Wang Baoqiang
Also Known As: Wang Bao-Qiang, 王宝强, 왕보강, Wang Baoqiang, وانگ بائوچیانگ, Wang Bao Qiang
Biography: Wang Baoqiang is a renowned Chinese actor, director, and martial artist, born on May 29, 1984, in Nanhe County, Xingtai, Hebei, China. His journey into the entertainment industry is truly inspiring. At the age of 8, he was captivated by the movie Shaolin Temple starring Jet Li, which motivated him to train in Shaolin martial arts despite his family's initial opposition. Before entering the film industry, Wang worked as an unskilled laborer and faced challenges due to his height when pursuing acting. However, his breakthrough came with the independent film Blind Shaft (2003), earning him the Best New Performer prize at the Golden Horse Awards. He gained further recognition with roles in Soldiers Sortie (2006) and My Brother's Name is Shun Liu (2009), as well as films like Lost in Thailand (2012) and the Detective Chinatown series. In 2017, Wang made his directorial debut with Buddies in India, showcasing his versatility in the industry. His career is marked by resilience and a passion for storytelling, making him a celebrated figure in Chinese cinema.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Xingtai, Hebei, China
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Birthday: April 29, 1984
Age: 41 years old
Gender: Male
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Fire Boy: Super Hero
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-12-03
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Blind Shaft
Overview: Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2003-02-12
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Fire Boy: The Fantastic Firemen
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-12-24
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This Is Me
Overview: Deng Xiaoyu and Hu Duoduo , who are idle on the university campus, dream of performing a gorgeous counterattack on the prom, but didn't want to cause ridiculous and embarrassing incident that caused a sensation in the whole school. Qiu Yingzi, the school's cute flower has been pursuing true love fo four years, unexpectedly receives a mysterious gift. Zhou You has been fighting an old teacher with his quirky spirit. On the eve of graduation he discovers shocking secret. In a blink of an eye, graduation is approaching, whether various mysteries could be revealed or not before it.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-11-13
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Fire Boy: Honour
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-11-19
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Fire Boy: Hidden Trouble
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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Little Big Soldier
Overview: The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the capture, which includes five acres of land, and most importantly, honorable discharge from the army.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-02-14
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A World Without Thieves
Overview: A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2004-12-09
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Never Say Never
Overview: A former boxing champion takes decides to break a few rules and train orphans from China's remote countryside in order to give them a future.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-07-06
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Fire of Conscience
Overview: A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2010-04-01
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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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Fire Boy: The Gold Axe
Overview: The film tells the story of firefighter Long Dachuan from being looked down upon to becoming a qualified firefighter.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-11-09
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Love for Life
Overview: Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-05-10
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The Equation of Love and Death
Overview: When a mysterious death occurs, the lives of five unexpected strangers are suddenly intertwined together. A drug trafficking crime is unveiled, and through the twist and turns of the investigation, their stories unravel, and a bizarre connection is gradually discovered between them.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-09-18
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Romancing in Thin Air
Overview: After his new bride dumps him at their wedding reception, a heartbroken actor winds up in the mountains, where he meets and falls in love with a widowed fan.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2012-02-09
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Fairy Tale Killer
Overview: When a bloodied and incoherent Jun (Wang Baoqiang) confesses to five murders that have not occurred, the police assume that he's mentally unstable and ignore his claims. Police detective Han (Lau Ching-wan) is investigating a series of gruesome murders, but soon discovers that all is not as it seems and that not only are the murders connected, but that Jun is tied to them in some way.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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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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A Touch of Sin
Overview: Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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Running Man
Overview: A movie adaptation of the popular Chinese television series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-01-29
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Personal Tailor
Overview: A story centered on a company that grants wishes to people looking for a day away from their ordinary lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-12-19
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Iceman
Overview: An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2014-04-17
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Kung Fu Jungle
Overview: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-10-31
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The Founding of a Republic
Overview: The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-09-17
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Better and Better
Overview: Sun Xiangcheng, a self-styled professional fan organiser, is called from his home village of West Well Valley by his mother Yuanfang. Thinking he's highly connected with celebrities, she asks him to help organise the village's New Year celebrations
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-02-10
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Love On The Cloud
Overview: Romance gets complicated in modern-day Beijing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-12-24
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Monk Comes Down the Mountain
Overview: A monk leaves his monastery and ventures out into the real world for the first time in his life, and ends up in an adventure with a kung-fu master who is guarding a special artifact.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-07-03
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Eaters
Overview: Chinese movie
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-03-05
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Impossible
Overview: Memeda, an alien from outer space happens to meet a depressed man who just lost his daughter in a car accident. After many challenges and conflicts, the two become good partners in a hilarious adventure.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-12-04
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Detective Chinatown
Overview: After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-12-31
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Assembly
Overview: Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-10-09
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Unbeatable
Overview: Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and the cares.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2013-08-15
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My Lucky Star
Overview: A bumbling amateur cartoonist tags along on a secret agent's mission to retrieve a priceless diamond.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-09-17
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Bright Future
Overview: Chinese comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-12-22
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Decoded
Overview: In the 1940s, the world was in turmoil, and it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner. Rong Jinzhen has shown amazing mathematical talent since her childhood, and because she solved the problems assigned by her math teacher, she was noticed by more people, and even walked into the door of code-breaking by mistake.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-07-25
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Wished
Overview: An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical powers, offers to turn his life around by granting him 19 of his old wishes. He laughs her off, until even his old childhood wishes start coming true.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-06-30
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Buddies In India
Overview: Following his father’s deathbed confession about the location of his last will and testament, Tang Sen (Bai Ke) packs up and heads to India with his friend Wu Kong (Wang Baoqiang) in search of it. Along the way, the merry duo becomes a motley crew, enlisting a loyal but quirky fighter (Yue Yunpeng) and a cagey but beautiful woman (Liu Yan), all while experiencing the mysteries of a magical land that both helps and hinders them in their quest.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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Mr. Tree
Overview: Teased by hallucinations, Shu, a slacker living in a rural village, struggles with an ever-loosening grip on reality. Yet when one of his visions manifests as real, his fellow villagers come to regard him as a clairvoyant. Can Shu genuinely see into the future? Is he actually just a basket case? Or is he perhaps more lucid than he seems, and pulling a fast one on everyone?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Iceman: The Time Traveler
Overview: The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later pass and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.
Genres: Action Comedy History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Detective Chinatown 2
Overview: Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren tricked Qin Feng to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-02-16
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The Faces of My Gene
Overview: Bei Xiaobei is a self-abased writer because he feels himself too fat. Because of his poor appearance, he often ran into a wall in real life. Later, he unwittingly finds a long dusty family tree and accidentally crosses through the ages to meet with his ancestors.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-02-16
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Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu
Overview: Danny is a young martial arts enthusiast who arrives in Hong Kong to head a school of Choy Lee Fut owned by his wealthy father.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-05-10
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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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The New King of Comedy
Overview: A young female actor dreams of becoming famous and building a successful career despite being a stand-in and extra on most sets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2019-02-05
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Detective Chinatown 3
Overview: Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
Genres: Action Comedy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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East Wind Rain
Overview: Year 1941, a roll of film is delivered to Shanghai and a Chinese spy named Gong An Ming (Liu Yun Long) must decide what he should do with the film, which turns out containing a great secret that could shock the whole world. He discovers the plan code named 'East Wind Rain' and passes the information to the American that their territory will soon be invaded by the Japanese. The code is aired during the weather report from Radio Tokyo on Dec 4, 1941. While in Shanghai An Ming meets with a singer cum pianist, Huan Yan (Fan Bing Bing) and falls in love with her, not realizing that she is also one of the spies. Soon An Ming realizes that his effort found no success and have been ignored due to some reason. And now by risking his own life he must also decide whether to make Huan Yan his lover or his enemy? Will the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in the end? Which country is Huan Yan working as a spy for? Will An Ming get caught by his enemy?
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-04-22
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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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Jack of All Trades
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Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-03-18
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Rising Shaolin: The Protector
Overview: Ximen Debao is an innkeeper without big ambitions. In order to attract business, he instructs his younger brother Tu Hao and his friends to pose as robbers and rob passers-by, and at critical moments he assists them by posing as a saviour and crime-fighter, and then guides the customers into the shop. The good times don't last long, as Tak Po's scam is exposed by a mysterious monk who finds it difficult to continue. In the meantime, the assassin of Lingzhou, He Snap, kills the imperial envoy in order to seize the treasure map hidden in the inn, and frames Debao for the crime. Overnight, Debao becomes a wanted criminal and his son, Yau Fei, dies. In order to take revenge, Debao begins to train with a monk.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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Dinoman
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Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: zh
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Fire Boy: Hero in Training
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-11-12
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Detective Chinatown 1900
Overview: In 1900, a white woman was murdered in Chinatown in San Francisco, and the suspect was a Chinese man. The murder caused social shock, and people demanded the closure of Chinatown.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2025-01-29
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Big Shot's Funeral
Overview: Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2001-12-21
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