Li Baotian (; born November 1946) is a Chinese actor. Li is a member of China Television Artists Association and China Film Association. His career accolades include one Flying Apsaras Award, six China Golden Eagle Awards, and two

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 ...

Life

Early life

Li was born in Jiawang District of

Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...

city,

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province in November 1946, during the

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, with his

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in Wendeng,

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. In February 1960, Li entered a local theatre to learn drama, he was transferred to Xuzhou Song and Dance Troupe in 1966, while the

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was launched by

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, he learned to dance and sing for ten years. Resumption of University Entrance Examination in 1977, Li he attended

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in 1978, after graduating from 1981 he taught there.

Acting career

Li first came to the attention of the audience when he played a supporting role as Zhang Letian in Can Fan's film ''From Place to Place''. In 1985, Li starred in Wu Yinxun's comedy film ''The Wanderer and The Swan'', which were highly praised by audience. In 1987, Li was chosen to act as a support actor in ''Woman, Demon, Human'', a film directed by

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, which garnered him a "Best Supporting Actor" at 8th China Golden Eagle Awards. In 1988, Li participated in a TV series called ''Manager Ge'', he was awarded for "Best Actor" at 8th Flying Apsaras Award. In 1991, Li starred in Zhang Yimou's film ''

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'' as Yang Tianqing, alongside actress

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. In 1993, Li starred as President Yu in He Qun's film ''Country Teachers'', which adapted from Liu Xinglong's novel of the same title, he won the Huabiao Award for Best Actor,

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and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor. In 1996, Li acted as Liu Yong in a historical television series ''Liu Luoguo'', which earned him a China Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor. Li won the "Best Supporting Actor" at the 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards for his performance in '' Keep Cool'', and won the "Most Popular Actor" award at the 19th China Golden Eagle Awards for his performance in ''Policeman: Li Jiuping''. 2003 proved to be a successful year for Li, he played the role of Xi Laile in a historical television series ''The Great Doctor: Xi Laile'', for which he received nomination at the 2003 Flying Apsaras Award and won the two China Golden Eagle Awards. For his role as Grandfather Zhi Gen in '' The Nightingale'', Li won the Best Actor Award at the 1st Chinese Australian Film Festival. In 2015, he was cast as Shi Changgong in the

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

'' Forever Love'', opposite Joe Chen, Sun Yizhou and Chrissie Chau. On 18 October 2020, he won the Life Achievement TV Artist Award at the 30th China TV Golden Eagle Award. In 2021, he co-starred with Ren Suxi in the film ''Miss Mom'' as the grandfather.

Works

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

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