Fei Zhenxiang

Fei Zhenxiang is a Chinese actor and director best for his role as Sun Wukong in Journey to the West.

Biography

Fei was born into a family of Peking Opera performers in Beijing, on 2 December 1978.
In 1982, at the age of 4, Fei made his debut on stage and participated in the Sino-Japanese Friendship Celebration, co-performing Flower and Fruit Mountain with Peking Opera performer Li Guang.
In 1991, by age 12, due to he could perform Peking Opera, Fei was invited by the director to perform in , which was nominated the Best Supporting Actor of the 12th China Golden Rooster Awards.
In 1993, Fei played a supporting role in the epic historical drama film Farewell My Concubine, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi and directed by Chen Kaige.
In 2010, Fei met director Guan Hu while participating in the television series Female Military Soul and officially became a apprentice of Guan Hu. Afterwards, he successively served as the B-group director of the comedy film The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel and the executive director of Mr. Six. That same year, he cast as Sun Wukong in Journey to the West, adapted from Wu Cheng'en's classical novel of the same title. He also had a small role in The Dream of Red Mansions, a television series adaptation based on the classical novel of the same name by Cao Xueqin.
In 2017, Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang purchased the copyright of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series and directed The Weasel Grave, Candle in the Tomb: the Wrath of Time, Candle in the Tomb: the Lost Caverns, and The Worm Valley.
In 2023, Fei had a cameo appearance in the science fiction television series Three-Body, based on the novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.