Sign in Sign up

Acting

Niu Ben

Career: Active from 1957 to 2025, with a break from 1960 to 1979, busiest in 1994 and 2015 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: To Live
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Niu Ben Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.1, average 4.8
Tech & Humanity
0.6, average 1.6
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Mystery
3.0, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Chinese Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 71

Unexpected Family

70

as Wang Deshun

首届CMG中国电影盛典

TV show · as 宣讲人

Gift from a Cloud

as Grandpa Tang

Black Dog

74

as Mr. Camel

Women's Tales

Director

诗画中国

TV show

The Eleventh Chapter

68

as Da Ye

歌带你回家

as 退休老书记

Books Everywhere

TV show · as Li Mulin

2010s

25 titles · average score 62

For Love with You

as 父亲

The Legendary Tavern

TV show

风雨上海滩

TV show · as 何老伯

My Uncle Zhou Enlai

TV show · as 沈钧儒

Lovers & Movies

as Grandpa

A Servant of Two Masters

TV show · as Uncle Qiu

Gone with the Bullets

58

as Uncle Niu

Flower Grandpa

TV show

Royalty in Blood

TV show · as Doctor Wen

The Assassins

53

as Old Eunuch

Full Circle

65

as 老金

Little Big Soldier

73

as Scholar

2000s

12 titles · average score 60

Mortgage Noose

TV show · as 丁志成

The Matrimony

47

as Gatekeeper

The Longest Night in Shanghai

67

as Old Car Mechanic

Two Stupid Eggs

as Bus Passenger

错爱一生

TV show · as 德旺

Spring in Summer

TV show · as 小克爷爷

湖上人家

TV show

上有老

TV show

Happy Times

66

as Old Niu

Treasure Venture

TV show · as White old monster

南北一家亲

TV show

无情海峡有晴天

TV show

1990s

10 titles · average score 74

A Beautiful New World

63

as Liu Azhu

婆婆媳妇小姑

TV show · as 仇和尚

官场现形记

TV show · as 冒得官（贺根）

夫唱妻和

as 刘二立

花落花开

TV show

To Live

86

as Town Chief

聊斋喜剧系列

TV show

乔迁之喜

as 孔亮

TV show

平凡的世界

TV show · as 孙玉亭

1980s

8 titles · average score 74

Chess King

as The Secretary

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

TV show · as 杨万钟

The Gold Rush King

as Wang Baozi

Romance in Philately

as Old Han

Bubbling Spring

as 大刘

The Herdsman

75

as 郭𠷨子

Romance of a Calligrapher

as 酒店主

Murder in 405

74

as 看守人

1960s

1 title · average score 67

The Red Detachment of Women

67

as Xiao Pang

1950s

5 titles

Desert Chasing Bandits

as Xiao Jiang

Soul of the Sea

as Dou Xiao

Struggle in the Desert

as Zhu Xiao

Caravans with Ring

as Mi Wu

Dragon Beard Ditch

as Ga-Zi Er