Kwon Sang-woo

Kwon Sang-woo Profile

Name: Kwon Sang-woo
DOB: August 5th, 1976
Birth place: Daejoon, Korea
Height: 183cm
Blood type: O
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: Hannam University (Fine Arts Education major)
Profession: Actor and model

(Also credited as Kwon Sang Woo Kwon Sangwoo, Kwone Sang-woo, Gwon Sang-wu, Quan Xiang Yu)

Hobbies: Basketball and swimming

Kwon Sang-woo Biography

Kwon Sang-woo is popular Korean actor, often regarded as one of the sexiest men in Korea. Kwon Sang-woo was a model before turned acting; he is made famous with TV drama Stairway to Heaven.

Kwon Sang-woo started his entertainment as a model before started acting in 2001.

2003 was the breakthrough year for Kwon Sang-woo with boxoffice hit movie My Tutor Friend, which won him a few best newcomer awards. Kwon Sang-woo also starred in TV drama Into The Sun, which was quite a hit as well.

Kwon Sang-woo’s biggest success came in 2004 with melodrama Stairway To Heaven, co-starring Choi Ji-woo and Kim Tae-hee. Stairway To Heaven was a hit across Asia, making Kwon Sang-woo an international star. He also won numerous popular actor awards with the TV drama.

Kwon Sang-woo continued to star in other movies like Love So Divine, Once Upon A Time In High School; and TV drama Sad Sonata etc.

Jon Kung

Name: Jon Kung
Profession: Actor, model
Country: Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Height: 6′ 0″
Weight: 175 lbs
Measurements: 39-30-34
Hair color: Black
Hair length: Short
Eye color: Brown
Skin color: Tanned

Jon is perusing an acting career as well as a modeling one. He currently studies at Eastern Michigan University, pursuing his BFA in theatre performance and creative writing with a minor in musical theatre. Jon is currently being represented by Traque International Model Management in Ferndale Michigan. His experience is more towards theatre and music as opposed to modeling which is an industry in which he is relatively new to. He hopes to, one day, build a portfolio as fleshed out as his acting resume.

Jon is willing to work with fashion and artistic photographers provided that there is plenty of communication between the parties involved. He does not do nudity (itsn’t that just a funny phrase? “Do Nudity”).

Modeling/Promotion Credits:
McDonalds Corporation |Promotion 2005
McKenzie Bros Photo|MM93647 2006

Theatre/Acting Credits:
Twelfth Night (Or What You Will):
Duke/Count Orsino
Quirk Theatre, MI.
Directed by: Gillian Eaton

The Lady’s Not For Burning:
Humphery Devize
Kreft Center Theatre, MI.
Directed By: Laura Bird

Rumors
Glenn Cooper
Kreft Center Theatre, MI.
Directed by: L. Bird

Variations On The Death Of Trotsky
Trotsky
Center of Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Directed By: Anastasia Holoboff

The Skin Of Our Teeth
Announcer
Kreft Center Theatre, MI.
Directed By: L.Bird

Anyone Can Whistle
Boy #2 (Dancer 1/4)
Quirk Theatre, MI.
Directed By: Pirooz Aghssa

A Comedy Or Errors:
Balthazar
Center of Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Directed By: Doug Baker

The Shape Of Things:
Phillip
Quirk Theatre, MI.
Directed By: Adam Rzepka

A Sure Thing:
Bill
Center of Performing Arts, Hong Kong
Directed By: Kirsten Barrie

Endgame
Nagg
Quirk Theatre, MI
Directed by Lynsay Mahalik

A Chorus Line
Bobby
The Vilalge Theatre, MI
Directed by Wendy Sialf

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Eric Mun

Name: Eric Mun
Full Name: Mun Jung Hyuk
Korean Name: 문정혁
Gender: Male
Birthday: 16 February 1979
Korean Band: Shinhwa
Position in Shinhwa : Leader & Rapper
Zodiac: Aquarius
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 71 Kg
Religion: Christianity
Siblings: Two older sisters
Instrument: Saxophone
Speciality: Rap
Habit: Sleep when he is tired

Favorites:
Favorite Color: Black and white
Favorite Sports Star: Michael Jordan
Favorite Food: All food, especially Korean food
Favorite Music Styles: Hip-Hop, R&B
Favorite Artists: Method Man, Puff Daddy
Favorite Song: Frankie J. - Don’t Want To Try

As a musician
Position in Shinhwa: Leader and rapper
Music style: Hip-hop and R&B
Musicians he respects: Method Man and Puff Daddy
Musical instrument he plays: Clarinet and Saxophone
Music he enjoys: Frankie J. ‘Don’t wanna try’
Favourite song: Friend (chingu), The Name and A Story you Can’t Give

What Eric thinks of himself
Specitality: Rap, snowboarding, drawing, game, fishing, basketball, driving
Hobby: My specitalites are my hobbies ^^
Nickname: Gon,
Habit: All the sleeping habits in the world (only when he’s really tired)
Strong point: He’s optimistic
Weak point: He’s lazy
Future hope: To be a manager
Motto: Be strong in front of a strong man and weak in front of a weak man

Kwon Sang Woo

Name: Kwon Sang Woo
Birthdate: August 5th ,1976
Birthplace: Dae Jeon
Blood Type: O
Religion: Christian
Hobbies: Swimming, Health club, Basketball, boxing
Height: 182 cm (6′)
Weight: 70kg (154 Lbs)
Family: Mother, Elder Brother , Sister in Law, Niece
Education: Dae Jeon elem./ Dong Myung mid./ Chung Nam high./ Art Education Department of HanNam University

Movies he’s been in :
Hwa San Goh [ Volcano High -2001 ]
Il Ddan Dwee Uh [ Just Run - 2002 ]
DongGab NehGee GwahweehHaGi [ My Tutor Friend - 2003 ]
SK telecom Sehgyeh Chwehcho Mobile Movie [ my good partner ]
Maljok Gori Janhoksa [Miracle On The Han - 2004 ]

TV shows/ Dramas he’s been in :
MBC miniseries - Masheehnnen chunghon [ Delicious Proposal ]
SBS Open Drama - Nam Gwa Yuh
SBS Drama - Shinhwa [ Legend ]
SBS Drama - Jigeumun YunAe Joong [ We’re Dating Now ]
SBS Drama -Taeyang SokeuRoh [ Into the Sun ]
SBS Drama - Chun Gook Ui Geh Dan [ Stairway to Heaven ]

CF ( Commercial Film ) :
Kookmin Passcard
Hang ten
Ice cafe
Ibros Model
Maru
Biltmore Model
Try
Hite Beer
KTF Fimm
Han Nam University
KTF Anycall
He’s got Korea’s stamp of approval as a heartthrob in entertainment - actor Kwon Sang-woo! He charms us once again with his movie, “Love so Divine”! Meet him today on Star Focus!

Many people gathered at the movie’s premiere for a special reason~ He not only looks good, he’s witty, too! “Love so Divine” is a sweet love story between Kwon Sang-woo as a priest and Ha Ji-won as a bride-to-be. Kwon Sang-woo, who’s voted as most popular actor his charming demeanor is carried throughout the movie.

In “The Spirit of Jeet Keun Do” he plays a high school student who wants to be like Bruce Lee, discovers love and friendship. With his lean body and perfect physique, who could do a better job of imitating Bruce Lee?

The devotion he has for his job becomes apparent through his sincerity in filming - he even does his own stunts! After the movie, he even picked up the ‘Best Newcomer’ award at the DaeJong Film Festival.

This year will be the four year anniversary of Kwon’s debut. His acting career began with a movie “Volcano High”. He was cast by a director who had the foresight of Kwon’s talent for acting. Then he was in the movie “Make it Big” with actor Song Seung-heon. Kwon didn’t have a large role, but audiences remembered him well for his lean body. The next movie pushed his popularity over the edge - “Tutoring A Friend” rose Kwon to stardom as over 5,000,000 people came to watch it in theaters! It seems like he was an overnight success, but Kwon’s had his share of troubles. (It may seem like the road to acting was paved with gold for Kwon, but he’s had his share of troubles.)

He’s got the height, the looks, and the body. Kwon Sang-woo is a trendsetter and favorite for people of all ages, putting him at number one on everyone’s contact list!

After making it big in the movies, he moved onto the small screen. He starred in the TV drama “Stairs to Heaven”, co-starring Choi Ji-woo. After it’s top ratings and enormous popularity in Korea, the TV drama was exported all over Asia at one of the highest prices.

His popularity is exploding in every direction! But it won’t stop there - We look forward to what actor Kwon Sang-woo will show us next!

Jung Woo-sung

Jung Woo-sung Profile

Name: Jung Woo-sung
DOB: March 20, 1973
Place of birth: Seoul, Korea
Height: 186cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Actor

(Also credited as Jung Woo-seong, Jeong Woo-sung, Jeong Woo-seong)

Jung Woo-sung Biography

Jung Woo-sung is one of the most popular Korean actor in Asia. Different from most other actors that made fame in TV drama, Jung Woo-sung is mostly a movie actor.

Some of his famous movies include Musa, A Moment to Remember, Daisy and The Restless.

Jung Woo-sung made his acting debut in 1994 in The Fox with Nine Tails. He starred in a few more movies before becoming a star with movie Beat in 1997.

Jung’s international breakthrough was in 2001 in Musa, co-starring international renowned Chinese star Zhang Ziyi. The movie wasn’t really a success considered of its production cost, but Asian audiences started to notice Jung Woo-sung.

Jung Woo-sung then starred in award winning movie A Moment to Remember alongside Son Ye-jin in 2005; and again caught the Asians’ attention in 2006 with Daisy, co-starring Jun Ji-hyun and directed by famous Hong Kong director Andrew Lau.

Jung Woo-sung also starred in 2006 big-budget movie The Restless with another Korean beauty Kim Tae-hee. The movie did win the acclaims from movie critics, but somehow performed poorly in box office.

Jung Ji-hoon

Jung Ji-hoon Profile

Name: Jung Ji-hoon
DOB: June 25, 1982
Birthplace: Seoul, Korea
Height: 184cm
Blood type: O
Education: Kyunghee University (Post Modern Music Department)
Profession: Actor and singer

(Also credited as Rain, Bi, Jeong Ji-hoon, Jeong Ji-hun, Jung Ji-hun, Jung Jihoon, Jung Jihun, Jeong Jihun, Jeong Jihoon)

Hobbies: Watching movies, listening to music, shoes and apparels collection
Favourite sports: Basketball and swimming
Favourite actors: Charlie Chaplin and Hahn Suk-kyu
Favourite music: R&B, hip-hop and funk
Favorite singers: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Usher

Jung Ji-hoon Biography

Jung Ji-hoon, more commonly known as Rain or Bi (means Rain in Korean), is Korea pop star famous for his masculine image, dazzling dance and music performances.

Rain is one of the most influential artists from Asia. He is one of the very few Asian singers that held a concert in New York, USA; and his concert tour in Asia is highly successful.

Jung Ji-hoon is also an actor, his biggest TV hit so far is in Full House co-starring popular actress Song Hye-kyo.

Rain started his entertainment career with boy band FanClub, which was disbanded after releasing 2 albums with minor success.

Rain then went for an auction at JYP Entertainment in 1999; JYP was just set up by singer/producer Park Jin-young back then, and Rain managed to catch his interest and was offered a contract.

Park Jin-young trained Rain for years, giving him exposure as dancer for himself and popular female singer Park Ji-yoon.

It’s until May 2002 that Rain released his first solo album, Bad Guy, and became a popular star in Korea. He released his 2nd album, How to Avoid the Sun in 2003.

Jung Ji-hoon was also introduced to acting, with his debut in Orange in 2002, followed by Sang Doo, Let’s Go To School that made him a recognized actor as well.

2004 was a great year for Rain; he starred in the super hit TV drama, Full House, and made his fame all across Asia. He also released his 3rd album It’s Raining, and rising to become one of Asia’s top superstars.

Rain is ever popular since then, he released his 4th Korean album and 1st Japanese album in 2006, and his Asia concert tickets are constantly sold out.

Rain held a concert at Madison Square, New York in early 2006; he’s one of the very few Asian pop stars to do so and managed to attract thousands of crowd.

Rain’s popularity has gained wide notice in US and was named as Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People 2006.

Jung Ji-hoon will make his movie debut with I’m a Cyborg, but It’s Okay, expected to premiere in late 2006 in Korea.

Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura Profile

Name: Takuya Kimura
DOB: November 13, 1972
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 176cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Actor, model and singer

(Also credited as Kimura Takuya, Kimutaku)

Takuya Kimura Biography


Takuya Kimura has been arguably Japan’s most influential artist internationally for more than a decade. Although not as dominating as he used to, Takuya still remains one of Japan most popular artists.

Takuya Kimura was enrolled into Johnny & Associates talent agency at age of 15, and was nurtured into becoming a superstar. Kimura started singing in a 12 members Jr. boy band Skate Boys before forming 6 members (now 5) SMAP in 1988.

SMAP members were introduced into B-list drama acting and modeling, before given their singing debut in 1991 with single Can’t Stop!! ~Loving, which was not a great hit.

SMAP later started to become famous by hosting variety show Love SMAP with Takuya Kimura emerging as the most popular among the SMAP members.

Kimura’s major breakthrough came in 1996 with TV drama Long Vacation, co-starring Yamaguchi Tomoko. Long Vacation was superhit in Japan and across Asia, and sparked the mass export of Japanese dramas overseas in the late 90s.

Takuya Kimura continued to star in countless popular TV dramas, like Love Generation, Beautiful Life, Hero, Good Luck and Pride etc.

SMAP also enjoyed their success with their music career later on, but just like Takuya Kimura, the other members are more popular as actors rather than singers especially when outside of Japan.

Takuya Kimura married Shizuka Kudo, another pop idol in 2000. They have a pair of daughters, Kokomi was born in 2001, while Mitsuki in 2003.

Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi Profile

Name: Takashi Sorimachi
Birth name: Takashi Noguchi
DOB: December 19, 1973
Birthplace: Saitama, Japan
Blood type: AB
Profession: Actor and singer

(Also known as Sorimachi Takashi)

Takashi Sorimachi Biography


Takashi Sorimachi is Japanese actor and singer, very popular in late 90s with TV drama like Beach Boys and GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Takashi Sorimachi showed talent in acting and singing since junior high school, and was recruited by the famous Johnny’s Agency.

Takashi Sorimachi started his entertainment career with boy-band Heike-ha, and also as a backing dancer for another boy-band Hikaru Genji.

Takashi Sorimachi didn’t stay long with Johnny’s and turned model in 1990. Sorimachi posed for various magazines and did some catwalk.

Takashi Sorimachi started acting in 1994 in supporting roles; his first leading role was in 1997 with Virgin Road. Later in 1997 came Sorimachi’s breakthrough with superhit TV drama Beach Boys co-starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Ryoko Hirosue.

It’s also in 1997 that Sorimachi released his debut album in conjunction with the success of Beach Boys. Sorimach released another few more albums with decent success, but is more recognized as an actor.

1998 was perhaps the peak of his career with the highly rated TV drama GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka co-starring Nanako Matsushima, followed by a sequence movie in 1999.

Takashi Sorimachi also starred in another 1999 hit, Overtime with Makiko Esumi. Sorimachi was arguably Japan most popular artist back then, but his popularity started to fade after that.

Sorimachi’s only noticeable role since 1998 was probably in 2001 Chinese movie Fulltime Killer co-starring Andy Lau from Hong Kong.

Takashi Sorimachi married his GTO co-star Nanako Matsushima in 2001. The celebrity couple has a daughter born in 2001.

Although not as popular as he used to, Takashi Sorimachi still has his influence and continue starring in some TV drama and movies.

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Profile

Name: Ken Watanabe
DOB: October 21, 1959
Place of birth: Uonuma, Niigata prefecture, Japan
Profession: Actor

(Also credited as Watanabe Ken)

Ken Watanabe Biography


Ken Watanabe is arguably the most well known Japanese actor internationally. He starred in a few Hollywood blockbuster movies, including The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Batman Begins and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Ken Watanabe was nominated for the Academy Awards in 2004 for the best supporting actor category in The Last Samurai, co-starring Tom Cruise.

Ken Watanabe moved to Tokyo to start his acting career after graduating from high school. He started gaining notice as a stage actor before making his TV debut with Michinaru Hanran (Unknown Rebellion) in 1982.

Ken Watanabe made his movie debut in 1984 in MacArthur’s Children.

Ken’s breakthrough came in 1987, portraying as a Samurai in TV drama Dokuganryu Masamune (One eyed dragon, Masamune). The drama is still one of the highest rated Samurai-related series in Japan history; and Ken became quite a star since then.

Ken’s acting career suffered a setback in 1989 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. He went into hiatus to undergo chemotherapy treatments, and only made his comeback in 1994, but suffered a relapse.

Ken Watanabe made another comeback in 1997 in award winning movie Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald. He then starred in Kizuna in 1998, which won him a Japanese Academy Awards for best supporting actor.

Ken Watanabe also managed to claim another 2 Japanese Academy Awards for best supporting actor in 2002 and 2003.

2003 also signalled Ken’s international breakthrough with The Last Samurai. He was nominated for multiple awards as best supporting actor. His popularity also led to his inclusion in People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People 2004 edition.

Ken’s popularity continued to rise in Hollywood with popular movies like Memoirs of a Geisha, Batman Begins and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Ken Hirai

Ken Hirai Profile
Name: Ken Hirai
Birth date: January 17, 1972
Birth place: Higashiosaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan
Height: 183cm
Blood type: A
Profession: Singer and songwriter

(Also credited as Hirai Ken)


Ken Hirai Biography
Ken Hirai is popular Japanese R&B singer. He is one of Japan’s best selling singers in recent years.

Ken Hirai was signed by Sony Music in 1993 after a successful audition, and released his debut single, Precious Junk in 1995; followed by debut album Un-Balanced in the same year. Not superhit yet, but Ken was gaining a unique group of fans with his soulful voice.

Ken Hirai only released a few singles and another album in the 90s, while spending most of his time learning about music and improving his voice.

Ken’s effort paid off in early 2000s; his music was getting more and more popular and he finally got some #1 singles and sold millions of albums.

Ken’s compilation album 10th Anniversary Complete Single Collection ‘95-’05 was the best selling album of the year in 2006.

Stephen Chow

Stephen Chow Profile

Name: Chow Sing Chi, Stephen
DOB: June 22, 1962
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Height: 174cm
Profession: Actor, director and producer

(Also credited as Stephen Chau, Chow Xing Chi, Chau Sing Chi, Chau Xing Chi, Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingci)

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Stephen Chow Biography


Stephen Chow is one of Asia most popular actors, and is making his fame in Hollywood as well. Some of his early popular comedy movies include All For The Winner, Fight Back to School and From Beijing With Love etc.

Stephen Chow is developing into good director and movie producer in recent years, his blockbuster productions include Shaolin Soccer and Kungfu Hustle which won him multiple awards.

Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong, but spent his youth days in Shanghai with his family. Chow is a great admirer of late action star Bruce Lee, and developed interest in martial arts and aimed to be an action star.

Stephen Chow was inducted into Hong Kong TVB acting school and graduated in 1982. He was given the opportunity to host a children program 430 Space Shuttle by TVB and began to gain popularity.

Stephen Chow was also involved in some supporting role for numerous TVB series, but his breakthrough actually came from the big screen. His comedic role as a thief in Danny Lee’s movie Final Justice (1988) won him a Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor Award.

With that achievement, TVB started offering Chow leading actor role in TV drama Final Combat, which he continued to charm the audience with his non-logic comedy.

Stephen Chow continued to star in movies, and got another breakthrough in 1990, starring in Jeff Lau’s smash-hit All For The Winner (1990) that made him a superstar.

Stephen Chow never looked back and used his nonsense comedy performance to dominate the Hong Kong box office in 1990s.

Chow’s influence began to involve in screen-writing and directing in From Beijing With Love (1994), as he tried to impose more story plots in his movie rather than pure comedy.

Although winning the public acclaims, Chow did not manage to put his hands on any major movie awards again, not until Shaolin Soccer in 2001.

After The King of Comedy in 1999, Stephen took a relative long break to produce his masterpiece, Shaolin Soccer, with hope to score in both box office and movies awards.

By combining comedy, love and CGI effects, Chow’s effort paid off; as Shaolin Soccer became the best selling movie of the year, and claimed numerous movies awards.

Shaolin Soccer gained so much attention in Asia that Hollywood decided to try their luck and imported the movie; the movie is not a huge success, but did achieve decent results to spark interest from in US about Stephen Chow.

Chow’s 2004 production, Kung Fu Hustle achieve more success than Shaolin Soccer. It broke Hong Kong box office record again, and won Chow numerous awards; and brought him a nomination for Best Foreign Film in US prestigious Golden Globe Awards.

The production of Kung Fu 2 has been confirmed, but the production had been postponed due to unforeseeable issues. Chow has just started the production of another movie instead, A Hope, which is related to fatherly love and outer space venture.

Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan Profile

Name: Jackie Chan
DOB: April 7, 1954
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Profession: Actor and singer

(Also credited as Jacky Chan, Chen Long, Chen Lung, Cheng Long, Sing Long, Sing Lung, Chan Kong Sang, Chan Kwong Sang, Chen Gong Seng, Chen Gang Shen, Chen Yuen Long, Chen Yueng Lung, Yuen Lo)


Jackie Chan Biography


Jackie Chan, or well known as Sing Lung in Chinese world, is worldwide famous actor and action hero. Jackie starred in numerous Asia blockbuster hits before making his way to Hollywood with a few box office success as well.

Jackie Chan is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and spontaneous use of random objects as improvised weapons. Jackie was also famous for performing dangerous stunts by himself without the use of stuntman, and has sustained multiple injuries all these years.

Jackie Chan entertainment career didn’t start brightly, he first worked as a stuntman after graduated from Peking Opera School, before being offered some acting roles in low budget movies.

It took years before Jackie Chan made his fame, before that he had to make a living and even starred in porn movies.

It’s in 1978 that Jackie got his first breakthrough with Kung Fu movie Drunken Master. He became an Asian superstar with the movie, which opened his path for many box office hits in years to come.

In early 80s, Jackie along with Sammo Hung and Yuen Piew (his mates from Peking Opera School) had made series of great action cum comedy movies that became box office success, and contributed to the golden era of Hong Kong movies.

Some of the trio’s best include Project A, Lucky Star (trilogy), Wheels on Meals, and Dragons Forever. Dragons Forever (1988) was the last movie the trio worked together.

It was also during the trio’s era that Jackie Chan began to involve in movie directing and action choreography.

Jackie Chan continued to prosper with his movie ventures, including the successful Police Story (and sequels) in the early 1990s. Jackie success in Asia already gained Hollywood interest back then, but Jackie declined a few opportunities to star in Hollywood because he wants his own movies and style to be accepted by the Westerners.

Jackie got his breakthrough in Hollywood with Rumble in the Bronx in 1995, which was filmed mostly in US. The movie was not a huge cinema success, but Jackie Chan had finally showed US audience what he was all about.

Jackie later became worldwide superstar with Hollywood’s production Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon together with a few other movies. Jackie’s fame had prompted US cinemas to show his old Hong Kong movies to the audiences; there’s even an anime that’s adapted from Jackie’s character in his various movies.

Jackie latest movie project is Rush Hour 3, and an unnamed movie with another Asian superstar Jet Li, which will base on Chinese epic novel Journey to the West.

Little known to the West is that Jackie is an established singer in Asia as well. He released over 20 albums although the success is never near what he achieved in movies arena.

Bowie Lam

Bowie Lam Profile

Name: Lam Bo Yi, Bowie
DOB: September 4, 1965
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Height: 178cm
Blood type: B
Family members: Parents
Languages spoken: Cantonese, English and Mandarin
Profession: Actor and singer

(Also credited as Lam Bo Yee, Lin Bao Yi, Lin Baoyi)

Hobbies: Cars research and mini-models collecting
Favourite animals: Cat, dog and dolphin
Favourite colours: Blue and silver
Favourite food: Seafood
Favourite musical instrument: Drum
Favourite sports: Jogging, tennis, swimming and diving
Favourite singer: Sting


Bowie Lam Biography


Bowie Lam is Hong Kong famous TV actor. He starred in numerous popular TV drama including File of Justice and Healing Hands series.

Bowie Lam had an interesting profile before venturing into full-time entertainment career. He worked in numerous fields, including servicing in the police force for a short period of time.

Bowie Lam made his acting debut in 1986 with movie Kiss Me Goodbye. He continued to star in a few movies, and made his singing debut in 1989.

Bowie Lam however only achieved real star-hood after he joined TVB (Hong Kong largest TV network) in 1991. Bowie’s first major success was probably in 1992 TV drama, The Greed of Man, co-starring Sean Lau, Vivian Chow, Adam Cheng and Amy Kwok etc.

The Greed of Man is one of the best rated TVB’s dramas ever; and although Bowie was playing as supporting role, he managed to catch the eye of the audiences as well.

Bowie Lam continued to star in numerous TV drama, including popular series like Files of Justice (1994-1997), Untraceable Evidence (1997 and 1999) and Healing Hands (1998, 2000 and 2005).

Bowie’s defining role was in 2004 with the highly acclaimed drama War and Beauty, co-starring Sheren Tang, Gigi Lai, Charmaine Sheh and Moses Chan etc. War and Beauty was a huge success in Hong Kong and China; and Bowie Lam became hugely popular in Chinese region.

Bowie Lam is still singing after his debut album in 1989; he released a total of 6 albums to date but never really achieved great success in his musical career.

Andy Lau

Andy Lau Profile

Name: Lau Tak Wah, Andy
DOB: September 27, 1961
Birth place: Hong Kong
Height: 174cm
Blood type: AB
Family: Parents, 3 elder sisters, a younger sister and a brother
Profession: Actor and singer

(Also credited as Lau De Wah, Liu De Hua, Liu Dek Hwa, Liu Dehua)

Hobbies: Singing, driving, acting, bowling and classic watch collection
Favourite colour: Black, white and grey
Favourite food: Chicken wings, fruits and milk tea
Favourite actors: Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep
Favourite music: Classical and pop
Favourite singers: Michael Jackson and Boyz 2 Men

Andy Lau Biography


Andy Lau is one of Hong Kong most successful artists, achieving great success both in acting in singing. Andy starred in over 100 movies, released a few dozens of Cantonese/Mandaring music album and won multiple awards in both fields.

Andy Lau started his career in TVB, acting in TV dramas. He became a household name in Asia with his 1983 role in popular TV series, Return of the Condor Heroes.

1985 was another breakthrough year for Andy, his movie The Unwritten Law was a box-office hit as well as multiple movies award winner. It’s also in 1985 that Andy released her first singing album.

Andy’s singing career didn’t prosper as well as her acting career; Andy only become successful in singing at late 80s or early 90s. The breakthrough album was probably If You Are My Legend in 1990.

Since then Andy has won multiple singing awards, but ironically he has not much luck with movies awards.

Andy’s first major acting award came in 2000 as Best Actor in Hong Kong Film Festival with movie Running Out Of Time. He then won the prestigious Golden Horse Award for his performance in Infernal Affairs 3 in 2004.

Andy Lau also started investing movies in recent years, providing funds for young directors to make movies. Andy’s effort has won him an Asian Filmmaker of The Year award at Busan International Film Festival 2006.

Other than his splendid career, Andy Lau is also well known for being a role model as a hardworking, polite and professional artist.

Aaron Kwok

Aaron Kwok Profile

Name: Kwok Fu Shing, Aaron
DOB: October 26, 1965
Birth place: Hong Kong
Height: 171cm
Blood type: A
Education: St. Joseph High School
Profession: Actor, dancer and singer

(Also credited as Kwok Fu Sing, Guok Fu Sing, Kuok Fu Xing, Guo Fu Cheng, Guo Fucheng, Sing Sing)


Aaron Kwok Biography


Aaron Kwok is Hong Kong famous artist. Aaron was mainly a singer since early 90s, but switches his focus into acting in recent years and is the winner of prestigious Golden Horse Best Actor Award twice in a role (2005 and 2006).

Aaron Kwok started working in a gold retail store after graduation as his father would him to gain experience to run their own small gold retail store.

However Aaron decided that it’s not the path he wanted, and he joined TVB dancing class in 1984, where his dancing talent was being nurtured and recognized.

Aaron Kwok soon started performing in TVB shows and music videos, and slowly gaining notice from TV audience for his dance and obviously his good looking as well.

Seeing his potential, TVB decided to transfer Aaron to acting department, where he was offered some acting chances.

Aaron’s breakthrough came in 1990 when he appeared in a Taiwan TV commercial for a motorcycle brand that gave him instant popularity in Taiwan. Soon he inked a recording deal and released his first Mandarin album, Dui Ni Ai Bu Wan (Can’t Stop Loving You).

Aaron’s debut album was a huge success, not just in Taiwan, but in Hong Kong and all across Asia as well. Aaron becomes a superstar and remained influence in Asia music arena for a decade or so.

Aaron’s music career reached bottleneck in early 2000s, and Aaron decided to switch his attention to acting instead. Aaron was already an experience actor back then but his acting career was not as splendid as his music.

For the past few years Aaron has been choosing his script and movie appearance carefully, so that he would star in good quality movies only.

Aaron’s effort paid off as he won the Golden Horse Best Actor Award in consecutive years (Divergence in 2005; After This Our Exile in 2006), and is recognized as one of Asia’s best actor at the moment.

Aaron Kwok has a quiet love life; he was previously linked with Japanese star Norika Fujiwara after their collaboration in movie China Strike Force in 2000. Aaron is currently in relationship with a Chinese supermodel, arguably his first official girlfriend since making his fame.

Aaron Kwok Trivia

Aaron Kwok is a fan of sports cars; he has a car collection of Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and Mercedes etc.

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou Profile

Name: Zhang Yimou
DOB: November 14, 1951
Place of birth: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Education: Beijing Film Academy (graduated in 1982)
Profession: Director

(Also credited as Zhang Yi Mou, Yimou Zhang)



Zhang Yimou Biography


Zhang Yimou is internationally acclaimed Chinese director. His famous movies include Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower etc.

Zhang Yimou is also credited for discovering famous Chinese actresses Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Yimou started as a cinematographer after graduating from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy in 1982. Zhang was also an actor; he actually made his acting debut (Old Well in 1986) prior to his first directed movie Red Sorghum in 1987.

Red Sorghum was the debut for Gong Li as well; it was a great success and won the Golden Bear for Best Picture at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival. Zhang was recognized as one of the world best artistic directors since then.

Zhang Yimou continued to direct some great movies that won him numerous recognitions. His 1999 movie the road home was the breakthrough role for Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Yimou also starred in a few other movies, including the acclaimed Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior in 1989.

Zhang made some significant change in 2002 with movie Hero; a huge-budget movie compared to his normal small productions. It’s also his first epic-like movie compared to his previous real-to-life movies.

Hero won mixed reviews, but was a great box-office success. Zhang made another 2 high profile epic movies with House of Flying Daggers in 2004 and Curse of the Golden Flower in 2006.

Jet Li

Jet Li Profile

Name: Li Lianjie, Jet
DOB: April 26, 1963
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Height: 170cm
Family members: 2 elder brothers and 2 elder sisters; wife (Nina Li) and 4 daughters (2 from previous marriage)
Profession: Martial art master and actor

(Also credited as Jet Lee, Li Lian Jie, Li Lin Kit, Lee Lianjie, Lee Lian Jie, Lee Lin Kit)

Jet Li Biography

Jet Li is a real martial art master that makes international fame as an action star. Jet Li is arguably one of the most famous Chinese in the world.

Li’s father died when he was just 2, and his mother sent him to a Wushu (Chinese martial art) academy when he was 8.

Jet Li is a talented Wushu artist, and after years of training he represented Beijing Wushu team in various performances and competitions .

Throughout his martial arts career, Jet won 15 gold medals and a silver medal in Chinese wushu championships (mostly in non-sparring events); a remarkable achievement by any standard. Jet eventually retired from wushu competitions because of long term injuries.

Jet Li already started acting when he was still an active martial artist. His debut movie was Shaolin Temple in 1982, followed by 2 sequels which made him a national action star.

After retiring from wushu competitions, Jet started focusing on his acting career, and made international (Asia mostly) fame in 1990 with movie Once Upon a Time in China, portraying the legendary wushu master Wong Feihung.

Jet Li continued to star in numerous popular action movies, including another 3 sequels as Wong Feihung. Jet Li normally portrayed as Chinese heroes in his movies, and people were comparing him to the legendary Chinese action star Bruce Lee quite often.

1998 was another breakthrough year for Jet as he moved into Hollywood, making his appearance in Lethal Weapons 4 as the bad guy. In 2000 Jet made his first leading role in a Western movie with Romeo Must Die, and gained fast recognitions from worldwide fans.

Jet Li continued to star in Asia and Western movies; although his wushu and action are highly praised in the West, Jet’s movie didn’t fair consistently in terms of box-office. Jet’s popularity in Asia however has never been faded and remains ever popular.

Jet’s latest project is a Chinese movie The Blood Brothers, starring alongside Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Jet is also expected to join hands with another international Chinese action star, Jackie Chan in a movie based on the epic novel Journey To The West. The project was initiated since 2001 but only comes to realization in 2007.

Jet Li Trivia

Jet Li turned down Chow Yun Fat’s role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon because he promised his wife that he would not make any movies during her pregnancy.

Jet Li has his own PlayStation 2 video game based on his movies’ characters, namely Jet Li’s Rise To Honor.

Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming Profile

Name: Huang Xiaoming
DOB: November 13, 1977
Birth place: Qingdao, China
Height: 180cm
Blood type: O
Education: Beijing Film Academy (Performance Institute) - graduated 2000
Profession: Actor

Favourite colour: Black and white
Favourite actors: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Ka Fai, George Clooney

(Also credited as Xiaoming Huang, Huang Xiao Ming, Huang Xiaomeng, Huang Xiao Meng, Hwang Hsiao Ming, Wong Hiu Ming)


Huang Xiaoming Biography

Huang Xiaoming is on of the hottest actor from China at the moment, making international fame with the highly successful TV drama Return of The Condor Heroes (ROCH).

Huang Xiaoming graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy in 2000, but had to wait until 2002 to land his first major role in Da Han Tian Zi, an epic drama based on the Han Dynasty.

Da Han Tian Zi was a huge success, which led to 2 more sequels later on. Huang Xiaoming as the leading actor instantly became a huge name in China.

Huang Xiaoming continued to star in some other popular Chinese series like Strange Tales of Liaozhai, Tang Bohu and Princess Huanzhu 3 (also known as Princess Returning Pearl 3), before making another breakthrough in 2006 with ROCH.

Based on the classic Wuxia (ancient martial arts) novel from Louis Cha, Return of The Condor Heroes is arguably the most successful China TV production in recent years. ROCH was highly successful in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, as well as in South East Asia where the primary language is not Chinese.

Huang Xiaoming (as Yang Guo) and ROCH co-star Crystal Liu Yifei (as Xiao Longnu) became Asia superstar since the showing of the TV drama, and become the 2 of the most talk-about China artists in 2006.

Huang Xiaoming also played a supporting role in high profile movie, The Banquet in 2006, co-starring Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun.

Huang Xiaoming Trivia

Huang Xiaoming is the classmate of international superstar Vicki Zhao Wei, but Vicki became famous much earlier than Huang. Vicki made her fame with TV drama Princess Huanzhu, but she was not starring in Princess Huanzhu 3, which Huang Xiaoming was involved.

Hins Cheung

Hins Cheung Profile

Name: Hins Cheung
DOB: February 1, 1981
Place of birth: Guangzhou, China
Height: 175cm
Profession: Singer and songwriter

(Also credited as Cheung King Hin, Zhang Jing Xuan, Zhang Jingxuan)


Hins Cheung Biography

Hins Cheung is well known in Hong Kong and China for his talent in both singing and song-writing.

Hins released his debut album, My Way in 2003; and gained immediate recognition in the music industry. It took Hins another 2 years to release his 2nd album, am/pm.

Hins released another 2 albums in 2006, namely Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Hins First Cantonese Album.