Ning Li is a "prison" actor, and some people asked why he said that.
Count Ning Li's role: Li Toyota, the killer who lights a cigarette in reverse in "Undocumented Crime".
The black boss "Ma Shuai" in "Sweeping the Black Storm".
and the professor "Zhang Chao" with a super high IQ in "The Silent Truth".
These characters have a chilling feeling when they look at them, especially Li Toyota, after Li Toyota beat his second brother, he sneered while smashing his head with an ashtray. After fighting with Brother Bing, he walked a few steps out of the bar and spit out Brother Bing's ears; In the crematorium, he held a chicken leg in his left hand and gnawed on it, and he used a shovel to cut people with his right hand, which directly scared Guo Yu stupidly...
Ning Li's debut was the pinnacle, but because of a "wrong decision", he was reduced to no drama to film, and after he married his daughter-in-law, everyone said that he was eating his wife's "soft rice".
Every time he talked about the mistakes he made, Ning Li said that he did not regret it.
What kind of thing is it that makes Ning Li rather have a future?
Ning Li was born in Beijing in 1969 to an engineer father and a doctor mother.
At that time, these two professions were fragrant in the eyes of everyone, and they made a lot of money decently.
Dan Ningli's life was not good, his mother died in a car accident when he was 11 years old, and his father suddenly changed from an engineer to an ordinary worker for various reasons.
Ning Li was unhappy since he was a child, his father didn't care about him too much, he was very depressed, his grades were not good, and he didn't get into any school in the college entrance examination in the end.
It is impossible for Ning Lizi to inherit his father's business, he became interested in acting after failing in the college entrance examination, and when he accompanied his friends to the Shanghai Theater Academy for an interview, the teacher immediately fell in love with him, hoping that he could also apply for the exam.
Ning Li didn't expect such a good thing, so he immediately chose to apply for the exam.
At the interview scene, Ning Li seemed to be born to be an actor, obviously he had not received professional training, but he stood out among hundreds of professional candidates.
After entering the school, Ning Li began to work hard and stopped contacting his former friends.
As soon as he graduated, he was asked by the director to make a movie, and in 1992, he cooperated with Zhu Xu and starred in "The Que Family".
Since then, he has continuously filmed "The Honeymoon Comes Again", "People About Dusk"...
With his excellent acting skills, Ning Li won many awards, and with his popularity at the time, he could move towards the "actor" no matter how hard he worked.
In that era, there was a wave of going abroad.
The state supports young people to go abroad to learn technology, and Ning Li is deeply attracted by being able to "go abroad".
He grew up in China and wanted to go out to see the world, so he went to the United States with the idea of "going abroad, doing anything".
When he first arrived in the United States, Ning Li regretted it, because he didn't know English at all, and he had a hard time communicating with others.
At this time, if Ning Li chose to return to China to continue filming, it would still be salvageable, but at that time, he was young and frivolous, and he felt that it would be shameless to go back so soon.
In order to survive, Ning Li worked as a real estate agent, a second landlord, and a newspaper.
He worked hard in the United States and was recognized by a local post office in the United States, and the supervisor told Ning Li that he could become a regular worker - this profession is an iron rice bowl abroad.
But Ning Li didn't want to live this kind of life where he could see the end at a glance, and after staying in the United States for 4 years, Ning Li finally decided to continue filming.
In 2000, he was admitted to a university in the United States to study Xi filmmaking.
Ning Li's wife is an American girl - Anna, and Anna and Ning Li only knew each other for half a year before getting married.
Ning Li was a real poor man at the time, his English was not very good, he could only find some simple jobs to do, no house, no car, no money, but he was regarded as a treasure by Anna.
Anna's family background is not wealthy, his parents are ordinary workers, but her parents are still very affectionate.
Anna's dad proposed for only $1 in a ring, but later thought it looked good and gave his daughter a pair.
They got married with the one-dollar rings.
Ning Li graduated soon, he started to work, film is very expensive, 3 minutes cost 100 dollars, at this time Ning Li and Anna already have a child, Ning Li not only can't help but also spend a lot of money to shoot things.
Ning Li has always felt very guilty when he talked about that time, his career did not improve at that time, and he even lost his temper with Anna, but Anna chose to forgive Ning Li, and in turn encouraged Ning Li not to give up.
Later, the youngest daughter of the two was born, Ning Li's career still did not improve, he himself gave up but Anna disagreed, she did not want her husband to sacrifice his dream to support the family.
What more could a husband ask for if he had a wife like this?
For nearly 10 years, Ning Li's career has not improved, but her wife still insists on letting Ning Li pursue her dreams.
It wasn't until 2016 that Ningli's opportunity came completely.
The director of "Undocumented Crime" found Ning Li and wanted to ask him to play Li Toyota.
At that time, Ning Li had never been in contact with online dramas, so he thought it was some kind of student homework and chose to refuse to act.
The director stuffed the script to Ning Li and insisted that he read it before making a decision.
Li Toyota's character portrayal is so good that Ning Li let go of his prejudices after reading the script, and felt that he would take it even if he didn't give money.
With this role, Ning Li, who has been silent for more than 10 years, has returned to the public's sight.
With the image of "Li Toyota", Ning Li no longer worries about filming, and there are several books that ask him to play a killer every day.
Anna reminds Ning Li not to play only one role, so as not to narrow the acting path.
Ning Li felt deeply justified and pushed the script of playing the killer.
In 2021, Ning Li will play the role of a shoemaker in "The Myth of Love", and the image of a shoemaker with a Shanghai accent is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even surpassed the protagonist in popularity.
Now when Ning Li walks on the street, he will be recognized by his fans and ask for autographs.
Ning Li's success is inseparable from his family, and his wife has helped Ning Li too much, preferring to live a poor life to support her husband's dreams.
Someone asked Ning Li if he regretted going abroad, and he replied that he didn't regret it.
If I didn't go abroad, I wouldn't have met Anna, and I wouldn't have the two lovely daughters I have now.
If your career is gone, you can do other work, and if a good wife like Anna is gone, you will regret it for a lifetime.