Huang Bo is a Chinese actor and singer. He was born in Qingdao, Shandong and graduated from Beijing Film Academy. Li ranked 34th on ForbesChina Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 62nd in 2014, 22nd in 2015, 30th in 2017, and 2nd in 2019.
Early life
Huang Bo was born in Qingdao, in 1974. His parents both worked in the government. Before Huang became an actor, he was a bar singer, dance instructor, film dubber, and factory owner. During his time singing in bars, he even had his own band, "Blue Sand Wind". In 2000, his friend Gao Hu introduced him to director Guan Huby chance, which started Huang's acting career.
Career
In 2000, Huang Bo wanted to study in the Beijing Film Academy, however, he didn’t receive the admission for the first time he applied. In 2002, Huang Bo finally got admitted to the Academy, studying in dubbing. Two years later, Huang Bo graduated from college, and became a professional voice actor. Before Huang Bo's breakout role in the 2006 film Crazy Stone, he had several small roles in different TV series. In the year of 2006, Huang Bo participated in director Ning Hao’s latest film Crazy Stone, which garnered him much exposure. In 2007, Huang won his first major award, for Best Supporting Actor at the 7thChinese Film Media Awards. Moreover, his performance in the film Cow won him the Best Actor award at the 46th Golden Horse Awards. Huang Bo was considered as one of the top actors in China in 2010. During the two years between 2010 and 2011, Huang Bo performed in 5 films, and also started his music career. In 2012, Huang's comedy film Lost in Thailand became the top-grossing domestic film at the Chinese box-office. He also starred in the suspense filmDesign of Death, which earned him Best Actor awards at the Beijing College Student Film Festival and China Film Directors' Guild Award. In 2013, Huang starred in Stephen Chow's shenmo blockbuster film, ' playing Sun Wukong. He appeared for free in the comedy film The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel directed by Guan Hu, and the noir film thriller No Man's Land where he played a killer. With his films, Huang became the top-grossing actor of 2013. In 2014, Huang starred in Peter Chan's film on child-abduction, Dearest as a devastated father whose son was abducted; which earned him Best Actor nominations at several film awards. The same year he starred alongside Xu Zheng in the comedy film Breakup Buddies, which became one of the top-grossing domestic films at the Chinese box-office. In 2015, Huang co-starred in the fantasy blockbuster ', which became one of the highest grossing films in China.. In 2017, Huang won the Golden Goblet Award for his performance in the crime filmThe Conformist. The same year he headlined the science fiction filmBattle of Memories. In 2018, he launched his directorial debut The Island. In 2019, it was announced that Huang will play Jiang Ziya in the upcoming fantasy film seriesFengshen Trilogy directed by Wuershan. The film is based on the novel Investiture of the Gods.
Personal life
The nickname of Huang Bo's wife is Xiao Ou, and they married in 2007. Huang Bo's daughter was born in July, 2011.
