# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-gang-q3566064
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:13:13.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-gang-q3566064"
name: "Wang Gang"
slug: "wang-gang-q3566064"
description: "Wang Gang is a Chinese actor and host. He is best known for his role as Heshen, a corrupt Qing dynasty official favoured by the Qianlong Emperor, in many television series. He first came to prominence in 1986 for hosting the CCTV New Year's Gala. Wang has also hosted the CCTV programme Friends since 2000. He won a Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his performance in Liu the Hunchback Chancellor (宰相刘罗锅). He also hosts Liaoning TV's talk show Wang Gang Telling Stories (王刚讲故事)."
tagline: "Chinese actor and television presenter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             3.309982486865148
  historical:           7.959510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910896/"
    handle:    "nm0910896"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%88%9A_(1948%E5%B9%B4)"
    title: "王刚 (1948年)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "وانج جانج (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Gang_(actor)"
    title: "Wang Gang (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Gang_(acteur)"
    title: "Wang Gang (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%89%9B_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "王剛 (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%95%EA%B0%95_(%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0)"
    title: "왕강 (배우)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Wang"
    title: "Gang Wang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_C%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_(di%E1%BB%85n_vi%C3%AAn)"
    title: "Vương Cương (diễn viên)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%88%9A%EF%BC%881948%E5%B9%B4%E5%87%BA%E7%94%9F%EF%BC%89"
    title: "王刚（1948年出生）"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump