Zhang Guoli

Acting

Zhang Guoli

Born 1955-01-17 · 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 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.

Acting credits

Kung Fu Yoga poster
5.9

Two professors team up to locate a lost treasure and embark on an adventure that takes them from a Tibetan ice cave to Dubai, and to a mountain temple in India.

Kung Fu Yoga

2017

Cell Phone poster
6.1

Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.

Cell Phone

2003

The Founding of a Republic poster
5.3

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

The Founding of a Republic

2009

Youth poster
7.4

A group of performing art troupe members each face their own trials and tribulations in Chengdu; from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love, each experiences rejection that shapes their lives.

Youth

2017

Back to 1942 poster
6.7

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

Back to 1942

2012

The Troubleshooters poster
7.3

For anyone with tricky personal troubles — marital, professional and otherwise — Yu Guan and his buddies have a new business that will provide the solution, from taking the abuse of a man’s nagging wife to showering an obscure writer with awards.

The Troubleshooters

1988

Under the Light poster
5.8

Officers Su Jianming and Li Huilin investigate a crime involving wealthy businessman Li Zhitian. As clues emerge, the investigation becomes more and more like a game of chess.

Under the Light

2023

The Faces of My Gene poster
4.3

Bei Xiaobei is a self-abased writer because he feels himself too fat. Because of his poor appearance, he often ran into a wall in real life. Later, he unwittingly finds a long dusty family tree and accidentally crosses through the ages to meet with his ancestors.

The Faces of My Gene

2018

The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven poster
7.4

A completely remade animation film based on the original 1961 animation The Monkey King. Mythical ancient China. Born from some magic stones that fell to Earth a long time ago when Goddess Nüwa mended the sky, Sun Wukong, aka Monkey King, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven

2012

The September of Mine poster
8.5

Before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, a group of elementary school kids compete for the chance to participate in a martial arts performance for the opening ceremony. In this coming-of-age story, kind-hearted An Jianjun pursues his dreams through sweat and tears, friendship and betrayal. The comedy depicts Beijing locals in precise, humorous, and loving detail.

The September of Mine

1990

The Heritage of the Yuan Family poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Heritage of the Yuan Family

1989

Iron Lion poster
NR

This is a Chinese Action Movie. Produced by Georges Lai Hing Lun.

Iron Lion

2002

草莽英雄 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

草莽英雄

1981

A Sigh poster
6.5

A Sigh tells the story of an affair between a struggling Chinese screenwriter and his young female assistant, its effects on his marriage and the impact on the man himself.

A Sigh

2000

Lady Cop & Papa Crook poster
6.0

A corrupt red oil kingpin enlists the aid of a female police officer to help find his son.

Lady Cop & Papa Crook

2008

The 601st Phone Call poster
NR

A young girl named Yishu believes she has no luck at all and she blames her name for it. One day she starts receiving phone calls from people thinking that she is the popular singer Tianyou. It turns out that someone has leaked 600 phone numbers of famous people to the internet and Yishu's phone number got mixed up in the bunch. She finds it annoying at first but soon she receives a text message from Xiaowen, who is the singer in an amateur rock band. He wishes to write a song for Tianyou and wants Yishu -who he thinks is Tianyou's assistant- to deliver the song to Tianyou. Tianyou is a popular singer, but hasn't had a hit number lately. Because of this she gets pressured by her cruel agent into recording an album that she doesn't want to record, because it doesn't contain any good songs. This decision gets her into a lot of trouble...

The 601st Phone Call

2006

Vampire Super poster
NR

WUMING was a peaceful and tranquil town famous for its excellent 'fengshui' that bred outstanding personalities. Back in te QING dynasty, a famous official was buried here with a grandiose tomb built and two pieces of priceless jade ducks placed as burial accompaniment. In fact, there were numerous rich, famous people and countless jewelries and valuebles were buried in the graveyard and so cases of tomb thefts happened occasionally. As stories of ghosts and vampires began to spread around, the townsfolk rarely went out during the nights.

Vampire Super

2002

Xiang Si poster
NR

A country woman abandoned by her husband lives her own life successfully in a struggling way.

Xiang Si

1985

Song of Youth poster
6.7

A story between school kids and the teacher in a high school happened in 1985 China.

Song of Youth

2019

In Our Prime poster
6.0

The film revolves around the story of Li Yitian, who struggles in a big city, showing the current situation of the life of a new generation of young people, focusing on the ordinary people who are trying to live in contemporary society, and their pain and struggle from ideals to helplessness to new life.

In Our Prime

2023

Everybody's Fine poster
5.5

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.

Everybody's Fine

2016

Silence of Smoke poster
6.3

Tells a series of misunderstandings between Liu Tingshen, the seventh-generation heir of the century-old store "Tong Shunxiang", and his son Liu Jiansan, who lost his mother and has depended on him since childhood.

Silence of Smoke

2023

Cell Phone 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cell Phone 2

德云社成立20周年庆典 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

德云社成立20周年庆典

2016

Behind the camera

Strangers When We Meet poster
5.5

After serving 30 years in prison, Lao Qin starts a new life with 1.5 million compensation from the government for demolition and relocation. He just wants to marry a wife and have children to live in peace, but his life is completely changed with the intrusion of the eccentric 24-year-old girl Chang Juan.

Strangers When We Meet

2024

Romancing in Thin Air poster
5.3

After his new bride dumps him at their wedding reception, a heartbroken actor winds up in the mountains, where he meets and falls in love with a widowed fan.

Romancing in Thin Air

2012

The 601st Phone Call poster
NR

A young girl named Yishu believes she has no luck at all and she blames her name for it. One day she starts receiving phone calls from people thinking that she is the popular singer Tianyou. It turns out that someone has leaked 600 phone numbers of famous people to the internet and Yishu's phone number got mixed up in the bunch. She finds it annoying at first but soon she receives a text message from Xiaowen, who is the singer in an amateur rock band. He wishes to write a song for Tianyou and wants Yishu -who he thinks is Tianyou's assistant- to deliver the song to Tianyou. Tianyou is a popular singer, but hasn't had a hit number lately. Because of this she gets pressured by her cruel agent into recording an album that she doesn't want to record, because it doesn't contain any good songs. This decision gets her into a lot of trouble...

The 601st Phone Call

2006

Grim Guys poster
NR

A-Wu (Nicky Wu) is a high school dropout who uses tricks to get food and sympathy from others. He's destined for life in the streets, until he met Chichi (Vivian Hsu), an up-and-coming actress, who gives him hope and motivation to change the past and clean up his act. With Christmas around the corner, will romance be far behind for them?

Grim Guys

1999