關山 (演員)

简介

Guan Shan, born Guan Bo Wei on 20 April 1933 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, was of Manchu Gwalgiya clan descent. He grew up in Shenyang until middle school, then his family relocated to Hong Kong during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After his parents died shortly after arriving in Hong Kong, he was forced to support his family, leaving school to work as a miner, dock worker, and lifeguard. He entered the film world after watching the 1954 film "The Ghost Lovers" and enrolled in the Great Wall Film Company's actor training program in 1956. In 1958, he made history by winning the Best Actor Silver Sail award at the Locarno International Film Festival for his role in "The True Story of Ah Q," becoming the first Hong Kong actor to win an award at an international film festival at the age of 25. He joined Shaw Brothers in 1961 and became one of the most popular Mandarin-language film actors of the 1960s, excelling in romantic films. In the 1970s, he founded his own film company, producing and directing works such as "Strangers from Tang," and also appeared in television dramas. In the 1980s, he gradually stepped away from acting to pursue business and later moved to the United States. He was married to actress Zhang Bing Qian and had a famous daughter, actress Rosamund Kwan. He passed away on 1 October 2012 in Hong Kong.