Huang Haibo

Huang Haibo (; born 25 November 1976) is a Chinese actor of Manchu descent, known for his roles in film The Dream of A Young Soldier, and in television series Chasing, A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, Forever Designation and Let's Get Married!. He was blacklisted in China for a prostitution scandal in 2014.

Early life and education Huang was born into a military family in Jizhou District of Tianjin, on November 25, 1975. In 1997 he was accepted to Beijing Film Academy, where he majored in acting.

Acting career Huang Haibo and Gao Yuanyuan, during the filming of Chinese talk show Art Life, on 11 December 2013. In this episode, cast and director of popular TV drama We Let Married! were invited.

Huang's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film Young Prisoners of War (1989). In the following year, he appeared in The Meridian of War, directed by Feng Xiaoning.

In 1992, Huang made his television debut in the historical television series Beiyang Fleet, portraying young Lin Taizeng. The series starring Chen Baoguo, Chen Daoming, Ge You and directed by Feng Xiaoning.

During his junior year, he got a small role in The Years of Intense Emotion (2001), a romance television drama starring Sun Haiying and Lü Liping.

Huang's breakthrough role came when he played Yu Xiaobei in the 2001 film The Dream of A Young Soldier, which garnered him a Best Newcomer Award at the 9th Beijing College Student Film Festival, an Outstanding New Actor Award at the 8th Huabiao Awards and a Golden Phoenix Award.

In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in Let Us Remember, a film starring He Bing, Guo Donglin, Xu Fan, Huang Hong, Cai Ming, Li Mingqi, and Li Xiaolu. That same year, he also participated in Stormy Sea, opposite Wu Gang, Ning Jing, Li Youbin, and Zhao Youliang.

Huang portrayed Deng Shaosheng, Deng Xiaoping's uncle, in My Early Days in France (2004). At the same year, he played the character Zhu Bajie in the shenmo television series Good Luck Zhu Bajie.

In 2005, he played a key supporting role in the historical television series Crying without Tears, starring Vincent Chiao and Park Si-yeon.

From 2006 to 2008, he appeared in dozens of television series, such as Life Hand In Hand (2006), The Love Story in Tangshan (2006), Shanghai Bund (2007), Chasing (2007), Stone Scissors Cloth (2008), and Life Is Beautiful (2008). For his role as Jiang Dongzhi in Chasing, he won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor in a Television Series at the 14th Shanghai Television Festival. He starred with Tony Leung Ka-fai, Emme Wong and Li Tete in the 2008 drama A Chinese Fairy Tale.

Huang co-starred with Du Zhiguo, Ye Jing, He Saifei and Bobo Gan in the 2009 action television series Jianghu Brothers.

Huang became widely known to audiences with A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era (2010), in which he played the romantic interest of Mao Doudou, Hai Qing's character. He was nominated for Best Actor Award at the 25th Golden Eagle Awards. That same year, he was cast in Welcome to Shama Town, opposite Sun Honglei, Lin Chi-ling, Li Liqun and Vivian Gan.

In 2011, Huang earned his second Best Actor Award at the 18th Shanghai Television Festival for his performance in Forever Designation. He played a supporting role in The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe and Shigeo Kobayashi and directed by Zhang Yimou.

Huang rose to fame after portraying the romantic interest of Gao Yuanyuan's character in the television series Let's get married! (2013), the series was one of the most watched ones in CCTV while it was aired in mainland China in that year.

In 2014, Huang's performance in Uncle Victory which garnered him a Best Actor Award at the Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival in Australia. He starred as Jiang Hai, reuniting him with co-star Zhang Jingchu, who played his love interest, in television series A Selfless Love.

Personal life In 2014 Huang married actress Qu Shanshan in Los Angeles, California, United States. Their son was born on August 6, 2015, in Beijing.

Controversy On May 16, 2014, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau announced that Huang was arrested for hiring a prostitute. Both Huang and the alleged transgender prostitute, Liu Xinyu, were sentenced to 6 months. In 2018, Liu stated during a livestream that she was not a sex worker but a minor actress. She claimed that Huang had been repeatedly pressured to drink, became unwell, and was taken to a hotel, and that no sexual transaction had occurred before police intervened and arrested them on prostitution-related charges. Liu suggested that the incident had been a setup intended to frame Huang. Huang has not publicly responded to these claims.

Filmography Film Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1989 Young Prisoners of War Ba Jin 1990 The Meridian of War Shan Pao Mother Dongdong 2001 The Dream of A Young Soldier Yu Xiaobei 2003 Let Us Remember Song Kai Stormy Sea Wei Laobing 2004 My Early Days in France Deng Shaosheng 2008 A Chinese Fairy Tale Zhu dechun 2010 Welcome to Shama Town Mao Zong 2011 The Flowers of War Xu Dapeng 2013 Uncle Victory Chen Shengli (Uncle Victory)

Television Year English title Chinese title Role Notes 1992 Beiyang Fleet Young Lin Taizeng 1998 Story of the Department of Acting Wang Xinmin 2001 The Years of Intense Emotion Shi Lin 2002 Lü Long 2003 Taiwan Straits Lin Ziqi Goodbye, Zhadele Gao Yuan 2004 Good Luck Zhu Bajie Zhu Bajie Qiu Feng 2005 Lao Zhonghua Crying without Tears Tan Xiaoliang A Pair in Love Sang Pu 2006 Life Hand In Hand Ma Wenjun The Breaking of Rock Frightens the Heaven Wei Guangliang The Love Story in Tangshan Zhou Haiguang 2007 Shanghai Bund Ding Li Chasing Jiang Dongzhi I Will Wait for You in Paradise Ou Muxin Beautiful Life Yang Wenbang Shen Tianliang 2008 If These Walls Could Talk Zhang Dali Stone Scissors Cloth Xu Tao Honorable Years Zou Dalun Seven Days that Shocked the World Jiang Hui Life Is Beautiful Li Qiang 2009 Jianghu Brothers Tang Haoqiang Wei Kang Black Triangle Shi Yan 2010 War of Father Guan Yongbo A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era Yu Wei My Beautiful Life Jin Bo 2011 Forever Designation Li Da Benshi Blood Brothers Xu Dadan 2013 Three Gallants in Troubled Times Tang Ziyi The New Story of Editorial Department Yuan Shuai We Get Married Guo Ran 2014 If You Are The One Qin Fen A Selfless Love Jiang Hai

Drama Year English title Chinese title Co-star(s) Notes 1998 Taxi Hai Qing 2010 Cherish Our Love Forever Fu Xinbo/ Tong Lei/ Zhao Lin 2011 Beautiful Time Hai Qing

Singles Year English title Chinese title Notes 2011 General Code of Brotherhood 2013 My Life Has Given You

Film and TV Awards Year Nominated work Award Category Result Notes 2002 The Dream of A Young Soldier 9th Beijing College Student Film Festival Best Newcomer 8th Huabiao Awards Outstanding New Actor 2003 9th Golden Phoenix Awards 2008 Chasing 14th Shanghai Television Festival Best Actor 2010 A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era 25th Golden Eagle Awards Best Actor 2012 Forever Designation 18th Shanghai Television Festival Best Actor 2015 Uncle Victory 5th Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival Best Actor