
Person
Bùi Cường
Acting · Hanoi, Vietnam
Biography
Distinguished Artist - People's Artist Bùi Cường (b. 1945 in Hanoi - 3 August 2018) was a Vietnamese actor and director. He graduated from the second acting class of the University of Theater and Performing Arts of Hanoi, alongside other People's Artists such as Đào Bá Sơn, Minh Châu, Quốc Trọng and Thanh Quý. Bùi Cường is best known for his role as Chí Phèo in a classic of Vietnamese cinema, "Once Upon a Time in Vũ Đại Village" (Làng Vũ Đại ngày ấy, d. Phạm Văn Khoa, 1982). The film is a joint adaptation of three of Nam Cao's works: "Chi Pheo" (Chí Phèo, 1941); "Old Hạc" (Lão Hạc, 1943) and "Corroded Life" (Sống mòn, 1956). He then continued to impress in other roles such as Trần Tuấn in "Minute 89" (Phút 89, d. Quốc Long); Trần Quân in "The Murderer" (Kẻ giết người, d. Hoài Linh); Mộc in "Horizonless" (Không có đường chân trời, d. Nguyễn Khánh Dư, 1986); and Năm Hòa in "Saigon Rangers" (Biệt động Sài Gòn; d. Long Vân, 1982-1986). Bùi Cường's first directing effort was "Hero with a Twirled Beard" (Người hùng râu quặp, 1990). In 1996, he directed "The Childless Woman" (Người đàn bà không con). In 2003, his TV series "The Spy and His Two Wives" (Vị tướng tình báo và hai bà vợ) was well received and won the Gold Prize at the Vietnam National Television Festival.
Known for

Return Day
Tốn

89th Minute
Trần Tuấn

Five Days in the Life of a General
Director

A Quiet School
Director

An Affair Behind Bars
Tư Hùng

Letter to our Past
Director

Time in the Jungle
1988

Saigon Rangers: Thunderstorm
Năm Hòa / K9

Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai Village
Chí Phèo

A Club with No Name
Quang
Filmography
- 2006Five Days in the Life of a GeneralDirector
- 2004A Quiet SchoolDirector
- 1997Letter to our PastDirector
- 1988Time in the Jungle
- 1988KillerQuân
- 1986Saigon Rangers: Return You Your NameNăm Hòa / K9
- 1986Saigon Rangers: ThunderstormNăm Hòa / K9
- 1986Saigon Rangers: SilenceNăm Hòa / K9
- 1986An Affair Behind BarsTư Hùng
- 1986Saigon Rangers: The Meeting PlaceNăm Hòa / K9
- 1986Return DayTốn
- 1986No Horizon To Be SeenMộc
- 1982Once Upon a Time in Vu Dai VillageChí Phèo
- 198289th MinuteTrần Tuấn
- 1980The Last Transgression
- 1979Those We Have MetKhởi
- 1977A Club with No NameQuang
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