Stephen Chow [57607]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 5.5005
Birthplace: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Birthday: 1962-06-22
Age: 63 years
Movies: 63
Links: Homepage, IMDB
Biography: Stephen Chow Sing-Chi is a Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer. Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po Yee, an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik Sheung, an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man Kei and a younger sister named Chow Sing Ha. Chow's given name "Sing-chi" derives from Tang dynasty Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother. Chow attended Heep Woh Primary School, a missionary school attached to the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China in Prince Edward Road, Kowloon Peninsula. When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star. Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan. After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes. Chow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television. He later joined TVB in 1981. He was drawn to attention hosting the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle. Chow made his film Final Justice in 1988, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Globe Awards. Chow shot to stardom in The Final Combat. The following decade, he appeared in more than 40 films. Fight Back to School became Hong Kong's top-grossing film of all time. In 1994, he began directing films, starting with From Beijing with Love. In the latter half of the 1990s, Chow becomes very famous in China, he became a legend and the Stephen Chow Phenomenon. In 2001, his film Shaolin Soccer grossed over US$50 million worldwide. Chow won Best Director and Best Actor at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, and the film went on to garner additional awards including a Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Picture and Best Director. It was the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong at the time, grossing $46 million in the Asia region. In 2004, his film Kung Fu Hustle grossed over US$106 million worldwide. Chow also won Best Director at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and Best Picture of Imagine Film Festival as well as over twenty international awards. Critics as well as film stars such as comedian Bill Murray said that the film was the supreme achievement of modern comedy that had outshone any preexisting form of American comedy, including Murray's directorial work. His film CJ7 began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo. In August 2007, the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. CJ7 became the highest-grossing film of all time in Malaysia. For his work in comedy, he has received praise from notable institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, who called him the King of Comedy. Stephen Chow has directed multiple classic films since the 1990s. In 2013, his film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons became the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time. In 2016, his film The Mermaid broke numerous box office records, and became the highest-grossing film of all time in China.

Hong Kong Hustle
2024-11-26
CJ7: The Cartoon
2010-07-09
CJ7
2008-01-30
Kung Fu Hustle
2004-02-10
Shaolin Soccer
2001-07-05
The Tricky Maste
1999-08-05
Gorgeous
1999-02-12
King of Comedy
1999-02-08
The Lucky Guy
1998-01-16
Lawyer Lawyer
1997-07-31
All's Well, Ends
1997-02-06
The God of Cooke
1996-12-21
Forbidden City C
1996-02-16
Sixty Million Do
1995-08-19
Out of the Dark
1995-07-06
A Chinese Odysse
1995-02-04
A Chinese Odysse
1995-01-21
From Beijing wit
1994-10-13
Hail the Judge
1994-03-31
Love on Delivery
1994-02-04
The Mad Monk
1993-07-29
Flirting Scholar
1993-07-01
Fight Back to Sc
1993-01-14
King of Beggars
1992-12-17
Royal Tramp 2
1992-09-24
Royal Tramp
1992-07-30
Justice, My Foot
1992-07-02
Fight Back to Sc
1992-04-09
All's Well, Ends
1992-01-25
The Thief of Tim
1992-01-01
Fist of Fury 199
1992-01-01
The Banquet
1991-11-30
The Magnificent
1991-10-09
God of Gamblers
1991-08-21
Fight Back to Sc
1991-07-18
The Gods Must Be
1991-07-05
Fist of Fury 199
1991-03-23
The Top Bet
1991-03-07
Legend of the Dr
1991-03-07
Tricky Brains
1991-02-02
God of Gamblers
1990-12-13
Triad Story
1990-10-11
When Fortune Smi
1990-09-27
All for the Winn
1990-08-18
Look Out, Office
1990-07-27
Sleazy Dizzy
1990-06-15
Curry & Pepper
1990-05-23
The Unmatchable
1990-05-11
Lung Fung Restau
1990-04-26
My Hero
1990-03-22
Love Is Love
1990-02-14
Thunder Cops II
1989-11-18
Just Heroes
1989-09-14
Dragon Fight
1989-09-01
Faithfully Yours
1988-12-17
Final Justice
1988-06-23
He Who Chases Af
1988-04-21
On the Brink
1988-01-01
The Last Conflic
1988-01-01
Back To The Beyo
1987-01-01
Brother’s Girl
1986-10-01
Linqi:Decision
1983-04-21
Crossroads-Pocke
1983-01-01