| Meng Hetang | |||||
| Birth Name: | Meng Xianghui (孟祥辉) | ||||
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1988 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | ||||
| Occupation: | Crosstalk actor | ||||
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Meng Hetang, original name Meng Xianghui, born in Harbin, China, is a Chinese crosstalk (xiangsheng) comedian and actor. He partners with Zhou Jiuliang on stage and currently leads Performance Team 7 in Deyunshe. He won Xiangsheng Has New Talents (相声有新人) in 2018 and made his film debut with Da Ying Jia in 2020. He had a famous slogan Panta (盘他!), the word "pan" in the antique refers to the repeated friction to make the play surface more smooth and textured, "ta" means it.
Meng Hetang was born on April 26, 1988, in Harbin, China. Upon graduation from Heilongjiang Art Vocational College, Meng passed the interview to join Deyunshe in 2008. He officially became an apprentice to Guo Degang on June 13, 2009.[1] Guo gave the character He(鹤)for him and called him Meng Hetang. He(鹤) is the second level in Deyunshe.
Meng started his stage career in Deyunshe theaters with Performance Team 5 and moved to captain Performance Team 7 in 2017. He held his first personal Xiangsheng Performance in big theatre with Zhou Jiuliang in 2018. From August to October 2018, Meng starred in Xiangsheng Has New Talents, a Xiangsheng talent show airing on national TV, and won first place with Zhou Jiuliang.[2] In 2020, he participated in Happy Comedian Season 6 and won second place.[3]
Meng starred in Neng Nai Da Le,[4] a Deyunshe-produced TV series in 2018. In 2020, Meng made his film debut with Da Ying Jia, starring as supporting character Zhou You. However, the movie was not released in movie theatres due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Year | Aired | Platform | Title | Chinese Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | November 17 | Tianjin TV | Show Tonight | 《今夜有戏》 | |
| 2012 | January 25 | Jiangsu TV | Can't Stop Laughing | 《不得不笑》 | |
| March 29 | Liaoning TV | Keep Cool | 《有话好好说》 | ||
| 2014 | January 6 | Qian's World | 《大谦世界》 | Host | |
| 2015 | March 28 | Tianjin TV | Guo Se Tian Xiang | 《国色天香》 | Supporting Role |
| 2018 | August 11 – October 27 | Dragon TV | Xiangsheng Has New Talents | 《相声有新人》 | Won First Place |
| 2019 | April 7 | Happy Comedian, Season 5 | 《欢乐喜剧人 第五季》第十二期 | Supporting Role | |
| August 1 | Hunan TV | Magical Chinese Characters | 《神奇的汉字》 | Elite Round | |
| August 4 | Penggen vs Dougen | ||||
| August 13 | Elite Encore Round | ||||
| August 15 | Final Elite Round | ||||
| December 1 | Day Day Up | 《天天向上》 | |||
| 2020 | January 23 | Tianjin TV | Deyunshe Spring Festival Xiangsheng Gala | 《德云社春节相声晚会》 | |
| January 26 – May 3 | Dragon TV | Happy Comedian, Season 6 | 《欢乐喜剧人 第六季》 | Won Second Place | |
| Hunan TV | Happy Camp | 《快乐大本营》 | |||
| June 26 | Golden Eagle Cartoon | Happy Baby Go | 《疯狂的麦咭 第七季》 | ||
| June 27 | Hunan TV | Happy Camp | 《快乐大本营》 | ||
| July 11 | |||||
| Day Day Up | 《天天向上》 | ||||
| August 13 – | Go Newbies | 《新手驾到》 | |||
| August 27 – | Tencent | Deyun DouXiaoShe | 《德云斗笑社》 |