Known for Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1936
Place of Birth
Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Biography
Wang began his career as a stage actor at the Changchun Theater when he was 24. However, as the entertainment industry continued to develop and theater gradually lost its popularity in Changchun, 49-year-old Wang and his family decided to move to Beijing to continue pursuing his love of theater. However, life in Beijing was tough. Unable to find traditional acting jobs, Wang began developing his own unique form of silent performance art. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he built a name for himself in Beijing and performed overseas in places such as Germany, France, and South Korea. With his performances often involving painting himself and standing still for hours at a time Wang began hitting the gym at age 50. "I worked out for four hours a day at the time and it took me three years to make my body look like a sculpture," Wang said in an interview with the Yangtze Evening Post. According to him, he continues to work out at least two hours every day.

Shine on Me

The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber

The Whirlwind Girl

Great Expectations

Heroic Legend

Blade Heart

Lady & Liar

The Patriotic Knights

Qianlong Dynasty

Pathfinding to the Northeast

The Deer and the Cauldron

Taiji Prodigy

Razor

See You Again

You Are My Destiny

Shuttle Love Millennium

Good Folks of Xiangya Mountain

Postscript of Daming Procurator

Redemption of the Knight

Empress Wu Zetian of China