In 1996, a delicate face bloomed with a vibrant smile on the graduation photo of the Beijing Chinese Opera Performance Department. Chen Minghao, who is full of ideals, said goodbye to his classmates and friends Qin Hao and Zhang Ziyi, and no longer directly involved in the film and television industry like them, but threw himself into the torrent of drama without hesitation.
At first, the road to drama was not as smooth and easy as he imagined. The first thing that needs to be faced is the doubts and incomprehension from inside and outside the industry - why give up the opportunity of rich film and television resources to choose the field of drama with an uncertain future?The second is a long wait and repeated practice, in one audition and small production, Chen Minghao carefully polished his acting skills, but he couldn't wait for a breakthrough opportunity. It wasn't until 2007 that the drama "Two Dogs' Life Opinions" with Meng Jinghui and other old friends became popular in the capital, and the "Mingshan" of the subtext was really noticed and well-known by the public.
Now, ten years later, when those who questioned his choice were applauding Chen's sparkling performance, he just smiled quietly. From those long waiting years, he has accumulated a more calm and rich inner quality than his peers. These will become his magic weapons to stand on his foothold in the future more far-reaching performance journey.
In 2018, Chen Minghao unexpectedly won an important role in two popular online adaptation film and television dramas - Wang Fatzi.
This is a new attempt. As a drama actor, he spends most of his time on the stage, interpreting the characters through words, expressions, and movements. TV dramas need to face the camera and show the inner world of the characters through subtle facial expression management. The external image is also very tested, and Wang Fatzi, the big fat man, is very different from his tall and thin body shape.
However, challenges are never an issue. Chen Minghao quickly talked about the details of Wang Fatzi: he has a gentle and honest personality but is very witty, and he often wears a few brightly colored underwear under the leather T-shirt, with some ** character patterns, which represents his innocent attributes. Under his rendering, Wang Fatzi was vivid and three-dimensional.
Unexpectedly, Chen Minghao completely digested and absorbed this role, which was very different from himself. In his vivid performance, the fat man's exterior and interior reach a rare harmony. This transformation attempt undoubtedly exercised his more three-dimensional and rich performance methods, and opened a new door for him in the field of film and television.
In the second half of 2022, "The Long Season" set off a boom in China. Ma Desheng, the former captain of the Northeast Criminal Police in the play, deeply touched countless audiences. Playing him is Chen Minghao, who was born in drama and turned to film and television.
The character of Ma Desheng is authentic, resolute and introverted on the outside, but he hides a rich inner world - he has a sense of mission and justice flowing in his body, and he also has many traumas and loneliness that are unknown to outsiders. As a performer, it is not easy to perfectly interpret such a role that highlights the outside and is both complex on the inside.
However, this challenge has been a great challenge for Chen. After he felt the role firsthand, Ma Desheng has become a part of his life. Every morning, when he put on the ** and put a dart on his back, he became the captain of the criminal police who fought for justice all his life;When Ma Desheng faced the loneliness of one man and one dog alone, he also had the same mood swings flowing under his skin.
In such a high degree of substitution, the character and demeanor of this Northeast man are perfectly interpreted, and the three-dimensional sense of the character enriches the imagination of the screenwriter and the audience. The horse team has become a popular character, and Chen Minghao has also become famous in the film and television industry.
When "The Long Season" set off a craze in China and everyone's eyes focused on Ma Desheng on the screen, Chen Minghao's whole mind had flown across the ocean to the town of Avignon in the south of France. Here, the 3rd Aranya Theater Festival is being held. As one of the founders, Zhang Ziyi recruited him to write and direct two works for this year's theater festival, and he put all his enthusiasm and persistence into them.
Day and night, Chen Minghao rushed around the seaside theater as if he had been fished out of the water. He checks the tides and keeps an eye on the weather to make sure the show is at the right time. The late night sea breeze and rain made him sick in bed for several days, but he still refused to give up rehearsals. In this way, in the loneliness and sorrow of creation, two works full of tension were born. In addition, he designed the "Drama House" project, collaborating with several friends to allow the audience to "spend an evening like no other" in a small room full of art.
Chen Minghao, the "Mingshan" whose subtext has bloomed for more than 20 years, has been shining side by side in the domestic film and television and drama circles.
His acting career is like a long-distance train that is moving smoothly, starting from the initial station of the drama, and then becoming an instant hit in "Opinions on the Life of Two Dogs", and then the blessing of Wang Fatzi's unexpected joy until the peak of "The Long Season". seems to be "logical", but it also contains too many ups and downs that only he understands.
However, on this long road of performance, Chen Minghao has never given up his persistence in professionalism and excavation of art. It was this dedication that sustained him through the initial tedious waiting, and also allowed him to create two experimental works for the Aranya Theater Festival at the peak of his career.
Looking forward to the future, Chen Minghao, a tireless creative machine, still has a huge amount of energy. He has successfully completed the crossover and transformation in the fields of film and television and stage, and what kind of jaw-dropping performances will he bring next?Will he choose to dig deep into his existing territory, or will he venture into new territory?Or from the perspective of the director and screenwriter, expand the territory. No matter what happens in the future, at least at this juncture, we have fully seen that Chen Minghao is a well-deserved acting master, and his characteristic face will allow us to enjoy more surprises on the screen and in the theater.