In 2011, "Before Dawn" defeated the historical giant "Three Kingdoms" and won the gold award for the best TV series in Magnolia, and it was also the most attractive TV series voted by netizens, which showed that the industry and the audience recognized it.
"Before Dawn" is a rare spy masterpiece, and in the hearts of some viewers, this drama is not inferior to "Latent", and even surpassed.
In terms of plot, "Before Dawn" is not hidden like a general spy war drama, and as soon as the game starts, it makes the undercover Liu Xinjie fall into a situation of being suspected.
Liu Xinjie seems to be able to swim in the office of the Intelligence Bureau, but in fact, he is struggling, as if he is walking on a steel wire at a height of 10,000 meters, and he is crushed to pieces if he is not careful.
Behind Liu Xinjie, it is actually tan Zhongshu and "sailor" Duan Haiping's aerial contest, with the "Trojan Horse Plan" as a chip and Liu Xinjie as the key chess piece, setting up a game of Zhenlong chess.
This drama is playing with heartbeat, playing flowers in a pool of "muddy waters", thrilling, and addictive.
This is thanks to the character development, the characters in the play are not black and white, but each has its own strengths and has its own humanity flash.
Whether it is Liu Xinjie on the own side, Duan Haiping, the "sailor", or tan Zhongshu, Sun Dapu, Qi Peilin and other people on the enemy side, they are all IQ online, and the battle of wits between them makes this drama full of points.
Few viewers will like many enemy characters after watching such a clear enemy and self-distinguished spy drama, and "Before Dawn" is such a magical drama.
Today we're going to take a look at the actors who have successfully portrayed these characters.
1. Lin Yongjian (Tan Zhongshu)
The role of Tan Zhongshu completely subverted my perception of Lin Yongjian, and although I liked Lin Yongjian as an actor before, I still stayed on comedy.
The audience's impression of him basically stays on the Stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and the "Tianjin Big Sister" in the sketch "Decoration" is still impressive.
In fact, Lin Yongjian's early life was not satisfactory, from the 90s in the drama troupe to run dragon sets, until 2005 because of the sketch "Decoration" overnight fame.
In the year when "Before Dawn" was broadcast, Lin Yongjian just stepped into the year of confusion, and it was also this year that his son Lin Dajun was born.
Later, in the third season of "Where Daddy Goes", we recognized the warm side of Lin Yongjian as a father.
What many viewers do not know is that in fact, Lin Dajian is not the only son of Lin Yongjian, before lin Yongjian also had a son, when the economic conditions were not good and he was busy with work, the eldest son unfortunately died of illness.
Lin Yongjian fell into deep self-blame for this and was depressed for a while.
Now Lin Yongjian has worked hard, his career has become famous, and his family loves each other and lives a very happy life.
2. Lu Jianmin (Duan Haiping)
Lu Jianmin was nominated for the Feitian Award for Best Actor in 1988, and later performed well in TV series such as "The Slippery Mountain of running horses" and "White Horse", and he also has a role that is well known to the audience, that is, Wei Qing in "The Emperor of Han Wu".
Lu Jianmin has always been very low-key in the show business circle, and his works are now much less than before.
In contrast, his wife is more well known to the audience, she is the famous singer Hu Yue, the two have been married for many years or as loving as ever.
3. Zhang Xilin (Qi Peilin)
Zhang Xilin's acting road is quite difficult, it took three years to enter the drama, and after graduation, there was no drama but to be an assistant director, and at the same time took on some small roles.
It was not until 1998 that Zhang Xilin received attention for the role of Liangzi in the hit drama "Year after Year".
Zhang Xilin later starred in many TV series, but his career did not improve greatly, and it was not until recent years that he has improved.
With roles such as Cai Chenggong in "The Name of the People" and Ma Yunbo in "Icebreaker Action", the audience really began to pay attention to this powerful actor.
4. Ren Zhengbin (Sun Dapu)
Ren Zhengbin's career trajectory is a bit similar to Zhang Xilin's, from his debut in the 90s to the present, he has played supporting roles in major film and television works, and in the early years, he also started from the assistant director and played some small roles by the way.
When he was young, Ren Zhengbin also worshiped director Li Hanxiang as a teacher, but unfortunately, his career has not developed.
Unlike Zhang Xilin, Zhang Xilin is now a small achievement, while Ren Zhengbin has still not been able to make a breakthrough in his career.
Ren Zhengbin has participated in quite a few popular dramas, such as "The Beautiful Age of Daughter-in-Law", "Beijing Love Story", "Let's Get Married" and so on.
Although he is a powerful actor, he does not play many roles, it is difficult to become popular, and he can only mix his face.
5. Tian Xiaojie (Li Bohan)
Many viewers know that Tian Xiaojie started from the role of Li Bohan, and in the early years, Tian Xiaojie actually played Xie Feng in "The Years of Burning Passion" and Gu Hongming in "Towards the Republic".
How good Tian Xiaojie's acting skills are, it can be seen from the performance in "Before Dawn".
After this, he made more films, and also acted in TV series such as "The Oath of This Life" and "Three Righteousness in the Troubled World", but there was no more brilliant role like Li Bohan.
Nowadays, although Tian Xiaojie is still filming, the output is very small, and it has been forgotten by the audience.
6. Wu Xiaodong (Ma Weiran)
Wu Xiaodong has actually achieved fame in "Before Dawn", and most of his roles are costumed roles, such as Jia Yun in "Dream of the Red Chamber" and Sun Quan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which are well known to the audience.
He actually studied directing in Chinese dramas, becoming an actor because of the two plays "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he was also the executive director of these two plays.
Because of "Dream of the Red Chamber", he also met his current wife Shen Lin, who played Wang Xifeng's dowry Ping'er in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Later, Wu Xiaodong did not shoot many scenes, and now he has returned to his old business and is still working as a director.
7. Wang Tong (Lu Yijun / Mrs. Tan)
Wang Tong played Tan Zhongshu's wife in the play, and the role was quite pleasing.
In fact, she also has an identity in the crew, that is, the wife of director Liu Jiang.
Wang Tong and Liu Jiang have known each other since 1993, when Wang Tong was still a student and Liu Jiang had just graduated.
Wang Tong married Liu Jiang after graduating from Nortel, so in the early years, Wang Tong did not shoot many film and television works, and concentrated on being the woman behind Liu Jiang.
Later, Wang Tong often starred in TV series directed by Liu Jiang, such as "Before Dawn", "Wind Language", "Oath to This Life", etc., and the most well-known to the audience is the role of Duan Xifeng's wife Su Qing in "Let's Get Married".
Now Wang Tong has faded out of the show business circle and has not filmed for many years.
8. Lu Jiarong (Wekeli)
Lu Jiarong's role in the play is not much, but it is beautiful and impresses the audience.
Lu Jiarong has acted in many ancient puppet dramas, such as Princess Lu Yuan in "Beauty and The Heart", Jade in "Palace Lock Heart Jade", Blue Phoenix in Huo Jianhua's version of "Smiling Proud of the River", and Yin Mingzhu in "Splendid Adventure".
Unfortunately, Lu Jiarong's role is not much, and the drama with many scenes is not popular, and now she is still active on the screen, but there are not many audiences who know her.
postscript
As a spy drama, "Before Dawn" can be said to have achieved the top level, every character in the play is standing very well, and watching a few old men play is also quite enjoyable.
Many viewers have known Wu Xiubo from this drama, and Liu Xinjie is also one of the most successful characters created by Wu Xiubo, but unfortunately, it is now a matter of things and people.