In recent years, Hong Kong TVB has been somewhat declining, and with the departure of many of its artists, many people have begun to miss the golden generation of TVB.
The artist training class founded by TVB has "made stars" countless times, cultivated many superstar figures in the Hong Kong circle and even the Chinese performing arts industry, and is known as the "Whampoa Military Academy" of Hong Kong stars, such as Chow Yun Fat, Leung Ka Fai, Andy Lau, Leung Chao Wei, etc. are from the artist training class.
THE TVB ARTIST TRAINING CLASS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1971, AND IT WAS A STARLIGHT AMONG THE TRAINERS OF THE CLASS OF 1981-1982. Not only are there artists such as Huang Yaoming, Lou Nanguang, Luo Yingjun, Liao Weixiong, Zhang Zhaohui, etc., but also these 11 artists are loved and concerned by the public, which can be described as star-studded.
5 more brilliant supporting characters:
1. Xu Jinjiang
Xu Jinjiang, a graduate of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, was admitted to the 10th TVB Artist Training Class in 1981 because of his strong and fierce appearance.
Since officially entering the film industry in 1983, most of them have played villains and supporting actors, but each has its own brilliance. As early as 1994 and 1997, Xu Jinjiang participated in the film "The Heroic Nature of Water Margin" and "Pornographic Men and Women", which made him twice nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
The more representative role of Xu Jinjiang is to play multiple versions of Ao bai.
One is Ao Bai in Zhou Xingchi's movie "Deer Ding", which is the provenance of the white-bearded red hat grandfather who was popular on the Internet before.
The other is Ao Bai, played in Zhang Weijian's version of the TV series "Xiaobao and Kangxi" in 2000, and another is that Huang Xiaoming's version of "Deer DingJi" also starred again.
What is amazing is that although it is the same character, Xu Jinjiang has performed different Ao bai in different versions, some arrogant, some fierce, and some are fierce.
2. Wu Zhenyu
Wu Zhenyu entered the TVB artist training class in 1982. In the early days of his debut, he only played some small roles in TVB dramas.
Until 1985, Wu Zhenyu began to participate in a large number of film and television dramas, mostly playing villain roles, such as Du Langxian in "Journey of Life" and Duan Yulou in "Gestapo", all of which were early representative roles.
In 1992, Wu Zhenyu played jiang Yulang, the number one antagonist of "Absolute Double Glory", which left a deep impression.
Finally, in 2000, with a small supporting role in "2000 AD" that appeared for only 10 minutes, Wu Zhenyu won the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year.
Although he has been in the film for many years, he has mostly starred in supporting roles, but he has also left many wonderful character images on the screen.
3. Li Zixiong
Li Zixiong also debuted in 1982 at the TVB Artist Training Class, and fortunately in 1985 he was discovered by director Xu Ke as a contracted actor.
The following year, Li Zixiong won the nomination for the "Best Newcomer Award" and "Best Supporting Actor" award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his first film "The True Colors of Heroes", as well as the nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
Subsequently, Li Zixiong starred in a number of film and television dramas, almost all of which are supporting roles and villain roles, and in 2002, he also participated in the costume drama "Looking for Qin" as the villain Zhao Mu.
Later, he participated in the costume martial arts TV series "The Legend of The Tang Dynasty Double Dragon" starring Lin Feng, playing the villain Yu Wenhua and interpreting the treachery and coldness of this role very well.
Li Zixiong has been hailed as the "first villain" in the Hong Kong film industry for more than 20 years, which shows that he is still eye-catching even if he plays a supporting role.
4. Liao Qizhi
Liao Qizhi also graduated from the TVB artist training class, and his unfortunate death due to illness in March this year was regrettable, but also made the role he played in his life more remembered.
In the early days of his debut, Liao Qizhi participated in the Republic of China TV series "Shanghai Beach" starring Zhou Runfa, Zhao Yazhi, Lu Liangwei, etc., playing the role of Ding Li's "horse boy" Chen Xianggui, and entered the audience's vision.
Subsequently, he played supporting roles in a number of Hong Kong film and television dramas, and the characteristics of each role were quite in place, such as the third uncle of the Ni family in "Infernal Affairs 2", Lu Guanhua in "Kill the Wolf", etc., and Liao Qizhi, who had "drama throwing" acting skills, thus had the title of "Millennium Drama Essence".
Now that Slovak is gone, the screen classics he left for the audience are unforgettable.
5. Guan Lijie
Kwan also debuted in 1982 in the TVB Artist Training Class.
In 1982, he starred in the TV series "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains" starring Wang Mingquan and Xie Xian as the young Ruan Wenhan, and then he played the role of Jiang Yulang in Liang Chaowei's version of "Absolute Double Glory", and even played Li Xunhuan in the 95 version of TVB "Little Li Flying Knife".
Later, he went to Taiwan to develop and participated in "New Dragon Gate Inn", which increased his popularity.
However, it did not take long for Guan Lijie to return to TVB development, playing the Kunqu opera Hua Dan Yun QiuXian in 2013 'Golden Branch Desire 2', which was a small supporting role, but his performance was very brilliant, Guan Lijie worked hard to portray Hua Dan Wanna's broken steps and gentle figure, which was very in line with the character image.
The 5 powerful male protagonists:
1. Lv Liangwei
Lui Liangwei was born in Vietnam, but developed in Hong Kong, also graduated from the TVB artist training class, and then played the role of Ding Li in "Shanghai Beach", which was widely known.
Luckily, he later co-starred in the TV series "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" with Zeng Huaqian and Zhao Yazhi, playing the roles of Hu Yidao and Hu Fei, and became a big male protagonist.
Lu Liangwei also starred in the 1991 "Lame Hao" and was nominated for the Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and his career has been relatively smooth.
He is still active on the screen, playing roles in "No Turn in the World" and "Fury Case".
2. Tao Dayu
Tao Dayu is also a TVB drama male protagonist who is more familiar to the audience, after graduating from the artist training class, he participated in the first TV series "Beidou Shuangxiong" in 1983, and then played the first male protagonist Zhang Dayong in the classic Hong Kong drama "Criminal Investigation Files", and it is widely known that the image of The Courageous Detective accompanied the growth of a generation.
After that, Tao Dayu also played the city gangster Ding Yi crab in "Big Time", Jiang Chengyu in "The First Imperial Court", and Li Zhaotian in "Across the Sea", all of which portrayed the character charm of each character to the fullest.
3. Wu Qihua
Wu Qihua also officially debuted through the TVB artist training class, and he has also left many classic male protagonists since the film years.
One of the more impressive ones is "The Tale of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens" co-starring with Li Zi and She Shiman.
In the play, Wu Qihua plays the Ming Sect's assertion of unscrupulousness, which not only has the heroism of a hero, but also adds a bit of easy-going and open-minded feeling, which is a more special version of Zhang Wujie.
In another "Magic Hand Benevolent Heart", he plays the easy-going and responsible male protagonist Cheng Zhimei, and the character characteristics of handsome, Sven, meticulous and gentleman have also become one of the classic roles in Hong Kong dramas.
4. Liu Qingyun
Liu Qingyun is also one of the well-known male artists in the Hong Kong circle.
After graduating from the TVB Artist Training Class, he starred in his debut film "Unheard Talk", in which he played the role of McKee.
In 1994, liu Qingyun starred in the films "New Love" and "July 14" and were both nominated for the best actor at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards, which shows the delicacy and exquisiteness of his acting skills.
Liu Qingyun has played many male protagonists, his play path is very wide, and dare to challenge various roles, but also interpreted very real, and in 2015, he won the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor with the movie "Eavesdropping 3", and last year's "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" partner Andy Lau also performed well.
5. Ouyang Zhenhua
Ouyang Zhenhua, who graduated from the TVB artist training class, can be said to be the king of TVB ratings in 1990, starring in very classic TVB works such as "The Royal Court of No. 1", "Drunken Golden Branch", "Wash Of Injustice", "Sister of the Gun", and almost all of them are the actor's roles.
He also won the Best Actor Award for TVB's 33rd Anniversary Wan Qian Xinghui for the role of Song Ci in "Wash of Grievances". Ouyang Zhenhua is not a handsome man in the traditional sense, but his pleasing appearance and excellent acting skills once became a "master milk killer", which was loved and supported by the audience.
In addition to the above 10 artists, there is another artist who is also very worth mentioning, that is, Star Ye Zhou Xingchi, who also applied for the same artist training class in 1982, and the magic is that he was not admitted.
As an actor, Stephen Chow's performance is very personal, and in 1990, he established his nonsensical performance style with the comedy film "A Comic Book Breaks the World", and then his comedy action films "Gamble Saint" and "Truant Weilong" both broke the box office record in Hong Kong and attracted wide attention.
As a director, he also has many masterpieces, such as "The King of Comedy", "Shaolin Football", "Yangtze River No. 7" and other works are familiar.
Nowadays, many artists here have become role models and predecessors for young artists, although TVB has passed the golden age, but it is undeniable that the artist training class was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.