Chen Peisi

Chen Peisi (; born 1 February 1954) is a Chinese sketch comedian, film and stage actor, and voice actor. Chen's oft-time comedy partner is Zhu Shimao.

Name Chen Peisi is the second son of famous stage and film actor Chen Qiang. Qiang's first son was born in 1951 while he was in Budapest performing The White-Haired Girl. Qiang was so enamoured with the city that he named his son after Buda (, Bùdá), the western half of Budapest. When his second son was born three years later, Qiang named him after Pest (, Pèisī), the eastern half of Budapest. Qiang's youngest child, daughter Lida , was also named after a part of Budapest — Margaret Island in the Danube, between Buda and Pest.

Biography Chen was born in Changchun, Jilin on 1 February 1954. In 1966, Chen studied at The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. In 1969, during the Cultural Revolution, he worked in Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps. In 1973, Chen worked in August First Film Studio as an actor. In 1991, Chen set up a company named Hainan Comedy Film and Television Limited Company , then renamed it Dadao Film and Television Limited Company . In 2000, Chen and his partner Zhu Shimao sued the China International Television Corporation over royalties from broadcasts which they won, but they were then taken off air by the parent company, China Central Television.

On October 26, 2020, he returned to the CCTV stage and served as the first instructor of the variety show "Gold Medal Comedy Class" after 20 years.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1976 Storm Over the South-China Sea A Vietnamese sailor 1978 1979 Anxious to Return Police captain What a Family Jia Qi 1980 N and Out of Court Xia Huan 1982 Sunset Street Er Zi Pipa Soul Ah Fu 1983 The Man Who Goes To Make Money Zhang Yuqiang 1985 Father and Son Er Zi Er Zi Has a Little Hotel Er Zi 1986 Master of Suffering Jin Fu 1987 Soccer Heroes Zhao Huli 1988 The Silly Manager Er Zi Black Butterfly 1990 Father and Son's Car 1991 As director 1992 Make a Bomb Niu Dawei An Interim Father General Manager Chen The Lost Hero Peter Chen 1993 Sub Husband Chen Yaozong Fitial Son And Fitial Piety Chen Xiao'er 1995 Her Majesty Is Fine Tang Yuanyuan 1998 Three and A Half Man Peace All Year Round 2000 Defensiveness 2011 Under The Influence Landlord 2015 Lotus Code Pu Zhao 2017 Buddies in India Tang Zong

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1981 Examination Room 1983 Making Trouble out of Nothing 1984 Kindling Wolf's Lair 1985 The Story of Min 1986 Side of the Road Quartet 1990 1944 When Something Amazing Happens Chen Xiaofu 1996 I'm a Countryside Man As director 1997 Be Blessed with Double Happiness 1998 Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Yue Wencheng 2000 Tu Jiawu 2002 Chinese Communist Party Member: Sister Ma Takes a Little Sunshine to Give Out Radiance 2013 Xu Beihong Patrolman 2014 What a Big Family Tang Yipin/ Tang Jinsuo

Variety show Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 2020–present Gold Medal Comedy Class First instructor