Yue Yunpeng (Chinese: 岳云鹏; born 15 April 1985) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer, best known in film for portraying Zhu Tianpeng in Buddies in India (2017), Yue Yunpeng in Top Funny Comedian: The Movie and Li Shuaiting in Revenge for Love. Mainly performing xiangsheng as the lead actor (Dougen), his current fixed partner is Sun Yue .
Yue Yunpeng | |||||||
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岳云鹏 | |||||||
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Occupation(s) | Actor, xiangsheng performer | ||||||
Years active | 2004–present | ||||||
Agent | Deyunshe (德云社) | ||||||
Spouse |
Zheng Min (m. 2011) | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 岳雲鵬 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 岳云鹏 | ||||||
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Early life
editYue was born in Puyang, Henan on April 15, 1985. At the age of 14, he worked as a guard in a factory located in Shijingshan District of Beijing. He was also worked as waiter in restaurant during his early years.[1]
Career
editYue began his career as a xiangsheng proformer in 2004, after becoming a disciple of Guo Degang.
Yue's first screen acting credit was The Magistrate Ye Guangming (2010). And his first major film role was as Cai Baoqiang in Just For Fun (2012).
In 2015, Yue made a guest appearance as himself on Jian Bing Man, a superhero parody film starring Mabel Yuan, Ada Liu and Da Peng.
Yue starred with Deng Chao, Bai Baihe, Yang Yang, Zhang Tian'ai, Du Juan, and Ada Liu in Zhang Yibai's romantic drama film I Belonged to You (2016). That same year, he joined the main cast of Our Happiness as Yue Qiangnan.
In 2017, three films he headlined, Buddies in India, Revenge for Love and Goldbuster. He starred as Zhu Tianpeng, reuniting him with co-star Wang Baoqiang, who played Monkey King, in the action adventure comedy film Buddies in India.[2] The film grossed US$107.9 million in Chinese box office.[3] He was also cast in the film Revenge for Love, playing the love interest of Mabel Yuan's character. And he co-starred with Shen Teng and Zhang Yi in Sandra Ng's directorial debut Goldbuster.[4] For his role as himself in Top Funny Comedian: The Movie, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Macau International Movie Festival. In April, he was invited to be the duet partner for the singer Li Jian in the finals of Singer 2017.
In 2018, Yue starred opposite Ge You and Du Chun in the adventure comedy film Mad Ebriety. He co-starred with Lin Chi-ling, who played his love interest in Guo Degang's directorial debut The Faces of My Gene.[5] He landed a guest role on Feng Gong and Cui Junjie's comedy film Happiness Is Coming, which is set to premiere on June 8, 2018.[6]
Personal life
editYue Yunpeng married Zheng Min (郑敏) on April 26, 2011.
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Just For Fun | 就是闹着玩 | Cai Baoqiang | |
2015 | Jian Bing Man | 煎饼侠 | Himself | guest |
2016 | I Belonged to You | 从你的全世界路过 | Zhutou | |
Our Happiness | 相声大电影之我要幸福 | Yue Qiangnan | ||
2017 | Buddies in India | 大闹天竺 | Zhu Tianpeng | |
Revenge for Love | 疯岳撬佳人 | Li Shuaiting | ||
Goldbuster | 妖铃铃 | Xu Tianyu | ||
Top Funny Comedian: The Movie | 欢乐喜剧人 | Himself | ||
What a Wonderful Family! | 麻烦家族 | The doctor | guest | |
City of Rock | 缝纫机乐队 | Qiao Dashan | ||
2018 | Mad Ebriety | 断片之险途夺宝 | Ah Le | |
The Faces of My Gene | 祖宗十九代 | Bei Xiaobei | ||
Happiness Is Coming | 幸福马上来 | Security Guard | guest | |
Airpocalypse | 天气预爆 | Peter | ||
2019 | Coward Hero | 鼠胆英雄 | Yan Dahai | |
2020 | My People, My Homeland | 我和我的家乡 | Yue Longgang | |
A Little Red Flower | 送你一朵小红花 | Wu Xiaomei | ||
2023 | One and Only | 热烈 | ||
If You are the One 3 | 非诚勿扰3 | Lao Fan |
TV series
editYear | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | The Magistrate Ye Guangming | 知县叶光明 | The policeman | |
2016 | What's Your Number | 先生你哪位 | Li Zuo | |
Deep Well Cantenn | 深井食堂 | Gu De | ||
2019 | My Father & Daddy | 我的亲爹和后爸 | Guest |
Single
editRelease date | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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2015 | Song of the Fifth Ring Road | 五环之歌 | feat. MC HotDog |
Film and TV Awards
editYear | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Notes |
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2017 | Top Funny Comedian: The Movie | 9th Macau International Movie Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ 岳云鹏15岁当服务员受辱被逼掏352元息事. sina (in Chinese). 2015-02-22.
- ^ "Film Review: 'Buddies in India'". variety. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ boxofficechina
- ^ 《妖铃铃》上海首映 陈可辛称吴君如不知天高地厚. sina (in Chinese). 2017-12-29.
- ^ Xu Fan (28 November 2017). "All-star cast assembled for Guo Degang's directorial debut". Chinadaily. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ 《幸福马上来》6月8日上映 冯巩重返大银幕. iFeng (in Chinese). 2018-05-18.
External links
edit- Yue Yunpeng at IMDb
- Yue Yunpeng on Weibo (in Chinese)
- Yue Yunpeng at hkmdb.com
- Yue Yunpeng at chinesemov.com