侯耀文

简介

Hou Yaowen was a prominent Chinese comedic performer, born in Beijing in 1948 and passed away in 2007. He was of Manchu descent from the Bordered Blue Banner and was the son of the famous comedic master Hou Baolin and the brother of the well-known comedian Hou Yaohua. He began his artistic career in 1960 when he first stepped on stage, and joined the China Railway Art Troupe in 1965. He held senior positions including being a member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and vice chairman of the China Quyi Artists Association, as well as deputy head of the Railway Art Troupe and head of its rap and singing troupe. In 1985 he was elected one of the "Ten Laughing Stars" and excelled in several national televised comedy competitions. He received an International Artistic Achievement Certificate from the United States in 1993 and was selected in the second cohort of "Nationally Virtuous and Artistic Literary and Art Workers" in 2000. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 2000. He died in June 2007 at his Beijing home from a sudden cardiac illness at the age of 59.