Wen Xingyu

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Life of the characters

Wen Xingyu graduated from Beijing 101 middle school with excellent academic performance and is a backbone of literature and art. In 1960, Wen Xingyu was admitted to the performance Department of the Central Academy of drama and worked in the Central Experimental Theater in 1964.

On May 23, 1977, Wen Xingyu's satirical drama "when the maple leaf is red" was premiered in China Youth Art Theater. The public performance of drama has aroused repercussions, and is regarded as the beginning of drama recovery after the cultural revolution.

In the 1980s, Wen Xingyu has been acting as executive director in the drama theater. During this period, he directed a large number of drama, including "song of the wind", "true story of Ah Q", "soul and flesh", "brother's toss" and so on.

In 1983, Wen Xingyu played "tall and thin" in "the symphony of pots and pans".

In 1987, Wen Xingyu directed the TV series the story of the past for the first time.

In 1989, Wen Xingyu directed the drama "soul and flesh", in which Wen Xingyu applied new shooting techniques and the expression of the content of the drama.

In 1989, Wen Xingyu directed his last play, urban cowboy, and then began to shoot TV series.

In 1992, Wen Xingyu cooperated with Director Lin Cong for the first time to perform the TV series "love you, no discussion".

In early 1993, Wen Xingyu received an invitation from Yingda to star in the TV series I love my family. At first, he hesitated a little, and then told Yingda that he could try and try to play, but if he couldn't do a few episodes, he would have to change. In 1994, the TV series "I love my family", starring Wen Xingyu, became a domestic TV series with high replay rate. The husky "grandfather accent" in the play was originally created by Wen Xingyu. When he first joined the cast, he would shout at the top of his voice when he met people. Later, people knew that he practiced it deliberately to shape the role.

In 1995, Wen Xingyu played an old policeman in the TV Series Western police. This role has almost no comic color.

In 1997, Wen Xingyu starred in the domestic love film "love spicy hot", which won the "best film (Nomination)" of the 11th Tokyo International Film Festival and the "best debut" of the 18th Golden Rooster Award of Chinese film.

In 1998, he directed a sitcom about computer knowledge "computer home". When Wen Xingyu began to prepare his new play "computer home", he not only asked yingzhuang to act as a screenwriter, but also asked him to play the Male No.1 in the play. Wen Xingyu released yingzhuang's performance ability in shooting, which laid the foundation for yingzhuang to become a comedian.

In 1999, in the TV series "never close your eyes" directed by Zhao Baogang, Wen Xingyu played the role of "Ou Qingchun" as her father.

In 2000, Wen Xingyu directed and starred in the TV series "living a spiritual leader", a 20 episode TV series life comedy specially written for the elderly. The co actors include Li Ding, Ying Ruocheng, Qin Yi, GE Cunzhuang and Song Dandan. In the same year, he and Zhou Libo co starred in the sitcom "home is more boring".

At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2000, Wen Xingyu, together with Cai Ming and full stop, performed the short piece "smiling girl".

In 2002, he directed and starred in the comedy tv series The Adventures of old man Gao.

In 2003, Wen Xingyu starred in 34 episodes of the TV series "my father's name is red flag", which was broadcast on many city TV stations in China. In the same year, Wen Xingyu cooperated with Guan Ling again and took part in the comedy "charming courtyard".

In 2004, Wen Xingyu guest starred in a series of sitcoms "family has children" directed by Lin Cong, which is a children's sitcom. Wen Xingyu plays "grandfather" in the stills.

In 2005, he took part in the TV series lilac blossom directed by Yingda.

In 2006, Wen Xingyu will play in the brand new year's drama "the perfect age of dreams" and act as the core actor.

On July 30, 2007, Wen Xingyu died of lung cancer in Beijing.

Main works

Take part in TV series

Take part in the film

Drama and sketch

variety show

Personal life

member of family

Wen Xingyu's father, surnamed Hong, died of lung disease in 1950. Later, her mother remarried Wen, so she changed her name to Wen Xingyu.

Wen Xingyu's wife is actor Zhang kejing. They have a son and a daughter. His grandson once studied fine arts in the children's palace, and Wen Xingyu picked him up every day. During his illness, Wen Xingyu's attending physician was his son-in-law, who has been his therapeutic physician since he was admitted to hospital. Wen Xingyu's daughter basically accompanies Mr. Wen Xingyu every day.

Life and hobbies

Wen Xingyu's life is simple. He seldom wears too good clothes. He is an advertising shirt in summer and an overcoat in winter. Wen Xingyu is a heavy smoker. He smokes two or three packages of 555 cigarettes a day. He smokes this before he plays "I love my family".

Wen Xingyu has a big appetite. When he was still studying in Chinese opera, he set a record of swallowing five bowls of rice and four bowls of vegetables in one breath. Every time he goes out to eat with his friends, he definitely orders a fish. Wen Xingyu also loved Lanzhou beef ramen, and he also learned how to make beef ramen. When colleagues go to Wen Xingyu's house to eat ramen, they have to wait a long time to get it, because Wen Xingyu always wakes up for most of the day. Wen Xingyu is also a carpenter. He has his own wardrobe, sofa and chest of drawers. Wen Xingyu loves life very much. He has a small yard in the suburb and grows a lot of trees and vegetables. He always invites his colleagues to visit him in the suburb to see the trees and stars. Old man Wen Xingyu loves sports very much. At the age of 50, he will go skating in Shichahai. His favorite games are women's volleyball and table tennis. He himself is a big fan of Deng Yaping. It's a pity that he didn't watch the table tennis match in Beijing Olympic Games.

Wen Xingyu made his voice into a telephone CRBT, and the CRBT jokes were all written by him. Wen Xingyu said that it was very interesting and didn't take much of his time. Wen Xingyu came into contact with computers very early. When computers were not popular, he directed the TV series home of computers, and later became the first group of people in the mainland to have home computers. Usually, he uses the computer to read news, write things, change scripts and so on, and then plays some simple games. It's too complicated, but he's afraid that he won't get it right.

Character evaluation

As a director, Wen Xingyu thinks that it's a shame to be irresponsible for his work. Without discipline, nothing can be done. And urge the crew to be strict with their work. (Wen Xingyu's work attitude)

Wen Xingyu is a director who was born as a drama actor, so he always gives prominence to the actors and performances in his directing drama. He is a very intelligent director and has a good cooperation with him. (comments by Feng Xianzhen, actress of National Theatre)

Wen Xingyu is a very straightforward person. He dares to make pertinent criticism in front of anyone. He is Meng Jinghui in the 1980s, who has done a lot of innovative work in drama directing (comments by colleagues)

I've been thinking, is he trying to become famous in film and television in order to prove his talent? I don't like TV series very much, but I would like to watch the TV series performed by Wen Xingyu. He is a very intelligent person. Wen Xingyu made the peak work of exploring drama, and I adore him very much. (comments by Meng Jinghui)

Wen Xingyu has done a lot of advertisements, but he doesn't focus on those with high prices. He will test the product on himself in advance. If the effect is really good, he will take the shot, because he always feels obliged to recommend a product that can really solve the problem to his peers. (advertiser review)

Wen Xingyu made the role of "Fu Ming" the benchmark of the times. When I think of veteran cadres, I always speak and do things in the style of "Fu Ming".

When Wen Xingyu starred in I love my family, Guan Ling was a child. Her favorite movies were Song Dandan and Liang Tian. For a long time, she didn't know the name of the old man at home. Many children can't hear the smell of what he said. The stage feeling is still a little stronger, and the sound is also very loud. I feel that it is far away from her life. Later, it was discovered that he was the portrait of that era. (comments by Guan Ling)

Wen Xingyu has a profound theoretical foundation of directing / performing and rich stage experience. His performance style is humorous and flexible, with a unique sense of the times and stage affinity (excerpted from CCTV).

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