essential information
Early experience
Cao Kenan was born in Beijing and grew up in Inner Mongolia. When he was very young, Cao Kenan followed the radio to imitate all kinds of lyrics and tunes. Later, he went to Shanxi to serve as a soldier. After leaving the army, he was admitted to Shanghai Drama Academy. When he was a freshman, he was exempted from a special music course by a vocal music teacher for singing a song.
Acting experience
In 2002, he starred in the Spy Drama "oath is silent" directed by Mao Weining, in which he played the latent spy Mao Yang, which was his first TV play, and thus officially entered the performing arts circle; in the same year, he played in the crime suspense drama "absolute power" directed by Cheng Hao and Jiang Shaohua, in which he played Ji Xiangdong, deputy director of Jingzhou Public Security Bureau.
In 2003, he co starred with Wu Qiang, Ma Li and Xu Xing in the criminal investigation suspense drama pursuit, in which he played Liang Zhiqun, the captain of the criminal police; in the same year, he played Kangding Love song, an emotional drama directed by Wang Xiaolie, in which he played bandit Heishan.
In 2004, he co starred with Ding yongdai, Chen Jin and Shi Weijian in the drama "can't bear to look back" (formerly known as "the truth"), and played the criminal police captain Jiang Qipeng in the drama.
In 2005, he acted in the era war drama "broken jade" directed by Zhang Xiaoguang, in which he played Jin Yige, the leader of the Northeast Army.
In 2006, he starred in the Anti Japanese war drama "chasing Henglu Jingliu" directed by Xie Xiaomei, in which he played the political commissar Shi of the Eighth Route Army stationed in wenjiazhuang; in the same year, he cooperated with Wang Baoqiang, Chen Sicheng and Duan Yihong to star in the military inspirational drama "soldier assault", in which he played the leader of a brigade.
In 2007, he co starred with Huang Haibo, Du Zhiguo and he Saifei in the emotional drama "brothers in the river", in which he played Hu Nan, Tang Yingming's sworn brother.
In 2008, he co starred with Lian Shumei, Wang Tonghui and Lu Qi in the plot film "front and rear", in which He Jian, a front-line officer in earthquake relief, was his first film work; later, he co starred with Huang Haibo, Qin LAN and Xi Meijuan in the anti special TV series "black triangle", in which he played Hou Jingting, the person in charge of the Kuomintang juntong secret service organization lurking in Jiangcheng He played director Luo of a middle school in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province in the documentary series "seven days shaking the world" directed by Zhao Junkai.
In 2009, he co starred with Ding Zhicheng, Liu Wei and Wang Gang in the legendary drama "Luoguxiang", in which he played Wu Zhenye.
In January 2010, he won the "entertainment star list award ceremony" annual Top Ten Star Awards for film and television; in February of the same year, he participated in the recording of "singing Spring Festival TV Gala for National Youth"; later, he played in the ancient costume Unit Crime Solving drama "Hongwu case" directed by Cao Dong, in which he acted as businessman Feng Zhiyuan; in the same year, he co starred in the legendary drama of the age with Lin Yongjian, Zeng Hongchang and Li Qiang《 My name is Wang Tudi (also known as dahetao), who plays Cheng Jianzhang, commander of the Baotou area of the Kuomintang in the play. Later, I co starred with Fan Wei, fan Lei and Fan Zhibo in the romantic comedy "Lei Ge Lao Fan" and played lawyer Yan Zhen in the play.
In 2011, he co starred with Jia Nailiang, Wu Jing'an and Dong Kefei in the drama "plainclothes detachment", in which he played Xiao Yuan, the leader of the second brigade of the plainclothes detachment, thus gaining more attention.
In 2012, he co starred with Zhang Fengyi, Tong Ruixin and Zheng Hao in the Anti Japanese war drama the battle of Changsha, playing Luo Zhuoying, deputy commander of the ninth theater and commander of the 19th group army.
In 2013, he starred in the Anti Japanese war drama one and eight directed by Cao Huisheng, in which he played Meng Zhenfei, the cautious chief of the anti traitor department; in the same year, he co starred with Liu Xiaofeng, ye Xuan and Lin Xiyue in the legendary drama steel soul, in which he played Wu Jian, a communist with advanced ideas; later, he played in the urban fashion comedy my doctor's husband directed by Tang Xiaobai Sun Xudong, who is eager for quick success and instant benefit and a little tangled, is played in the movie.
In May 2014, he was invited to participate in the recording of the interview program "film and television world" on the public channel of Beidahuang TV station, and sang the Russian folk song "three sets of cars" on the spot, which was his first time to sing in the screen; in the same year, he played in the armed police anti-terrorism TV series "anti terrorism special forces" directed by you Xiaogang, in which he played the calm and introverted special forces chief Lu Changfeng.
In 2015, he starred in Xu Yun's plot movie "Qiao Le Rong Rong", in which he played Xia Shiyi, the leading actor of the Bank of overseas Chinese hometown.
In 2016, he participated in the large-scale revolutionary historical theme film Yimeng hero.
In 2019, the large-scale gift play "amnesty 1959", CO starring Zhang duo and Xi Wang, was broadcast on CCTV, playing he Chunnian in the play.
Main works
Take part in TV series
Take part in the film
Drama works
Longxugou as a madman
The merchant of Venice as Shylock
Richard III as Richard III
Award winning record
Character evaluation
Cao Kenan is a soldier, so he successfully interprets many tough man images. In the TV series "soldier assault", he fully interprets the confidence, arrogance, mystery and atmosphere of the captain. Cao Kenan is domineering in the play and modest in the play. He is a very warm man in life, he is low-key and dedicated (Tencent comments).
When Cao Kenan sings the Russian folk song "three sets of cars", he shows his solid singing skills. And his healthy appearance has always been favored by the military, police, Communist Party and other positive roles. In the TV play "steel soul", Cao Kenan fully interprets the role of Wu Jian, a communist. Cao Kenan takes all the roles, big and small, seriously, so every role he plays is very impressive.
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Cao Kenan