Meritorious Artist Van Bau: Actor 'nailed it' with criminal police films, now old age transforms to act in horror

Meritorious Artist Van Bau is an actor familiar to television audiences nationwide. His entire career has been associated with criminal police films, which are extremely popular. The image of the police director is also associated with the male artist.

When mentioning Meritorious Artist Van Bau, the audience will immediately remember the image of a serious and brave head of the investigation agency in the famous television series Criminal Police .

Along with names like Vo Hoai Nam, Hoa Thuy, Hoang Hai, artist Van Bau has created one of the most successful works on the topic of crime prevention on the small screen in Vietnam. Up to now, even though it has been on air for decades, Criminal Police still leaves a deep impression on the audience.

Artist Van Bau was born into a family with a tradition of making art. At the age of 17, Van Bau was recruited as a dance actor by the Art Troupe of the General Logistics Department. After that, a part of the music and dance actors separated and transferred to the Truong Son army, forming the Truong Son Performing Arts Troupe, serving directly on the front.

The years in Truong Son trained Van Bau to become a true soldier, living and fighting with Truong Son soldiers on roads, military stations, and fierce key points, to bring moving songs and songs. the fighting spirit of our soldiers. After liberation in 1975, the Truong Son Cultural Troupe moved to the North. Due to bomb pressure and poor health, in 1980, he asked to change his profession to become a broadcaster for Hai Phong City Radio and Television Station. In 1995, he resigned from the regime.

However, he fell in love with cinema quite late. At the age of 40, the male artist was invited to play the role of a lieutenant warden in the movie Prisoner's Story . The role was praised by many people, contributing to bringing artist Van Bau to the 7th art.

In 1996, Vietnam Television produced the Criminal Police series with 8 parts and 40 episodes. According to Meritorious Artist Van Bau, in order to bring the audience unique and authentic footage, the cast had to spend a long time living with the criminal police, thereby capturing the gestures. , their actions.

"We do everything to make the audience see that criminal work is extremely complicated. The police must determine the right task, the right role in criminal work, and how to get along and compete. live and live with everyone, so that people around you don't know who you are," artist Van Bau shared in the program Happy Memories.

Thanks to this dedication of the actors, as soon as it aired on television, Criminal Police was loved and warmly received by the audience. The success of the film also helps Meritorious Artist Van Bau get closer to his fans. Later, he continued to be "chosen by directors" for a series of roles as soldiers and righteous police leaders.

Up to now, after more than 30 years of artistic activities, artist Van Bau has participated in many films with many different themes. However, the role of a police officer still seems to suit him best. Even after the movie ended, people still mistakenly thought he was a police officer.

In addition, besides acting, Meritorious Artist Van Bau also participates in reading reports and documents for a number of programs. He also intended to study directing but failed.

Although loved by many audiences, Meritorious Artist Van Bau lives a private life and rarely shares about his private life. It is known that the male artist moved on when he was over 60 years old. His second wife was the daughter of a famous poet and also worked as a poet.

In his late years, artist Van Bau lives peacefully with his wife in a house located along the Red River, Hanoi. This place has a spacious garden, planted with many green trees, and there are always birds singing and fresh breezes blowing. In addition, the Van Bau family also turned their residence into a space to display ceramic products, statues and art paintings.

In recent years, due to age and health reasons, Meritorious Artist Van Bau has acted less frequently in films than before. Occasionally, he accepts invitations to film commercials or appear in a few short films.

Absent from the screen for a while, actor Van Bau surprised the audience when he reappeared in a horror television series airing in October called Tet in Hell Village . In the film, the Meritorious Artist plays Mr. Kham, a mysterious character in Hell village. Many audiences were surprised by the actor's new character design because it is completely different from his previous incarnations as a police officer on screen.

Tet in Hell Village revolves around horrifying cases that occurred in Hell Village, where legend has it that the descendants of a once-famous bandit reside. After committing a series of heinous crimes, the robbers chose to hide incognito in a remote village, hidden among the rugged mountains. As time passed, descendants of the old bandits were born, living peacefully in a small village. Suddenly one day, deaths occurred one after another, haunting the villagers.

Meritorious Artist Van Bau's return with a horror movie surprised the audience. Although it was his first time filming a horror film, with his acting techniques and existing experience, Meritorious Artist Van Bau had a performance that satisfied viewers, receiving many positive feedback from the audience.

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