Guo Tao was born on 17 December 1969 in Xi'an, Shanxi, China. He is an actor and director, known for Croczilla (2012), A Long Way Home (2023) and Fu mu ai qing (2014). He has been married to Ran Li since 1 January 2004. They have two children.
Adapted from Ma Boyong's novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a series of adventures that occurred when the descendants of the five veins made a wish to find out the truth about the Buddha head of Wu Zetian Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty.