Li Liqun

Biography

Li Liqun was born on 2 May 1952 in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, with ancestral roots in Mengzhou, Henan. He grew up in a military veterans' village, where exposure to various regional accents helped him learn multiple dialects. After graduating from a maritime school, he joined the China Youth Drama Club, sparking his passion for acting. He completed the second term of the TV actor training program at CTS in 1975. His stage debut came in 1977, and he entered television in 1978. He co-founded the Performance Workshop (表演工作坊) with Stan Lai and Li Guo-hsiu. He won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor in a Television Series in 1981. Before his breakthrough, he performed xiangsheng-style comedy in Western restaurants over 2,000 times. He pioneered a new solo xiangsheng style with "Strange Tales of Taiwan" in 1991. He left the Performance Workshop in 1995 due to artistic differences with Stan Lai and shifted his career to mainland China. He received the Best Actor award at the Quebec World Film Festival in 1995 for "A-Ba's Lover." In 2009, his performance essays were published as "An Actor's Stored Memories." In 2025, he starred alongside his daughter in the film "Direction of Home."