Zhang Guoli | |||||||
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Born | |||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director | ||||||
Years active | 1988-present | ||||||
Spouse(s) | Luo Xiuchun (former) Deng Jie | ||||||
Children | Zhang Mo | ||||||
Awards | Golden Rooster Awards – Best Actor 2013 Back to 1942 Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actor 1996 Hun Zai Beijing Golden Eagle Awards – Best Actor 1998 Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito Shanghai Television Festival – Best Actor 2008 Golden Wedding | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張國立 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张国立 | ||||||
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Zhang Guoli (born 17 January 1955) is a Chinese actor and film director who was a xiangsheng actor before he started working on films and television series. He is mostly known for his roles playing the Emperor in various dramas involving Qing Dynasty imperial China. He has also hosted the CCTV New Year's Gala in 2014. In 2009, he became the second Chinese actor to win the "Grand Slam", after winning "Best Actor" at the three biggest Chinese-language television awards including the Feitian Award, the Golden Eagle Award and the Magnolia Award.[1]
He is married to actress Deng Jie and he has a son named Zhang Mo from a previous marriage, who is also an actor. Zhang is a practising Buddhist and a member of the Taiwanese Buddhist organisation Dharma Drum Mountain. He has a dharma name, Changsheng (常升).[citation needed]