Tobgyal (born May 1958), also called Duobujie (Chinese: å¤šå¸ƒæ °), is
a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent, best known in film for portraying
a tribal chief in Red River Valley (1997), Ri Tai in Kekexili:
Mountain Patrol (2004), and Zhan Tiejun in No Man's Land (2013). He is
a National Class-A Actor [zh]. He is a member of the China Theater
Association and China Film and Television Association.Tobgyal was born
in Kardak Township, Cona County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in
May 1958. In 1972, during the middle of the Cultural Revolution, his
grandparents sent him to a propaganda team. As a youth, he had his
first on stage experience by reciting Quotations from Chairman Mao
Tse-tung in a theater in Tibet. Two years later, he returned home to
be a farmer. In 1976, at the age of 18, he became a coal miner in
Shigatse. At the end of that year, Tobgyal was elected as a trainee in
the Tibet Autonomous Region Drama Troupe. He was sent to Shanghai
Theatre Academy to study acting on government scholarships. On the
graduation ceremony, he played as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy
written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young
star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding
families.Tobgyal made his film debut in Mysteries of the Potala Palace
(1988), playing a Khenpo.In 1995, he had key supporting role in Snow
Tremor as Gonpo, which earned him an Outstanding Supporting Actor
Award at the Flying Apsaras Awards.
a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent, best known in film for portraying
a tribal chief in Red River Valley (1997), Ri Tai in Kekexili:
Mountain Patrol (2004), and Zhan Tiejun in No Man's Land (2013). He is
a National Class-A Actor [zh]. He is a member of the China Theater
Association and China Film and Television Association.Tobgyal was born
in Kardak Township, Cona County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in
May 1958. In 1972, during the middle of the Cultural Revolution, his
grandparents sent him to a propaganda team. As a youth, he had his
first on stage experience by reciting Quotations from Chairman Mao
Tse-tung in a theater in Tibet. Two years later, he returned home to
be a farmer. In 1976, at the age of 18, he became a coal miner in
Shigatse. At the end of that year, Tobgyal was elected as a trainee in
the Tibet Autonomous Region Drama Troupe. He was sent to Shanghai
Theatre Academy to study acting on government scholarships. On the
graduation ceremony, he played as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy
written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young
star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding
families.Tobgyal made his film debut in Mysteries of the Potala Palace
(1988), playing a Khenpo.In 1995, he had key supporting role in Snow
Tremor as Gonpo, which earned him an Outstanding Supporting Actor
Award at the Flying Apsaras Awards.
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