# Chen Peisi

Chen Peisi (Chinese: 陈佩斯; born 1 February 1954) is a Chinese sketch comedian, film and stage actor, and voice actor. Chen's oft-time comedy partner is Zhu Shimao.

## Name

Chen Peisi is the second son of famous stage and film actor Chen Qiang. Chen Qiang's first son (Chen Peisi's brother) was born in 1951 while he was overseas in the Hungarian capital Budapest performing The White-Haired Girl, so he named his first son Chen Buda (陈布达) after Buda, the western half of Budapest, as he loved the city during the visit. When the second son was born three years later, he named the son Peisi after Pest, the eastern half of Budapest, as the Standard Chinese phonetic translation of Budapest is "Bù Dá Peì Sī". Chen Qiang's youngest child and daughter Chen Lida (陈丽达) was also named after a part of Budapest — the Margaret Island in the Danube between Buda and Pest.

## Biography

Chen was born in Changchun, Jilin on 1 February 1954. In 1966, Chen studied at The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. In 1969, during the Cultural Revolution, he worked in Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps. In 1973, Chen worked in August First Film Studio as an actor. In 1991, Chen set up a company named Hainan Comedy Film and Television Limited Company (海南喜剧影视有限公司), then renamed it Dadao Film and Television Limited Company (大道影业有限公司). In 2000, Chen and his partner Zhu Shimao sued the China International Television Corporation over royalties from broadcasts which they won, but they were then taken off air by the parent company, China Central Television.
On October 26, 2020, he returned to the CCTV stage and served as the first instructor of the variety show "Gold Medal Comedy Class" after 20 years.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | Storm Over The South-China Sea | 南海风云 | A Vietnamese sailor | |
| 1978 | | 猎字九十九号 | | |
| 1979 | Anxious to Return | 归心似箭 | Police captain | |
| 1979 | What a Family | 瞧这一家子 | Jia Qi | |
| 1980 | N and Out of Court | 法庭内外 | Xia Huan | |
| 1982 | Sunset Street | 夕照街 | Er Zi | |
| 1982 | Pipa Soul | 琵琶魂 | Ah Fu | |
| 1983 | The Man Who Goes To Make Money | 出门挣钱的人 | Zhang Yuqiang | |
| 1985 | Father and Son | 父与子 | Er Zi | |
| 1985 | Er Zi Has a Little Hotel | 二子开店 | Er Zi | |
| 1986 | Master of Suffering | 少爷的磨难 | Jin Fu | |
| 1987 | Soccer Heroes | 京都球侠 | Zhao Huli | |
| 1988 | The Silly Manager | 傻冒经理 | Er Zi | |
| 1988 | Black Butterfly | 游侠黑蝴蝶 | | |
| 1990 | Father and Son's Car | 父子老爷车 | | |
| 1991 | | 爷俩开歌厅 | | As director |
| 1992 | Make a Bomb | 赚它一千万 | Niu Dawei | |
| 1992 | An Interim Father | 临时爸爸 | General Manager Chen | |
| 1992 | The Lost Hero | 迷途英雄 | Peter Chen | |
| 1993 | Sub Husband | 编外丈夫 | Chen Yaozong | |
| 1993 | Fitial Son And Fitial Piety | 孝子贤孙伺候着 | Chen Xiao'er | |
| 1995 | Her Majesty Is Fine | 太后吉祥 | Tang Yuanyuan | |
| 1998 | Three and A Half Man | 好汉三条半 | | |
| 1998 | Peace All Year Round | 岁岁平安 | | |
| 2000 | Defensiveness | 防卫反击 | | |
| 2011 | Under The Influence | 戒烟不戒酒 | Landlord | |
| 2015 | Lotus Code | 谍·莲花 | Pu Zhao | |
| 2017 | Buddies in India | 大闹天竺 | Tang Zong | |

### Television

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Examination Room | 考场 | | |
| 1983 | Making Trouble out of Nothing | 无事生非 | | |
| 1984 | Kindling | 火种 | | |
| 1984 | Wolf's Lair | 狼穴 | | |
| 1985 | The Story of Min | 敏的故事 | | |
| 1986 | | 火火寻宝记 | | |
| 1986 | Side of the Road | 马路边 | | |
| 1986 | Quartet | 四重奏 | | |
| 1990 | | 夫妻奏鸣曲 | | |
| 1944 | When Something Amazing Happens | 飞来横福 | Chen Xiaofu | |
| 1996 | I'm a Countryside Man | 我是乡巴佬 | | As director |
| 1997 | Be Blessed with Double Happiness | 同喜同喜 | | |
| 1998 | Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou | 扬州八怪 | Yue Wencheng | |
| 2000 | | 一手托两家 | Tu Jiawu | |
| 2002 | Chinese Communist Party Member: Sister Ma | 党员马大姐 | | |
| 2002 | Takes a Little Sunshine to Give Out Radiance | 给点阳光就灿烂 | | |
| 2013 | Xu Beihong | 徐悲鸿 | Patrolman | |
| 2014 | What a Big Family | 好大一个家 | Tang Yipin/ Tang Jinsuo | |

### Variety show

| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
| 2020–present | Gold Medal Comedy Class | 金牌喜剧班 | First instructor | |