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Zhang Guoli

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 17, 1955 (70 years)
Zhang Guoli is a Chinese film actor and director. Before transitioning to film and television, he began his career as a crosstalk performer. He is best known for portraying emperors in various dramas set in Qing Dynasty imperial China. In 2014, he also served as a host for the CCTV New Year's Gala.

Zhang is married to actress Deng Jie and has a son, Zhang Mo, from a previous marriage, who is also an actor. A practicing Buddhist, he is a member of the Taiwanese Buddhist organization Dharma Drum Mountain and holds the dharma name Changsheng.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Kung Fu Yoga
  • Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
  • The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • Cloudy Mountain
  • Iron Lion

Known For

  • Back to 1942
  • Crazy Racer
  • The Founding of a Republic
  • Cell Phone
  • Under the Light
  • The Bronze Teeth Iron Eloquent Ji Xiaolan
  • Strangers When We Meet
  • Everybody's Fine
  • Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (2003)
  • Xinghua san yue tian
  • Silence of Smoke
  • National Treasure
  • A Love For Dilemma

Filmography

2025
Love Again (2025) (TV Series) · as Shen Zhuoran
2024
The Old Boys (TV Series) · as Xiao Changqing
2024
Fry Me To The Moon (TV Series) · as Gu Dapeng
2023
Silence of Smoke · as Liu Tingshen
2023
Under the Light · as Zheng Gang
2021
2021
Cloudy Mountain · as Leading Offlicial
2021
50km Taohuawu (TV Series)
2021
A Love For Dilemma (TV Series) · as Nan Jianlong
2019
Song of Youth · as Miao Wanqiu's Teacher
2018
The Faces of My Gene · as Dr. Bei
2017
Youth · as Plasterer
2017
National Treasure (TV Series)
2017
2017
Full House of Happiness (TV Series) · as 權來
2017
Kung Fu Yoga · as Jonathan
2016
Everybody's Fine · as Zhiguo Guan
2014
He and His Sons (TV Series) · as Luo Jianjun / 罗建军
2012
Back to 1942 · as Fan Dianyuan
2012
2011
2009
The Founding of a Republic · as Chiang Kai-Shek
2008
Lady Cop & Papa Crook · as Xu Ban Shan
2007
Memoirs in China · as Father
2007
Golden Marriage (TV Series) · as 佟志
2006
The 601st Phone Call · as Chairman Of The Board
2003
2003
Cell Phone · as Fei Muo
2002
2001
The Bronze Teeth Iron Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (TV Series) · as 纪晓岚
2000
Sigh · as Liang Yazhou
1997
Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (TV Series) · as 康熙
1996
The Legend of Liu Yong (TV Series) · as 乾隆
1993
1991
Stories of an Editorial Board (TV Series) · as 赵永刚
1989
The Troubleshooters · as 于观
1983
CCTV Spring Festival Gala (TV Series) · as 主持人
Green Porcelain (TV Series) · as 颜若水

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