Wan Guopeng (actor)

Wan Guopeng (Chinese: 万国鹏; pinyin: wàn guó péng, born on 12 September 1994), is a Chinese actor.

Wan Guopeng's family was considered well-off in the local area. His father was a factory accountant and his mother was an obstetrician and gynecologist.[1] When Wan Guopeng was in high school, he became interested in the wonders of traditional Chinese medicine, so he came to Harbin alone and spent three years studying acupuncture at Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.^[1] But when he graduated, he realized that he could not bear the life, aging, illness, and death that doctors often face. At that time, Wan Guopeng was interning in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Every day he was responsible for measuring the blood pressure and electrocardiogram of an old man with lung cancer. However, a week later, the old man still died of advanced cancer. Wan Guopeng said, "Even very famous doctors couldn't help." This was the first patient Wan Guopeng came into contact with. He found it difficult to accept the sudden loss of life and felt helpless at work.^[1]

Wan Guopeng gave up his career as a doctor and began to look for a new direction in life. Later, he saw a sentence in a book in the school library that he can still recite fluently today: Young people should follow the direction of their passion, the direction of their hearts, and the direction of their dreams. In an instant, "like a voice-over", the word "actor" popped into his mind. He finally decided to go to Hengdian World Studios and began to become an Extra (acting).^[1] In March 2014, he starred in the inspirational drama film "I Am Somebody" directed by Derek Yee, playing the male lead in his true colors.,^[2] which was released in 2015.