Song Xiaobao
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5 January 1981
Song Xiaobao | |||||||||||||
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| Born | Song Baoli 5 January 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Occupations | Actor, comedian | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 宋小寶 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宋小宝 | ||||||||||||
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| Song Baoli | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 宋寶利 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宋宝利 | ||||||||||||
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Song Xiaobao (born 5 January 1981) is a Chinese comedian, actor, and TV personality. He studied Errenzhuan under Zhao Benshan and has worked closely with Zhao throughout his career. He won a Huading Award in 2014 for the television drama series Cherry.
Song Baoli was born on 5 January 1981 in Huinan, Tonghua, Jilin. He grew up in a rural community and dropped out of high school due to poverty. At age 16, he spent a year travelling around Heilongjiang, working as a dishwasher to earn a living.[1][2]
At age 19, he was talent-spotted by an Errenzhuan troupe.[1] He studied acting under Zhao Benshan and was Zhao's 32nd apprentice. He adopted the stage name Song Xiaobao and gained local popularity in 2009 through his part in Zhao's Heilongjiang Television show Benshan Happy Camp.[3][4]
