Baoqiang Wang Biography

Fast Facts

• At the 2013 Beijing Student Film Festival, he was the favorite actor for his performance in "Lost in Thailand․"
• Was named best new performer at the 40th Golden Horse Awards for his performance in "Blind Shaft․"
• Won best actor at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his performance in "Mr․ Tree․"
• Started learning Kung Fu at Shaolin Temple when he was 8 years old
• Worked as a farmer, a construction worker and an extra before becoming a star
• Decided to become an actor, partially because he was inspired by a Jet Li film, but also because he grew up in an impoverished family and thought he could make a fortune in that career path
• Quote: "I wanted to make my family proud of me․ Even if I failed, at least I tried․"
• Quote: "Many people told me, you neither learned to act at school, nor are you good-looking․ You should thank God if you end up as a double in action films․ But the more strongly others discouraged me the more motivated I became․"
• His breakout role came in 2002 in "Blind Shaft" in which he played the lead role of a naïve village boy
• After director Feng Xiaogang offered him a role in one of his films, he was finally able to support himself as an actor, and he gave Feng a bag of rice from his hometown to show his gratitude