The recent hit release of "Burning City" has brought the handsome villain Wang Minde back into the public eye. The wealthy businessman Gao Peide he plays has an aura of 2.8 meters when he appears on the stage, giving people the feeling of an unfathomable and powerful boss.

​The recent hit release of "Burning City" has brought the handsome villain Wang Minde back into the public eye.

As soon as he plays the role of the wealthy businessman Gao Peide, he has an aura of 2.8 meters, giving people the feeling of an unfathomable and powerful boss.

has a shiny back hair, a high-end brand-name suit, and looks like an elite in every gesture, but what he does is unscrupulous.

Old Hong Kong movie fans may be a little sad. How could the perfect policeman and the most handsome Flying Tigers instructor on the big screen in the past "fall" like this?

1. Falling in love with movies and finding a sense of identity

Wang Minde was born in Troy, USA. His father is Chinese and his mother is French-Dutch. He lived in the United States until he was 18 years old.

In the United States, his mixed-race identity caused him to be excluded and discriminated against. In the eyes of the Chinese, he was a foreign devil, and Americans regarded him as an Asian.

This makes him full of status anxiety and makes it difficult to make real friends.

After dropping out of middle school, he returned to Hong Kong to join his brother Wang Shengde.

At that time, his brother signed a contract with Xinyi City to make a movie. He got the opportunity to have close contact with movies for the first time, and it also allowed him to find a lifelong passion.

In "Best Partner 3" directed by Eric Tsang, he played the role of a martial arts master and also served as Xu Guanjie's stand-in.

Wang Minde is tall, has a masculine temperament, has a handsome face, is very distinctive and recognizable, and has good athletic talent. He quickly gained the favor of the Hong Kong film circle.

He has successively performed in movies such as "Infatuated Me", "Royal Soldiers", "Royal Senior Sisters 4", etc. He needs to be familiar with him before joining the industry.

In Jackie Chan's comic book movie "City Hunter", he played the partner who received the lunch box within seconds of the appearance and entrusted his sister Wang Zuxian to Meng Bo.

has also appeared in some restricted films, such as "Dangerous Love" with Chen Yalun.

"Unstoppable Crazy Love" with Weng Hong, and "Wolf Kiss Nightmare" with Peng Dan, etc.

In 1994, he ushered in his natural role, playing the role of Flying Tigers instructor Huang Dashi in "Flying Tiger Ambition" directed by Chen Jiashang.

was selected as "one of the top ten ideal screen policemen in Hong Kong" for this role.

He gradually built up confidence in portraying police characters, leaving a tall and powerful impression on movie fans with a strong sense of justice.

Both he and Lee Xiuxian have gained the reputation of "police professionals". What's interesting is that they are both local and foreign.

And his appearance and background are rare in Hong Kong movies.

In 1996, he once again teamed up with Chen Jiashang to star in "Flying Tigers". His character Wang Dong, the captain of the Flying Tigers, was the absolute protagonist in the film.

Compared with "Flying Tiger Ambition" which focuses on storytelling, Chan Ka-shang's realism in this film is stronger, and he is making a commercial action film from the standpoint of the Hong Kong police force.

The policeman played by Minde Wong is more life-like and different from the local policemen in Hong Kong movies.

His character is both wise and brave, but also a little more gentle and loose.

picked up girls while fighting against drug lords, and took the customs policewoman played by Gigi Leung into her arms.

With this role, he was able to compete for the Best Actor in Hong Kong and Taiwan film awards. After

, "Three Injured Policemen" and "Beast Detective" are all his classic masterpieces.

In 1999, he played Barry, a prosecutor with a strong sense of justice, in the TVB phenomenon-level hit drama "Genesis", which was also his first association with television.

The following year, in the sluggish environment of Hong Kong movies, Wang Minde bucked the trend and established his own Red Lantern Film Company.

invited Ye Tong to be the heroine and directed and starred in a literary action film "Inside Love".

went back to the United States to do post-production sound effects, overspending by 2 million, and the result was a lousy film that did not cause any splash. Since then, he has never tried to control the director.

This movie also became a watershed in Wang Minde's career.

After 2000, he starred in a large number of roles related to the Flying Tigers, many of which were low-cost TV movies.

is like the "Flying Tiger and Lion" series, but it is a pity that it is difficult to have high-quality products.

After all the police feelings accumulated in the past were exhausted, his movie journey has also entered the second half.

2, the handsome villain, started from "You think I am a born killer"

in "Eavesdropping", which was released in 2009 and was co-directed by Mak Siu-fai and Chong Man-keung.

The villain standing opposite the three brothers Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu is the boss Ma Zhihua played by Wang Minde.

He is a sanctimonious financial tycoon, with a sharp contrast between his handsome appearance and his evil heart.

speaks politely, but he eats people without spitting out their bones.

He played the role of a gentle scum with stable emotions to the fullest.

Especially that line, "You think I am a natural-born murderer, can you try to talk to him first?" , which shows the businessman's profit-making very accurately.

After learning that they couldn’t reach an agreement, they calmly decided to “get rid of him.”

It is Wang Minde's unconventional performance that makes this bastard villain have many fans on the Internet.

allowed him to carve his way into the male villain circuit and ushered in a second spring for his acting career.

In the 2012 movie "The Hunt", he continued to collaborate with Nick Cheung and Simon Yam, playing the mixed-race conductor Xu Hanlin.

impressively interprets a character who looks glamorous but is secretly perverted.

After that, in the 2014 "Anti-Corruption Storm", he played the role of lawyer Hu Zhiyong, continuing his sanctimonious acting career.

looks polite and decent on the surface, but actually controls tens of billions of funds behind the scenes and uses this money to enrich himself.

In the 2023 Hong Kong's first billion-dollar movie "The Vengeful Lawyer", he played Dong Weiguo, the legal advisor of the Chung family.

This character is a hawk dog raised by a powerful man, who will do anything to protect the interests of the family.

uses various unattractive means to increase the resistance for Lin Liangshui, played by Huang Zihua, to get closer to the truth.

He speaks fluent English, holds a cigar in his mouth, and is the most annoying character in the film.

Then we came to "Burning City" which is currently being screened.

As soon as he played Gao Peide, he gave people the impression that he was very powerful and not like a good guy. This is a reflection of his decades of acting skills.

There is almost no need to act the role. The appearance and personal temperament alone give people the feeling of being an unfathomable boss.

He plays the top rich man in Hong Kong. In order to protect his own interests, he is still gaming and bargaining with the government in the face of the radiation leakage crisis, and does not care about public interests at all.

’s outstanding interpretation of this treacherous character has further consolidated his status in the sportsman villain circuit.

3. Ordinary life of marrying a top model, flying a helicopter, playing golf...

In 1992, Wang Minde and Hong Kong's top supermodel Ma Shihui got married in a flash after only 7 months of knowing each other.

After marriage, they had two daughters and one son, the eldest Queen Manxi, the second Queen Lijia, and the youngest son Wang Yueying.

The two daughters inherited the good genes of their parents, and the second daughter took over her mother's role as a model.

They usually like to post beautiful photos online with little clothing, which makes Lao Wang very distressed. Even though he was born in the United States, he is actually very traditional at heart.

The rainbow same-sex wedding of Wang Manxi, the eldest daughter, once caused controversy in China, but it still won the support of her parents.

In addition to light and shadow, Wang Minde is most proud of being a commercial pilot of a private helicopter.

His relationship with helicopters comes from the 1995 movie "Dark Moon and High Wind", which aroused his strong interest.

In 1998, he received training in Canada and obtained a private helicopter license, but he was obviously not satisfied with this.

Starting in 2000, he began to formally obtain a commercial pilot's license in the United States. After 10 years, he finally officially became a pilot in 2010.

Different from the private helicopter license, Wang Minde can be paid commercially and is a "star pilot".

Not only that, he is also the honorary officer of the Hong Kong Aviation Youth Corps, with the rank of captain.

Wang Minde’s biggest hobby is golf. He once scored a birdie score of 71, which once gave him the satisfaction of a professional golfer.

His biggest wish is to play golf with his children after retirement.

Postscript

Wang Minde, 59, still maintains a good figure and good looks, thanks to his daily self-discipline.

He stopped eating after 4 pm every day. For this reason, he turned down a lot of useless social interactions and refused to eat unhealthy food. This may be the secret to his youthfulness.

From the perfect policeman on the big screen in the past, to the handsome villain today.

He has experienced different stages of Hong Kong movies along the way, and has witnessed the historical changes of abc's background from being admired by everyone to being despised.

No matter how his role changes, Wang Minde is still a charming and handsome uncle.(Written by Mu Weizhou)