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Editor|Zhouzhou Film and Television Entertainment Review
Recently, the Magnolia Awards, which has been warmed up for a month, finally ushered in its most important award ceremony.
Best Actor Hu Ge was no surprise to the audience.
But this time the Best Supporting Actor can be said to be a big upset.
What kind of person is he?
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If you want to understand what kind of person Ning Li is, you must first talk about the difficulty of his award.
You must know that the actors who competed for the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actor in Shanghai this year are all immortal fights.
There is Liao Fan, China's first Berlin actor who has won numerous awards since his debut.
There is Dong Zijian, the first post-90s actor who debuted at the age of 20.
There is the first person in Peking Opera Wusheng, Dong Yong, a police professional.
and Chen Minghao, who has won the Huading Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Compared with them, Ning Li is just a "newcomer" who has only made some achievements in the film and television industry in the past two years.
Before 2022, not many people will pay attention to him.
This time, Ning Li deserved to win the award with the role of Song Chen in the Song Dian History of "Under the Prosperous City".
This drama itself is a costume suspense drama, and the plot has many ups and downs.
The history of the Song Dynasty is the most three-dimensional and full character of both good and evil.
Because of the struggle of the imperial court, he was affected by the pond fish, and suffered inhuman torture and abolished his right hand.
Since then, Song Dianshi has become a psychologically distorted cool official, who likes to torture prisoners and extort confessions during interrogation.
And Ning Li has performed all the darkness, loneliness, distortion and complexity of Song Dianshi over the years.
Another reason for the success of Ning Li's performance is that he is regarded by many industry insiders as the "queen villain of suspense dramas".
Even many people commented on him as the first person to be a "wild villain".
Who knows that Ning Li has hardly played a villain in the first 20 years of his debut?
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Ning Li officially debuted in the entertainment industry in 1990.
When he first debuted, he attracted much attention.
Because Ning Li was tall when he was young, his eyes were playful, and he had a handsome face.
In addition to these appearance conditions, Ning Li is also a person who is willing to endure hardships and study.
Young and handsome, hardworking and hardworking.
For any director, this is a good seedling worth cultivating.
Therefore, in the first 10 years of Ning Li's entertainment industry, he enjoyed the resources of the protagonist and played many male leads:
Shanghai citizen "Little Pudong" A Tugen in "The Legend of Little Pudong".
Intelligent, kind, enthusiastic and straightforward, Atugen is a "native" in the old alley of Pudong, Shanghai.
But Ning Li, a native of Beijing, played the charm of Shanghainese.
The gentle and handsome young man "Brother Trick" in the romantic drama "Brother Trick".
White and tender, and this bright smile.
Anyone can connect him with Ning Li, the "villain professional" in the future.
also starred in the feature film "Honeymoon Again", Lin Mu, who lost his wife young.
"Mickey Mouse", a railway platform worker with a red hat in "Red Riding Hood Romance".
even co-starred with Leung Jiahui in the cross-server horror film "People About Dusk".
But no one could have imagined that Ning Li, whose career is thriving, would choose to study in the United States during this critical rising period.
If Ning Li knew that this would change his fate from now on, would he regret his original choice?
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Why did Ning Li go to the United States?
In fact, in addition to further study, it is also because of Ning's mother.
Ning Li's mother died in a car accident when he was still young, and for his own sake, his father did not marry for many years.
As Ning Li's graduation work becomes more and more busy, the middle-aged lonely father also needs more and more to have a considerate person by his side.
Dan Ningli was young and vigorous, but he felt that his father had betrayed him and his mother by marrying his wife.
So he left his career and family in a fit of anger and went to the United States alone.
When he first arrived in the United States, Ning Li's language skills were only enough for him to communicate in simple daily life.
So he worked in a restaurant and talked to customers while preparing for a university in the United States.
Although life is hard, it can be regarded as better.
Ning Li was admitted to the University of Minnesota to study film and made a group of good friends.
Fortunately, here he also met his wife, who had supported him all his life.
So Ning Li should not regret coming to the United States.
Ning Li's wife is a local American girl, the two met and fell in love, and entered the marriage hall.
His wife also gave birth to two daughters for herself, and Ning Li raised them by herself.
When the two children were old enough to go to kindergarten, Ning Li decided to return to work.
But the development of China is too fast, and many young talents enter the entertainment industry every year.
Before leaving, Ning Li was still the actor who was vigorously cultivated by the director.
After coming back, there are already younger and more handsome actors taking their place.
Therefore, the second 10 years after Ning Li's debut was a low point in his life.
From 96 to 16 years, Ning Li played many supporting roles in TV.
The theme is to make ancient costumes to the Republic of China, from love to crime.
But no matter what type of role it is, it all makes Ning Li "red".
Liu Jing, a strategist of the Western Han Dynasty in "The Legend of Xin Chai".
Elegant and modest, calm and leisurely, resourceful.
But there is no obvious "flashpoint" in this role that can reflect the actor's acting skills.
Shao Guodong in "Chinese Peacekeeping Police".
The characters have humorous and interesting personalities, and the subject matter is good, but the release time is not good.
At that time, there was "Six Groups of Serious Cases" in front of the ring with Ning Li, and "Latent" in the back.
There are also "My Brother is Shunyu", "The Right Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life", "Ming Dynasty" and so on.
At that time, Ning Li actually played a villain once.
Ye Peng, the black-hearted boss in "Ruthless Dao".
But because the drama itself is not hot enough, Ning Li has not been seen by many people.
Even during the low point of his career in this decade, Ning Li never thought of giving up being an actor.
Because of his love, but also because he has his wife who is willing to support him silently for 10 years.
Ning Li earns less, she earns more, and the two raise their daughters together, and their lives are happy after all.
But gold shines sooner or later.
Soon, Ning Li ushered in a life-changing role.
04
In 2017, the suspense web series "Proof of Innocence" was released.
The murderous demon Li Toyota played by Ning Li in it has many wonderful rivalry scenes with the policeman played by actor Qin Hao.
Li Toyota has one of the most out-of-the-circle famous scenes "reverse ignition smoking".
No one could have imagined that smoking was a deliberate attempt to go some time before he joined the group.
Before that, Ning Li didn't smoke.
Because Ning Li played the role of Li Toyota too well.
was even evaluated by the media of the year as "the king of villains born out of nowhere".
And the success of the role of "Li Toyota" also made Ning Li seriously think about his own drama again.
In film and television dramas, usually only the protagonist who plays a good person can be brilliant.
And playing the bad guy, although the reputation is not good, can also be seen and remembered by the audience.
My first 20 years have proven this.
The good guy who plays is tepid, and the bad guy becomes popular once he plays it.
may show that he really has the talent and temperament to play a villain.
After the role of "Li Toyota", Ning Li did not hesitate to walk the track of playing the villain.
In addition to the previously mentioned award-winning "Under the Prosperous City" Song Dian History.
In the past few years, Ning Li has actually played many villain roles:
Gu Weiguo, who has just been released from prison in "Out of Control".
Zhang Chao, the suspect in the subway body dumping case in "The Silent Truth".
Lin Yu, the calm and ruthless spy killer in "Opponent".
This role earned Ning Li a nomination for the last Magnolia Best Supporting Actor Award.
also made Ning Li close to Magnolia's award stage for the first time.
The ruthless man in "Sweeping the Black Storm".
In order to avoid police interrogation, he did not hesitate to break one of his fingers.
At the same time, calmly transmit signals to the outside world.
There is also this year's hit drama "Celebrating More Than Years 2".
Ning Li played the role of Ming Qingda, the old treacherous and cunning and fake benevolent head of the Jiangnan Ming family.
His mother's arbitrariness and punishment made him a cowardly and forbearant man.
But he still has the same cold-blooded ruthlessness as his mother in his bones.
all let Ning Li show it in layers.
In addition to villains, Ning Li has also played many other types of roles in recent years.
For example, the transparent shoe repair uncle in "The Myth of Love" starring Xu Zheng and Ma Yili.
"Police Honor" is a good policeman Chen Xincheng who is cold inside and outside.
Because there are too many villains, the audience always thinks that he may be an undercover agent or a villain when they watch him.
As a result, he is a simple good person, which is in huge contrast to the imagination in the audience's heart.
Ning Li also won the Huading Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for this role.
The Best Supporting Actor awarded to Ning Li this year is not an upset to be precise, but indisputably deserved.
Because from the moment Ning Li stepped into the villain track.
In the past 8 years, from nomination to award, Ningli has taken a solid and steady step at every step.
Epilogue:
When receiving the award, Ning Li said that he had been preparing for 30 years in order to step on the podium of these 6 steps.
He used 30 years of accumulation in exchange for today's Magnolia Best Actor.
He deserves it.
Just like Mr. You Benchang said:
"There is no difference between big and small plays, and playing every role well is an actor's ordinary heart. In the moment when you can't see the end, cherish every little role. ”
Only when you play a small role well will you have a big role.
And no matter how small the role is, it is alive and worth feeling and treating with heart.
Some references:
Encyclopedia|Actor Ning Li's personal information
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Ning Li won the Magnolia Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Under the Prosperous City" 2024-06-28
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