essential information
Early experience
Xie Xian was born in Hong Kong on August 9, 1936. His original name was Xie Jiayu. His eight brothers and sisters ranked fourth in his family. In his early years, Xie Xian's family was very rich. Later, his family gradually declined. Xie Xian graduated from Lize middle school in Kowloon, Hong Kong at the age of 16, and then entered the actor training class to enter the Hong Kong performing arts circle.
Acting experience
In 1953, Xie Xian was admitted to the actor training class of Lingguang company. The next year, he transferred to Dihua company and made his first film "downstairs bolt water throat", in which he played a supporting role, which began to attract the attention of the industry. After shooting his second film, he became popular.
In 1955, Xie Xian joined Guangyi film company, and then starred in films such as "rouge tiger", "999 homicide", "brother" and "flowers in the rain in May".
In 1960, Xie Xian played Yang Guo in the movie the hero of the divine eagle. In the same year, Xie Xian formed a band called "silver mouse team", including Zhang Chong, Chen Ziqiang, Chen Hao, Deng Guangrong, Qin Xianglin, Shen Dianxia, etc.
In 1967, Xie Xian founded "Xie brothers film company" and directed the film "narrow ladder" for the first time. After that, he also directed or wrote seven films, including "tomorrow's end of the world", "tie Dan's enqiu", "winter love", "window" and so on.
In 1978, Xie Xian filmed his first TV play "Xiao shiilang", in which he played the hero Xiao shiilang. With this play, Xie Xian became popular again. Xie Xian's superb performance made him the dream lover of Hong Kong women at that time.
In 1980, Xie Xian filmed the TV series the king of a thousand kings, in which he played "Luo Sihai". In the play, he was called the fourth elder brother. Since then, the fourth elder brother has become Xie Xian's nickname.
In 1982, Xie Xian and Wang Mingquan starred in TVB's hit TV series "thousands of rivers and mountains are always in love", which is one of TVB's ten TV series with the highest ratings.
In 1983, Xie Xian played the role of Yang Tiexin in the TVB version of the TV series biography of the shooting hero
In 1985, Xie Xian and LV Liangwei co starred in the TV series snow mountain flying fox directed by Wang Tianlin. Xie Xian played Miao Renfeng.
After that, Hsieh Hsieh began to work in the 1990s as a TV producer
In 1996, he filmed "the king of a thousand is back in the world".
In 2001, Xie Xian appeared in the movie Shaolin football directed by Stephen Chow, playing the role of the villain.
In 2003, Xie Xian took part in the gangster film black and white forest directed by Wang Jing, cooperating with Huang Qiusheng, Chen Xiaochun and other actors.
In 2005, Xie Xian's partners Ye Xuan and Zhang Wenci starred in the TV series "falling in love with central at night" and "falling in love with central at night 2" produced by Asian TV, in which Xie Xian played Cui Zhiwen.
In 2011, Xie Xian, Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei and other creators reunited to review the classics.
In 2012, Xie Xian took part in the film "Tai Chi 1 from scratch" and the sequel "the rise of Tai Chi heroes". In the film, Xie Xian played an outsider who was opposite to the eminent monk played by Wu Yanzu.
In 2013, Xie Xian shot a variety show "three little students travel" for Hong Kong TVB, and won TVB's "best information program".
In 2014, as a guest, he participated in his son Nicholas Tse's personal food reality show "Twelve flavors".
In 2015, he participated in the recording of Zhejiang satellite TV's classic Star competitive reality show "applause" and advanced to the finals from the preliminary contest, and finally won the second place in the total ranking of the program. In August of the same year, Xie Xian participated in the premiere of the sequel of the travel reality show "three little students on a trip", the first week's average and maximum ratings were 26 points (about 1.68 million viewers), which became the highest ratings of TVB jade station at 10:30 pm in 2015, even better than the 23 points of the first week of "three little students on a trip" broadcast in 2013.
In 2016, wireless remade the classic TV series "king of a thousand kings". Xie Xian of "king of a thousand" Luo Sihai came out of the mountain to participate in the performance. Shooting started in April, shooting in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
On April 14, 2019, he won the lifetime achievement award of the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards.
On February 17, 2020, the suspense crime TV series "forensic pioneer IV" starring in the drama will be broadcast.
Personal life
Xie had two marriages, Zhen Zhen and Deborah. In March 1974, Xie Xian succeeded in pursuing Zhen Zhen and registered for marriage in Hong Kong. Then, in December 1976, Xie Xian and Zhen Zhen agreed to live apart, ending a three-year marriage.
In February 1978, Xie Xian pursued Deborah and married in 1979. They had a son and a daughter, Nicholas Tse and Ting Ting TSE, but they divorced in 1995 because of their romantic personality. After the divorce, he fell in love with his 49 year old girlfriend coco.
On July 3, 2018, Xie Xian admitted that he did not fall in love when attending the event. Xie Xian admitted that he broke up with his girlfriend coco.
Main works
Take part in the film
Take part in TV series
social activities
In October 2003, Xie Xian attended the fingerprinting ceremony on the avenue of fame in Hong Kong to recognize his contribution to Hong Kong films.
In September 2005, Xie Xian attended Jackie Chan's charity dinner in Shanghai.
In June 2009, Xie Xian participated in the "Golf 5.12 care action" organized by Zeng Zhiwei, and raised more than 6 million yuan for the reconstruction of Sichuan earthquake stricken areas.
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Xie Xian is the best witness of Hong Kong's entertainment circle for half a century. He has experienced the changes from Cantonese films to Mandarin films, and from black and white films to color films. He is regarded as a playboy. His life is extremely wonderful and rich. He is cynical but has clear principles. He is open-minded and has great appearance. He is a typical artist of the older generation. (Nanfang online review)
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