Stephen Chow

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    주성치, Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Zhōu Xīngchí , Sing Yeh, Steven Chow, Sing-Chi Chow, Stephen Chow, 周星馳, 周星驰, Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xing-chi, Xing-chi Zhou, Xingchi Zhou, Châu Tinh Trì

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Stephen Chiau Sing Chi, professionally known as Stephen Chow, 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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1962-06-22
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 27.4
  • info Birth Place Hong Kong, China
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Stephen Chow

7.7

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

1995-02-04

7.2

Shaolin Soccer

2001-07-05

6.7

Justice, My Foot!

1992-07-02

7.5

Kung Fu Hustle

2004-02-10

7.6

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

1995-01-21

6.7

All for the Winner

1990-08-18

7.4

CJ7

2008-01-30

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Dragon Fight

1989-09-01

7.1

The God of Cookery

1996-12-21

7.1

Tricky Brains

1991-02-02

6.9

From Beijing with Love

1994-10-13

6.9

All's Well, Ends Well

1992-01-25

7.4

Flirting Scholar

1993-07-01

6.9

Forbidden City Cop

1996-02-16

6.7

Out of the Dark

1995-07-06

6.4

Lawyer Lawyer

1997-07-31

6.1

All's Well, Ends Well '97

1997-02-06

6.9

Fight Back to School

1991-07-18

6.8

King of Beggars

1992-12-17

4.9

Triad Story

1990-10-11

6.5

Fight Back to School 3

1993-01-14

7.1

Royal Tramp

1992-07-30

4.3

Faithfully Yours

1988-12-17

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Royal Tramp 2

1992-09-24

6.9

Love on Delivery

1994-02-04

6.8

Fight Back to School 2

1992-04-09

7.4

King of Comedy

1999-02-08

6.4

Sixty Million Dollar Man

1995-08-19

6.1

The Tricky Master

1999-08-05

6.1

Fist of Fury 1991

1991-03-23

6.9

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

1991-08-21

7.2

Hail the Judge

1994-03-31

6.6

Just Heroes

1989-09-14

6.2

Legend of the Dragon

1991-03-07

6.2

The Magnificent Scoundrels

1991-10-09

5.6

The Banquet

1991-11-30

5.8

The Mad Monk

1993-07-29

6.8

God of Gamblers II

1990-12-13

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The Thief of Time

1992-01-01

4.3

Thunder Cops II

1989-11-18

5.8

Lung Fung Restaurant

1990-04-26

6.4

The Lucky Guy

1998-01-16

6.8

When Fortune Smiles

1990-09-27

6.3

Curry & Pepper

1990-05-23

6.1

Look Out, Officer!

1990-07-27

6.3

My Hero

1990-03-22

5

Sleazy Dizzy

1990-06-15

7.5

Love Is Love

1990-02-14

6.8

The Unmatchable Match

1990-05-11

3

The Last Conflict

1988-01-01

4.8

Crazy Safari

1991-07-05

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Brother’s Girlfriend

1986-10-01

5.5

Back To The Beyond

1987-01-01

5.2

The Top Bet

1991-03-07

4

He Who Chases After the Wind

1988-04-21

6.4

Gorgeous

1999-02-12

5.4

Fist of Fury 1991 II

1992-01-01

5.8

Final Justice

1988-06-23

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On the Brink

1988-01-01

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The Nuts

1984-01-01

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Woman on the Beat

1983-06-13

8

Love & Passion

1982-11-29

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File Noir

1989-05-01

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Soldier of Fortune

1982-09-27

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The Price Of Growing Up

1987-08-27

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Beyond the Rose Garden

1983-05-16

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I.Q. 100

1981-06-08

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影响:改革开放40年的中国电影

2018-11-19

10

Behind Silk Curtains

1988-04-11

5

The Final Combat

1989-04-03

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The Tribulation of Life

1988-10-31

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Golden Horse Awards

1962-10-31

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黃香蓮歌仔戲之唐伯虎點秋香

2000-06-06

6.1

TV Total

1999-03-08

7.9

The Legend of the Condor Heroes

1983-02-21

8

The Justice of Life

1989-11-13

8

The King of Stand-up Comedy

2024-08-16

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My Father's Son

1988-07-04

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It Runs in the Family

1990-08-08

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