Wang Deshun

Biography

Wang began his career as a stage actor at the Changchun Theater when he was 24. However, as the entertainment industry continued to develop and theater gradually lost its popularity in Changchun, 49-year-old Wang and his family decided to move to Beijing to continue pursuing his love of theater.

However, life in Beijing was tough. Unable to find traditional acting jobs, Wang began developing his own unique form of silent performance art.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he built a name for himself in Beijing and performed overseas in places such as Germany, France, and South Korea.

With his performances often involving painting himself and standing still for hours at a time Wang began hitting the gym at age 50.

"I worked out for four hours a day at the time and it took me three years to make my body look like a sculpture," Wang said in an interview with the Yangtze Evening Post. According to him, he continues to work out at least two hours every day.

Known For

Crazy Arts
Crazy Arts
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
The Song of Cotton
The Song of Cotton
Monster Undersea
Monster Undersea
Monster Undersea 2
Monster Undersea 2
One Night Only
One Night Only
Full Circle
Full Circle
Xuan Yuan: The Great Emperor
Xuan Yuan: The Great Emperor

Filmography

2025 King of Painting
as Host
2025 Ne Zha 2
as Wuliang Xianweng (voice)
2025 Big Red Envelope
as
2024 Wings of The Nation
as Yu Zhao Nian
2024 Good Folks of Xiangya Mountain
as Retired Solider
2024 Born to Run
as Old Wang
2023 Various Geeks
as Father Zhang
2022 See You Again
as Di Hu Sheng
2021 Migrant Bird
as [Dreaming old man]
2020 The Deer and the Cauldron
as Hong An Tong
2020 You Are My Destiny
as Zhong San Long
2019 My True Friend
as Zhong A Mao
2019 The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Saber
as Zhang SanFeng
2019 The Legends
as Zi Dan [Qin Qian Xian's teacher]
2018 Beautiful Trainee
as Wang De Shun
2018 Monster Undersea 2
as
2018 Monster Undersea
as [Old Man]
2018 Great Expectations
as Chu Tian Shu
2017 Legend of the Three Realms of the Fudo Secret Art
as 灵修山人
2017 The Hunting Genius
as Lu Dong Feng