Wei Zongwan
| Wei Zongwan | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 魏宗万 |
| Born |
November 24, 1938 Shanghai, China |
| Alma mater | Shanghai Theatre Academy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982 - present |
| Organization | Shanghai People's Art Theatre |
| Notable work |
One and Eight San Mao Joins The Army Romance of the Three Kingdoms The Water Margin |
| Awards |
Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor 1993 San Mao Joins The Army |
Wei Zongwan (simplified Chinese: 魏宗万; traditional Chinese: 魏宗萬; pinyin: Weì Zōngwàn; born 24 November 1938) is a Chinese actor. He has been acting since the 1980s and has appeared in over 70 films and television shows.
He has won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in San Mao Joins The Army (1993), and was nominated in the Macao Internal Film Festival for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Singing Fairy (2010).
Wei was born in Shanghai on November 24, 1938, in the Republic of China, with his ancestral home in Ningbo, Zhejiang.
After graduating from Shanghai Nanyang Model Junior High School (上海南洋模范初中) in 1955 he entered the Shanghai Turbine Works (上海汽轮机厂) worked as a worker, and joined a drama team in that factory.
Wei graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1963, majoring in acting.
Wei had his first experience in front of a camera in 1982, when he was chosen to act as a supporting actor in One and Eight, a film directed by Zhang Junzhao.
In 1992, he appeared in Zhang Jianya's San Mao Joins The Army, which earned him a Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 1991, he starred as Sima Yi in Zhang Shaolin's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical television series where he co-starred with Tang Guoqiang, Bao Guo'an and Sun Yanjun, which was adapted from Luo Guanzhong's classical novel of the same title.
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