Huang Haibo (; born 25 November 1976) is a Chinese actor of
Manchu
The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...
descent, best known in film for playing Yu Xiaobei in ''The Dream of A Young Soldier'' (2001), and has received critical acclaim for his television work, particularly as Jiang Dongzhi in ''Chasing'', Yu Wei in ''
A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era'', Li Da Benshi in ''Forever Designation'' and Guo Ran in ''Let's get married!''.
Early life and education
Huang was born into a military family in
Jizhou District of
Tianjin
Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...
, on November 25, 1975. In 1997 he was accepted to
Beijing Film Academy
Beijing Film Academy (BFA; zh, first=s, s=北京电影学院, labels=no) is a municipal public college in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing and co-funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Radio ...
, where he majored in acting.
Acting career

Huang's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film ''Young Prisoners of War'' (1989). In the following year, he appeared in ''The Meridian of War'', directed by
Feng Xiaoning
Feng Xiaoning (; born 1954) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He is considered a member of the "Fifth Generation" Chinese directors who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982. Feng however graduated from ...
.
In 1992, Huang made his television debut in the historical television series ''Beiyang Fleet'', portraying young Lin Taizeng. The series starring
Chen Baoguo
Chen Baoguo (; born 9 March 1956) is a Chinese actor, President of the China Film Performance Society (CFPS) and a Chairman of China TV Artists Association (CTAA) Actor's Committee. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1977 and has ...
,
Chen Daoming
Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series.
Career
Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. His first notable role was Puyi (the last emperor of China) in the 19 ...
,
Ge You
Ge You (born April 19, 1957) is a Chinese actor. One of the most critically acclaimed performers in China, Ge is known for his signature bald head, comic timing, and intelligent, subtle acting. Ge became the first Asian actor to win the Best A ...
and directed by Feng Xiaoning.
During his junior year, he got a small role in ''The Years of Intense Emotion'' (2001), a romance television drama starring
Sun Haiying and
Lü Liping.
Huang's breakthrough role came when he played Yu Xiaobei in the 2001 film ''The Dream of A Young Soldier'', which garnered him a Best Newcomer Award at the
9th Beijing College Student Film Festival, an
Outstanding New Actor Award at the 8th Huabiao Awards and a
Golden Phoenix Award.
In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in ''Let Us Remember'', a film starring He Bing,
Guo Donglin
Guo Donglin (; born 18 October 1966) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer.
He is notable for performing xiangsheng and sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala from 1993 to 2017.
In the 2017 New Year's Gala, Guo played in a sketch in which ...
,
Xu Fan,
Huang Hong,
Cai Ming, Li Mingqi, and
Li Xiaolu
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. That same year, he also participated in ''Stormy Sea'', opposite Wu Gang,
Ning Jing
Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Mi Lan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in ''Red River Valley (1997 film), Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in ''Lover's Grief over the ...
,
Li Youbin
Li Youbin (; born 15 February 1958) is a Chinese actor known for his roles in military dramas. He is particularly known for playing the role of Li Yunlong in the war drama Drawing Sword based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Duliang (都� ...
, and Zhao Youliang.
Huang portrayed Deng Shaosheng,
Deng Xiaoping
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's uncle, in ''My Early Days in France'' (2004). At the same year, he played the character
Zhu Bajie
Zhu Bajie, also named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three disciples of Tang Sanzang, along with Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, and a major character of the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West''. ''Zhu'' means "swine" and ''Bajie'' means "eight pr ...
in the
shenmo
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television series ''Good Luck Zhu Bajie''.
In 2005, he played a key supporting role in the historical television series ''Crying without Tears'', starring
Vincent Chiao and
Park Si-yeon
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.
From 2006 to 2008, he appeared in dozens of television series, such as ''Life Hand In Hand'' (2006), ''The Love Story in Tangshan'' (2006), ''
Shanghai Bund
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'' (2007), ''Chasing'' (2007), ''Stone Scissors Cloth'' (2008), and ''Life Is Beautiful'' (2008). For his role as Jiang Dongzhi in ''Chasing'', he won the
Magnolia Award for Best Actor in a Television Series at the 14th
Shanghai Television Festival
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. He starred with
Tony Leung Ka-fai
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As he is often confused with actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai is known as "Big Tony", while Tony L ...
,
Emme Wong and Li Tete in the 2008 drama ''A Chinese Fairy Tale''.
Huang co-starred with
Du Zhiguo, Ye Jing,
He Saifei
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and
Bobo Gan in the 2009 action television series ''Jianghu Brothers''.
Huang became widely known to audiences with ''
A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era'' (2010), in which he played the romantic interest of Mao Doudou,
Hai Qing
Hai Qing (; born 12 January 1977) is a Chinese actress who has appeared in such films as ''Sacrifice'' (2010), '' Finding Mr. Right'' (2013), ''Operation Red Sea'' (2018), and '' Return to Dust'' (2022). For her role in the 2009–10 television ...
's character. He was nominated for
Best Actor Award at the
25th Golden Eagle Awards. That same year, he was cast in ''
Welcome to Shama Town'', opposite
Sun Honglei
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,
Lin Chi-ling
Lin Chi-ling (born 29 November 1974) is a Taiwanese actress, model, and television personality.
Early life
Lin Chi-ling was born on 29 November 1974 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Lin Fan-nan ( zh, c=林繁男) and Wu Tzu-mei ( zh, t=吳慈美). Both ...
, Li Liqun and
Vivian Gan.
In 2011, Huang earned his second Best Actor Award at the 18th Shanghai Television Festival for his performance in ''Forever Designation''. He played a supporting role in ''
The Flowers of War'', starring
Christian Bale
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,
Ni Ni
Ni Ni ( zh, c=倪妮, p=Ní Nī, born 8 August 1988) is a Chinese actress. After rising to fame with Zhang Yimou's '' The Flowers of War'' (2011), she starred in the films '' Up in the Wind'' (2013)'', Fleet of Time'' (2014), ''Lost in the Sta ...
, Zhang Xinyi,
Tong Dawei,
Atsuro Watabe
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Watabe debuted as an actor on television in 1991 with the drama ''Seishun no mon''. He won awards of excellence in the best actor and new face categories at the 19th Japan Academy Prize i ...
and
Shigeo Kobayashi
is a Japanese actor. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kobayashi worked on over 80 films, theatrical productions and TV drama series. In 2008, he played the leading role in a short film "Todai (the Light House)" a part of ''Otokotachi no Uta''. His mos ...
and directed by
Zhang Yimou
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.
Huang rose to fame after portraying the romantic interest of
Gao Yuanyuan
Gao Yuanyuan ( zh, s= 高圆圆, p=Gāo yuányuán, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. She gained attention in 2000 for appearing in a commercial for Qingzui (Clear Mouth) lozenges, earning her the nickname "Clear-Mouth Girl." She ...
's character in the television series ''Let's get married!'' (2013), the series was one of the most watched ones in CCTV while it was aired in mainland China in that year.
In 2014, Huang's performance in ''Uncle Victory'' which garnered him a Best Actor Award at the Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival in
Australia
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. He starred as Jiang Hai, reuniting him with co-star
Zhang Jingchu
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, who played his love interest, in television series ''A Selfless Love''.
Alleged prostitution event
On May 16, 2014,
Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau () is a department of the Beijing Municipal People's Government. It serves as the city's public security bureau and branch of the people's police under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) The headq ...
announced that Huang was arrested on suspicion of hiring prostitutes, and then he was sentenced to 6 months.
Personal life
In 2014 Huang married actress Qu Shanshan in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, United States, their son was born on August 6, 2015, in Beijing.
Filmography
Film
Television
Drama
Singles
Film and TV Awards
References
External links
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Huang Haibo on Chinesemovie*
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1975 births
Male actors from Tianjin
Living people
Beijing Film Academy alumni
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors
21st-century Chinese male actors
Manchu male actors