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Zhang Xuejing (张学景,
Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...
, 1935-), stagename Niu Ben (牛犇) is a Chinese film actor.


Biography

He lost both of his parents at the age of six, then lived with his oldest brother, who worked as a driver at the third film factory in
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
. In 1946, 11-year-old Ben was chosen to act as a village boy "little ox" and became a child star. His stage name Niu Ben is composed of Niu the
Chinese character Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the Written Chinese, writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are k ...
of "牛" (ox, a common surname) and Ben " 犇" (three oxen together, a less common personal name). He later played child roles in old Chinese films, and went to
Hongkong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. After the foundation of
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, he returned to mainland China and became an actor of the
Shanghai Film Studio The Shanghai Film Studio (), one of the three biggest film studios in China, is the film division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese films and TV programs. History Shanghai ...
, and one of the members of the 5th
China Film Association China Film Association is a subordinate of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organisation was initially named the China National Film Artists Association. In 1979, it was renamed the China Film As ...
. In his 60-year career, he has been in hundreds of films and TV plays, and is still active in Chinese film.


Personal Awards

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Golden Rooster Awards The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shap ...
= Best Supporting Actor
1983 ''
The Herdsman ''The Herdsman'' () is a 1982 Chinese film about the life of a herdsman in western China from 1950s through the Cultural Revolution, and his reunion with his father from America. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, ...
'' *
Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equivale ...
= Best Supporting Actor
1983
1997
1999Hundred Flower Awards
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Select Filmography

* ''Soul of the Sea'' (1957) * '' The Red Detachment of Women'' (1961) * ''Tink, Tink, the Fountain'' (1982) * ''
The Herdsman ''The Herdsman'' () is a 1982 Chinese film about the life of a herdsman in western China from 1950s through the Cultural Revolution, and his reunion with his father from America. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, ...
'' (1983) * ''
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'' (1988) * '' To Live'' (1994) * ''Husband Sings, Wife Accompanies'' (1997) * ''Indomitable Daughter in Law'' (1999) * ''
The Longest Night in Shanghai ''The Longest Night in Shanghai'' () is a 2007 film produced by Japan's Movie Eye Entertainment and directed by Chinese director Zhang Yibai. It is a rare collaboration between China and Japan. The film consists of a diverse cast. It stars Chine ...
'' (2007) * ''
Five Minutes to Tomorrow ''Five Minutes to Tomorrow'' () is a 2014 Japanese-Chinese romance suspense film directed by Isao Yukisada based on the Japanese novel of the same name by Takayoshi Honda. It was released in China on October 23, 2014. Plot The story starts wit ...
'' (2014) * ''
Lovers & Movies ''Lovers & Movies'' () is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Niu Chaoyang. It was released on April 30, 2015. Cast *Francis Ng as Yao Xingjie *Yu Nan as Ruoyao * Kim Bum as Lin Jun * Guli Nazha as Jiameng * Simon Yam as Qiu Guitang *K ...
'' (2015)


See also

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Cinema of China The cinema of China is one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan. Cinema was introduced in China in 1896 and the first Chinese film, '' Dingjun Mountai ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niu, Ben 1935 births Living people Male actors from Tianjin Chinese male child actors Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors Participants in Chinese reality television series