Guo Degang
| Guo Degang | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 郭德綱 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 郭德纲 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Guō Dégāng (Mandarin) |
| Born |
January 18th, 1973 Tianjin, China |
| Occupation | Xiangsheng actor |
| Official Website | http://www.guodegang.org/ |
Guo Degang (Chinese: 郭德纲; pinyin: Guō Dégāng) is a Chinese comedian and xiangsheng actor. His master was Hou Yaowen.
Biography
Guo Degang was born in Tianjin. He began to learn the art of storytelling, pingshu (评书), when he was 8 years old.
Guo went to Beijing in 1995 and established Deyun She (德云社), a xiangsheng performance theater, in 1996. He started in teahouses and achieved nationwide fame.[1]
Guo played a supporting role in a 2007 film Getting Home.
Filmography
Films
- The 601st Phone Call (2006)
- Getting Home (2007)
- The Founding of a Republic (2009)
- Mars Baby (2009)
- Eaters (2009)
- Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
- The Love of Three Smile: Scholar and the Beauty (2010)
- The Warring States (2011)
- Marry a Perfect Man (2012)
- The Unfortunate Car (2012)
- Just Another Margin (2014)
- Mystery (2014)
Television series
- Dreaming Tang Dynasty (2012)
- Great Family 1912 (2012)
- King Rouge (2013)
Notes
- ↑ "Old 'xiangsheng'stirs up new laughs in teahouse". China Daily. 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ↑ Guo Degang at hkmdb.com
- ↑ Guo Degang at chinesemov.com