Fei Zhenxiang
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Fei Zhenxiang | |||||||
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费振翔 | |||||||
_on_the_white_carpet_backstage_at_the_closing_ceremony_of_the_30th_Shanghai_TV_Festival_Magnolia_Awards_on_27_June_2025.png) Fei Zhenxiang at the closing ceremony of the 30th Shanghai Television Festival on 27 June 2025 | |||||||
| Born | 7 December 1978 Beijing, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Beijing Academy of Performing Arts | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director | ||||||
| Years active | 1982–present | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 费振翔 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 費振翔 | ||||||
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| Birth name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 费洋 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 費洋 | ||||||
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Fei Zhenxiang (Chinese: 费振翔; born 2 December 1978) is a Chinese actor and director best for his role as Sun Wukong in Journey to the West.
Fei was born into a family of Peking Opera performers in Beijing, on 2 December 1978.[1]
In 1982, at the age of 4, Fei made his debut on stage and participated in the Sino-Japanese Friendship Celebration, co-performing Flower and Fruit Mountain with Peking Opera performer Li Guang.[2]
In 1991, by age 12, due to he could perform Peking Opera, Fei was invited by the director Sun Zhou to perform in The True-Hearted, which was nominated the Best Supporting Actor of the 12th China Golden Rooster Awards.[1]
In 1993, Fei played a supporting role in the epic historical drama film Farewell My Concubine, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi and directed by Chen Kaige.[1]
In 2010, Fei met director Guan Hu while participating in the television series Female Military Soul and officially became a apprentice of Guan Hu. Afterwards, he successively served as the B-group director of the comedy film The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel and the executive director of Mr. Six.[1] That same year, he cast as Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, adapted from Wu Cheng'en's classical novel of the same title.[1][3] He also had a small role in The Dream of Red Mansions, a television series adaptation based on the classical novel of the same name by Cao Xueqin.[1]
In 2017, Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang purchased the copyright of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series and directed The Weasel Grave, Candle in the Tomb: the Wrath of Time, Candle in the Tomb: the Lost Caverns, and The Worm Valley.[1][4]
In 2023, Fei had a cameo appearance in the science fiction television series Three-Body, based on the novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.