Zhao Benshan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.
Zhao Benshan
赵本山
Born (1957-10-02) 2 October 1957 (age 67)
Kaiyuan County, Tieling, Liaoning, China
Other namesUncle Benshan (本山大叔)
EducationLianhua Middle School[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • television director
  • businessman
Years active1980 — present
Notable workI want to have a family (我想有个家)
Spouses
  • Ge Shuzhen (葛淑珍)
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    (m. 1979; div. 1992)​
  • Ma Lijuan (马丽娟)
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    (m. 1992)​
Children2
AwardsHundred Flowers Award for Best Actor
Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actor

Zhao Benshan (simplified Chinese: 赵本山; traditional Chinese: 趙本山; pinyin: Zhào Běnshān; born 2 October 1957) is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director, and businessman. Originally from Liaoning province, Zhao has appeared on the CCTV New Year's Gala, a widely watched performing arts program, every year from 1990 to 2011. Zhao's performances at the gala had made him a household name in China.[2]

Zhao is also known for his lead roles in the 2000 Zhang Yimou's film Happy Times and the 2007 Zhang Yang's film Getting Home, as well as having directed and produced three television series based around rural life in his home province, Liu Laogen, Ma Dashuai, and Xiangcun Aiqing ("Country Love").[3]

  1. ^ "赵本山：不会放弃春晚舞台 网传移民国外是谣言" (in Simplified Chinese). 凤凰网. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  2. ^ Ge, Lan; Chen, Zhen Troy (2024). "Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed: Zhao Benshan's Comedy Sketches in the Spring Festival Gala and Their Impact on the Regional Stereotypes of North-East China". Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China. Springer Nature: 69–92. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-4530-6_4.
  3. ^ 秀场后台 (in Chinese). 恒海影原. 2015. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-02-20.