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Zhang Xuejing (张学景; born 1935), stagename Niu Ben (牛犇) is a Chinese film actor.


Biography

He lost both of his parents at the age of six, then lived with his oldest brother, who worked as a driver at the third film factory in
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. In 1946, 11-year-old Ben was chosen to act as a village boy "little ox" and became a child star. His stage name Niu Ben is composed of Niu the
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of "牛" (ox, a common surname) and Ben " 犇" (three oxen together, a less common personal name). He later played child roles in old Chinese films, and went to
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. After the foundation of
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, he returned to mainland China and became an actor of the
Shanghai Film Studio The Shanghai Film Studio (), one of the three biggest film studios in China, is the film division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese films and TV programs. History Shangh ...
, and one of the members of the 5th
China Film Association China Film Association is a subordinate of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organisation was initially named the China National Film Artists Association. In 1979, it was renamed the China Film As ...
. In his 60-year career, he has been in hundreds of films and TV plays, and is still active in Chinese film.


Personal Awards

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Golden Rooster Awards The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the sha ...
= Best Supporting Actor
1983 '' The Herdsman'' *
Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan. They are classified as the Chinese equiv ...
= Best Supporting Actor
1983
1997
1999Hundred Flower Awards
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Select filmography

* ''Soul of the Sea'' (1957) * '' The Red Detachment of Women'' (1961) * ''Tink, Tink, the Fountain'' (1982) * '' The Herdsman'' (1983) * ''
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'' (1988) * ''
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'' (1994) * ''Husband Sings, Wife Accompanies'' (1997) * ''Indomitable Daughter in Law'' (1999) * ''
The Longest Night in Shanghai ''The Longest Night in Shanghai'' ( zh, c=夜。上海; ) is a 2007 romantic drama film produced by Japan's Movie Eye Entertainment and directed by Chinese director Zhang Yibai. It is a rare collaboration between China and Japan. The film consist ...
'' (2007) * ''
Five Minutes to Tomorrow ''Five Minutes to Tomorrow'' () is a 2014 Japanese-Chinese romance suspense film directed by Isao Yukisada based on the Japanese novel of the same name by Takayoshi Honda. The movie, starring Liu Shishi, Haruma Miura, and Joseph Chang, tells ...
'' (2014) * ''
Lovers & Movies ''Lovers & Movies'' () is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Niu Chaoyang. It was released on April 30, 2015. Cast *Francis Ng as Yao Xingjie *Yu Nan as Ruoyao * Kim Bum as Lin Jun * Guli Nazha as Jiameng *Simon Yam as Qiu Guitang * K ...
'' (2015)


See also

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Cinema of China The cinema of China is the filmmaking and film industry of mainland China, one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese languages, Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan. China is the hom ...


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niu, Ben 1935 births Living people Male actors from Tianjin Chinese male child actors Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors Participants in Chinese reality television series