Tao Zeru is a film and television actor that everyone knows and loves very much. His performance has a unique charm, always in a casual moment, through a small look or facial expression, and directly hit the audience's heart.
In 1989, he became the film emperor of the 9th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards for starring in the movies "Evening Bell" and "Happy Hero", in 1995, he was selected as a Chinese film star and awarded the "Film Performing Arts Achievement Cup" by the Central Ministry of Culture, in 1996, he won the 16th China TV Drama Feitian Award for starring in the TV series "Skynet", in 2005, he was named one of the 50 "Outstanding Film Artists" in the country, and in 2017, he was awarded the film "Birds and Phoenix" for starring in the movie "Birds and Phoenix". And won the 16th China Film Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Awards Society Award...
This series of awards undoubtedly illustrates a problem: this is a good actor, with good strength and superb acting skills. He used one vivid and vivid film and television drama image after another to prove to us the countless possibilities of a good actor.
And in life, what does Tao Ze look like? In the words of his wife Yang Lili: he has no hobbies, the only thing is that he likes acting, loves acting, and is a drama fool.
Drama idiot Tao Zeru, who does not look amazing, gives the impression of a rough man, and the word "handsome" does not have much to do with it, but his lines are tough, and he is a good material for a "screen tough guy" at a glance.
Later, many people said that it was precisely because Tao Zeru was not as "banzheng" as Tang Guoqiang, Guo Kaimin and other male stars in the 80s, so when the fifth generation of directors rose, he got more display opportunities, so that his acting skills were recognized by more people. This is not without reason.
Tao Zeru was born in Nanjing in 1953. In 1973, when he was 20 years old, he was recruited to study drama performance in the drama department of Nanjing Academy of arts, and became classmates with Lin Daxin, who later played Wang Yimin in the TV series "Harbin at Night", and Xu Zhan, who played Zhou Weiguang in the movie "Residual Snow". In 1977, after graduating from Nanyi, he became an actor in the Nanjing Repertory Theatre.
In 1982, Zhang Junzhao, Zhang Yimou, Xiao Feng, He Qun, etc. graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and were assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio. At that time, these aspiring young people were a little depressed because they did not enter the "big factories" such as North Shadow, Shangying, and Bayi Factory. But the Guangxi factory provided them with a very good opportunity, that is, to set up a youth film crew for them. The first film I made was One and Eight. When choosing the main actor of the film, they resolutely gave up the handsome type such as Tang Guoqiang, who was popular on the screen at that time, and looked for actors who were more in line with the character image in the play. In this way, Tao Zeru entered their sight.
In this film, Tao Zeru and Chen Daoming collaborated, playing the roles of Wang Jin and Xu Zhi respectively. In contrast, it seems that Wang Jin is more difficult to play, because he is a commander and fighter of the Eighth Route Army who has suffered injustices, forced to be locked up with real criminals, on the one hand, he has to withstand the huge pressure of not being understood, on the other hand, he also has to educate and influence the prisoners in his fellow prisoners in his own way. But Tao Zeru completed the performance task very well, showing Wang Jin's indomitability and tenacity in the face of adversity to the fullest, and it was particularly real and believable.
Tao Zeru's outstanding performance in "One and Eight" made more directors discover his acting talent, and successively, he played the company commander in "The Gunshots of the Solon Valley", played the mainland in "The Last Winter", played the four virtues in "Widow's Village", played the platoon leader in "Evening Bell", and played Cai Laoliu in "Happy Hero", making him a film star known to audiences in the 80s step by step.
In 1986, when Tao Zeru was going to the northwest to go to Lanzhou for filming "Evening Bell", he heard a friend of the Gansu Provincial Repertory Theatre say that he had a classmate of Nanyi, who was also in Lanzhou, in the Lanzhou Military Region Song and Dance Troupe. Since it is not easy to come, it is better to take this opportunity to meet between old classmates and reminisce about the past.
And who is this classmate? It was Yang Lili, who later became Tao Zeru's wife.
Tao Zeru knew Yang Lili, an old classmate, early on. Both of them studied at Nanyi, but they were not in the same class. Tao Zeru is in the drama class, while Yang Lili is in the music class. But despite this, Tao Zeru's impression of Yang Lili is very deep - because she is beautiful and temperamental. In his own words later: At that time, I felt that this female classmate was more temperamental than the girls in the drama class.
And when Tao Zeru met Yang Lili, who had been away for 8 years in Lanzhou, he was even more determined. Today's Yang Lili, compared to when she was in school, is more charming. Yang Lili, on the other hand, was completely unimpressed by Tao Zeru, who had come from afar, and initially thought that he was a reporter who had come to interview her. In the end, I learned that this was my old classmate in Nanyi, who came to see me.
Yang Lili's first impression of Tao Zeru is: a person who is quite tough and textured can bring people a sense of security.
But they weren't in love at the time. Later, Tao Zeru said in countless interviews that he and his wife Yang Lili were married first and then fell in love. When they met for the seventh time, Tao Zeru proposed to Yang Lili, and Yang Lili said two words at that time: Good. So they registered their marriage on May 1, 1987, but they didn't even have a wedding. In Tao Zeru's words, they are typical of flash marriage plus naked marriage. But after marriage, they respect each other as guests, and romantic and warm.
Yang Lili said that there is a fate that is predestined. It doesn't have much to do with how long we fall in love. In Nanjing, the distance between the two families is very close, just a road apart. And after getting married, their feelings also heated up rapidly, but it was like entering a hot love period. They often rode their bicycles and sang loudly. Yang Lili, a vocal music major, said, if you sing one part, I can sing two parts. And Tao Zeru, who is born with a thick and good voice, is not willing to show weakness: You will me too.
Talking about the scene when they were together at that time, Yang Lili's face will show a very sweet smile. She said that Tao Zeru was really a fool, when two people were in love under the moon before the flower, he would also design a scene and ask Yang Lili to stand by the tree, while he held the tree with one hand and crossed his waist with the other, posing a pose and whispering. "It's like acting, swinging me around as a prop." Yang Lili giggled.
Tao Zeru is undoubtedly a person who lives in the play, always immersing himself in the "prescribed scene". At first, Yang Lili did not adapt, but slowly, she also understood that only a really good actor would "have a whole drama in his head.".
After 4 years of marriage, their precious daughter Tao Yiran was born and looked very much like her father. But because Tao Zeru has been filming outside all year round, the burden of taking care of his daughter basically falls on Yang Lili's body. In an interview, when the reporter asked Tao Zeru whose daughter was closer to, Tao Zeru answered truthfully: Kiss Teacher Yang.
Nowadays, Tao Yiran has already grown up and is very tall. However, as the daughter of a famous actor, she did not want to be the second generation of stars, but was admitted to Beijing Language and Culture University majoring in English.
Tao Zeru, who is now 67 years old, has gone through 33 years of good times with his wife. Although Tao Zeru has cooperated with many beautiful actresses in his acting career, there has never been a scandal. Talking about his happy marriage, his summary is that whether it is to fall in love first and then get married, or to marry first and fall in love, mutual understanding and mutual tolerance are the most important. For example, Yang Lili can't cook, so she will do more herself. A family, the most important thing is to always have each other in their hearts, and to think more about each other all the time. For Tao Zeru, the most important person in his life is undoubtedly Yang Lili and Tao Yiran.
Now Tao Zeru, who has long been a national first-class actor, has not only become the dean of his alma mater, Nanyi Film and Television Academy, but also served as the chairman of the Jiangsu Filmmakers Association and the vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literature and Literature. And for a drama addict, how can he give up acting? So when he meets a good script and a good role, he will continue to act. In the TV series "Agitation", which aired last year, we saw the role of Wen Zehou played by him again.
But I wonder if you like and appreciate Tao Zeru as much as I do? In everyone's memory, which role is more memorable? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area. I am Yaqing, and once again I would like to thank everyone for their attention, likes and sharing, which is the greatest encouragement to me. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time.
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