Wei Zongwan

Wei Zongwan
Wei Zongwan
魏宗万
Born	November 24, 1938 (age 86); Shanghai, China
Alma mater	Shanghai Theatre Academy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Agent	Shanghai People's Art Theatre
Spouse	Zhou Weiming
Children	2
Awards	Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor ; 1993 San Mao Joins The Army ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	魏宗萬
Simplified Chinese	魏宗万
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wèi Zōngwàn

Wei Zongwan (Chinese: 魏宗万; born 24 November 1938) is a Chinese actor.^[1]^[2] He has been acting since the 1980s and has appeared in over 70 films and television shows.

He has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in San Mao Joins the Army (1993), and was nominated in the Macau International Movie Festival for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Singing Fairy (2010).

Early life

Wei was born in Shanghai on November 24, 1938, in the Republic of China, with his ancestral home in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

After graduating from Shanghai Nanyang Model Junior High School (上海南洋模范初中) in 1955 he entered the Shanghai Turbine Plant (上海汽轮机厂) worked as a bench worker, and joined a drama team in that factory.

Wei graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1963, majoring in acting. After university, he was assigned to the Shanghai People's Art Theatre. In a very long time in the Shanghai People's Art Theatre, he acted insignificant roles vividly. When watching the sketch he acted, Hou Baolin, a xiangsheng artist, commented:"It is just perfect and leaves some leeway. Being insufficient is better than overdoing."^[3]

Acting career

Wei had his first experience in front of a camera in 1982, when he was chosen to act as a supporting actor in One and Eight, the first film of the 5th generation of directors.

In 1992, he appeared in Zhang Jianya's San Mao Joins the Army, which earned him a Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 1991, he starred as Sima Yi in Zhang Shaolin's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical television series where he co-starred with Tang Guoqiang, Bao Guo'an and Sun Yanjun, which was adapted from Luo Guanzhong's classical novel of the same title.

In 1997, he played a supporting role in Zhang Shaolin's television series The Water Margin, which was adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical novel of the same title.

In 2010, he participated in a romantic comedy called A Singing Fairy as "Laomo", he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2nd Macau International Movie Festival.

In 2014, he acted as a supporting actor in Wei Zheng's romantic comedy television series IPPrtment 4, a hot TV series starring Eric Wang, Deng Jiajia, Michael Chen, Loura Lou, Kimi Li, Jean Lee, Sean Sun and Vanessa Zhao recently in Heilongjiang, Anhui, Dragon and Hubei four major Television.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

Wei married Zhou Weiming (Chinese: 周惟明), is a retired primary school teacher. They have a stepdaughter named Yu Hong (Chinese: 于虹) and a biological daughter.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1982	One and Eight	一个和八个	Laowantou
1982	The Beach	海滩	Laomanli
1985	—	蜜月的阴谋	guest
1985	—	雷北利号沉默在印度洋	Zhang Shuihou
1986	The Love Token	诱人的定情物	guest
1987	The War of Xiangxi	湘西剿匪记	Wei Biao
1990	—	假女真情	He Rigui
1991	Ugly As I Am, I Am Gentle	我很丑，可是我很温柔	Li Laifu
1991	The War of Luohun Bridge	血战落魂桥	Zeng Titou
1992	San Mao Joins the Army	三毛从军记	Laogui
1993	—	孝子贤孙伺候着	Uncle
1994	Rescued From Desperate Situation	绝境逢生	Laowan
1995	Wonderful Escape	巧奔妙逃	Laoyao
1996	The Monkey King	大闹天宫	Yama
1999	Crash Landing	紧急迫降	guest
	More Naivete	多一点天真	Huang Xianren
	Everyone Loves Me	人见人爱	guest
2006	—	第601个电话	guest
2006	Yang Zhi	水浒英雄谱之青面兽杨志	guest
2007	The Warlords	投名状	Chen Gong
2008	Player	玩家	guest
2009	Laowu's Oscar	老五的奥斯卡	Laozhao
2010	A Singing Fairy	寻找刘三姐	Laomo
2011	1911	辛亥革命	Yikuang
	—	女兵还乡	Chang Shou
	Liu Tang	赤发鬼刘唐	Liang Zhongshu
	Love Is Not Blind	失恋33天	Chen Shukun
2012	Lu Junyi	玉麒麟卢俊义	Liang Zhongshu
2012	I Love the Grey Wolf	我爱灰太狼	guest

Television

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role
1989	—	桃花扇喋血记	guest
1990	The Story of Little Cabbage and Yeung Nai-mo	杨乃武与小白菜	Yang Changjun
1993	The Good Man: Yan Juqian	好人燕居谦	Yan Juqian
1993	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	三国演义	Sima Yi
1994	The War of Fengyang	血战奉阳城
1996	—	东周列国春秋篇	Tu An'gu
1997	Tang Bohu	风流唐伯虎	Zhengde Emperor
1997	The Water Margin	水浒传	Gao Qiu
1998	—	明镜高悬	guest
2000	—	一脚定江山	Fanlao'er
2000	—	包公生死劫	guest
2001	Princess Is Going To Married	格格要出嫁	His Royal Highness
2001	—	江山为重	minister
2002	Dream Is Broken in the Forbidden City	梦断紫禁城	E Gui
	Public Security Bureau	公安局长	Feng Dashuan
	—	乐意为人	Shu De
	Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils	天龙八部	Zhong Wanchou
2003	The War of Changping	铁血长平	Wei Ran
2003	Dead Men Do Tell Tales	大宋提刑官	an official
2004	—	江湖俏佳人	Wang Gongde
	History of the Late Ming Dynasty	明末风云	Wei Zhongxian
	—	少年大钦差	Gao Yu
2005	—	三揭皇榜	He Zejin
2006	—	江湖往事	guest
	Ming Dynasty in 1449	大明王朝1449	Wang Zhen
	Arabian Jasmine Flower	茉莉花	Hu Tuanfang
2007	Red Guards on Honghu Lake	洪湖赤卫队	Peng Batian
	—	生命有明天	guest
	The Legend of Tieguanyin	铁观音传奇	Wei Yin
	—	大唐儒将开漳圣王	Yan Liben
	The Sea	沧海	guest
2008	The Curvy Moon	月儿弯弯	Laoyang
	Happiness 3+2	幸福3+2	Grandfather
	Warm Winter	冬暖	General Yin
2009		满堂爹娘	Dong Qinghai
	The War of Southwest China	大西南剿匪记	Xu Wangda
	Unruly Bride	刁蛮新娘	Yue Jian'gong
2010	George Wallace	风云传奇	Chen Er
	The Legend of Chinese Zodiac	十二生肖传奇	a village head
	Huang Tingjian	大宋才子黄庭坚	guest
	The War of Qingjiangfu	狭路兄弟	guest
2011	Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties 1 & 2	隋唐英雄	Yuwen Huaji
	Mazu	妈祖	Azure Dragon
	Always Faithful	永远忠诚	Yu Pingzhang
	The Old Patient	老病号	guest
2013	Rong Hong	容闳	guest
2014	IPPrtment 4	爱情公寓4	Hong Qi
2014	—	飘帅	Zhang Jiusi
2018	The Dark Lord	夜天子	Master Xia

Variety show

Date	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
5 September 2016	China Showbiz: Salute to the Classics	中国文艺之向经典致敬：魏宗万	Himself

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Result
1990		1st National Drama Award for Outstanding Actor	Won
1990		1st Shanghai Sketch Comedy Award	Won
1993	San Mao Joins The Army	Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
2010	A Singing Fairy	2nd Macau International Movie Festival - Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

References

^ 谁没跑过龙套呢？跑龙套是有意义的. Hexun (in Chinese). 2014-02-23.
^ 老头，可以是一辈子最深沉的角色. Hexun (in Chinese). 2014-02-23.
^ 80岁“高俅”魏宗万近照，曾与赵本山齐名，演恶人奸角人人喊打！. Sohu (in Chinese). 2018-04-12. 著名相声表演艺术家侯宝林当年在看完这个小品后，给魏宗万写了四句话"恰到好处，留有余地。宁可不够，不要过头。"
^ 《爱情公寓》完结篇将播主创称有不少泪点(图). Chinanews (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-12-31.
^ 《爱情公寓4》预告片出炉 "一弹双核"惊呆小伙伴. Hunan TV (in Chinese). 2013-12-18.
^ 德艺双馨的丑星老戏骨，与离异女士结为夫妻相爱至今，一生零差评. china.com (in Chinese). 2017-04-26.

External links

Wei Zongwan at IMDb

[1] 谁没跑过龙套呢？跑龙套是有意义的. Hexun (in Chinese). 2014-02-23.

[2] 老头，可以是一辈子最深沉的角色. Hexun (in Chinese). 2014-02-23.

[3] 80岁“高俅”魏宗万近照，曾与赵本山齐名，演恶人奸角人人喊打！. Sohu (in Chinese). 2018-04-12. 著名相声表演艺术家侯宝林当年在看完这个小品后，给魏宗万写了四句话"恰到好处，留有余地。宁可不够，不要过头。"

[4] 《爱情公寓》完结篇将播主创称有不少泪点(图). Chinanews (in Chinese). Retrieved 2013-12-31.

[5] 《爱情公寓4》预告片出炉 "一弹双核"惊呆小伙伴. Hunan TV (in Chinese). 2013-12-18.

[6] 德艺双馨的丑星老戏骨，与离异女士结为夫妻相爱至今，一生零差评. china.com (in Chinese). 2017-04-26.

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