Xu Zheng
Also Known As: 徐峥, Zheng Xu
Biography: Xu Zheng, born on April 18, 1972, in Shanghai, China, is a celebrated Chinese actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1994 and initially gained fame for his comedic roles in television series like Sunny Piggy (2000). This show not only brought him national recognition but also introduced him to his future wife, actress Tao Hong. Xu transitioned to films and became a household name with his directorial debut, Lost in Thailand (2012), which he also co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in. The movie became a massive success, breaking box office records in China. He followed this with other hits like Lost in Hong Kong (2015) and Dying to Survive (2018), showcasing his versatility as both an actor and filmmaker. Known for his ability to blend humor with social commentary, Xu Zheng has become one of China's most influential figures in the entertainment industry. His works often explore themes of human connection and societal issues, resonating with audiences both in China and internationally.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
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Birthday: April 18, 1972
Age: 53 years old
Gender: Male
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Crazy Racer
Overview: Assassins, scammers, gangsters, cops, a washed-up bicycle racer, and a body continually cross paths; usually with negative outcomes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-01-20
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Nice View
Overview: 20-year-old Jing Hao came to Shenzhen to live with his young sister alone. The siblings live a warm yet straitened life. In an effort to pay for his sister's expensive surgery, Jing Hao gets an opportunity by chance, thinking that a better life is coming, but unexpectedly encounters a serious setback. Under the pressure of both time and money, Jing Hao, who has no way out, decides to take a desperate gamble. Can this ignite the spark of hope for his troubled ordinary life?
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-02-01
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B for Busy
Overview: A divorced, retired painting teacher from Shanghai falls in love with a woman who is also divorced. The involvement of his ex-wife and a student of his makes the whole thing complicated.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-12-24
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Call For Love
Overview: After being married for seven years, Xu Lang, a white collar office manager, has started to get tired of the same routine in his marriage. After asking his wife for a divorce, he is given a magical cell phone by an angel. The cell phone allows him to have romantic encounters with different women. After various dates and courtships with 12 beautiful women, he still cannot meet the right one. He attempts to mend things over with his wife, only to find that his ex-wife has met another man and found happiness. The movie ends with Xu meeting his old love interest from 15 years ago, suggesting a new relationship between them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-02-08
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Crazy Stone
Overview: Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade. What would be the final destination of this piece of crazy stone?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-06-30
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Lost on Journey
Overview: A boss of a toy corporation, Chenggong Li, tries to head back to Chan Sar to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his family. However, plans don't go as smoothly after he crosses paths with a stranger, Geng Niu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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一部佳作的诞生
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Original Language: zh
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Love in the Buff
Overview: When old flames reunite, will it be second time's the charm or a case of once bitten twice shy? Jimmy and Cherie, two ex-lovers from Hong Kong, cross paths in Beijing and can't seem to forget each other, despite being involved with someone else. Torn between fidelity towards their new partners or following their hearts, they explore the struggles, doubts and fears that exist among modern young couples.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2012-03-29
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Meet the In Laws
Overview: Xu Zheng plays a psychologist in "In-laws." When he decides to visit his girlfriend's parents, he discovers that his future father-in-law is one of his patients. Hilarity ensues after they meet.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-08-07
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Lost in Thailand
Overview: The story of two rival business managers, Xu and Bo, who are fighting over a revolutionary new in-house technology for control of their company. If Xu wins, his future will be secured.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-12-12
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Farewell, Beijing
Overview: It tells the warm, inspiring and touching story of a middle-aged entrepreneur, a courier and a young singer struggling to live in Beijing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-08-12
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Breaking Through
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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No Man's Land
Overview: Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as a reward. Then, he just drives back home, but the return will not be an easy one.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Western
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-12-03
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Blush
Overview: The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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Fit Lover
Overview: This film centers on Nie Bing, a high-profile TV hostess, who is obsessed with trying to find her "ideal man" before her 30th birthday. Nie Bing is given a magic car by a mischievous angel, and a different handsome man -one of the 12 featured A-list actors from China, Taiwan and Japan- appears each time she drives it. Lam's character soon collects a dozen admirers, portrayed by A-list actors from China, Taiwan, and Japan, each with a different profession, personality, and ideas of what constitutes romance
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-11-28
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The Great Hypnotist
Overview: The famous psychologist Xu Ruining has a raising career, when he met the troublesome patient Ren Xiaoyan. The meeting is not easy as feeble-looking Ren is point by point against him.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-04-29
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Fake Fiction
Overview: A trickster and an 8-year-old girl are in constant conflict.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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Breakup Buddies
Overview: Recently cuckolded and reeling from a messy divorce, a hapless former singer hits the road - and the bar - with his all-too-helpful best bud, in this hilarious romantic comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Unfinished Girl
Overview: He Wei and Xiao Feng are a perfect couple. Xiao Feng has a younger sister, Xiao Ke, who needs regular life-sustaining medicine. One day, Xiao Ke accidentally discovers that the man who murdered her parents is her sister's husband, He Wei. Xiao Feng becomes pregnant and when she has to leave town on business, Xiao Ke invites He Wei back to her home.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-10-19
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Lost in Hong Kong
Overview: When Xu Lai goes on vacation with his wife and extended family, he gets a chance to meet his former lover. However, his brother-in-law foils his plans and he becomes a suspect in a murder case.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-09-25
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Upstream
Overview: A moment of impulsiveness turns Gao Zhilei into a "stay-at-home" individual, but he never expected his life to take a turn in the opposite direction. A series of changes compel him to take on his responsibilities as the head of the family. When life's burdens hit hard, he must confront himself and start anew.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-08-03
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Fake Dad
Overview: Yang Haoliang, an evergreen singer in the past, accidentally discovers that some is using his identity to deceive others. He asks his son, Yang Shiyue, to find out the truth. Yang Shiyue ends up teaming up with his fake father.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2025-01-10
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Xuan Zang
Overview: Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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One Night in Supermarket
Overview: A supermarket employees plots revenge against his bosses who refused to pay out a winning lottery ticket.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Ash Is Purest White
Overview: Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-09-21
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A or B
Overview: A young business elite, Zhong, was imprisoned in a house! Everyday, a mysterious man will reveal one of his darkest secrets to the world. At the same time, his wife, friends and business partners were all been dragged into this incident one after another. Being imprisoned, how will Zhong combat this challenging situation? How will he escape from the house and fight the mysterious man and complete the salvation?
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-04-28
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Dying to Survive
Overview: When a mysterious visitor appears, the life of Yong Cheng, owner of a store that stocks aphrodisiac products, changes dramatically. He becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Not only does Yong Cheng see his profits skyrocket, but he is dubbed the god of medicine“ by his customers
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-07-06
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The Island
Overview: A cataclysmic event causes a man, who dreams of winning the lottery, to become stranded on an island with his co-workers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-08-10
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How Long Will I Love U
Overview: Gu Xiaojiao, a young girl from 2018 and Lu Ming, a man from 1999, discover that they have both woken up in the same bed at the same space-time. More surprisingly, they realize that they can time travel by exiting the bedroom door. The fun begins when they start to plan a number of changes within these two eras. However, they do not know that their destiny is in the hands of a mysterious person.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-05-18
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Crazy Alien
Overview: A monkey trainer whose act goes wrong after an alien crash lands on Earth and injures his monkey. Desperate to perform the act, he attempts to train the alien instead, though is punished after the alien regains his powers.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-02-05
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Mars Baby
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Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Lost in Russia
Overview: A story of a businessman who accidentally boards a train bound for Russia with his mother and has to overcome difficulties with his mother and problems in his family life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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My People, My Country
Overview: Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-09-30
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Criminal
Overview: Cheng Er’s graduation film for Beijing Film Academy. Hu Tian, a photography shop owner, is in need of money for his mother’s treatment. One day, he found a suitcase full of money…
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Crossed Lines
Overview: Crossed Lines (Chinese: 命运呼叫转移; pinyin: Mìngyùn Hūjiào Zhuǎnyí) is a Chinese comedy anthology film.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-11-30
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Hee Travels
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-07-02
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My People, My Homeland
Overview: In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-10-01
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Beginning of the Great Revival
Overview: A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Genres: Drama Action History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-06-23
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No Lonely Angels
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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Memory Dissection
Overview: When the heroine was 10 years old, she witnessed the murder of her parents. Professor Dong proposes complex psychological surgery to rid her of traumatic memories
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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My Country, My Parents
Overview: This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revolution, construction, reform and opening up, and the new era, while highlighting their perseverance, dedication to ideals, and commitment to passing on the national spirit through generations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-09-30
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Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit
Overview: In order to keep his promise to an aging kung fu master, Fu the Rabbit must venture out of the comfort of his kitchen and team up with Penny, a kung fu prodigy, on a heroic quest to save their kung fu academy.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-07-11
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