Portrait of Hou Tianlai

Acting

Hou Tianlai

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2004 and 2012 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Only the River Flows
Only the River Flows
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hou Tianlai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.6, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.5, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
花自飘零
花自飘零

TV show · as 何伟

2020s

11 titles · average score 60
Unexpected Family
Unexpected Family (2026)
GoodWatch score 71

as Zhong Jianxin

Meet Love Again
Meet Love Again (2025)

TV show

火中金
火中金 (2025)

as Master Hou

My Dad is an Alien
My Dad is an Alien (2024)

as 老王

Only the River Flows
Only the River Flows (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Chief of Police

卧底警花
卧底警花 (2023)

TV show

The Prosecutor and His Cases
The Prosecutor and His Cases (2023)

TV show · as Zhao Yu

Polar Rescue
Polar Rescue (2022)
GoodWatch score 41

as Chief Bai of Police Station

Hasty Youth
Hasty Youth (2022)

TV show · as Zhang Dazhi

那些日子
那些日子 (2021)

TV show

I Will Be Rest Tomorrow
I Will Be Rest Tomorrow (2020)

TV show · as Zhang Zhenzhong / 张镇忠

2010s

21 titles
Breaking Point 1950
Breaking Point 1950 (2019)

TV show · as Zhou Chunshan

Battle of Xiangjiang River
Battle of Xiangjiang River (2017)

as 何健

Lure of Lies
Lure of Lies (2015)

TV show · as Hou Dewen

Ballet in the Flames of War
Ballet in the Flames of War (2015)

as 赵德春

Tender Temptation
Tender Temptation (2014)

TV show

Winds And Clouds In 1927
Winds And Clouds In 1927 (2014)

as 李家彪

Beautiful Trap
Beautiful Trap (2013)

TV show

Jue Ze
Jue Ze (2012)

TV show · as Shu Lifan

Conspiracy of Love
Conspiracy of Love (2012)

TV show

The Great Hongwu Case
The Great Hongwu Case (2011)

TV show · as 蔡玄

Lies of the Femininity
Lies of the Femininity (2011)

TV show

Tunnel Warfare
Tunnel Warfare (2010)

TV show · as 井上

2000s

21 titles
走西口
走西口 (2009)

TV show · as Tian Yaozu

温柔的背后
温柔的背后 (2008)

TV show

我的丑娘
我的丑娘 (2008)

TV show · as Li Jianping

常回家看看
常回家看看 (2007)

TV show · as 老二

好男当家
好男当家 (2007)

TV show · as 诸葛明

继父
继父 (2006)

TV show · as Doctor Zhu

临界二十天
临界二十天 (2006)

TV show

不想回家
不想回家 (2006)

TV show

有泪尽情流
有泪尽情流 (2004)

TV show

Stand By Enemy
Stand By Enemy (2004)

TV show · as Xu Jiangang

Ku Cai Hua
Ku Cai Hua (2004)

TV show · as Wang Jianzhi

大雪无痕
大雪无痕 (2001)

TV show

1990s

2 titles
嫂娘
嫂娘 (1998)

TV show · as 赵方

Imperial Buddhist Nun
Imperial Buddhist Nun (1990)

as 新王