You are referring to the actor who played the second brother "Kang Qizong" in the local husband's migrant daughter-in-law. His name is not Guo Xu, his name is Guo Chang.
Guo Chang, the late Chinese film and television actor, was born on October 31, 1956 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, and later came to Guangzhou with his family. Guo Chang's parents divorced when he was young. Guo Chang moved to Guangzhou with his mother in 1966. After graduating from high school, Guo Chang worked at Guangzhou Automobile Group Bus Co., Ltd. Soon he joined the Guangzhou Workers' Amateur Art Troupe and began his acting career.
In 1984, he joined Guangdong Television Station and developed into the television industry. He has appeared in many TV series on Guangdong TV. He is well-known to the audience for his role as the second brother "Kang Qizong" in "The Foreign Wife, the Local Man", and is therefore popular all over the country. Also has behind-the-scenes work experience. Due to his humorous performance in the role, he was dubbed "Guangdong Stephen Chow" by mainland audiences.
In 2003, he was diagnosed with gastric cancer during a physical examination, but he continued to work in acting despite the illness. He died of illness at the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine at noon on June 14, 2006, at the age of 50.
Acting experience
In the early 1980s, Guo Chang participated in a performance held in Beijing by the Children's Theater Troupe of the Guangdong Provincial Theater. The director of Hongwei Automobile Manufacturing Factory allowed Guo Chang to stay on without pay for one year and asked Guo Chang to apply for a professional performing arts group. Guo Chang joined Guangdong Radio and worked as editor of "Rural World". Since his education was only at the junior high school level, the station had planned to give up on Guo Chang after a three-month probationary period. With the recommendation of his colleagues, Guo Chang was able to stay in his post. During his time at the radio station, Guo Chang served as a children's program host and other positions.
In 1984, Guangdong TV Station started filming the comedy "Special Circumstances". Behind the brilliance, the actor was being selected for the role of a thief. A director surnamed Huang from the Guangdong Provincial Theater recommended Guo Chang to Lu Xiaoguang, who was the deputy director of the "Special" drama at the time, saying that he was "tall, thin and interesting" and was suitable for the role. Guo Chang has since joined the sketch team of Guangdong TV Station. In 1986, Lu Xiaoguang recommended Guo Chang to participate in the TV series "Kaleidoscope", which was Guo Chang's breakthrough work. Guo Chang later also participated in many TV series, such as "Baby Husband's Lovely Wife", "Love in the Pearl River", etc.
In 1992, Guo Chang performed at the China Central Television Spring Festival Gala and was the first actor to represent Guangdong Province in the gala. Guo Chang co-starred with Pan Changjiang and Li Shulan in the sketch "Grass Team" and won the first prize for sketch performance.
In 2000, Guangdong TV Station was preparing to start filming the drama "Migrant Wife, a Local Man". At that time, the production staff had not finalized the actor for the role of Kang Qizong, the "second brother" of the Kang family. Director Lu Xiaoguang recommended Guo Chang to star. Faced with doubts from some staff, Lu Xiaoguang said: "He (Guo Chang) is the best at playing self-employed people in Guangzhou:... He is the only one who can play those roles who play tricks all day long."
After choosing Guo Chang to play the role of Kang Qizong, with his long and thin figure and the way he speaks, the role of Kang Qizong was almost tailor-made for Guo Chang. His performance was welcomed by many audiences. These viewers believe that Guo Chang has the characteristics of a typical Guangzhou citizen: shrewd, eloquent, cunning, worldly, "philistine" and with the biggest goal of making money. In addition, his scene opposite Hu Yanfen, who plays his wife in the play, is also considered to be one of the most exciting parts of the play. Some viewers gave Guo Chang and Hu Yanfen a horoscope: "Grassroots couple, golden partners."
When the filming of "Foreign Wife, Local Man" first started, it was only expected to get more than ten ratings. After the broadcast, It was well received and the ratings increased steadily, from 20 points to 30 points. When the ratings reached 30 points, Guo Chang once predicted that the ratings of the series would exceed 40 points. If the prediction came true, he would run naked. Two months later, the ratings of "Outside" reached 40 points. When his colleagues asked him to run naked, Guo Chang fulfilled his promise and took off his clothes, leaving only his underwear and ran around the TV station to celebrate.
In addition to starring in "Outside", he also played a lustful director in Chaimi's New Humanity, which was inserted during the pause of "Outside". Although Guo Chang did not have many roles in the play, his performance was To the fullest.
After the crew learned that Guo Chang was ill and Guo Chang needed to undergo chemotherapy, the plot rewrote the role of Kang Qizong. Kang Qizong went to Henan Province to develop business and occasionally had phone calls. The last time Guo Chang appeared in the media was on February 28, 2006 at the Guangdong TV station's ceremony to celebrate the 1000th episode of "Outside".