Yue Yunpeng

Yue Yunpeng (Chinese: 岳云鹏; born 15 April 1985) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer, best known in film for portraying Zhu Tianpeng in Buddies in India (2017), Yue Yunpeng in Top Funny Comedian: The Movie and Li Shuaiting in Revenge for Love. Mainly performing xiangsheng as the lead actor (Dougen), his current fixed partner is Sun Yue (Chinese: 孙越).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yue.
Yue Yunpeng
Born (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985
Puyang, Henan, China
OccupationActor, xiangsheng performer
Years active2004-present
AgentDeyunshe (德云社)
Spouse(s)
Zheng Min
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(m. 2011)​
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese岳雲鵬
Simplified Chinese岳云鹏

Early life

Yue was born in Puyang, Henan on April 15, 1985. At the age of 14, he worked as a guard in a factory located in Shijingshan District of Beijing. He was also worked as waiter in restaurant during his early years.[1]

Career

Yue began his career as a xiangsheng proformer in 2004, after becoming a disciple of Guo Degang.

Yue's first screen acting credit was The Magistrate Ye Guangming (2010). And his first major film role was as Cai Baoqiang in Just For Fun (2012).

In 2015, Yue made a guest appearance as himself on Jian Bing Man, a superhero parody film starring Mabel Yuan, Ada Liu and Da Peng.

Yue starred with Deng Chao, Bai Baihe, Yang Yang, Zhang Tian'ai, Du Juan, and Ada Liu in Zhang Yibai's romantic drama film I Belonged to You (2016). That same year, he joined the main cast of Our Happiness as Yue Qiangnan.

In 2017, three films he headlined, Buddies in India, Revenge for Love and Goldbuster. He starred as Zhu Tianpeng, reuniting him with co-star Wang Baoqiang, who played Monkey King, in the action adventure comedy film Buddies in India.[2] The film grossed US$107.9 million in Chinese box office.[3] He was also cast in the film Revenge for Love, playing the love interest of Mabel Yuan's character. And he co-starred with Shen Teng and Zhang Yi in Sandra Ng's directorial debut Goldbuster.[4] For his role as himself in Top Funny Comedian: The Movie, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Macau International Movie Festival. In April, he was invited to be the duet partner for the singer Li Jian in the finals of Singer 2017.

In 2018, Yue starred opposite Ge You and Du Chun in the adventure comedy film Mad Ebriety. He co-starred with Lin Chi-ling, who played his love interest in Guo Degang's directorial debut The Faces of My Gene.[5] He landed a guest role on Feng Gong and Cui Junjie's comedy film Happiness Is Coming, which is set to premiere on June 8, 2018.[6]

Personal life

Yue Yunpeng married Zheng Min (郑敏) on April 26, 2011.

Filmography

Film
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2012Just For Fun就是闹着玩Cai Baoqiang
2015Jian Bing Man煎饼侠Himselfguest
2016I Belonged to You从你的全世界路过Zhutou
Our Happiness相声大电影之我要幸福Yue Qiangnan
2017Buddies in India大闹天竺Zhu Tianpeng
Revenge for Love疯岳撬佳人Li Shuaiting
Goldbuster妖铃铃Xu Tianyu
Top Funny Comedian: The Movie欢乐喜剧人Himself
What a Wonderful Family!麻烦家族The doctorguest
City of Rock缝纫机乐队Qiao Dashan
2018Mad Ebriety断片之险途夺宝Ah Le
The Faces of My Gene祖宗十九代Bei Xiaobei
Happiness Is Coming幸福马上来Security Guardguest
Airpocalypse天气预爆Peter
2019Coward Hero鼠胆英雄Yan Dahai
2020My People, My Homeland我和我的家乡Yue Longgang
A Little Red Flower送你一朵小红花Wu Xiaomei

TV series
YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotes
2010The Magistrate Ye Guangming知县叶光明The policeman
2016What's Your Number先生你哪位Li Zuo
Deep Well Cantenn深井食堂Gu De
2019My Father & Daddy我的亲爹和后爸Guest

Single
Release dateEnglish titleChinese titleNotes
2015Song of the Fifth Ring Road五环之歌Propaganda song

Film and TV Awards
YearNominated workAwardCategoryResultNotes
2017Top Funny Comedian: The Movie9th Macau International Movie FestivalBest Supporting ActorNominated

References
  1. 岳云鹏15岁当服务员受辱被逼掏352元息事. sina (in Chinese). 2015-02-22.
  2. "Film Review: 'Buddies in India'". variety. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. boxofficechina
  4. 《妖铃铃》上海首映 陈可辛称吴君如不知天高地厚. sina (in Chinese). 2017-12-29.
  5. Xu Fan (28 November 2017). "All-star cast assembled for Guo Degang's directorial debut". Chinadaily. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. 《幸福马上来》6月8日上映 冯巩重返大银幕. iFeng (in Chinese). 2018-05-18.
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