After graduating from high school, he entered a film academy in Beijing to learn acting.

As a film actor, he acted for the first time in the Shanghai Triad (摇呀摇,摇到外婆桥).

He died from liver cancer after having his liver transplanted twice[1] Fu's funeral was attended by some of the biggest names in Chinese entertainment, including Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Fan, Sun Haiying, Lü Liping, Xu Zheng, Tao Hong, Zhang Guoli, Deng Jie, Feng Gong, Han Hong, Liu Zhenyun, Cai Ming, Yu Quan, Hou Yaowen, Alex Man, Zhang Jizhong, Liu Xiao Ling Tong, etc.

In 2006, Zhang published a memoir Yin Ji (印记; "Mark") about her marriage with Fu.

The book also included some of Fu's writing after his cancer diagnosis, as well as commemorative essays by family members and some of their celebrity friends.