Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, born 22 In June 1962, is a writer, director and actor in many films “blockbuster in Hong Kong.

Chow is regarded as the best display in Hong Kong since the actor Michael Hui, and an Mucho, machiste, the superstar of all those involved in the circle of entertainment from Hong Kong, represented by his nickname星爷(Sing Yeh, lit. Grand Master Sing) . But his trademark comedy months lei tau, which is also the word games, two directions and mokieren different from the Chinese culture, means that little of his previous films could exert an influence, in the west until his recorded films, Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004).

Chow was a graduate of Shaw Brothers‘ TVB, school and the co-organizers of Hong Kong popular programs for children, 430 Shuttle, as a character named “Black & White” Vampire. “This is certainly a springboard for his career, he is limited, does not provide excellence. At that time, Stephen Chow mainly played dramatic roles in Hong Kong TVB television series, in any of the Dun Fei Final Combat (盖世豪侠) (1989 ), Chow was an excellent performance and began to gain popularity in Hong Kong. De Also this series, he began the relationship long-term cooperation with director Lee Lik-Chi (李力持) and actor Ng Man Tat (吴孟达). During 1990 performance of Jeff Lau’s smash-All For The Winner, in the Comedy of careers, which are now its main genres.

His films were later on the success of the All For The Winner, and it has clearly developed his trademark humor known as Mo Lei Tau (nonsense or “no-brainer”), the frequent use of euphemisms and double entenders innocuous slang in Cantonese. He regularly shows his talents as improvisation that almost fixed dedications directors to improve the script, which required him likely to commit the act. Until 1994, he wrote and directed some of his films.

The films themselves often following a similar pattern: Chow either one less Könners, luck or overachiever arrogant, which itself receives a lesson in humility in front to rear. Stephen Chow is a tendency to use the outside or to the wealth of history in rags portrait of his character. Back to the fight at school (1991), From Beijing with Love (1994) and the God of the Kitchen (1996) are outstanding examples of this type of work. Sometimes, his films would exploit a historical context, but also show modern times cross comedy, as in the films of Justice, My Foot (审死官) (1992) and Flirting Scholar (1993).

From time to time, Chow would stop its comedies. One of his more serious films is the second in section A Chinese Odyssey, Cinderella (1994), based on the classic Chinese epic journey to the West. Although for the most part, a comedy at heart, Chow has been able to develop his character, more serious than previously. It was a box office dismantle Hong Kong, and even a fire worship this in Mainland China.

New movies Chow began to adapt to the action and Comic Special Effects sequences verbal humor rather than to comply with greater international assistance. The film started, who was internationally renowned Shaolin Soccer (2001), the heavy use of CGI and Chow was written by himself. A later film, Kung Fu Hustle (2004), was also confirmed by Chow and February 2005, it fell to surpass domestic Shaolin Soccer as the most cinematic of Hong Kong.

In July 2006, Chow started shooting his new role, CJ7 in ostchinesischen port city of Ningbo. It was rumors manner is the largest per household for a Chinese film, will cost more than 100 million Chinese yuan (US $ 13 million, 10.2 million €). In August 2007, the film was awarded CJ7 (Chang Hao Jiang Qi), a unit of China’s Shenzhou has successfully equipped space missions - Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6, it was already known, through a series of groups Working title Alien, Yangtze VII, Long River 7, and above all, hope.

The latter had come to film Zhang Yuqi to continue to conduct its romantic Chow, in the tradition of the establishment by young actresses who finally succeeded in a score or her own career. These “Chow’s Cuties’ name is known as Gigi Leung, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, Huang Shengyi, Cheung Man, Christy Chung and Michelle reis.

Recent, Chow is a joint project with Hong Kong and owner Entertainer JUICE Edison Chen, behind them vulgar designed new shirt.

Stephen Chow’s Childhood Photos. (Click to large.)

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The People’s idol, Andy Lau Tak-Wah, was born 27 September 1961. Over the years, Lau has consolidated its position not only as a superstar and Heavenly Sky King, but also as the hardest working entertainers in Hong Kong. The commitment and work ethic has won the respect and admiration of fans and critics. In little more than two decades, Lau has more than a hundred films and was a success career as a singer.
Lau joined TVB artist training program 1981. There were very popular television star contract dispute led him to be in the “freezer” (they write him work). This proved to be a blessing, because it allows them to focus on the development of his career film industry. As largely on the populist director Wong Jing, it is rapidly becoming a bankable star. It also showed that the gangsters in Wah Dee-A Moment Romance (1990), the role has come to his career as the Lau definition.
But for many years, the only thing Lau wanted, it was really to be taken seriously as an actor. He was previously nominated for numerous prizes for his role in As Tears Go By (1988) and “Full Throttle (1995), but that is only 1999, the Lau he received recognition as craved. It was a Best Actor Award the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in Johnnie To’s Running Out of Time. In the year 2003 Lau won the prize for a second time, for his physically and emotionally demanding as “Biggie”, a monk cursed with the ability to see the karmic from those who surrounded him, like Johnnie To’s Running on Karma (2003) . In the year 2002 the Golden Horse Award for best actor Lau escaped from the thin margins (he lost by one vote with its IA cooperation stars Tony Leung) Infernal Affairs (2002), but for the second time showed that the charm and Lau, finally, in the Golden Horse ginormous his collection, where he won prizes for its repression of duplicitious Dreier mole Lau Kin-Ming in Infernal Affairs 3 (2003).
In recent years, Lau has also tried his hand for the operation, and began his own production of the team name. Among the films, the team was cheered by critics functions factory in Hong Kong (1997) and “The Longest Summer (1998), both directed by Fruit Chan. Recently, Lau continued to show the ability to act as a facilitator for security, the upper limit for the production of the Media Asia Infernal Affairs (2002), Cat and the Mouse (2003), Infernal Affairs 3 (2003). (Yinique 2004)

Andy Lau’s Childhood Photo. (Click to large.)

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