Meritorious Artist Duc Khue - Peaceful and happy private life when the audience is "acquainted with the face, remember the name"

As one of the actors familiar to Vietnamese audiences, during his artistic career, Meritorious Artist Duc Khue has proven to the public that he can handle all roles and film genres. image. From comedic and witty roles, to blunt or scheming dramatic roles, all of which he performed very well, creating success for many works large and small.

Life and career

Born and raised in Hanoi in a family without artistic tradition, Duc Khue inherited the "artistic quality" from his hometown - Nghia Huong commune, Quoc Oai district (Hanoi). The artist said that when he was a child, he followed his father to his hometown every weekend, crossing the dyke of the Day River, he heard the melodious flute sound, witnessed wrestling matches or watched special plays... He is always proud to be the son of the land of Doai rich in cultural and artistic traditions and it is this place that has fostered him with the qualities to become a successful artist later.

Looking at Duc Khue's success today, many people will think that his path to art is "strewn with roses", but the truth is not so.

Duc Khue graduated from the University of Commerce (now the University of Commerce), but his dream of doing business failed, so he applied to Tuoi Tre Theater to work as a security guard and ticket inspector. Life is hard, the salary is not worth much compared to the effort spent. However, he found new joy when he was exposed to artists every day, working in a space imbued with life scenes, identities, and human lives through his roles. And he secretly wished "one day I can be like them".

Luck came when Tuoi Tre Theater opened a drama actor training class. Theater director Pham Thi Thanh and director, People's Artist Le Hung recognized Duc Khue's acting ability, so they tried to encourage him: "You look so tall and bright, how do you audition." "So I bravely auditioned for the role and was fortunate to be recruited and have been with the acting profession for 30 years," said artist Duc Khue.

Talking about studying economics but following an acting career, he frankly said: It is an advantage, because acting is a combination of many professions. If the actor does not have knowledge in many fields and does not have a rich living capital, it is difficult to succeed. For Duc Khue, acting is like a child, having to take the first steps in life, learn to crawl, then learn to walk and run. Because of that, he is diligent, like "an ant for a long time full of nests" because he knows very well what in this world is available to "fall" to pick up, all of which must be created by his own efforts.

Although widely known through his roles on television, Duc Khue has no intention of giving up the stage. According to him, the stage is the root, must try to keep and how to develop both stage and cinema.

During the market economy, along with many other art industries, the theater also had many difficulties in "retaining" the audience. However, according to artist Duc Khue, Tuoi Tre Theater - where he works still has a stable audience. Audiences still come to the theater to find "spiritual food" that is hard to ignore. Duc Khue was very touched by the confession of a middle-aged audience posted on social networks: "When I was a child, my parents often took me to the theater to watch children's shows. Now I'm married. If I have children, I will take them to see the children's program of the theater.It can be said that the spotlight has nourished my soul and now I want the spotlight to nourish the soul of my children and the children. next generation," said artist Duc Khue.

Sharing the secret of success in many roles, Duc Khue said that as an actor, he must always live with a new spirit, new colors, can't always "beg the past" despite the roles. that made his name. "Don't rest on victory", that's enough to know that Duc Khue has constantly studied, practiced hard, and persevered.

Meritorious Artist Duc Khue: The role of the colorful Mr. Cuu in "Dou Tri"

Meritorious artist Duc Khue plays Mr. Cuu - Director of Dong Binh Customs Branch who is the "protector" for Thinh Gia's father and son. According to the plot of the movie "Dou Tri, from the beginning of the investigation, Mr. Cuu still had a white and bright identity like Snow White. It was an honest, simple and close official to everyone. However, the more he returned, the more he returned. After the film, the cover of Mr. Cuu played by Meritorious Artist Duc Khue became more and more "exploded".

With a veteran artist Duc Khue has fulfilled his role. In the "cover" episodes of the film, he acted without acting. In the "fox tail" scene with Thinh Gia, Meritorious Artist Duc Khue also showed his core filter very well.

The audience gave unceasing praise for this role of Cuu, in order to have such a good acting artist, Duc Khue had a stable career. With his big eyes and short figure, he is often assigned in the roles of gentle, poor, honest and miserable, however, he has left many imprints in many roles through films such as: Falling, Neighbor, I'm your grandmother, Who's coming to visit this New Year, Rivalry, Hanoi winter, Beautiful days...

Thanks to his participation in many films and plays, Meritorious Artist Duc Khue has won certain awards. He received the Certificate of Merit at the National Dramatic Theater Festival in 1995, the Best Actor award at the 14th Film Festival.

Meritorious Artist Duc Khue: Peaceful private life

Meritorious Artist Duc Khue married his current wife - Ms. Ngoc Lan in 1995. Currently, his wife works in the same agency as him. He and his wife have two children so far, the eldest son is 20 years old and the youngest daughter is 14 years old.

Although his family life is simple but always full of laughter, he has a caring wife who sympathizes with children who are all very obedient, so his life is always cozy.

Talking about his wife, Meritorious Artist Duc Khue confided: "My wife is also very attentive in taking care of our children and grandchildren. Before, when the two children were small, the story was a bit confusing. But if you know how to arrange it, "you will be full when you eat well, if you are smart, you will be warm", so there is no problem".

About the love story with a caring wife, Meritorious Artist Duc Khue said that he loved his wife until 6, 7 years before he got married. He said that being in love for such a long time makes people afraid of the old, but for him, he still sees many things that he does not understand very well. Then when he got married, he was still in the process of finding out and so life flowed peacefully.

Although his life was peaceful, but sometimes he encountered this and that. The veteran male artist confided: "I'm just like any other normal person, my family sometimes has something that can't always be explained, I have to make sacrifices to focus on work and share with others. others, for brothers and sisters, for wives at home. Luckily it passed."

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