The Monkey King — Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back Character Profile

About The Monkey King

Powerful, rebellious demon king subdued to protect the monk.

The Monkey King — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

God

Abilities

Super strength, Shape-shifting, Cloud riding, Staff combat

• Strength: 10/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 5/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Journey to the West universe

The Monkey King's Known Relations

• Xuanzang — Student of
• Subhuti — Student of

The Monkey King appears in 6 titles

• A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995) — character page
• A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) — character page
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) — character page
• Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) — character page
• The Monkey King (2014) — character page
• Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)

Character Facts

Played by

Lin Gengxin

Appears in

Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back

• Monk Tang (Kris Wu)
• Minister (Yao Chen)
• Felicity (Lin Yun)
• Spider (Wang Likun)
• Sandy (Mengke Bateer)
• Young Pigsy (Wang Duo)
• Pigsy (Yang Yiwei)
• Animal Pigsy (Wang Chao)
• Taoist Exorcist (Dong Chengpeng)
• The King (Bao Bei'er)
• Theater Employee (uncredited) (Tsui Hark)
• Ai Qi Yi (Li Shuang)