As an actor, he has participated in classic works such as "Black Mountain Resistance", "Lin Hai Snow Plain", "Southern Expedition and Northern War", "South China Sea Wind and Cloud", "Silent Iceberg", "Echo of Qilian Mountain", "Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee" and other classic works, which are deeply supported and loved by the audience, and have also won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.
As an ordinary person, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and has made two third-class meritorious contributions, and is a well-deserved combat hero worthy of everyone's respect!
He has brought countless good works to the audience, a performance artist and an old Daniel Zhang actor who has nothing to say about his acting skills and character.
Daniel Zhang, who has developed his acting career vigorously and has a rich life experience, is still an extremely delicate and infatuated person in life.
Married to his first wife, he gave birth to a daughter with the other party after marriage, and for so many years, whether before or after becoming famous, he has always loved each other wholeheartedly, and has been with his wife for 68 years......
One
Daniel Zhang, formerly known as Zhang Yongshou, was born in Fenyang, Shanxi Province in 1934, and grew up in a rural family in a barren countryside.
Originally, the family's economic conditions were not particularly good, and in 1937, when Daniel Zhang was 3 years old, his father unfortunately passed away, and he experienced the pain of losing his father at a young age.
After Daniel Zhang's father passed away, the family's economic pillar was gone, and their family's life was even more stretched, but his mother supported the family alone and slowly pulled him up.
In 1948, Daniel Zhang's hometown of Fenyang, Shanxi Province was liberated, and with the support of his mother, 14-year-old Daniel Zhang was admitted to the Chinese People's Liberation Army 18th Corps Camp School, which is commonly known as Jinzhong Public School, with Xu Qianqian as the principal.
After entering Jinzhong Public School, Daniel Zhang studied hard and performed well, and soon became a top student among the students of the same period.
In May 1949, the comrades of the 18th Corps Art Troupe came to the school to recruit new actors, selected actors, and found Daniel Zhang, who was diligent, down-to-earth and motivated, and Daniel Zhang became a member of the Art Troupe.
After entering the art troupe, Daniel Zhang was active on the stage with the old comrades of the art troupe, learned various performance skills, and participated in many classic works loved by the soldiers.
At the same time, like other ordinary soldiers, he followed the troops everywhere to participate in revolutionary work, and in the last battle to liberate North China, the "Taiyuan War", he followed the troops to Tongguan, Xi'an, Baoji and other places.
He dared to fight on the battlefield and fought bravely, completed the task in the rain of bullets many times, and grew into a glorious revolutionary soldier step by step!
Before the founding of New China, Daniel Zhang, who frequently worked on the front line, had become a strong fighter, but for him, this was only a short experience in his revolutionary career.
Two
In 1949, after the liberation of Chengdu, Daniel Zhang often performed locally with the art troupe, and successively participated in works such as "Liu Hulan" and "Brother and Sister Open the Wasteland".
Although he only played a supporting role in those works, his performance was vivid and vivid, and his acting skills were young but extremely sincere, which was recognized by many audiences.
During the performance in Chengdu, Daniel Zhang met his first love, who was also his later wife, her name was Zhang Jiamao.
The two met at work, they were only in their teens at the time, and they were in their prime, and the two who got along very well quickly became friends.
However, the two of them did not get together at that time, but regarded each other as bosom friends, and did not become lovers until they met again on the battlefield later.
In 1950, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began, Daniel Zhang responded to the call to follow the troops to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was responsible for ground work on the front line.
As when he was on the front line before, during the Korean War of Resistance, Daniel Zhang bravely rushed to the front every time.
Once, in order to complete the task of transporting supplies, he was bombed by enemy planes on the way, and he ran alone for 60 miles at night, borrowed cattle from Korean villagers to pull carts, and handed over ammunition and grain and oil to the front-line troops in time.
In addition, as a member of the art troupe, he often risked his life to run in the rain of bullets, perform for his comrades on the front line, cheer for his comrades-in-arms, etc., during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Daniel Zhang, who performed well, was twice awarded third-class merit and was a well-deserved revolutionary hero!
It is worth saying that on the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Daniel Zhang met Zhang Jiamao, who he had known before, and the two who met again soon came together and established a relationship.
Three
In 1953, after the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Daniel Zhang returned to the motherland with the troops and was arranged to work in the East China Military Region.
Soon after returning to China, the unit was reorganized, and Daniel Zhang, who had excellent work ability, was arranged to be the captain of the performance team, and the focus of his work returned to literary and artistic work.
In 1956, Daniel Zhang, who was conscientious and successful in his work, joined the Communist Party of China with honor, and it was also in this year that he fell in love with Zhang Jiamao for nearly 3 years, and he and Zhang Jiamao entered the palace of marriage in a low-key manner and formed a happy small family.
After marriage, Daniel Zhang and Zhang Jiamao gave birth to a daughter, the child's name is Zhang Man, and the arrival of the child did not affect the development of Daniel Zhang's hand.
In 1957, the year after Daniel Zhang's marriage, Liu Peiran, the director of Bayi Film Studio, went to his unit to select actors.
During the selection process, Liu Peiran fell in love with Daniel Zhang, who was handsome and had rich stage experience, and then invited him to participate in the film "Black Mountain Blocking War".
Later, in the film "Black Mountain Blocking Battle", Daniel Zhang was arranged to play the role of "Wang Hailong" company commander, with battlefield experience, he portrayed the image of Wang Hailong, who is good at fighting and heroic and compelling, and after the film was released, he received the attention of many audiences.
In 1958, because Daniel Zhang's performance in "Black Mountain Blocking War" was too prominent, he was selected by Bayi Factory and officially transferred to the Bayi Factory Actors Troupe and became a professional actor.
In this way, Daniel Zhang officially completed the transformation from the offline stage to the online screen and began to be known by the national audience.
Four
After entering Bayi Film Studio, under the strong support of Bayi Factory, Daniel Zhang participated in many films one after another.
From "Heroes and Tiger Courage" to "County Party Secretary", to "Sea Eagle", "Chifeng" and so on, these films are deeply loved by the audience after their release.
In 1960, Daniel Zhang, who had already established himself in the entertainment industry, participated in the film "Lin Hai Xueyuan" produced by Bayi Factory.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Qu Bo "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", and tells the story of the People's Liberation Army's extermination of the bandit armed forces composed of the remnants of the Kuomintang in the northeast in the form of a film.
During the filming of the film "Lin Hai Snow Plain", Daniel Zhang followed the crew to Jilin, northeast China, which was in the cold winter season, and the whole crew lived in a big room without a fire kang.
At that time, Daniel Zhang and the crew were in the Ula haystack, because there was no back pit, and they often froze at night, and the conditions were very difficult, changing to ordinary people, such a harsh environment, maybe they couldn't hold on to it for a long time, but Daniel Zhang didn't.
As early as the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, he experienced a harsher environment on the front line, but he persevered, not to mention the things he experienced during filming, for him, these are not things.
In "Lin Hai Xueyuan", Daniel Zhang plays the role of the male number one "Shao Jianbo", who is the chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army and the leader of the squad.
Daniel Zhang, who can be called a true character, portrayed the character vividly when portraying the role, and perfectly interpreted the heroic and fearless image of the PLA soldiers.
After the release of the film "Lin Hai Xueyuan", it was supported by countless audiences, and Daniel Zhang also became a popular actor with countless fans with his outstanding performance in the film.
With the help of the film "Lin Hai Xueyuan", Daniel Zhang's acting career quickly rose to a new level, and then he successively shot many classic films.
Five
Since 1960, Daniel Zhang, who has been active in the entertainment industry, has continued to make excellent works, and has successively brought one word-of-mouth masterpiece after another to the audience, and many of the characters portrayed are unforgettable.
From "Fang Yong" in "Surprise Attack", to "Second Squad Leader" in "Good Brothers", to "Zhao Pingyuan" in "Tunnel War", "Jin Zhekui" in "Fighting the Invaders" and so on.
Whether it is the films he participated in, or the roles he portrayed in them, they are deeply loved by the audience.
With many word-of-mouth masterpieces and outstanding roles, Daniel Zhang, who was deeply loved and concerned by the audience, once became a popular actor in the sixties of the last century.
Because of his superb acting skills and handsome appearance, even more handsome than Wang Xingang at the same time, he also became the person the girls wanted to marry the most at that time, which shows how much everyone loves him!
What Daniel Zhang did not expect was that in the mid-sixties of the last century, due to various reasons, his acting career encountered a bottleneck and fell into a state of stagnation.
In the years since, Daniel Zhang's career has been tepid, he rarely appears in front of the public, and his popularity has been declining.
It wasn't until 1974, after many years, that he finally returned to the public's attention with "Battalion Commander Gao" in "Southern Expedition and Northern War", and his acting career was back on track.
Six
After returning with the film "Southern Expedition and Northern War", Daniel Zhang later participated in "Sea Eagle", "Ah, Cradle", "Erquan Reflecting the Moon", "Flying Symphony", "Echo of Qilian Mountain" and other works.
In addition to filming, he is helpful, and he also promotes and helps many juniors, such as the familiar famous actor Liu Xiaoqing, who initially only played the dulcimer in the art troupe, and later after the discovery of Daniel Zhang, she entered the entertainment industry, and with the help of the other party, she became a household name step by step.
Since the mid-to-late seventies of the last century, Daniel Zhang has begun to get involved in the directing industry, and has directed works such as "South China Sea Storm", "Colorful Night", and "Silent Iceberg", and the response is very good.
It's just that, compared with the identity of the director, most people pay attention to and are familiar with his side as an actor, and his focus has always been on the actor.
In 1994, when Daniel Zhang was 60 years old, he began to contact TV series and filmed the drama "Long Sky Beacon".
After that, as if another door had been opened, he successively filmed the 96 version of "Water Margin", "Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee", "Laughing Karma", "Dream of the Forbidden City", "The Story of the Old Man", "Qing Officials Can Break Family Affairs" and other works.
At the same time, he has also been active in the field of film, and has successively filmed films such as "Soul of the Sea", "Born Out of the Sky", "Boundless Love", "Iron Blood", "Broken Gun", "Tianhe", "Nankou 1937", "Heavenly Blade" and so on.
It was not until 2019, when he worked with Yu Lan, Yu Yang, Qin Yi and other old actors to finish filming the film "Everything Like You", that Daniel Zhang officially faded out of the showbiz.
Seven
Over the years, Daniel Zhang has gradually let go of his identity as an actor and rarely participates in new film and television works.
However, he has not faded out of the public's sight, he is often invited to participate in some large-scale events and galas, and meet and communicate with the audience through various ways.
Compared with the development of his career, Daniel Zhang's life has also been very successful, since he married his first love wife Zhang Jiamao in 1956, the couple has been together for 68 years.
In these decades, they have witnessed too many ups and downs together, from the beginning of Daniel Zhang's acting career, to the big hit, to the trough, to the comeback, to the retirement, his wife has always been by his side.
For the company of his wife, Daniel Zhang has not disappointed, whether before or after becoming famous, he has been carefully managing this relationship and marriage, and pampering his wife as a princess, even if they have long become old husbands and wives, but they still live extremely happily.
After fading out of the entertainment industry, he felt guilty that he neglected to accompany his family because of his busy work when he was young, and Daniel Zhang has been making up for his family with all his heart.
In recent years, he has spent a lot of time with his family, cooking with his wife every day, shopping, chatting about the past, and living a very good life in his later years.
For Daniel Zhang, compared with the busyness and brilliance of his youth, he is more satisfied with the bland happiness of being inseparable from his wife Bai Shou.
In 2024, Daniel Zhang will be 90 years old, and although he is in his old age, he is still tough, and the old man's body is still very healthy.
Here, I wish this old artist who has brought countless classic works and good roles to the audience, and the old hero who has made contributions to the motherland, to be in good health and all the best in his old age.
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