# Feng Gong

Feng Gong (simplified Chinese: 冯巩; traditional Chinese: 馮鞏; pinyin: Féng Gǒng; born 6 December 1957) is a Chinese actor, xiangsheng performer, director, screenwriter and politician. He is best known for his performances in the annual CCTV New Year's Gala, having made more appearances on the show than every other major performer.

## Biography

Feng Gong was born Feng Mingguang (冯明光) in Tianjin, China, on December 6, 1957, the son of Feng Haigang (冯海岗; 1920–1993), a local government official, and Liu Yisu (刘益素; born 1921), a daughter of an eminent family. His great-grandfather is Feng Guozhang, an early Republic-era warlord and the founder of the Zhili Clique, who once served as the President of the Republic of China between 1917 and 1918. He has an elder sister Feng Xingyun (冯幸耘; born 1947) and two elder brothers Feng Xin (冯信) and Feng Chuanshu (冯传书).
Feng graduated from Central China Normal University with a master's degree in Chinese Literature. In 1973, he performed a famous xiangsheng named Zunshi ai tudi (尊师爱徒弟) in Tianjin. Then he started to learn the arts of xiangsheng from the xiangsheng master Ma Ji. He also worked in a textiles machine factory. Feng was considered more talented than many other students of Ma Ji, and eventually emerged as a new star, performing progressively to bigger venues. Niu Qun (牛群) and Liu Wei (刘伟) were his partners when performing xiangsheng.
Feng appeared in the first CCTV New Year's Gala in 1986; he has appeared at almost every Chunwan performance for the next thirty years, variably in skits and xiangsheng. Feng is usually one of the first acts of the show; it is said he appears earlier in the program so that he can drive home to Tianjin to spend midnight on new year with his mother.
In 1988, he won the championship at the competition of xiangsheng performances in Dalian held by China Central Television.

## Political career

On December 24, 2017, Feng was elected as the vice chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. He was re-elected as the vice chairman on December 6, 2022.
On October 12, 2018, Feng was elected as the new chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteers' Association (中国文艺志愿者协会; CLAVA) by its 2nd National Congress.

## Personal life

Feng is the great-grandson of Feng Guozhang (1859-1919), once the president of the Republic of China during the chaotic Warlord era. His grandfather, Feng Jiayu (冯家遇; 1888–1953), was a businessman. Feng himself is a leadership figure in the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, one of the eight legally recognized political parties in China, as well as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is often accosted by reporters during the annual Lianghui meetings in Beijing due to his celebrity status.
1983, Feng Gong married Ai Hui (艾慧) in Tianjin, the couple have a son, Feng Kaicheng (冯开诚), born in 1984.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Ref. |
| 1987 | Unprofessional Policeman | 业余警察 | He Dazhuang | |
| 1987 | Xiao Po Qing Wang | 笑破情网 | | |
| 1990 | The Contract of the Divorce | 离婚合同 | Liu Liu | |
| 1992 | Stand On | 站直啰！别趴下 | Poet reader | |
| 1994 | Kiss Russia | 狂吻俄罗斯 | Da Jiang | |
| 1997 | Surveillance | 埋伏 | Ye Xinmin | |
| 1998 | A Tree in House | 没事偷着乐 | Zhang Damin | |
| 2001 | The Marriage Certificate | 谁说我不在乎 | Gu Ming | |
| 2004 | When Dreams Come True | 梦想成真 | | |
| 2005 | Eat Hot Tofu Slowly | 心急吃不了热豆腐 | Liu Hao | |
| 2005 | No Thieves can be Caught in a Hurry | 心急抓不了贼 | He Dazhuang | Also as director |
| 2007 | A Big Potato | 别拿自己不当干部 | Wang Xi | Also as director |
| 2007 | Getting Home | 谁是孩子他爹 | Ding Dake | |
| 2008 | I'm a Guy, Who am I Afraid Of? | 我是爷们我怕谁 | Small retailer | |
| 2010 | The Founding of a Republic | 建国大业 | A delegate to the CPPCC | |
| 2011 | The Founding of a Party | 建党伟业 | Feng Guozhang | |
| 2012 | All for Love | 三个未婚妈妈 | A tourist | |
| 2018 | Happiness Is Coming | 幸福马上来 | Ma Shanglai | Also as director and writer |

### TV series

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Ref. |
| 1990 | The True Story of Ah O | 阿O正传 | | Not Ah Q |
| 1989 | Na Wu | 那五 | Na Wu | |
| 1996 | Actually, Men are the most overworked | 其实男人最辛苦 | Ding Dake | |
| 2012 | Life Is Sweet | 生活有点甜 | Tang Xi | |

## Film and TV Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 1993 | Stand On | 16th Hundred Flowers Award | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| 1997 | Ambush | 17th China Golden Rooster Award | Best Actor | Nominated |
| 1998 | A Tree in House | 18th China Golden Rooster Award | Best Actor | Won |
| 1999 | A Tree in House | 9th Shanghai Film Critics Awards | Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actor | Won |