| Ma Dehua | |||||||||
| Native Name: | 马德华 | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1945 8, df=yes | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Peking, China | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | China National Peking Opera Company | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||
| Years Active: | 1982-present | ||||||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||||||
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Ma Dehua (; born 11 August 1945) is a Chinese actor best known for his role as Zhu Bajie in the 1986 television series Journey to the West.[1] [2] [3]
Ma was born in a family of merchants in Beijing on August 11, 1945, with his ancestral home in Wucheng County, Shandong, he is of Hui people ethnicity, he is the third child of four children.[4]
Ma aspired to act from an early age. At the age of 5, Ma started to studied Chinese martial arts.
Ma studied at the High School Affiliated to Minzu University of China. Ma entered the China National Peking Opera Company by age 14, he learned Kunqu opera and Beijing opera there. After finished, Ma worked in the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater as an actor.
During the Cultural Revolution, Ma acted in Shajiabang, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy and Dujuan Mountain.
In early 1982, Director Yang Jie invited Ma to act Zhu Bajie in Journey to the West, by the age of 37.[5] [6] The series was one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year.
Ma retired in 1999, at the age of 54.
In 2007, Ma starred opposite Liu Xiao Ling Tong, Chi Zhongrui, Liu Dagang in Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West.
Ma married worker Hou Yumin (Chinese: 侯玉敏) in October 1972, they have a son, Ma Yang (Chinese: 马洋; born 1973).[7]
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chinese: 封魔录后传 | ||||
| Chinese: 滚出来，凶手 | |||||
| The New Year's Eve of Old Lee | Chinese: 过年好 | An old man | |||
| 2017 | How to Train the Demon | Chinese: 笑八仙前传之驯妖记 | Zhang Guolao | [8] | |
| 2018 | White Bone Lady Fights the Wolf Demon | ||||
| 2019 | Miser | Chinese: 财迷 | Zhu Shoufu | [9] | |
| 2019 | Youth | Chinese: 误入青春 | Jiang Hai | [10] | |
| 2019 | Hearted Road | ||||
| Journey to the West 3D | Chinese: 敢问路在何方 | [11] |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Journey to the West | Chinese: 西游记 | |||
| 2006 | The Story of an Old Man | Chinese: 老人的故事 | Grandpa Shi | ||
| 2007 | Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West | Chinese: 吴承恩与西游记 | Zhu Bajie | ||
| 2011 | Fake President | Chinese: 冒牌董事长 | President Liao | ||
| 2012 | Blind Date | Chinese: 喜事连连剩男相亲记 | Lao Guan |