周星馳
Actor/Actriz
73
Movies
25
TV Shows
Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (Chinese: 周星馳) 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.
As Actor/Actress
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
金馬獎
Self
射鵰英雄傳
宋兵甲
Shaolin Soccer
Mighty Steel Leg / Sing
Kung fu
Sing
影响:改革开放40年的中国电影
他來自江湖
何鑫淼 (阿水)
生命之旅
鬥氣一族
Una odisea china 2: Cenicienta
Joker / Monkey King
喜剧之王单口季
节目发起人
Una odisea china 1: La caja de Pandora
Joker / Monkey King
萬水千山總是情
國產凌凌漆
Ling Ling Chat
孖仔孖心肝
警花出更
無冕急先鋒
香城浪子
Mendigo A La Fuerza
So Chan Ha Yee Chan
逃學威龍2
Chow Sing Sing
CJ7: Juguete Del Espacio
Ti Chow
God of Gamblers III: Regreso a Shanghai
Sing
God of Gamblers II
Sing
唐伯虎點秋香
Tang Pak Fu / Wah On
喜劇之王
Wan Tin Sau
九品芝麻官
Pao Lung Sing
IQ成熟時
学生会会长
娛樂反斗星
回魂夜
Leon
食神
Stephen Chow
Behind the Camera
Shaolin Soccer
Director, Guionista, Presenter
Kung fu
Music, Director, Productor, Guionista
國產凌凌漆
Director, Escritor
Viaje al Oeste: La conquista de los Demonios
Escritor, Productor, Director
Las Travesuras de una Sirena
Director, Escritor, Productor Ejecutivo
CJ7: Juguete Del Espacio
Director, Productor, Escritor
唐伯虎點秋香
Co-Director
喜劇之王
Director, Escritor
DragonBall Evolución
Productor
食神
Director, Escritor
大內密探零零發
Director, Escritor
El Rey Mono
Productor Ejecutivo
Viaje al Oeste 2: Los Demonios contraatacan
Escritor, Productor
金猪玉叶
Productor
大话大话西游
Presenter, Creator
黑白殭屍
Creator
The New King of Comedy
Director, Productor, Escritor
Shaolin Girl
Productor
1:99 電影行動
Director
女足
Director
食神
Script
Cheung Gong 7 hou: Oi dei kau
Escritor
跳出去
Escritor
长江7号:超萌特攻队
Productor