Dong Chengpeng

{{Short description|Chinese host, singer, actor, director and screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Da Peng

| image = Da Peng at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, June 18, 2023.jpg

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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|大鹏}}}}

| birth_name = Dong Chengpeng

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|12}}

| birth_place = Ji'an, Jilin, China

| alma_mater = Jilin Architecture University

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film director|screenwriter|film producer}}

| years_active = 2004–present

| known_for =

| awards = {{awards

| award = Golden Horse Awards

| name = Best Live Action Short Film Award

| year = 2018 A Final Reunion

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{{awards

| award = Golden Goblet Awards

| name = Best Actor

| year = 2023 Dust to Dust

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| website =

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Dong Chengpeng ({{zh|s=董成鹏|t=董成鵬|first=s}}; born January 12, 1982), commonly known by his stage name Da Peng,{{cite web | author=Gaochao Zhang | title=During Hollywood blackout, domestic films dominate China's box office | work=Los Angeles Times | date=July 25, 2017 | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-china-box-office-20170725-story.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240227072833/https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-china-box-office-20170725-story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-02-27 }} is a Chinese actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He received widespread recognition in China for his directorial debut in the 2015 film Pancake Man, which achieved 1.16 billion yuan ($178.16 million) in China.{{cite web | author=Patrick Brzeski | title=China Box Office: The 10 Biggest Movies of 2015 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 3, 2016 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/china-box-office-10-biggest-851737/8-pancake-man-178-16-1-16-billion-yuan/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226082441/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/china-box-office-10-biggest-851737/8-pancake-man-178-16-1-16-billion-yuan/ | archive-date=February 26, 2024 | url-status=live }} The movie also gave him increased recognition in the United States.{{cite web | author=Bilge Ebiri | title=China's Film Industry Is Gaining on Hollywood | work=Bloomberg Businessweek | date=July 30, 2015 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/china-s-homegrown-film-industry-gains-on-hollywood | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803232027/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/china-s-homegrown-film-industry-gains-on-hollywood | archive-date=August 3, 2015 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | author=Nancy Tartaglione | title=China Has 'Monster' Weekend As Blackout Continues To Boost Local Pics | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=July 20, 2015 | url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/china-monster-hunt-pancake-man-imax-box-office-record-blackout-hollywood-trailer-1201482177/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721090617/http://deadline.com/2015/07/china-monster-hunt-pancake-man-imax-box-office-record-blackout-hollywood-trailer-1201482177/ | archive-date=July 21, 2015 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | author=Patrick Frater | title=U.S.-Chinese Audiences Flip For 'Pancake Man' | work=Variety | date=July 31, 2015 | url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/u-s-chinese-audiences-flip-for-pancake-man-1201554739/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019010258/https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/u-s-chinese-audiences-flip-for-pancake-man-1201554739/ | archive-date=October 19, 2016 | url-status=live }} In 2023, the film Johnny Keep Walking!, starring him, grossed more than 1.29 billion yuan ($179.31 million) in China.{{cite web | title=中金：维持猫眼娱乐“跑赢行业”评级目标价12港元 | website=Sina.com.cn | date=February 23, 2024 | url=https://finance.sina.com.cn/tob/2024-02-23/doc-inaiyrrw5139455.shtml }}

In 2018, Da Peng won the Best Live Action Short Film Award at the 55th Golden Horse Awards for his film A Final Reunion.{{cite web | author=Silvia Wong | title='An Elephant Sitting Still' wins best film at Golden Horse Awards | work=Screen International | date=November 19, 2018 | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/an-elephant-sitting-still-wins-best-film-at-golden-horse-awards/5134600.article | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240303135356/https://www.screendaily.com/news/an-elephant-sitting-still-wins-best-film-at-golden-horse-awards/5134600.article | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-03-03 }} In 2023, he won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival for his leading role in the film Dust to Dust,{{cite web | author=Patrick Frater | title=Japan's 'Yoko' Wins Golden Goblet Prize at Shanghai Film Festival | work=Variety | date=June 18, 2023 | url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/shanghai-film-festival-prize-golden-goblet-yoko-1235647872/ }} for which he was nominated for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor on February 6, 2024.{{cite web | author=Edmund Lee | title=Hong Kong Film Awards 2024 nominations in full: In Broad Daylight leads the race with 16 nods, followed by Time Still Turns the Pages and The Goldfinger | work=South China Morning Post | date=February 6, 2024 | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3251199/hong-kong-film-awards-2024-nominations-full-broad-daylight-leads-race-16-nods-followed-time-still | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240304121857/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3251199/hong-kong-film-awards-2024-nominations-full-broad-daylight-leads-race-16-nods-followed-time-still | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-03-04 }}

Da Peng's directorial works include Pancake Man, City of Rock, A Final Reunion, The Reunions, One and Only, and Post Truth.{{cite web | author=Patrick Frater | title=Parallax Picks Up Sales Rights to Chinese Hits 'Post Truth' and 'Five Hundred Miles' | work=Variety | date=December 14, 2023 | url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/parallax-sales-rights-chinese-hit-films-1235837668/ }} In his acting career, he played roles in films by renowned Chinese directors, such as Feng Xiaogang's I Am Not Madame Bovary, Tsui Hark's Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (produced by Stephen Chow), Yuen Woo-ping's The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, and Cheng Er's Hidden Blade.{{cite web | author=Austin Considine | title='Hidden Blade' Review: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | work=The New York Times | date=February 16, 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/movies/hidden-blade-review.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240304112506/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/movies/hidden-blade-review.html | archive-date=March 4, 2024 | url-status=live }}

In the early 2010s, Da Peng made his name on China's new streaming platforms.{{cite book | author=Hui Faye Xiao | title=Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century China | publisher=Routledge | year=2019 | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mti_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163 | page=163}} In 2012, when he was the presenter of the talk show "Da Peng Debade" (meaning 'Da Peng Yakking'), he was widely covered by the U.S. mainstream media for his distance interactions with Conan O'Brien.{{cite web | author=Adrienne Mong | title=Smackdown alert: USA v China | work=NBC News | date=March 4, 2012 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/smackdown-alert-usa-v-china-flna307831 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301113904/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/smackdown-alert-usa-v-china-flna307831 | archive-date=March 1, 2024 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | author=Jason Chow | work=The Wall Street Journal | date=October 26, 2022 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SJB-8791 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240301112609/https://web.archive.org/web/20221026000158/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SJB-8791 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-03-01 | title=Da Peng and Conan O'Brien: a Bromance Blooms }} In the same year, he became a star in China with a hit web series called "Diors Man",{{cite web | author=Lisa Tsering | title='Pancake Man': Film Review | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=July 29, 2015 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/pancake-man-film-review-811736/ }} which ran for four seasons. As of July 2015, the series accumulated more than 3.6 billion views.{{cite web | title=互联网第一现象级IP《屌丝男士》收官系列总播放超36亿 | website=yule.sohu.com | date=July 28, 2015 | url=https://yule.sohu.com/20150728/n417656231.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813041613/https://yule.sohu.com/20150728/n417656231.shtml | archive-date=August 13, 2015 | url-status=live }}

Early life and education

Da Peng was born on January 12, 1982, in Ji'an City, Jilin. His father was a machine factory worker and his mother was an actress in a Ping opera troupe.{{cite web | title=大鹏电影里有我的答案（图） | website=Guangming Daily | date=September 8, 2020 | url=https://m.gmw.cn/baijia/2020-09/08/1301537132.html }} He admired the Hong Kong band Beyond and formed his own band in high school.{{cite web | title=大鹏：我的梦想是用作品跟观众对话 | publisher=Yangtse Evening Post | date=November 13, 2017 | url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/yl/2017/11-13/8375022.shtml }} Later, he was enrolled in the School of Management at Jilin Architecture University, majoring in engineering management.{{cite web | title=大鹏《缝纫机乐队》：每一步跨界都绝对freestyle | publisher=Sina Entertainment | date=July 12, 2017 | url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/yneidi/2017-07-12/doc-ifyhwefp0659570.shtml }}

Career

=2004–2014=

In May 2004, Da Peng joined Sohu as the host of the celebrity talk show "INSTAR". In 2007, he hosted the talk show "Da Peng Yakking".{{cite web | title=最美表演大鹏:我能让人开心但逗不笑自己 | website=ent.sina.com.cn | date=December 17, 2015 | url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2015-12-17/doc-ifxmpxnx5261245.shtml }} In January 2009, he played the lead role in the film Radish Warrior.

On February 14, he joined the love story film Contract about Status Interchange. In May, he hosted an entertainment information program from Sohu called "Songs Be Unfit for My Halls" with Aya.

In 2012, he directed the mini comedy "Diors Man". In the same year, he joined the show "Your Face Sounds Familiar", and became its champion. In 2013, he directed and starred in "Diors Man 2".

In January 2014, he headlined the film Hello Babies. Later, he joined the CCTV New Year's Gala to perform a skit "Disturbing" with Cai Ming and Yue Yunpeng. In 2013, he directed and starred in "Diors Man 3".

=2015–2017=

On June 20, 2015, the film Pancake Man, which he directed and starred in, won 'Best New Director' and 'Best New Actor' awards at the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival.{{cite book | author=Qiao Li, Yanqiu Guan and Hong Lu | title=Development of the Global Film Industry | publisher=Routledge | year=2020 | isbn= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ap_5DwAAQBAJ&pg=SA8-PA48 | page=8-PA48 }}

In October, he was selected to participate in the "Sino-American Film Talent Exchange Program", jointly initiated by the Motion Picture Association of America and China's SAPPRFT in 2013,{{cite web | title=第二届“金色银幕奖”《喜欢你》获最佳影片 | website=ent.sina.com.cn | date=November 1, 2017 | url=https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2017-11-01/doc-ifynfvar5756637.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305042358/https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2017-11-01/doc-ifynfvar5756637.shtml | archive-date=March 5, 2024 | url-status=live }} and was sent to study at Paramount Pictures.{{cite web | title=大鹏凭《煎饼侠》实现三赢将赴美国派拉蒙交流 | work=NetEase Entertainment | date=October 14, 2015 | url=https://www.163.com/ent/article/B5T5FA9Q000300B1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305041914/https://www.163.com/ent/article/B5T5FA9Q000300B1.html | archive-date=March 5, 2024 | url-status=live }}

In November, he received the Outstanding Chinese Young Director Award at the 11th Chinese American Film Festival in Los Angeles. On December 4, he joined the sci-fi comedy Impossible.

In 2016, he played a starring role in the film The Thousand Faces of Dunjia. Then, he acted in Feng Xiaogang's movie I Am Not Madame Bovary. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Asian Film Awards for this movie.{{cite web | author=Karen Chu | title=Asian Film Awards: South Korea's 'The Handmaiden' Leads With 6 Nominations | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=January 11, 2017 | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/asian-film-awards-south-koreas-handmaiden-leads-six-nominations-963443/ }}

In January 2017, he played a role in the movie Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back. In July, he took a starring role in the movie Father and Son. On September 29, the film he directed, City of Rock, was released.{{cite web | author=Gaochao Zhang | title=Martial arts comedy 'Never Say Die' dominates the Chinese National Day holiday | work=Los Angeles Times | date=October 10, 2017 | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-china-box-office-20171010-story.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240301082034/https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-china-box-office-20171010-story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-03-01 }}

=2018–present=

In 2018, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his film A Final Reunion. In July 2020, his film The Reunions was shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award for Best Film in the main competition of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival.{{cite web | title=大鹏电影《吉祥如意》1月29日上映 | website=finance.sina.com.cn | date=January 27, 2021 | url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/2021-01-27/doc-ikftssap1265784.shtml }} In November, he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for the movie My Dear Liar.{{cite web | author=Rebecca Davis | title=Zhang Yimou's Censored 'One Second' to Debut at Government-Run Golden Rooster Festival | work=Variety | date=November 11, 2020 | url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/zhang-yimou-one-second-golden-rooster-festival-awards-1234827791/ }}

In January 2021, his third directorial film, The Last Reunion, was screened. On February 12, he acted in the movie Detective Chinatown 3. On March 5, he appeared in the film The Eleventh Chapter, directed by Chen Jianbin.

On September 9, he was cast in the lead role in the web series "Double Detective". In January 2023, he took the lead role in the film Hidden Blade. On March 10, the movie Post Truth, which he directed and starred in, was launched.

In July, the Asian Games-themed film One and Only, which he directed, was shown in theaters. On September 9, he headlined the movie Dust to Dust. He headed the cast of Johnny Keep Walking!, which hit theaters on December 29.

In December, he served as a jury member for the Golden Coconut Awards at the 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival.{{cite web | title=第五届海南岛国际电影节举行“金椰奖”评委见面会 | website=Sanya Daily | date=December 17, 2023 | url=http://epaper.sanyarb.com.cn/html/2023-12/17/content_38410_127709.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303120148/http://epaper.sanyarb.com.cn/html/2023-12/17/content_38410_127709.htm | archive-date=March 3, 2024 | url-status=live }} On January 12, 2024, the IMAX space-themed science fiction film Asteroid Hunter, narrated by him, was screened in China.{{cite web | author=Zhang Rui | work=China Internet Information Center | date=January 12, 2024 | title=IMAX's 'Asteroid Hunters' makes milestone debut in China | url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2024-01/12/content_116937210.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301061922/http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2024-01/12/content_116937210.htm | archive-date=March 1, 2024 | url-status=live }}

In January, he was nominated for Best Actor at the 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for his role in Dust to Dust.{{cite web | title=Taiwanese star over the moon with HK win | author=Adelyn Lau | work=The Standard | date=January 17, 2024 | url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/50041835/259602/Taiwanese-star-over-the-moon-with-HK-win }} On February 6, the film earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards.

On March 21, Da Peng served as one of the official voices for the Chinese version of The Boy and the Heron, a Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. On April 3 of the same year, the film was released in China.{{cite web | title=刘昊然、大鹏等为宫崎骏新作《你想活出怎样的人生》中文版献声 | website=Xinhuanet.com | date=March 21, 2024 | url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/ent/20240321/5714a1d685334daa88279acb8660552e/c.html }}

Published books

{{cite book | title=Laughing Out Loud on Tough Days | publisher=Beijing United Publishing Company | year=2013 | isbn=978-7-5502-2375-2 | url=https://search.worldcat.org/zh-cn/title/1031220200 }}
{{cite book | title=Be Your Own Hero First | publisher=Beijing United Publishing Company | year=2015 | isbn=978-7-5502-5502-9 | url=https://search.worldcat.org/zh-cn/title/950430228 }}
{{cite book | title=The Road of Dreams | publisher=Beijing United Publishing Company | year=2017 | isbn=978-7-5596-0932-8 | url=https://search.worldcat.org/zh-cn/title/1031220200 }}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|3934959}}
[https://weibo.com/dapengpeng DongChengPeng's Weibo] {{in lang|zh}}

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