We are self-sufficient and individualistic people who want to demonstrate to the world that we are capable of great things, including caring for ourselves and others. The more tasks we can manage, the more successful we look to our parents and peers. That makes them pleased with us. So, here are some Chinese actors that are proud of their surnames.
1. Kris Wu
Kris Wu had some pretty fantastic roles in Hollywood this year – you might remember him as Sergeant Neza in Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets," or Nick in this year's xXx film – but his name as a celebrity in his home China is considerably more widespread.
2. Jackie Chan
If you think of Chinese performers, Jackie Chan might be the first name that comes to your mind. Chan is the second Chinese actor to obtain a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, despite never having acquired formal schooling (he attended theatre and martial arts school). The other star belongs to Bruce Lee, for whom Chan worked as a stunt double in "Fist of Fury" (1972) and "Enter the Dragon" (1973).
3. Andy Lau
Andy Lau's visage had been in the entertainment industry for over four decades. He is known as the "ageless man" because he never appeared youthful but seemed to stop ageing after he reached 30. Domestically, he is known as one of Hong Kong's "Four Heavenly Kings," a name established by a Chinese tabloid in 1992 to refer to the four male celebrities in the city. Lau's most recent film appearance was in "The Great Wall," co-starred alongside Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe. Lau's latest film, "The Adventurers," co-starring Jean Reno, is presently playing in Chinese cinemas.
4. Nicholas Tse
According to others, Tse was sold into the entertainment business. In Hong Kong, he was born into the spotlight to celebrity parents, Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. Tse allegedly signed a 10-year deal with a famous Hong Kong entertainment business to assist his father pay off a large debt after his parents divorced when he was a teenager. He began his acting career in the 1998 film "Young and Dangerous: The Prequel" and has since received several Hong Kong Film Awards. Tse, who runs a special effects company, also appeared in "The Bombing," a World War II movie co-starring Bruce Willis, in 2018.
5. Eddie Peng
Eddie Peng supposedly had no interest in acting. When he was 13, his family emigrated from Taiwan to Canada, a trip was made back to Taiwan for his grandmother's burial. He was the male lead in the television teen drama series, Tomorrow by director Yang Daqing. After the show premiered in 2002, he quickly climbed to stardom and became a national heartthrob. Peng appeared in the hit Taiwanese adolescent film "Exit No.6" and for best actor at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival for his romantic comedy "My DNA Says I Love You."
6. Hu Ge
He is most known for his roles in the video game-turned-fantasy-TV-series Chinese Paladin and the Jackie Chan-co-directed historical picture "China 1911." After being wounded in a vehicle accident in 2006, Hu took more than a year off from performing and authored a book on his recovery. Some of his supporters believe he had a significant personality shift as a result of the event. Hu was supposed to be taking a sabbatical from acting to pursue directing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts earlier this year.
7. Huang Xiaming
He got his start in acting with the Chinese costume drama series "The Return of the Condor Heroes" in the 2000s, and he later became a fan favourite in the adolescent romance film "Summer Desires", which was based on the best-selling novel of the same name. He was named best actor at the 2013 Golden Rooster Awards, China's equivalent of the Oscars. Huang's popularity is sometimes overshadowed by that of his wife, Angelababy, the controversial actress and luxury brand darling (they're like the pre-divorce Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie of China).
8. Duan Yihong
Unlike his colleagues in China, Duan Yihong attended theatre school and began his career as a stage actor with the National Theatre Company of China. He starred in the acclaimed Chinese playwright Liao Yimei's Rhinoceros in Love for two seasons in the early 2000s. Duan made his television debut in the World War II series "The Proof of Memories", where he received widespread recognition from Chinese fans. Duan was last spotted in New York City last month, attending the New York Asian Film Festival, where both of his films - "Battle of Memories" and "Extraordinary Mission" – made their New York debuts.
9. Yang Yang
Yang played the mawkish protagonist Jia Baoyu in the television adaption of "The Dream of Red Mansions," one of China's four great classic novels. Even though the 2010 program as bad, it established Yang as a known figure on television. His fame skyrocketed in 2014 when he appeared in another Web-TV version of "The Lost Tomb," an incredibly famous novel in China at the time. The Chinese fantasy costume drama "Once Upon a Time" (not the ABC program), co-directed by the visual artist of the original Spider-Man 2 film and starring Yang, is presently playing in Chinese theatres.
10. Li Yifeng
Li Yifeng rose to prominence as a vocalist on a Chinese talent show in 2007. He's since published three EPs and two albums, and he's become a household figure among Chinese millennials thanks to a TV series based on the popular video game "Swords of Legends." In "The Lost Tomb," Li co-starred alongside Yang Yang as another male protagonist. This year, he performed a significant role in the Chinese main melody film "The Founding of an Army," presently playing in Chinese cinemas. In addition to music and acting, Li is a fashion icon in his own country of China.
