# Huang Haibo (actor)

Huang Haibo (Chinese: 黄海波; born 25 November 1976) is a Chinese actor of Manchu descent, best known in film for playing Yu Xiaobei in The Dream of A Young Soldier (2001), and has received critical acclaim for his television work, particularly as Jiang Dongzhi in Chasing, Yu Wei in A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, Li Da Benshi in Forever Designation and Guo Ran in Let's get married!.

## Early life and education

Huang was born into a military family in Jizhou District of Tianjin, on November 25, 1975. In 1997 he was accepted to Beijing Film Academy, where he majored in acting.

## Acting career

Huang's first film role was uncredited appearance in the film Young Prisoners of War (1989). In the following year, he appeared in The Meridian of War, directed by Feng Xiaoning.
In 1992, Huang made his television debut in the historical television series Beiyang Fleet, portraying young Lin Taizeng. The series starring Chen Baoguo, Chen Daoming, Ge You and directed by Feng Xiaoning.
During his junior year, he got a small role in The Years of Intense Emotion (2001), a romance television drama starring Sun Haiying and Lü Liping.
Huang's breakthrough role came when he played Yu Xiaobei in the 2001 film The Dream of A Young Soldier, which garnered him a Best Newcomer Award at the 9th Beijing College Student Film Festival, an Outstanding New Actor Award at the 8th Huabiao Awards and a Golden Phoenix Award.
In 2003, he had a cameo appearance in Let Us Remember, a film starring He Bing, Guo Donglin, Xu Fan, Huang Hong, Cai Ming, Li Mingqi, and Li Xiaolu. That same year, he also participated in Stormy Sea, opposite Wu Gang, Ning Jing, Li Youbin, and Zhao Youliang.
Huang portrayed Deng Shaosheng, Deng Xiaoping's uncle, in My Early Days in France (2004). At the same year, he played the character Zhu Bajie in the shenmo television series Good Luck Zhu Bajie.
In 2005, he played a key supporting role in the historical television series Crying without Tears, starring Vincent Chiao and Park Si-yeon.
From 2006 to 2008, he appeared in dozens of television series, such as Life Hand In Hand (2006), The Love Story in Tangshan (2006), Shanghai Bund (2007), Chasing (2007), Stone Scissors Cloth (2008), and Life Is Beautiful (2008). For his role as Jiang Dongzhi in Chasing, he won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor in a Television Series at the 14th Shanghai Television Festival. He starred with Tony Leung Ka-fai, Emme Wong and Li Tete in the 2008 drama A Chinese Fairy Tale.
Huang co-starred with Du Zhiguo, Ye Jing, He Saifei and Bobo Gan in the 2009 action television series Jianghu Brothers.
Huang became widely known to audiences with A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era (2010), in which he played the romantic interest of Mao Doudou, Hai Qing's character. He was nominated for Best Actor Award at the 25th Golden Eagle Awards. That same year, he was cast in Welcome to Shama Town, opposite Sun Honglei, Lin Chi-ling, Li Liqun and Vivian Gan.
In 2011, Huang earned his second Best Actor Award at the 18th Shanghai Television Festival for his performance in Forever Designation. He played a supporting role in The Flowers of War, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe and Shigeo Kobayashi and directed by Zhang Yimou.
Huang rose to fame after portraying the romantic interest of Gao Yuanyuan's character in the television series Let's get married! (2013), the series was one of the most watched ones in CCTV while it was aired in mainland China in that year.
In 2014, Huang's performance in Uncle Victory which garnered him a Best Actor Award at the Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival in Australia. He starred as Jiang Hai, reuniting him with co-star Zhang Jingchu, who played his love interest, in television series A Selfless Love.

### Alleged prostitution event

On May 16, 2014, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau announced that Huang was arrested on suspicion of hiring prostitutes, and then he was sentenced to 6 months.

## Personal life

In 2014 Huang married actress Qu Shanshan in Los Angeles, California, United States, their son was born on August 6, 2015, in Beijing.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 1989 | Young Prisoners of War | 少年战俘 | Ba Jin |
| 1990 | The Meridian of War | 战争子午线 | Shan Pao |
| 1990 | Mother | 妈妈 | Dongdong |
| 2001 | The Dream of A Young Soldier | 高原如梦 | Yu Xiaobei |
| 2003 | Let Us Remember | 让我们记住 | Song Kai |
| 2003 | Stormy Sea | 惊涛骇浪 | Wei Laobing |
| 2004 | My Early Days in France | 我们的法兰西岁月 | Deng Shaosheng |
| 2008 | A Chinese Fairy Tale | 欣月童话 | Zhu dechun |
| 2010 | Welcome to Shama Town | 决战刹马镇 | Mao Zong |
| 2011 | The Flowers of War | 金陵十三钗 | Xu Dapeng |
| 2013 | Uncle Victory | 胜利 | Chen Shengli (Uncle Victory) |
| 2013 | — | 事出有姻 | |

### Television

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role |
| 1992 | Beiyang Fleet | 北洋水师 | Young Lin Taizeng |
| 1998 | Story of the Department of Acting | 表演系的故事 | Wang Xinmin |
| 2001 | The Years of Intense Emotion | 激情燃烧的岁月 | Shi Lin |
| 2002 | — | 武圣关羽出解梁 | Lü Long |
| 2003 | Taiwan Straits | 台湾海峡 | Lin Ziqi |
| 2003 | Goodbye, Zhadele | 再见扎德勒 | Gao Yuan |
| 2004 | Good Luck Zhu Bajie | 福星高照猪八戒 | Zhu Bajie |
| 2004 | — | 谍战之特殊较量 | Qiu Feng |
| 2005 | — | 合同爸爸 | Lao Zhonghua |
| 2005 | Crying without Tears | 哭也不流泪 | Tan Xiaoliang |
| 2005 | A Pair in Love | 凤求凰 | Sang Pu |
| 2006 | Life Hand In Hand | 牵手人生 | Ma Wenjun |
| 2006 | The Breaking of Rock Frightens the Heaven | 石破天惊 | Wei Guangliang |
| 2006 | The Love Story in Tangshan | 唐山绝恋 | Zhou Haiguang |
| 2007 | Shanghai Bund | 新上海滩 | Ding Li |
| 2007 | Chasing | 追 | Jiang Dongzhi |
| 2007 | I Will Wait for You in Paradise | 我在天堂等你 | Ou Muxin |
| 2007 | Beautiful Life | 笑着活下去 | Yang Wenbang |
| 2007 | — | 柳树屯 | Shen Tianliang |
| 2008 | If These Walls Could Talk | 你的生命我的决定 | Zhang Dali |
| 2008 | Stone Scissors Cloth | 石头、剪刀、布 | Xu Tao |
| 2008 | Honorable Years | 光荣岁月 | Zou Dalun |
| 2008 | Seven Days that Shocked the World | 震撼世界的七日 | Jiang Hui |
| 2008 | Life Is Beautiful | 美丽人生 | Li Qiang |
| 2009 | Jianghu Brothers | 江湖兄弟 | Tang Haoqiang |
| 2009 | — | 新情义无价 | Wei Kang |
| 2009 | Black Triangle | 黑三角 | Shi Yan |
| 2010 | War of Father | 父亲的战争 | Guan Yongbo |
| 2010 | A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era | 媳妇的美好时代 | Yu Wei |
| 2010 | My Beautiful Life | 我的美丽人生 | Jin Bo |
| 2011 | Forever Designation | 永不磨灭的番号 | Li Da Benshi |
| 2011 | Blood Brothers | 将·军 | Xu Dadan |
| 2013 | Three Gallants in Troubled Times | 乱世三义 | Tang Ziyi |
| 2013 | The New Story of Editorial Department | 新编辑部故事 | Yuan Shuai |
| 2013 | We Get Married | 咱们结婚吧 | Guo Ran |
| 2014 | If You Are The One | 非诚勿扰 | Qin Fen |
| 2014 | A Selfless Love | 一场奋不顾身的爱情 | Jiang Hai |

### Drama

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Co-star(s) |
| 1998 | Taxi | 的哥 | Hai Qing |
| 2010 | Cherish Our Love Forever | 将爱情进行到底 | Fu Xinbo/ Tong Lei/ Zhao Lin |
| 2011 | Beautiful Time | 美好时代 | Hai Qing |

## Singles

| Year | English title | Chinese title |
| 2011 | General | 将军 |
| 2011 | Code of Brotherhood | 义气 |
| 2013 | My Life Has Given You | 把命都给你了 |

## Film and TV Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2002 | The Dream of A Young Soldier | 9th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best Newcomer | Won |
| 2002 | The Dream of A Young Soldier | 8th Huabiao Awards | Outstanding New Actor | Won |
| 2003 | The Dream of A Young Soldier | 9th Golden Phoenix Awards | — | Won |
| 2008 | Chasing | 14th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Actor | Won |
| 2010 | A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era | 25th Golden Eagle Awards | Best Actor | Won |
| 2012 | Forever Designation | 18th Shanghai Television Festival | Best Actor | Won |
| 2015 | Uncle Victory | 5th Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival | Best Actor | Won |