by eyes, micro-expressions and micro-movements.
Like this, I was already very unhappy in my heart, but I had to force out a smiley face and greeting.
And this change of mood from blandness, to surprise, to horror, is unforgettable.
The second scene is the plot of the two in the car after the big boss Gao Mingyuan learns that Dong Yao has deceived him.
Dong Yao in the back seat of the car perfectly interprets what is called "six gods and no master".
When Gao Mingyuan's words teased him, his emotions could not be contained.
When Gao Mingyuan said "farewell to your Shimen District", Dong Yao realized that his request for forgiveness had no meaning.
He was momentarily plunged into a panic in the face of a desperate situation, unable to say a word.
Just through the incomplete "snooping" shot in the front seat of the car, Tan Kai can play a corrupt district chief who is strong in the outside and afraid to be overwhelmed, so well.
Originally, Pigo was not familiar with this actor, but after learning about it, he liked him more and more.
Looking back on his journey along the way, 49 years of life, he has experienced 4 twists and turns and accidents.
01, the first "accident": the results are among the best, but I applied for the art class
Tan Kai was born on January 13, 1972 in Qingdao, Shandong.
During his childhood, his grandfather had a great influence on his upbringing.
Tan Kai's grandfather is a traditional carpenter, pure craftsman, in addition to axe sawing and chiseling, there are many carving, printing and painting activities, tan Kai also became interested in these, especially like to paint.
Later, Grandpa found that Tan Kai's hobby was not a whim, and his little grandson had a natural perception of color, composition and frame, which may be the talent of art.
Perhaps this interest in art also cultivated his intelligence and learning ability, so from an early age, he was "someone else's child" in the eyes of other parents.
Tan Kai in junior high school studied very well, but in the year of the middle school entrance examination, he made a major decision: fill in the art class, and the decision was mainly because of his childhood interests.
Although the teachers were surprised by this, because with his grades, he could be admitted to a prestigious university without taking an art student.
But his parents were very supportive of his decision, encouraging his son to try it as long as he liked it.
Therefore, after the middle school entrance examination, he was admitted to the art class of Qingdao No. 6 Middle School with the first place, and since then he has embarked on his own path of pursuing art.
In his three years of high school, Tan Kai has been studying in a boring way, and his dream is to become Michelangelo, to become Rembrandt, or Picasso.
He also dreamed of being admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, just like the senior sister of the previous art class.
In a later interview, Tan Kai also talked about his special yearning for Chinese opera at that time, and he also visited the campus before taking the exam.
Seeing the Chinese style full of doors, seeing the climbing tiger crawling all over the walls, there are a few college students walking by, they are laughing and talking about Shakespeare's lines, everyone is full of energy and vitality.
"The first time I saw such a literary and artistic youth, I was immediately attracted by it. Would think it was a place with a lot of stories. ”
With such a goal, he fought for two consecutive years, and finally entered the Central Academy of Drama with the first professional result in the country, and the major studied was stage art design.
02, the second "accident": when the career is at its most prosperous, take the initiative to give up high salaries
During the university, Tan Kai's studies were smooth, and he moved forward steadily according to the path he envisioned.
In 1996, Tan Kai graduated from university and applied for a job at a state-run advertising agency affiliated with Beijing Youth Daily as an advertising designer.
In a recent live broadcast, Tan Kai talked in detail about his first job, in the era when the ordinary working class only had a few hundred yuan of monthly salary, Tan Kai said that his starting salary was 7,000 yuan, and the unit also provided him with a free staff apartment, and also equipped with a Beijing Jeep Grand Cherokee as a car.
Tan Kai, a young man, lived a "plain and boring" white-collar life.
In the five years of the advertising agency, Tan Kai went out to drink and eat with friends without any trouble, did not exercise, in just five years, Tan Kai's circle of friends became wider and wider, his savings were more and more, and his weight also soared to 180 pounds.
Tan Kai, who was busy with business and socializing, also lost his yearning for art and completely became the "handsome guy possessed by pigs" in the eyes of his friends.
In 2001, his contract with an advertising agency expired.
Tan Kai, who had been muddled for five years, suddenly realized that he couldn't live like this forever. Life in an advertising agency made him extremely tired, and he was unwilling to spend his life like this.
As a result, he made the second change in his life, strengthened his determination to leave, and did not renew his contract with the company.
Tan Kai lost his job, and he didn't know how long his savings would last. Where is the future? It's also hard to say.
03, the third "accident": without any warning to become an actor
Tan Kai, who resigned halfway, began to explore his other career possibilities.
He first joined Beijing Television to try to host the work, and successively served as a host in the international information program "Tianxia Tiantian Talk", the news and information program "Hello World" and "Brave Story".
Half a year later, Tan Kai found that hosting work was not his real interest, and half a year later, he gave up this glamorous job again.
But at this time, the third transformation of Tan Kai's life has quietly begun.
Speaking of this turnaround, I have to say that he loves his off-road vehicle.
After the new millennium, there are many crews who go to Beijing to shoot dramas. But because of the studio and filming, most of the crew was stationed outside the fourth and fifth rings.
At that time, transportation was not convenient, and the actors had few agents. Once a friend wanted to go to the crew to hand over the information and let Tan Kai drive him.
The crew that my friend was going to go to was preparing to shoot a war drama "Bitter Cauliflower", and the director was named Wang Jixing. As soon as he saw Tan Kai, Wang Dao asked: "This person has a good image, ask him if he is interested in playing the leader of the group?" ”
Tan Kai promised to try it, but he did not expect that this test was very suitable from the director to his friends, so Tan Kai became an actor in this way.
When he starred in "Bitter Cauliflower", Tan Kai was 30 years old and had no previous acting experience.
But perhaps because he was educated in Chinese opera, or perhaps because of his talent, his understanding of acting is stronger than that of many koban actors.
Yu Dehai, the national hero in "Bitter Cauliflower", let Tan Kai step into the show business circle with one foot, and he also slowly liked this kind of actor life like a wandering gypsy.
Although it is wandering, Tan Kai likes the crew's full and fast-paced life, which gives him an unprecedented sense of fullness and life. He prefers to live like this than beijing's drunken dreams.
After deciding to pursue an actor career, Tan Kai also began to manage his body, cultivate the habit of self-discipline, and by insisting on exercise, fitness and dieting, he lost a full 40 pounds in one year.
Although losing weight is not a big deal, it can be seen from this matter that Tan Kai is determined to get better.
Because of the popularity of "Bitter Cauliflower", many crews also extended an olive branch to him, and in 2003, he continuously starred in the urban emotional drama "Don't Move My Drawer" and "Good to Think About Falling in Love".
In these two dramas, Tan Kai began to have the taste of "actor" for the first time.
2004 was the big year for Tan Kai's works to break out, and three crime suspense TV series simultaneously found Tan Kai, "Crime Scene", "24 Hours of Danger" and "VideoTape".
This year, there was another drama that made Tan Kai begin to be familiar to the audience, that is, the "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain" that we all watched in childhood.
In the play, he is not one of the seven swords, but the role of the Qing Dynasty fierce general still left a deep impression on the audience.
Although he looks tough, Tan Kai has the temperament of an artist in his bones. However, when playing this kind of fierce general, you can't smell the literary atmosphere of this person at all.
04, the fourth "accident": Hu Ge's words, let him completely fire
In the 10 years since his debut, Tan Kai rarely starred in the main role, but his acting skills were improved day by day in marginal supporting roles.
In 2009, Hu Ge's "Myth" is about to be filmed. At that time, the crew had one less Western Chu bawang, and the director asked Hu Ge's opinion, and Hu Ge blurted out without much thought: I know an actor named Tan Kai, who is very suitable for this role.
And this role, but also brought heat and traffic to Tan Kai, Tan Kai's Western Chu Bawang in line with the image of Xiang Yu in the hearts of many people at that time, it is not an exaggeration to say that without the role of Xiang Yu, Tan Kai does not necessarily have today's status.
Because of this incident, Tan Kai is very grateful to his friend Hu Ge, and privately he often says that it is because of Hu Ge that he has become popular.
In 2010, Tan Kai ushered in his own protagonist, in the war movie "Whirlwind Commander Han Xianchu", Tan Kai played the general Han Xianchu, which was the first time in his life that he appeared on the big screen as a protagonist.
With this film, Tan Kai won the Outstanding Actor Award at the 12th Movie Channel Movie Lily Awards and won his first heavyweight award in his acting career.
Because of this movie, Tan Kai began to appear in the movie, the movie is different from the TV series, he honed his acting skills more.
In 2013, in Du Qifeng's "Drug War", Tan Kai played the fierce drug lord Li Shuchang.
He played a cold addict into three points, the performance of the drug addiction attack made it difficult to look away, after "Drug War", Tan Kai gradually entered the mainstream film and television circle.
In 2015, "Why Sheng Zhen Mo" was a hit, and Tan Kai's overlord Ying Hui followed the fire.
This INSO president uncle is generally calm and introverted, and has won the hearts of many young girls. When "Why Sheng ZhenMo" was popular, everyone's love for Tan Kai was no less than that of the male protagonist Zhong Hanliang.
Because english is not good, Tan Kai also practiced English hard when acting, and when he spoke lines, he almost nibbled down sentence by sentence.
For Tan Kai, this is the result of thick accumulation, every time he is about to explode, he can always grasp the fire steadily, he is afraid that he will lose his true self in the rolling fame and fortune, and he is also afraid that the balance he maintains will be broken by the sudden flow.
After "Why Sheng Zhen Mo", Tan Kai became more and more popular, and more and more people knew him.
He has acted in love literary films such as "Yangtze River Map", also acted in costume dramas such as "Splendid WeiYang", and even acted in big IP works such as "Langya List", "Jun Jiuling" and "Yan Yuntai".
When acting, Tan Kai has been seeking a breakthrough.
He doesn't like to be static, and has been exploring the boundaries of his career and digging into the depth of his career.
Tan Kai has an innate sense of eliteness, which may be related to his previous experiences.
He has many criteria for choosing plays, choosing which drama to shoot, never looking at whether the drama can be hot, whether it can bring himself traffic, and more often than not, he pursues his heart.
For example, when choosing the literary and art film "Yangtze River Map", he bluntly said that he read the script and felt that the text was very beautiful, and he was curious about what it would feel like to shoot such a text, so he took over the film.
For example, in "Yan Yuntai", he felt that Mu Sagar could stimulate his enthusiasm for performance and creative impulses.
He cares more about "truth" than red, and he feels that for an actor, "sincerity" is the most important.
He believes that "good actors have a child's heart". He said that, and he did it.
05, Tan Kai under the identity of the actor, and "three faces"
In fact, in Tan Kai, we can see a lot of coexisting traits mixed together, in addition to the actor's identity, he also has three other faces.
The first face is a passionate adventurer with the urge to follow the drift.
Every time he shoots a scene, he has to buy a lot of things in advance, and even the vinyl records have moved to the crew, and he wants the crew to have a "home" feeling.
The second face is a humble artist with a natural love for literature and art and a perfect sense of fashion.
In Tan Kai's social media homepage, he will read a few poems to fans at every turn.
Looking at his previous developments, he is not discussing film and television works, or discussing artists.
Or they'll be plastered with a black-and-white image with a "Kill Matt" text.
He has a good sense of fashion, and his photos are mostly fashion blockbusters, which have caused countless young girls to scream for it.
Sometimes referred to as "Super A's Uncle".
The third face is a humorous comic, and the language is not surprising and endless.
"Sweeping Black Storm" is on fire, and he will ridicule his character Dong Yao: "Panic, but not panic." ”
Once, he was on the hot search because of an interesting remark about "patching the crotch" in the show.
In the state, he ridiculed himself for "ripping off his pants" without idol baggage, and called himself "crotch repair brother".
But no matter from which aspect, Tan Kai lived thoroughly.
Can stay sober in the face of the rolling tide of traffic and strong capital, can maintain his sense of life under the impact of fame and money, and maintain his original intention of performance, Tan Kai is an actor worthy of our respect, and also has the ability to become a high-quality idol.
"Sweeping The Black Storm" can let Pigo know such a person, and this drama is worth brushing.
I also hope that there are more actors like Tan Kai in the Chinese film and television circle, who have characteristics and personality, acting skills and connotations, a rare sobriety and a transparent and pure cognition.
In this way, the future of Chinese film and television dramas can be expected!
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