Guo Donglin

Guo Donglin (; born 18 October 1966) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer.

He is notable for performing xiangsheng and sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala from 1993 to 2017.

In the 2017 New Year's Gala, Guo played in a sketch in which he prevented a relative from being scammed. The scammer's voice was noted to have a thick Henan accent, to which Guo's character said '10 out of 9 scammers are Henan people', referencing anti-Henan sentiment. Guo suffered severe reputation loss from this controversy and did not appear again in the New Year's Gala for the first time after 23 years. However, news outlets noted that as an actor, Guo likely wasn't responsible for the sketch's script.

Biography Guo was born in Yantai, Shandong in October 1966, both his father Guo Changyi and mother were performing artists, he graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Works

CCTV New Year's Gala Year Title Chinese Title Cast Notes 1993 Zhang Ci , Fabao 1995 Something While Looking for Me Li Wenqi , Maihongmei 1996 Intersection Wei Ji'an , Zhao Liang 1997 Spring Festival Guo Da , Cai Ming 1999 Ball Game Fan Guo Da , Cai Ming 2000 Feng Gong 2001 Much Will Have More Feng Gong, Guo Yue 2002 On and Off Stage Feng Gong, Lu Ming 2003 I Swap the Roles with My Father Jin Yuting , Xiaodingdang 2004 A Good Man Guo Da , Yang Lei 2005 A Man Niu Li 2006 An Honest Man Wei Ji'an , Huang Xiaojuan 2007 Return Home Shao Feng 2008 News Figure Zhou Tao 2010 Zhou Tao , Liu Jian 2012 The Supermarket Interview Wei Ji'an , Fu Junqi , He Jun 20132014201520162017Withdrawing Money

Television Year Title Chinese Title Role Notes 1991 The Story of Editorial Staff guest 1993 I Love My Home 1994 1996 Presidential Suite Big Magic Cube 1997 Sweet Woman 1998 Palace of Desire Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Golden Eagle Award for Audience's Choice for Supporting Actor 2001 Harmony Brings Wealthy Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties Cheng Yaojin 2002 Dye House guest Tian Hongyu 2003 Dead Men to Tell Tales Li Tang Hua Ziqiang Wan Dashan Li Shuai 2004 Divorced Woman Yang Yifan 2005 Kang Delong County Leader Ji Xiaolan General A Gui Tang Danian 2006 Hai Yuguang The Moon Huang Shachen 2007 Zhou Zhai 2008 Su Dongpo Monk Foyin 2009 guest Wanjuan Pavilion Guo Ziyu Highly Skilled Doctor Erju 2010 Twin of Brothers He Wuqiu 2011 Woman Soldiers

Film Year Title Chinese Title Role Cast Notes 1987 The Men's World guest 1996 Ambush 2003 Rat Love Cat King of Xiangyang 2003 Remember 2004 Dream Comes True 2004 The Taxi Story 2005 Haste Makes Waste Zhang Qiang 2012

Drama Parisian Wedding and Funeral The History of Sangshuping Hamlet Gala Hutong Super Idiot Haitang Hutong