Zhang Guoli is a Chinese film actor and director. Before transitioning to film and television, he began his career as a crosstalk performer. He is best known for portraying emperors in various dramas set in Qing Dynasty imperial China. In 2014, he also served as a host for the CCTV New Year's Gala. Zhang is married to actress Deng Jie and has a son, Zhang Mo, from a previous marriage, who is also an actor. A practicing Buddhist, he is a member of the Taiwanese Buddhist organization Dharma Drum Mountain and holds the dharma name Changsheng.

KNOWN FOR

Become a Farmer
2024
Wonderland
2023
Trump Card
2017
CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch
1993
The Bronze Teeth
2000
Kangxi Incognito Travel
1997
CMG Spring Festival Gala
2014
National Treasure
2017
Pagodatree Aroma in Autumn
2004
Tencent Video All Star Night 2025
2025
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
2003
Golden Marriage
2007

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
103
Directing
13
Producing
2
2025
Love Again
as Shen Zhuoran
2025
Tencent Video All Star Night 2025
2024
Golden Trio
as Xiao Changqing
2024
Fry Me to the Moon
as Gu Dapeng
2024
Become a Farmer
2023
In Our Prime
as Li Faxiang
2023
Silence of Smoke
as Liu Tingshen
2023
Under the Light
as Zheng Gang
2023
Echo
as Ran Bumo
2023
Wonderland
2021
A Love For Dillema
as Nan Jianlong
2021
国家宝藏·展演季
as Self
2021
The Mask
as Ji Tingshan
2020
还有诗和远方
2020
The Summer Palace
2019
Song of Youth
as Miao Wanqiu's Teacher
2019
My Father & Daddy
2019
Happiness Trio
as Self
2019
青春京剧社
2018
The Faces of My Gene
as Dr. Bei
2018
Long Time No See
as He Wenhua
2017
Kung Fu Yoga
as Jonathan
2017
Youth
as Plasterer
2017
The Birth of an Actor
2017
Trump Card
2017
National Treasure
2016
Everybody's Fine
as Zhiguo Guan
2016
德云社成立20周年庆典
2016
爱的追踪
as Ma Deqing
2016
Full House of Happiness
2015
Let's Go
as NPC
2014
Bring Happiness Home 2014
2014
He and His Sons
as Luo Jianjun
2014
CMG Spring Festival Gala
as 主持人
2014
Homeland
as 洪根生
2013
老公的春天
2013
Aftershock
as Wang Deqing
2012
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
as 太白金星
2012
Back to 1942
as Fan Dianyuan
2012
You Are My Lover
as He Chunsheng
2012
抬头见喜
as 赵元甲
2012
Green Porcelain
as 颜若水
2011
Zhong Guo 1945 Zhi Chong Qing Feng Yun
as 蒋介石
2011
养父
2010
草根王
as Liu Shangwen
2010
Bu Ru Tiao Wu
as Ye Zhi Liang
2009
The Founding of a Republic
as Chiang Kai-shek
2009
Living
as Liu Dong
2008
Lady Cop & Papa Crook
as Xu Ban Shan
2008
Memoirs in China
as Father
2007
Memoirs in China
as father
2007
The Brothers
as Yu Dahai
2007
Golden Marriage
as Tong Zhi
2007
Love at First Fight
as 武丁当
2006
The 601st Phone Call
2006
New Legend of Ji Gong
as 秦桧
2006
少年嘉庆
as 乾隆
2006
红墨坊
as Ji Xiaolan
2006
屋顶上的绿宝石
as 唐起山
2005
宋莲生坐堂
as 宋莲生
2004
Pagodatree Aroma in Autumn
as 佟奉全
2004
Shao Nian Bao Qin Wang
as 雍正
2003
Cell Phone
as Fei Muo
2003
布衣知县梵如花
2003
中国刑警之九月风暴
as 市长
2003
Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
as 成昆
2003
布衣天子
2003
Heroic Legend
as 明朝皇帝
2002
Vampire Super
as Wang Dui Zhang
2002
Iron Lion
2001
忠诚
2001
Capital Master
2001
Wo Zhe Yi Bei Zi
2000
A Sigh
as Liang Yazhou
2000
The Bronze Teeth
as 纪晓岚
1999
财神到
as 财神
1998
琉璃厂传奇
1998
新天仙配
as 玉皇大帝
1997
台湾第一巡抚
1997
Kangxi Incognito Travel
as 康熙
1997
危情时刻
1996
血色婚恋
as 徐明皓
1996
Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo
as 乾隆
1995
The Strangers in Beijing
as Sha Xin
1994
You're Not at 16
as 林老师
1994
The Story of Xinghua
1993
闯入者
1993
Seahorse Dance Hall
1993
CCTV Spring Festival Gala: Crosstalk and Sketch
1992
Stories of an Editorial Board
as 赵永刚
1991
女歌星的故事
as 杨西阳
1991
红十字作证
1990
The September of Mine
as 高老师
1989
The Heritage of the Yuan Family
1988
The Troubleshooters
as 于观
1988
死水微澜
as 顾天成
1987
The Lotus Palm of the 8 Diagrams
1985
Xiang Si
1985
Xian yi fan
1981
草莽英雄
Cell Phone 2
as 费墨
The Legend of Ba Qing
as Lu Buwei
Prosecutor
as Zhang Hengshui