People all over the world enjoy the comedy genre. It elevates our mood by increasing serotonin levels, making us happy and satisfied. However, it takes a lot of skill to make an audience laugh, and comedy actors do a great job at it. Here are ten well-known Chinese comedy actors.
1. Zhao Benshan
Zhao Benshan is a Comedy artist. He starred in the drama Sanxian and made his first appearance on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, where he won the first prize 15 times. He first advocated the Green Duozhuan and created the Liu Laogen Grand Stage, which mainly performed the Green Duozhuan.
2. Feng Gong
Feng Gong is an actor and director who appeared in the films Stand Straight, Don't Get Down, Ambush, etc. He received the best actor award at the 18th Golden Rooster Awards for his performance in the film Nothing to Steal. He performed the cross-talk drama Love Song on the Road with Zhou Tao at the CCTV spring festival gala. He performed a cross-talk drama called Warm Winter at the same CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and the same year he starred in the film The Founding of a Nation.
3. Pan Changjiang
Pan Changjiang is a sitcom and skit actor. He has played various roles in classic comedies like Hands Up. He also participated in the movie Yang Decai’s marriage and starred in the large-scale sitcom Emotional Channelling Station. Other works in which he starred are Feng Tiangui, Wu song, Male Matchmaker, etc.
4. Ge You
Ge you starred in his first movie, Midsummer and Her Fiancé. He received the 10th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor for his performance in the TV series The Story of the Editorial Department. For his performance in the film Da Sa Ba, he won the 13th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. He also won the Best Actor Award at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival for the film To Live. Other films in which he has appeared include Party A and Party B, If You Are The One, The History of Romantic Demise, The Son, and others.
5. Chen Peisi
Chen Peisi is a sketch comedian, film, and stage actor. He and his partner had performed a skit called Eating Noodles at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. He has appeared in many skits like Protagonist and Supporting Role, Police and Thieves, Mutt on Skewers. He has dubbed Sun Wukong, the classic Baolian Lantern of Chinese comics. He has even self-written and directed dramas such as The Old House, A big family, etc.
6. Fan Wei
Fan Wei is a skit, sitcom, and film actor best known for his roles in CCTV's New Year's Galas alongside Zhao Benshan. He is known for films such as Cell Phone, A World Without Thieves If You Are The One, City Of Life and Death, Blessed Ears, I am not Pan Jinlian, Peerless Master, Aromatic Journey, TV series The Happiness Of The Boss. His first even performance sketch was Uncle Niu Mention. Further, he even performed Selling Abduction at the spring festival gala of china central television. For the movie The Problem That Isn't a Problem, he won the Special Performance Award at the 30th Cairo International Film Festival in Egypt.
7. Xu Zheng
Xu Zheng is an actor, director, and producer and is known for starring in dramas such as The Colour of Stocks won the 10th Magnolia Drama Award for the Best Actor. He also starred in the New Year comedy Love Call Transfer. Some other works in which he has starred are Night Club, Man On The Road, No Man’s Land, The Flower Of The Heart, Hong Kong, The Player Behind The Scenes, a feature film. In 2019 he self-directed, edited and co-directed, My Motherland and Me.
8. Huang Bo
Huang Bo is an actor and a film director. He has starred in movies such as Get in the Car, Go, Crazy Stone, Thai, Looking for the Dragon, Under the Ice, etc. He was awarded the best actor award at the 46th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for Bull Fighting. He starred in the suspenseful comedy film Killing, which won the Best Actor Award at the 20th Beijing University Student Film Festival and the 4th China Film Directors Association Annual Actor Award.
9. Shen Teng
Shen Teng is a comedian, actor and director. Shen Teng appeared in happy twists first stage play, Want to Eat Twist Now I Wanna Twist You. He has also worked in many dramas like I’m Waiting For You In Heaven. He also performed the skit Today’s happiness on the CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala. He then performed today’s Happiness 2 in the same Spring Festival Gala in 2013. He also participated in the TV series You Are My Eyes. Some films he worked in are Charlotte Annoyance, The Shameful Iron Fist, etc. He has also performed a skit named Follow Yourself and a sketch Fu Not Support and A Son-in-law and Half a Son.
10. Wang Baoqiang
Wang Baoqiang is an actor and director. He has starred in the feature film Blind Well for which he won the 40th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards Best Now Actor Award. He gained appreciation when he participated in the film A World Without Thieves. He won The 24th China TV Golden Eagle Award for the Most Popular Actor Award for his role in Soldier Assault. He won the Best Actor Award and the Asia Pacific Film Festival at the Russia, New York, and Italy Film Festivals for the comedy, Hello! Mr Tree. He has worked in are Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth, One Man's Wulin, Detective Chinatown, Harassment In The Sky and Detective Chinatown 2 as well, etc.
