Xu Huanshan (born 13 July 1937) is a Chinese actor and occasional film director. Xu was enrolled in the
Beijing Film Academy in 1956. A year later, he was labelled as a "
rightist
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" and was sent for "re-education through labour" under the
Communist
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government's
Anti-Rightist Movement. In 1966, he was sent to
Xinjiang to perform hard labour. He returned to
Beijing in 1979 and started his acting career. In 1980, he joined the Xi'an Film Production Company (西安电影制片厂) as an actor, and six years later he became a film director. He is best known for playing supporting roles in many television series.
Filmography
Film
Television
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1937 births
Living people
Male actors from Beijing
Beijing Film Academy alumni
Chinese male film actors
Chinese male television actors