Guo Donglin

郭冬临 • Guo Dong Lin

Guo Donglin (Chinese: 郭冬临; born 18 October 1966) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer. He is notable for performing xiangsheng and sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala from 1993 to 2017. In the 2017 New Year's Gala, Guo played in a sketch in which he prevented a relative from being scammed. The scammer's voice was noted to have a thick Henan accent, to which Guo's character said '10 out...

Guo Donglin (Chinese: 郭冬临; born 18 October 1966) is a Chinese actor and xiangsheng performer. He is notable for performing xiangsheng and sketch comedy in CCTV New Year's Gala from 1993 to 2017. In the 2017 New Year's Gala, Guo played in a sketch in which he prevented a relative from being scammed. The scammer's voice was noted to have a thick Henan accent, to which Guo's character said '10 out of 9 scammers are Henan people', referencing anti-Henan sentiment. Guo suffered severe reputation loss from this controversy and did not appear again in the New Year's Gala for the first time after 23 years. However, news outlets noted that as an actor, Guo likely wasn't responsible for the sketch's script. Biography Guo was born in Yantai, Shandong in October 1966, both his father Guo Changyi (郭昌仪) and mother were performing artists, he graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy. Works CCTV New Year's Gala Television Film Drama Parisian (《巴黎人》) Wedding and Funeral (《红白喜事》) The History of Sangshuping (《桑树坪纪事》) Hamlet (《哈姆雷特》) Gala Hutong (《旮旯胡同》) Super Idiot (《超级笨蛋》) Haitang Hutong (《海棠胡同》) References