Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 17, 1955 (age 71)
Place of Birth
Tianjin, China
Also Known As
- Guoli Zhang
- Zhang Guo-Li
- 張國立
- Gordon Cheung Gwok-Lap
- Guoli Zhang (I)
Zhang Guoli
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
The Founding of a Republic
as Chiang Kai-shek
Kung Fu Yoga
as Jonathan
Back to 1942
as Fan Dianyuan
Youth
as Plasterer
The Faces of My Gene
as Dr. Bei
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
as 太白金星
Lady Cop & Papa Crook
as Xu Ban Shan
Under the Light
as Zheng Gang
Cell Phone
as Fei Muo
In Our Prime
as Li Faxiang
