Zhang Guoli

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Zhang Guoli

Acting 71 January 17, 1955

Tianjin, China

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 empero…

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Kung Fu Yoga

Kung Fu Yoga

5.9 2017 Movie
Wonderland

Wonderland

6.8 2021 TV Show
Trump Card

Trump Card

6.3 2016 TV Show
Become a Farmer

Become a Farmer

8.3 2023 TV Show
CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch

CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch

9.0 1983 TV Show
The Bronze Teeth

The Bronze Teeth

8.4 2001 TV Show
Kangxi Incognito Travel

Kangxi Incognito Travel

6.6 1997 TV Show
Youth

Youth

7.3 2017 Movie
Crazy Racer

Crazy Racer

7.7 2009 Movie
Golden Marriage

Golden Marriage

9.2 2007 TV Show
Back to 1942

Back to 1942

6.7 2012 Movie
CMG Spring Festival Gala

CMG Spring Festival Gala

5.7 1983 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Tencent Video All Star Night 2025

    TV show

  2. 2025
    Love Again

    TV show Shen Zhuoran

  3. 2024
    The Last Cook

    TV show Director

  4. 2024
    Strangers When We Meet

    Movie Director

  5. 2024
    Golden Trio

    TV show Xiao Changqing

  6. 2024
    Fry Me to the Moon

    TV show Gu Dapeng

  7. 2023
    Silence of Smoke

    Movie Liu Tingshen

  8. 2023
    In Our Prime

    Movie Li Faxiang

  9. 2023
    Under the Light

    Movie Zheng Gang

  10. 2023
    Echo

    TV show Ran Bumo

  11. 2023
    Become a Farmer

    TV show

  12. 2021
    The Mask

    TV show Ji Tingshan

  13. 2021
    国家宝藏·展演季

    TV show Self

  14. 2021
    Wonderland

    TV show

  15. 2021
    A Love For Dillema

    TV show Nan Jianlong

  16. 2020
    还有诗和远方

    TV show

More credits
  1. 2020
    The Summer Palace

    TV show

  2. 2019
    青春京剧社

    TV show

  3. 2019
    Song of Youth

    Movie Miao Wanqiu's Teacher

  4. 2019
    My Father & Daddy

    TV show

  5. 2018
    Happiness Trio

    TV show Self

  6. 2018
    Long Time No See

    TV show He Wenhua

  7. 2018
    The Faces of My Gene

    Movie Dr. Bei

  8. 2017
    Youth

    Movie Plasterer

  9. 2017
    National Treasure

    TV show

  10. 2017
    The Birth of an Actor

    TV show

  11. 2017
    Kung Fu Yoga

    Movie Jonathan

  12. 2017
    非凡匠心

    TV show Creator

  13. 2016
    Full House of Happiness

    TV show

  14. 2016
    爱的追踪

    TV show Ma Deqing

  15. 2016
    德云社成立20周年庆典

    Movie

  16. 2016
    Trump Card

    TV show

  17. 2016
    Everybody's Fine

    Movie Zhiguo Guan

  18. 2015
    Let's Go

    TV show NPC

  19. 2014
    He and His Sons

    TV show Luo Jianjun

  20. 2014
    Homeland

    TV show 洪根生

  21. 2014
    Bring Happiness Home 2014

    Movie

  22. 2013
    老公的春天

    TV show

  23. 2013
    Aftershock

    TV show Wang Deqing

  24. 2012
    Back to 1942

    Movie Fan Dianyuan