In the winter of 2001, the sitcom "Northeast Family" took the family of an ordinary employee as the starting point, reflecting the social changes through the relationship between three generations of the family and relatives and friends, showing the audience the life of ordinary people in Northeast China during the era of transformation, which was both realistic and witty, which won the audience's taste.
In the cold winter, "Northeast Family" brought warmth, and I remember squatting next to the TV every day when I came home from school, watching and laughing.
Now more than 20 years have passed since this time, things are different from people, the actors in the play have undergone great changes, the protagonists have gradually withdrawn from the screen without news, but the supporting roles and dragon sets in the play are now big coffee, just like Feng Xiaogang, who is upside down in the play and wearing a torn cotton jacket, has now become a big director in the entertainment industry.
So what other hidden stars are there?
Master Noh (played by Zhou Xiaobin)
"Can hold" means "can eat", the amount of food is not small, full of joy liar, "one please like a Buddha, two please Sun Wukong, three please Maggie Cheung, four please Nicholas Tse...", the lines can not be forgotten until now.
Zhou Xiaobin, an actor of the Kong Zheng Repertory Troupe, participated in his first film "Artillery Major" in 1993 and entered the film and television industry, and since then has taken on many film and television works, and in 2002 was well known to the audience with the big Zhou in the sitcom "The Story of the Cooking Class", and won the 16th Golden Star Award for Best Actor.
In 2003, Zhou Xiaobin starred in the movie "Unforgettable", which received a good response and won the 10th Huabiao Award for Best Actor, which is the highlight of Zhou Xiaobin's actor career.
After that, Zhou Xiaobin successively filmed "In front of the house and behind the house", "Those things in our family", "Ex-wife's Station", "A Friend", "Changjin Lake", etc., and gradually gained fame in the highly competitive entertainment industry.
Aunt Zhu (played by Ding Jiali)
Street director, there are not many shots on the scene, but it leaves a deep impression on the audience.
Ding Jiali, a national first-class actor, participated in the first movie "The First Woman in the Mountains and Forests" in 1986 and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 7th Golden Rooster Awards, becoming famous overnight, this year Ding Jiali was 27 years old.
When she was young, Ding Jiali dressed fashionably, coupled with the popular big wavy curls in the eighties, she was very recognizable, and she was also a standard beauty, who had been in love with Sun Honglei and had two failed marriages.
In the eighties and nineties, Ding Jiali was a first-line actress on the screen, won numerous awards, and as she grew older, she took on the roles of some older mothers-in-law and mothers, and was good at playing some spicy and unreasonable characters.
Representative works include "Mendi", "An Home", "Breaking the Cocoon", "Wind and Sun" and so on.
Today's Ding Jiali is still filming, and did not remarry after the marriage failed.
Master Ge (played by Ding Xiaohan)
The fortune teller invited by Niu Xiaowei is exported into chapters, using Niu Xiaowei's dream of wanting to get rich to promote his own feng shui mirror, played by actor Ding Xiaohan.
Ding Xiaohan, a national second-class actor, debuted in the late nineties, with a humble appearance, a polite temperament, humor and subtlety, a very low-key career, and many film and television works that have been filmed for many years since his debut, belonging to actors with familiar faces and unfamiliar names.
Representative works include "Don't Take Bean Bags Improper Dry Food", "Inside and Outside the Circle", "One Day and One Night", "Can't Find the North", "Paper Kite", etc., and has been a director and directed "Extraordinary Mission", "All-Time and Space Contact", "The Story of the Tax Office" and so on.
Ding Xiaohan has been married for many years without children and has no daughters, and died of a heart attack in 2009 at the age of 42.
Veterinarian (He Bing)
The deputy chief physician of the veterinary canine department, misunderstood and Xiaoling had a love affair, and finally broke up.
He Bing, transformed from a drama festival to a film and television actor in 1993, starred in his first work "I Love My Home" and entered the film and television industry, played Liang Zi in "Party A and Party B" in 1997, and when he filmed "Northeast Family", He Bing was still unknown in the entertainment industry.
Until 2005, He Bing starred in the suspenseful inference drama "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer" and was well known to the audience, and since then he has become famous.
What really let more audiences know him is the role of "Silly Pillar", who plays a silly character with a silly appearance and a shrewd heart in "Love Man Courtyard", who is righteous and good-hearted, is obsessed with Qin Huairu, and takes care of her family without complaint.
Now He Bing has long been a drama actor in the entertainment industry, his private life is very low-key, and he is not greedy for fame and always speaks with acting skills.
Hou Chaoqun (played by Wang Ping)
Niu Jihong's first love, pretending to be a big money returned from overseas, deceived Niu Jihong and Xiaoling sisters, and was finally recognized by Gong Hanlin.
Wang Ping, a national first-class actor, an iconic figure in the late stage of Shenyang crosstalk "golden generation", studied under Li Boxiang, good at creation, high artistic talent, his representative works include "On Favor", "Horse Racing in the Year of the Horse", "Selling Pears", "Borrowing the Phone", etc., has participated in the Spring Festival Gala for many times, and is a crosstalk actor loved by the audience.
In addition to developing on the stage of crosstalk, Wang Ping has also participated in many film and television works, "Idle Sister Ma", "Ma Sanli", "Diamond Giant", and played the writer Wang Bin in "Ma Dashuai" starring Zhao Benshan.
In February 2013, Wang Ping died of a heart attack at the age of 50, and was still working before his death.
Uncle (played by Pan Changjiang)
It gives people a feeling of love to take advantage of small advantages, and unceremoniously calls Xiao Wei "grandson", providing a lot of funny shots, and directly wants to be a peer after seeing Xiao Ling fall.
The uncle in the play is played by Pan Changjiang, at this time Pan Changjiang has been on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, with "Bridge" and "Across the River" is famous, after "Northeast Family" Pan Changjiang starred in the comedy "Hands Up", "Yang Decai Marriage", "Donkey County Order", "Fuxing Yingmen" and other works.
A still from "Hands Up"
Pan Changjiang bears the title of "old artist", and he could have been respected and enjoyed his old age in his later years, but he ignored his feathers and started live broadcast sales, and his acting skills were used in the script of the live broadcast room.
While persuading Gazi to be an actor well, he integrated into it himself, shouted hard, and his reputation collapsed in his later years.
Factory Director (played by Fan Wei)
Niu Jihong's hair is small, he looks polite, there are not many scenes, and he is played by actor Fan Wei.
Fan Wei, a national first-class actor, has won many awards in the Northeast sketch industry when he did not cooperate with Zhao Benshan, and in 1995, Fan Wei appeared on the stage of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for the first time and performed the sketch "Uncle Niu Tigan" which was well known to the audience.
After that, Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan cooperated on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala many times, "Selling Abduction", "Selling Car", "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", "Water Delivery Worker", "Heart Disease", etc., plus Gao Xiumin, became a famous "iron triangle" on the Spring Festival Gala stage, how many audiences wait for their skits to set off firecrackers and eat dumplings every Chinese New Year's Eve night.
In film and television works, Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan collaborated on "Ma Dashuai", "Liu Laogen", "Country Love", etc., respectively creating Fan Debiao, Medicine Box, Wang Musheng three characters that the audience likes, and each ordinary little character at the bottom of the northeast makes Fan Wei perform a different taste.
After Gao Xiumin's death in 2005, Fan Wei also parted ways with Zhao Benshan, and there were many media reports that it was due to uneven distribution of benefits.
After leaving Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei gradually changed his path, "Aromatic Journey", "Blessed Ears", "The Boss's Happiness", etc., won the title of actor many times, and completed the transformation from supporting role to protagonist.
In 2020, "Liu Laogen 3" was broadcast, and Zhao Benshan, who was already gray-haired, smiled and feuded with Fan Wei, which was also the result that the audience wanted to see the most.
Police officer (played by Fu Biao)
There are not many scenes, played by actor Fu Biao.
Fu Biao, a righteous person, people in the circle said that he was an old and good man, and eventually accumulated work and illness, after two liver transplants did not pull him back from the ghost gate, died of liver cancer in 2005 at the age of 42.
At Fu Biao's memorial service, Zhang Guoli, Ge You, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou, etc., many celebrities and big names in the entertainment industry arrived to send him the last ride.
After Fu Biao's death, Feng Xiaogang said "I will pay off the debt for Fu Biao", and Ge You said "I will raise the child for Fu Biao".
Now Fu Biao has been gone for 18 years, his wife has not remarried, and his son Fu Zien has become a director at the suggestion of his father's friends in the circle, and has directed the movie "Stop! Don't Run" and so on.
Fu Biao's son
The manhole cover (played by Zhang Tielin)
After Feng Xiaogang stole the manhole cover, he sold it to a waste collector, and Zhang Tielin played this role in the play, and there were also not many shots.
Zhang Tielin, who had red lips and white teeth when he was young, was deeply liked by girls, and once had an affair with Shen Danping, Gong Xue, Hou Junjie, and Mai Yaqi, and had two women with a rich love history to have children for him out of wedlock.
In 1997, Zhang Tielin became famous for the role of Huang Ama in "Huan Zhu Gege", and then took on dramas such as "Iron Teeth Copper Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "Cloth Tianzi" and "Full Han All Seats", and took over the emperor many times, and was known as the "emperor's professional household".
Now 66-year-old Zhang Tielin has rarely appeared on the screen, except for occasional appearances in the live broadcast room, he has lived a relaxed old age.
However, due to his nationality problem and rich love history, his audience popularity was very strong in his later years.
Pear-selling (played by Huang Hong)
Huang Hong, when he was still in school in 1987, was invited to participate in Liaotv's Spring Festival Gala and performed the sketch "Selling Wall Calendars", because this show knocked on the door of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.
Many audiences know Huang Hong on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in his collaboration with Song Dandan "Super Life Guerrilla", this sketch is also the work created by Huang Hong's wife Duan Xiaojie, with this sketch, Huang Hong became popular all over the country overnight.
After that, Huang Hong and Song Dandan partnered and performed hilarious and humorous works on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala many times, and gradually became a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala.
Until Song Dandan and Zhao Benshan cooperated, Huang Hong's works gradually decreased, 2012 was his last participation in the Spring Festival Gala, after withdrawing from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Huang Hong served as the director of Bayi Film Studio, to this position, busy work has rarely appeared on the stage.
In 2015, Huang Hong stepped down as the director of Bayi Film Studio, and now works as a director and screenwriter, mainly behind the scenes.
Liu Quan's wife (played by Sun Yue)
The daughter-in-law of Liu Quan, Uncle Niu's apprentice, played by singer Sun Yue.
Sun Yue, a song "I Wish You Peace" is popular all over the streets, young girls with twisted braids have become the goddess in the hearts of countless boys, and after becoming popular, Sun Yue and Na Ying, Han Hong, and Mao Amin are called the "Four Divas of the Mainland".
Since then, Sun Yue has also sung songs such as "Good People and Good Dreams", "Everyone Come Together" and "My Heart Soars", which are deeply liked by the audience.
After Sun Yue married into a wealthy family in 2005, he slowly faded into the entertainment industry.
Bar doorman (played by Wu Jun)
Wu Jun, a national first-class actor, came from a Chinese opera class, and most of the film and television works he has acted in are small characters, once played Sandezi in "Kangxi Microservice 2" and Defu in "Divine Doctor Xilaile".
In recent years, Wu Jun has not had many film and television works, and his private life is very low-key, and two movies "The Great Breakthrough" and "Cadres Aiding Xinjiang" have not been released in 2023.
Gao Wa (played by Cai Ming)
Able and sincere, work without paying attention to the eyes, and speak bluntly and easily offend people.
Cai Ming, a child star debut, starred in the movie "Haixia" in 1975 as a childhood Haixia electrocuted screen.
In 1991, Cai Ming and Gong Hanlin collaborated on the sketch "Stranger" became popular overnight, and then Cai Ming participated in the 27th Spring Festival Gala and became a nail on the stage, performing skits "Yellow Earth", "Robot Funny Stories", "New Year", "Romantic Things" and "Gifts" were deeply loved by the audience in the 90s.
After 2018, Cai Ming withdrew from the stage of the Spring Festival Gala and has seen Cai Ming in variety shows such as "Our Inn" and "Hello Life Season 4" in recent years.
Little Night Pot (played by Deng Chao)
Niu Xiaowei's classmate, who is in the disabled equipment business in Shenzhen, speaks Hong Kong and Taiwan Mandarin, and has a very funny talent, and when he made a cameo appearance in this role, Deng Chao was in his junior year of Chinese drama.
After graduating from Chinese opera, Deng Chao was transferred to Renyi in 2002 to become an actor of the National Theatre, and officially entered the film and television industry in the same year, and was well known to the audience with the Qing Palace drama "Young Tianzi".
Emotionally, Deng Chao was already in love when he was studying in Chinese opera, and his first girlfriend was Nie Ning, a junior sister who was a year younger than him, after graduation, the two lived apart due to work reasons, and their relationship slowly faded and broke up.
After Deng Chao became famous, he fell in love with Hao Lei because of the drama, Hao Lei's personality is independent and has her own opinions, which is both her strength and disadvantage, because she insists on making a large-scale literary film and does not hesitate to break up with Deng Chao.
After breaking up with Hao Lei, Deng Chao met actress Sun Li when filming "Happiness Like a Flower" in 2005, and the two developed from the relationship in the play to the outside of the play, registered their marriage in 2010, and had a son and a daughter after marriage.
Now that the husband and wife have become the first line in the entertainment industry, Deng Chao not only has continuous film appointments, but also became a director, participated in various popular variety shows, and is worth a lot.
Robbery (played by Li Chengru)
The robber with few shots was later subdued by Uncle Niu's family and played by Li Chengru.
Li Chengru, studied under the drama master Dong Xingyu, entered CCTV after graduating from the amateur performance class of the Beijing Film Academy, and was pulled into the crew of "Journey to the West" by director Yang Jie in 1981 to make a scene reporter, and did all the dirty work.
After the filming of "Journey to the West", Li Chengru resigned from his job to go to the sea to do business, and in 1985 he founded a "special special" clothing mall that was famous in Beijing at that time, making a lot of money, in that era when 10,000 yuan households were still rare, Li Chengru had driven hundreds of thousands of luxury cars and was worth hundreds of millions.
After making money, he began to invest wildly, but due to the risks brought by foreign exchange speculation, Li Chengru lost his fortune, in order to support his family, Li Chengru returned to the entertainment industry as an actor, with the old Zeng in "Six Groups of Serious Cases" became popular, and since then he has made a name for himself and gained a firm foothold in the entertainment industry.
Ma Erhu (played by Shen Teng)
Niu Xiaowei's buddies, wearing military coats and partial shapes, a young and handsome young man with ambitions, Shen Teng got a salary of 500 yuan after filming this scene.
This is the first drama filmed by Shen Teng after graduation, when "Northeast Family" was a hit, many audiences did not know the little-known Shen Teng, since this drama, Shen Teng has starred in many stage plays on the stage of the Happy Twist Group, and has been tepid.
Until ten years later, Shen Teng appeared on the stage of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala for the first time, cooperated with Huang Yang and Allen in "Today's Happiness" and became famous after starring in "Hao Jian", and has since become a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala and is well known to the audience.
In 2015, Shen Teng began to get involved in the film and television industry, "Charlotte Troubles" successfully exploded, "Iron Fist of Shame" won 2.2 billion box office, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" went all the way to Changhong, "Flying Life", "Crazy Alien", "Walking on the Moon Alone" and other box office is good, and now Shen Teng has become a new generation of comedians.
Director of the Women's Federation (played by Gao Xiumin)
As an iconic comedian in Northeast China, Gao Xiumin was naturally invited to participate in the filming of "Northeast Family", in which he made a cameo appearance as the director of the Women's Federation without culture.
Gao Xiumin, a national first-class actor, a member of the folk art troupe, known as "Little Guo Lanying", resigned from the folk art troupe in 1992 and began to be a sketch actor, and in the same year, he took He Qingkui's sketch "Baggage" to participate in the national sketch competition and won the championship.
Since then, Gao Xiumin has left countless works that the audience likes on the sketch stage, and formed an "iron triangle" with Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan, and has participated in the Spring Festival Gala for many times, and won the first prize of the Spring Festival Gala for many times.
In August 2005, Gao Xiumin died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 46.
Licensed (played by Li Guangjie)
There are not many shots, and it is a cameo by Li Guangjie.
Li Guangjie, debuted after the millennium, has appeared in many film and television works "Towards the Republic", "Dulara Promotion", "Peace Hotel", "Romeo and Juliet" and so on.
Mention the name Li Guangjie, film and television works are not impressed, will always pop up the impression of "Yin Tao's ex" and "Hao Lei's ex-husband", filming for many years has not been able to become popular, in order to become popular, in 2017 with Lei Jiayin, Guo Jingfei established a "TF old boys" group.
Today's Li Guangjie married actress Sui Yumeng, who is ten years younger than him, in 2019, and in August 2023, he announced that his wife was pregnant with a second child, and her love life was very sweet.
In addition to the above cameo stars, there are many celebrities in "Northeast Family", period, snow village, Wen Xingyu, Wang Gang, etc., things are different, now more than 20 years later, some people have withdrawn from the circle, some people enjoy their old age, and some people will never see them again.