Jimu news reporter Rong Yu
A month after 70-year-old Wu Mengda died of liver cancer,
Yesterday (March 28) evening,
A sad news came suddenly:
Hong Kong's powerful actor and TVB veteran drama bone Liao Qizhi
Died of stomach cancer at 20:32 on the same day,
He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 6
Previously, its company, Integrity Entertainment Development Limited
Posted on social platforms saying:
This news rushed to the hot search last night
Perhaps Liao Qizhi's popularity among ordinary people is far less than Wu Mengda, but he is recognized as the "king of drama" in the industry, with more than 40 years in the industry, participating in more than 100 film and television works, and in recent years, he has frequently appeared in many film productions, and is the most favorite "Dinghai God Needle" used by Hong Kong directors.
Although Liao Qizhi has always only played supporting roles, his acting skills are obvious to all, and he has been nominated for film awards many times and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice. There is a saying in the Hong Kong film circle that when playing against Liao Qizhi, you must play with twelve points of spirit, otherwise you will be compared to him if you are not careful.
Learning of the bad news of Liao Qizhi's death, many fans spontaneously mourned on the Internet, and sadly said, "We actually owe Uncle Zhi a movie emperor." ”
Liao Qizhi was born in 1954 in an ordinary working family, although he did not have a natural "actor face", but still had a dream of acting, repeatedly applied for the Hong Kong TVB artist training class, and finally got what he wanted at the age of 24, and became a classmate with Tang Zhenye.
After officially entering the film and television circle, Liao Qizhi's star path has been tepid, and the roles he gets are almost all supporting roles. But fortunately, he caught up with the golden age of TVB, and starred in super popular dramas such as "Shanghai Beach", "Yang Jiajiang", "Yitian Slaughter dragon record", "Search for Qin", "Forensic Records" series, "Criminal Investigation Files" series, etc., which are not only famous in Hong Kong, but also "old acquaintances" in the eyes of mainland TVB drama fans.
Infographic: Stills from "Shanghai Beach"
In 1992, Liao Qizhi met the most important work of his life, "Caged People", and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for this film. This award did not allow him to be promoted to the male lead in the future film contract, but at least let the film bigwigs remember: Liao Qizhi, very good at acting.
In 2003, Liao Qizhi ushered in an important turnaround in his career after a gap of 11 years. That year, he starred in the classic Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs 2" and successfully broke through from the star-studded cast and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Although he did not win the award in the end, he began a new journey of his golden supporting role in Hong Kong films.
Stills from Infernal Affairs II
He cooperated with Zhen Zidan and Wu Jing in "Kill the Wolf", cooperated with Lin Chaoxian, Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Jiahui in "Witness" and "Informant", cooperated with Liu Qingyun and Xie Tingfeng in "Disappearing Bullets", and cooperated with old friends Zhou Runfa and Aaron Kwok in "Peerless"...
Movie "Disappearing Bullets"
Stills from the movie "Witness"
Stills from the movie "Peerless"
These high-scoring Hong Kong films created by Hong Kong "head" filmmakers have wonderful performances by Liao Qizhi, and he has also exchanged these works for himself 9 film award nominations, two best supporting actor trophies, and is the real "king of drama kings" in the mouth of fans.
It is worth mentioning that Liao Qizhi has been teaching acting classes in universities since 2010, which proves his super ability in the performance business.
Liao Qizhi once said in an interview before his death that he had the talent to play supporting roles and accepted the arrangement that he had been playing supporting roles. Although the brilliance of the supporting role is always inferior to that of the protagonist, many Hong Kong directors will say when mentioning Liao Qizhi that as long as the role is handed over to Liao Qizhi, he will definitely only surprise you and will not disappoint.
For example, in "Infernal Affairs 2", he designed a harmonica-playing plus action for his character to give a villain a different brilliance, while in "Kill the Wolf", he used very realistic facial details to play a dying person convincingly.
Liao Qizhi used his 40 years of acting experience to prove that "there are only small actors, no small roles", so when the news of his death came, fans regretted that he should have won a film emperor trophy long ago with his strength.
If it is regrettable that Liao Qizhi did not win the Film Emperor Award before his death, then the many blows he encountered in his life are even more painful.
Liao Qizhi's wife, Chen Min'er, was a classmate of his classmates in the TVB artist training class, and was impressed by Liao Qizhi's acting talent, knew and fell in love, and the two married in 1987, which is a model couple in the circle.
In fact, when Liao Qizhi and Chen Min'er first entered the entertainment circle, Chen Min'er's development trend was actually better, and the actors who played the role were Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei. However, after marriage, Chen Min'er gradually retired and took care of her 3 sons with peace of mind.
Unfortunately, fate did not take care of this loving family, in 2003, Liao Qizhi's youngest son was found to have leukemia, although the couple actively coped, but still suffered the pain of losing their son 3 years later. Chen Min'er also suffered from depression, and Liao Qizhi temporarily put down his work to take care of his family wholeheartedly.
In 2009, Liao Qizhi won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Witness", and when he delivered his acceptance speech, he warmly shouted to his son in heaven, "Nono, although you are not by my side today, I know that this award, you and I have a share." ”
Many years ago, Huo Jianhua, who cooperated with Liao Qizhi in "Strange Hero a Branch of Plum", revealed in an interview that Liao Qizhi often wore headphones when wearing makeup, and later he learned that Liao Qizhi listened to the music recorded for him by his son Nono before his death, and more than ten years after Nono's death, Liao Qizhi still used the music recorded by his son as a mobile phone ringtone.
According to Hong Kong media reports, Liao Qizhi was diagnosed with stomach cancer in December last year and was hospitalized for treatment at the first time. In March this year, his condition was exposed, and he still responded optimistically to the media, "The old machine is broken, and the body is indeed unwell, so it is necessary to repair it as soon as possible." ”
His wife, Chen Min'er, also said in an interview last week that Liao Qizhi was very active in coping with the condition after being admitted to the hospital, fully cooperating with the doctor and being an "A+ patient". But no one expected that in just a few days, Liao Qizhi left all the people he loved and loved him. And 10 days later, it was his 67th birthday.
After Liao Qizhi's death, actors Luo Jiaying, Huang Zongze and other actors who had cooperated with him sent tributes one after another. According to Hong Kong media reports, Liao Qizhi had a deep friendship with superstar Zhou Runfa before his death, and the relationship between the two began in "Shanghai Beach", and they have not seen love for decades. In the days when Liao Qizhi suffered the pain of losing his son, Zhou Runfa took him to join the mountaineering team he organized, and helped Liao Qizhi get out of the haze as soon as possible by climbing the mountain. After Liao Qizhi fell ill, Zhou Runfa and his wife have been cheering him up, believing that he will be able to overcome the disease, who expected to leave in the blink of an eye.
Left Zhou Runfa, right Liao Qizhi
A generation of filmmakers,
Uncle Zhi, all the way!
Editor: Huang Lin