He was born into a rich family in Shanghai. Eleven brothers and sisters are taken care of by eleven workers. He lives in a private mansion in front of the famous Huashan Hospital in Shanghai. 1949 When the war broke out, he came to Hong Kong with his mother and changed his surname to Chen. When he signed a contract with Run Run Run Shaw, Sir Run Run Run Shaw signed a contract with him personally. In 1962, when other popular actors can only get a few hundred Hong Kong dollars, he has already got a high income of 3,500 Hong Kong dollars!
Chen Honglie's story began with China New Martial Arts School's groundbreaking work "Come and have a drink with me". Come and have a drink with me is the first trilogy of the famous director Hu Jinquan Inn, and the other two are super classics, namely Longmen Inn and Yingchunge Fengyun. With this film, Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che are called the "peerless double arrogance" of the new martial arts film. Chen Honglie starred for the first time, playing the big villain Jade Tiger in Come and Drink with me. In order to highlight the character's personality, Chen Honglie made his face super white, which made the character very cold-blooded.
From the mid-1960s to the end of 1970s, Chen Honglie's career was the most brilliant. He has starred in more than 70 films, such as The Three Heroes in the Border Town, Broken Heart Sword, Excalibur Shocked the Jianghu, Sweetness is Revenge, Woman Black Butterfly, Valley of Lost Soul and Knife of Yin and Yang. Although he played the villain most of the time, he gained great wealth and was the best and most heroic time in his life.
In the movie "Come and Have a Drink with Me", Chen Honglie met Cheng Peipei and started a passionate pursuit. Chen Honglie said many times that Pei-Pei Cheng was his first love, but Pei-Pei Cheng said, "We are either the kind of unforgettable love or the love that held hands."
Unfortunately, this relationship between him and Cheng Peipei didn't last long, so they broke up. Then, Chen Honglie chased Pan Yingzi, the goddess of youth. 1972, Chen Honglie officially married Pan Yingzi. The wedding of Chen Honglie and Pan Yingzi and its luxury shocked the whole entertainment circle. Rolls-Royce team, plus the overwhelming roses, only Pan Yingzi's wedding dress cost 5,000 yuan. At that time, 5000 yuan could buy a house.
This marriage didn't last long either. 1980. The two divorced. The reason for the divorce is said to be Chen Honglie's playboy, and there are not only many women outside, but also illegitimate children (according to later views, Chen Honglie should have no illegitimate children). After the divorce, Pan Yingzi couldn't get out of her emotional haze for a long time, and even tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building. Fortunately, his friends stopped him from making a big mistake, so Chen Honglie was labeled as a "heartbreaker".
Divorce has greatly affected Chen Honglie's acting career. He decided to give up his film career and open a shop to sell jeans. In the process of doing business, Chen Honglie met his second wife, Xu Shirong, and they got married and gave birth to a son and a daughter.
In the 1990s, Chen Honglie once again returned to the stage as an actor. At this time, he can no longer play the young man, but can only play various supporting roles and traitors. The legendary swordsman's treacherous and domineering Zuo Lengchan is full of heroic demeanor. The bridled eyebrow in Young Hero Fang Shiyu is a very abnormal old demon at first glance, but it is really wonderful. Sun Qinghua, a doctor in War and Beauty, won the first prize in his life. In 2004, thousands of stars congratulated my favorite male artist with extraordinary strength. "Rouge Gouache" plays Zhu Manshan, the owner of Jinghua Hall. Song Shiwan was played in "Bejeweled".
On June 24, 2009, while filming the TV series "Hit One's Own", he fell into a coma in the dressing room due to a heart attack and died after being sent to the hospital at the age of 66. According to an insider, Chen Honglie started shooting two plays at the same time before his death, and worked at least 10 hours a day, which is called karoshi. His wife and children claimed a pension from TVB, but TVB said there was no precedent, and Chen Honglie didn't die for work, and refused to pay the compensation!