Ho Quan - "Kieu Phong" is the best on the screen: Sublime career, husband and father "10 points"

Among the artists who have played the hero Kieu Phong in "Thien Long Bat Bo", Ho Quan is still the most successful and lively version. Chinese media commented that Hu Jun is one of the rare U60 actors in the Chinese-language film industry, still being welcomed by a series of filmmakers and producers.

Success is slow but sure

In the Thien Long Eight Bodies, Kieu Phong, also known as Tieu Phong, is a disciple of Vo Lam and Cai Bang, and Murong Phuc is called "Northern Kieu Phong, Southern Murong". As a young master known throughout the world, Kieu Phong assumed the position of master of Cai Bang, after his identity was revealed, he was forced to abdicate the throne.

He acts with integrity, wisdom and integrity, strong and generous, is a rare male model under the pen of Kim Dung.

Kieu Phong's life has been through many hardships and tragedies. He is a warm-hearted person who is also a hero loyal to the country and the nation.

Of the four versions of the film Thien Long Bat Bo which were shown in Asia (1982, 1997, 2003 and 2013), the role of Ho Quan in 2003 made a strong impression and was best liked by writer Kim Dung, fully described. what he describes in the novel.

Confused about not being handsome...

Born in 1968 in an artistic family in Beijing, whose father (Ho Bao Thien) and uncle (Ho Tung Hoa) are excellent singers of China, Hu Quan soon promoted the tradition of his family. family.

Ho Quan's artistic path began at the age of 19, when he passed the entrance exam to the Performing Arts Department at the Central Academy of Arts. However, his career was uneventful and successful quite late compared to his peers.

Many classmates in the Central Academy of Arts such as Giang San, Tran Tieu Nghe, Tu Pham soon became movie stars after graduating, bought villas, bought luxury cars and had a good life. materially very affluent, while Ho Quan was still poor.

In the period before 2000, Ho Quan's roles were quite sporadic and did not leave much of an impression. Mainland Chinese directors do not want to give the actor born in 1968 important roles, "nasty" roles just because he is not really handsome. At this time, Hu was mainly active in the Beijing People's Art Theater Troupe.

Thinking that he would forever be quiet with the theater stage, in 2000, a big turning point happened to Ho Quan when he caught the eye of Hong Kong director Quan Cam Bang, who invited him to play in the movie Lam Vu.

At the hands of this talented director, Ho Quan had the opportunity to unexpectedly show off his potential "children of the family" and was nominated for Best Actor at the 2001 Golden Horse Film Festival. .

This film is also the chance that led to the meeting between Ho Quan and director Truong Ky Trung. At that time, he was planning to make the new version of Thien Long Bat Bo and when he saw Ho Quan, he trusted him to give him the role of Tieu Phong without much selection.

... to the "hero" of Chinese cinema

After the resounding success of Thien Long Bat Bo in 2003, Ho Quan's career was "like a kite meeting the wind". A series of invitations to act in films were sent in.

Speaking about his breakthrough success, he wittily said: "Everyone comes out from the inside, but I am the opposite: from the outside in. In the past, I didn't have a predestined relationship with directors. in mainland China, but fate brought me into the eyes of the Hong Kong director."

However, Hu also affirmed that it is not that mainland directors can't see people, but because there are so many talented actors here, he did not have the opportunity to show his talents at that time.

After Hu became famous in Hong Kong, Mainland directors were "startled" at his artistic talent. Since then, Hu has become China's "busiest" actor. He was repeatedly invited to play the lead role in epic historical drama series.

From historical films, he also switched to acting in military-themed films such as Flying Leopard Stirs the Sky, Raging Wave, Order to Gather. With his experience in acting, Ho Quan also recorded successes in plays such as Military Train, Mong Ho Phap, Vu Nhan...

However, this actor confided: His forte is historical characters with strong personalities such as So Ba Vuong, Quan Cong, Trieu Tu Long ..., and land acting in some roles in current films. At the end of the day, he didn't feel "satisfied".

Since the success of Thien Long Bat Bo, Ho Quan has won a number of notable awards, both for movies and TV series: 2 times on the list of Best Actor candidates of the Film Festival. Cannes; in 2002, won the Grand Prize of the Chinese Language Film Festival in Asia; Hong Kong's Most Popular Actor Award...

With this achievement, he was favored by the Asian press with the nickname "hero" of Chinese cinema.

20 years of happy, idyllic marriage

Not only playing the role of a faithful man on the screen, in real life, Ho Quan is also famous as a family man.

His wife is artist Lu Phuong. The two fell in love while studying at the Beijing Folk Theater and co-starred in a school play.

The actor once recounted that during the rehearsal, he and his wife, although they were in two different classes, quickly got to know each other when they went out to drink beer together.

The two drank all 16 bottles of beer, talked about all kinds of things, the more they talked, the more suitable they felt. When they parted home, Ho Quan still asked Lu Phuong every day and the two officially started their love story from there.

Later, after graduating, the two also worked in the theater troupe. In 1999, during a tour, Ho Quan knelt to propose to Lu Phuong at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Self-proclaimed not a romantic man, he only proposed to his wife with one sentence: "Be my wife". However, that much was enough for Lu Phuong to be moved and speechless, she agreed with Ho Quan to build a family for life.

In May 1999, the two married, officially returning to the same house after nearly 10 years of love.

After the wedding, Lu Phuong stopped all artistic activities, she settled to be a solid supporter to help her husband in his work and take care of 2 children Duyet Gia (born in 2001) and Hao Khang (born in 2008).

Becoming a family man, Ho Quan is also extremely private when sharing his private life. However, the actor's personal page, born in 1968, is always filled with family pictures. He is extremely proud of his good wife and two obedient children.

Currently, although his career is no longer at the peak like many years ago, Ho Quan's happy family home is the admiration of many people.

Sharing about his current life, the actor honestly said, "I feel it's good for my career to slow down, it's hard for everyone in the family to be happy."

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