Tang Guoqiang
Tang started his acting career when he first joined a performance troupe in 1970 after graduating from middle school.[attribution needed] Tang was born in Qingdao, Shandong, on 4 May 1952,[1] while his ancestral home in Yantai.Tang rise to fame started in 1979, with his role in the military-themed film Little Flower, becoming something of a pop idol after his appearance in the mythological romance flick, Peacock Princess, in 1982.[1] In 1990, Tang played the ancient politician and strategist Zhuge Liang in the epic TV drama Romance of Three Kingdoms,[2] and through the years he would become a specialist interpreting historic figures, such as Li Shimin and Yongzheng.[1] He is also well known for his performances of Mao Zedong,[1][3][4] starting in 1996, when Tang starred with Li Lin and Ma Xiaowei in Zhai Junjie's war film The Long March.