Wang Deshun

Wang Deshun (89)

1936-08-20 | Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

Wang began his career as a stage actor at the Changchun Theater when he was 24. However, as the entertainment industry continued to develop and theater gradually lost its popularity in Changchun, 49-year-old Wang and his family decided to move to Beijing to continue pursuing his love of theater. However, life in Beijing was tough. Unable to find traditional acting jobs, Wang began developing his own unique form of silent performance art. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he built a name for himself in Beijing and performed overseas in places such as Germany, France, and South Korea. With his performances often involving painting himself and standing still for hours at a time Wang began hitting the gym at age 50. "I worked out for four hours a day at the time and it took me three years to make my body look like a sculpture," Wang said in an interview with the Yangtze Evening Post. According to him, he continues to work out at least two hours every day.

On Movies

  • Sons of the Neon Night
  • King of Painting
  • Ne Zha 2
  • Immortal Demon Slayer
  • The Door
  • Sword Master
  • One Night Only
  • Big Fish & Begonia
  • Crazy Arts
  • Yesterday Once More
  • The Song of Cotton
  • Xuan Yuan: The Great Emperor
  • Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe
  • Jian Bing Man
  • Seven Days
  • 20 Once Again
  • The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
  • Saving General Yang
  • Full Circle
  • Cold Steel
  • What Women Want
  • Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
  • Reign of Assassins
  • Tiger Team: The Mountain of 1000 Dragons
  • Empire of Silver
  • The Forbidden Kingdom
  • Warriors of Heaven and Earth

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