Wei Zongwan

Wei was born in Shanghai on November 24, 1938, in the Republic of China, with his ancestral home in Ningbo, Zhejiang.

After graduating from Shanghai Nanyang Model Junior High School ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|上海南洋模范初中}}) in 1955 he entered the Shanghai Turbine Plant ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|上海汽轮机厂}}) worked as a bench worker, and joined a drama team in that factory.

Wei graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1963, majoring in acting. After university, he was assigned to the Shanghai People's Art Theatre. In a very long time in the Shanghai People's Art Theatre, he acted insignificant roles vividly. When watching the sketch he acted, Hou Baolin, a xiangsheng artist, commented:"It is just perfect and leaves some leeway. Being insufficient is better than overdoing."{{cite news|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/227996283_472412 |script-title=zh:80岁“高俅”魏宗万近照，曾与赵本山齐名，演恶人奸角人人喊打！|quote={{zh|s=著名相声表演艺术家侯宝林当年在看完这个小品后，给魏宗万写了四句话“恰到好处，留有余地。宁可不够，不要过头。”|labels=no}}|work=Sohu |date=2018-04-12 |language=zh}}

Wei had his first experience in front of a camera in 1982, when he was chosen to act as a supporting actor in One and Eight, the first film of the 5th generation of directors.

In 1992, he appeared in Zhang Jianya's San Mao Joins the Army, which earned him a Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 1991, he starred as Sima Yi in Zhang Shaolin's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a historical television series where he co-starred with Tang Guoqiang, Bao Guo'an and Sun Yanjun, which was adapted from Luo Guanzhong's classical novel of the same title.

In 1997, he played a supporting role in Zhang Shaolin's television series The Water Margin, which was adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical novel of the same title.

In 2010, he participated in a romantic comedy called A Singing Fairy as "Laomo", he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2nd Macau International Movie Festival.

In 2014, he acted as a supporting actor in Wei Zheng's romantic comedy television series IPPrtment 4, a hot TV series starring Eric Wang, Deng Jiajia, Michael Chen, Loura Lou, Kimi Li, Jean Lee, Sean Sun and Vanessa Zhao recently in Heilongjiang, Anhui, Dragon and Hubei four major Television.{{cite web |url=http://www.chinanews.com/yl/2013/12-31/5682303.shtml |script-title=zh:《爱情公寓》完结篇将播 主创称有不少泪点(图) |access-date=2013-12-31 |work=Chinanews|language=zh}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hunantv.com/c/20131218/1116029879.html |script-title=zh:《爱情公寓4》预告片出炉 "一弹双核"惊呆小伙伴 |date=2013-12-18 |work=Hunan TV |language=zh}}

Wei married Zhou Weiming ({{zh|s=周惟明|links=no}}), is a retired primary school teacher. They have a stepdaughter named Yu Hong ({{zh|s=于虹|links=no}}) and a biological daughter.{{cite news|url=https://news.china.com/news100/11038989/20170426/30460313_all.html |script-title=zh:德艺双馨的丑星老戏骨，与离异女士结为夫妻相爱至今，一生零差评 |work=china.com |date=2017-04-26 |language=zh}}

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