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.