In the entertainment industry, there are many actors who are not popular, and have been conscientious and not arrogant.
Wu Gang is the kind of down-to-earth old drama bone, no hype, no scandal, and concentrated on low-key acting for a lifetime.
Compared with many well-known old drama bones, Wu Gang is rarely familiar with it, or even does not know this name.
But his plays, almost everyone has seen, so far he has acted in hundreds of plays, known as "tough guy professionals".
In the hearts of many people, Wu Gang, who is not famous and popular, is the "uncrowned king" of the powerful faction.
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Wu was born into an artistic family, his father was the head of the literary troupe, and his mother was an opera singer.
Therefore, when he was a child, Wu Gang should live a beautiful and carefree childhood life.
Influenced by art, he should also smoothly embark on the road of art.
But then the family suffered and suddenly became a slump.
That year, Wu was just 7 years old.
The changes in the family also affected Wu Gang's childhood life, and many children began to hide from him and did not want to play with him.
Once, Wu Gang got into a fight with a little friend and injured him.
When his parents saw this, they quickly visited the house to apologize, and then sent Wu Gang to his grandmother's house to live.
When he was 9 years old, his parents returned to his hometown to work as workers, and the sensible Wu Gang consciously helped his parents share the pressure.
At that time, the family's life was already much worse than before, and it was difficult and difficult.
When his parents were not at home, Wu Gang would take care of his young sister alone.
Wu Gang was a college student uncle, talented and thoughtful.
After arriving in junior high school, under the influence of his uncle, Wu Gang began to yearn for literary and artistic work in his heart.
However, his parents hoped that Wu Gang could find a job safely and steadily, and did not want him to engage in literature and art.
After graduating from junior high school, Wu Gang followed his parents' wishes and worked as a carpenter in his hometown.
Wu Gang was a hard-working and intelligent man who soon became a high-level carpenter.
At that time, some of the furniture in the house was made by Wu Gang himself.
However, young people are always curious about the outside world and fantasize about a better future.
After two years of carpentry, Wu Gang went to work as a crew member and drifted at sea every day.
While working as a crew member, Wu Gang accidentally became an electrician apprentice, and he studied for 3 years.
While working as an electrician, there was an accident that almost killed him.
At that time, after he finished swimming, he went to pull the electric gate with his whole body wet, which resulted in an electric shock.
Fortunately, Wu Gang did not risk his life and retrieved a life.
From then on, Wu Gang decided not to work as an electrician anymore and went towards his dream acting career.
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Wu Gang, who did not have a job, began to get confused, but in his heart he remembered the dream of literary and artistic work.
Later, he inadvertently watched the drama troupe performance and was deeply attracted by the profession of actor.
Wu Gang decided to apply for art school and aspired to become an actor.
Therefore, his father found a teacher from the literary troupe to teach him to sing and recite, and he desperately tried to learn the knowledge of cultural lessons.
In 1979, through hard work, Wu Gang was successfully admitted to the Drama Department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts.
This year, he was 19 years old and full of spirits.
In order to cherish the opportunity to go to university, Wu Gang was particularly diligent and studious, and his goals were clear.
After successfully graduating, Wu Gang was assigned to the Bayi Factory as an actor.
Since then, Wu Gang has officially embarked on the road of an actor who has stuck to him all his life.
In 1983, Wu Gang participated in the filming of the first film "Camel Grass", playing a supporting role Lu Xiaobing.
Wu Gang, who debuted on the screen, successfully started his acting career.
A year later, he shot "Black Dragonfly" and "I Am Waiting for You in Heaven" films one after another, playing important roles.
A few movies down, so that Wu just began to be appreciated by major directors, so far the film continues.
In 1985, Wu Gang was invited to appear in the movie "Xia Minghan", playing the role of Xia Minghan.
This is the first time that Wu Gang has played a leading role on the big screen and has begun to emerge.
Immediately after, he played Yin Motao in "Thunder field acacia tree", which won the Golden Phoenix Award in one fell swoop.
Later, he played Lin Xiaolin in "War Lets Women Go Away";
Played Wu Sangui in the TV series "Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan".
At this time, Wu Gang, with a righteous and tough image, became a "military professional household" on the screen.
And the salary has risen sharply, and when he participated in the "Jackal Project" in 1989, he took 3,000 yuan in film remuneration.
In the subsequent role modeling, Wu Gang mostly appeared as a decent hero, which was impressive.
In 1994, he cooperated with Tranquility in the film "Cannon Hit Double Lights", and was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the 14th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema with the role of Niu Bao.
A year later, Wu Gang took over a costume drama "Helan Xue", playing a heroic character Li Yunhao.
After the millennium, Wu Gang continued to struggle in the show business circle at the rate of almost one drama a year.
In 2001, he cooperated with du Yulu, an old drama bone, in "Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee", playing the role of ma Yang, who was awe-inspiring.
In 2002, Wu Gang played the role of lawyer Qiao Jiedong in the TV series "Storm Court".
By 2003, Wu Gang had taken over four dramas in one go.
Played Jiang Wenxi in the urban comedy "Upstairs and Downstairs";
In the police gangster emotional drama "Contest", he played the criminal police captain Chang Jun;
In "Age of Heroes", he played a veteran Shi Tianxiong.
It can be said that the righteous-looking Wu Gang is the embodiment of justice and bravery on the screen.
In 2004, Wu Gang starred in "General Yang Jingyu", as Yang Jingyu.
In order to play this role well, he lost 30 kilograms and was also nominated for the Actor Award at the 23rd China Television Golden Eagle Awards.
In recent years, Wu Gang is still struggling non-stop in his acting career.
In 2014, he played the Defense Minister in Transformers 4: Extinction Reborn;
In 2017, he played the role of Zhou Ruihe in the TV series "Yu Chenlong".
In his acting career for many years, Wu Gang has created one classic screen role after another and become a super powerful actor.
Compared with the smooth road of the acting career, Wu Gang's emotional life is not satisfactory.
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Wu Gang's ex-wife is Zhao Ying, the two are college classmates, zhao Ying is 2 years older than Wu Gang.
Zhao Ying was also an excellent actor, starring in works such as "Daughter Sutra" and "Master of Theft".
When the two went to college, they did not fall in love together, and only sparked love after graduation from work.
After graduating from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, the two were assigned to the Bayi Factory together.
From classmates to colleagues, the intersection of the two is more and more, and there is affection for each other.
After falling in love, the two can be called "golden children and jade girls" and are favored by many people.
At that time, the two had not been married for the sake of their careers and had a low-key relationship for several years.
But the parents of both sides are a little anxious, hoping that they can start a family as soon as possible.
In 1988, the two entered the palace of marriage as they wished in an extremely simple dormitory in the Bayi Factory.
After the two got married, life has been low-key and sweet, making people envious.
Zhao Ying is a virtuous wife, and the family's big and small affairs are handled in an orderly manner.
And Wu Gang is a good man at home, and he has a successful career and is down-to-earth.
When not filming, Wu Gang will make a good dish for his wife, warm and considerate.
Later, Zhao Ying quit the show business circle and joined the business world, and his career was prosperous.
Wu Gang, on the other hand, is single-minded and insists on working hard in the show business circle.
Although both have successful careers, they have affected their happy married life.
Because each other is constantly busy running for the sake of their careers, they often gather less and leave more, and their feelings are becoming more and more distant.
The two people, who were originally in love and happiness, eventually brought the marriage to an end.
In 2003, the two quietly ended their 15-year-old marriage.
That year, Wu Gang was 43 years old and Zhao Ying was 45 years old, and the two regretted that they did not have children.
After the divorce, Wu Gang continued to struggle in his acting career, desperately taking over one drama after another.
Until now, The 60-year-old Wu Gang has not remarried and has no children.
That sweet and sad marriage became his only emotional memory.
In the 37 years since his debut, Wu Gang has been acting in hundreds of film and television works without stopping, leaving countless classic roles.
In the hearts of the audience, this familiar face does not lose any respectable first-line old drama bone.
He only loved acting all his life, without a trace of scandal, and his life was extremely low-key, and he had never made an advertisement.
Such an actor deserves to be respected and loved.