Ni Min-jan (; 30 April 1946 – April 2005) was a famous well-rounded Taiwanese celebrity and entertainer. TV and movie star. Comedian and recording artist. Cross-talk(Xiangsheng) and play writer.

In 1979, he teamed up with Zhang Kui, Zhang Fei, Ling Feng, and Xia Yunfei to form the "Wenna Five Rats" (named after the Wenna Five Tigers). The group was a sensation in the Taiwan show scene in the 1980s. Ni Min-jan was brilliant at imitating funny, well-known classic characters such as "Mr. Seven" and "Vice President Ni".

Ni Min-jan

The cause of his death was suicide by hanging in April 2005 at age 58 or 59. Ni had been suffering from depression, and was having financial and family problems, including having an affair with Xia Yi.

Ni Min-jan

Ni was friends with singer and television personality Chang Fei and singer Frankie Kao.

Ni Min-jan

See also

List of comedians

List of Taiwanese people

Lists of actors

References

Date of death unknown

Place of birth missing

1946 births

2005 deaths

20th-century Taiwanese male actors

21st-century Taiwanese male actors

Taiwanese male comedians

People from Jinhua

People from Yilan County, Taiwan

Suicides by hanging in Taiwan

Taiwanese comedy

Taiwanese male television actors

Taiwanese people from Zhejiang

20th-century comedians

2005 suicides