Stephen Chow, an actor whose English name is Stephen Chow, nicknamed Zhou Xingchi, Xing Ye and Xing Zai, was born on June 22, 1962 in Hong Kong, China, a professional actor and director in Hong Kong, China (Stephen Chow, June 22, 1962 - ), often called Zhou Xingxing or Xingye by movie fans, is a very influential film actor and director in Chinese society. He became famous for his nonsensical actions. His ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang, and he was born in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Hong Kong people said that the Hong Kong film industry had "two weeks" ("two weeks" were Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow, and "one hundred" was Jackie Chan. All three of them were guaranteed box office success in Hong Kong). The Mandarin dubbing actor who most often dubs Stephen Chow is Shi Banyu, who is known as the "queen dubbing artist". Acting Career Stephen Chow admired Bruce Lee since he was a child, so he longed to become a professional actor. After graduating from high school, Stephen Chow and his old friend Tony Leung took the selection examination for the TVB Artist Training Class. Unexpectedly, Tony Leung succeeded in the first try, but Stephen Chow was eliminated. After losing the election, Stephen Chow finally successfully entered the night training class of the 11th TVB Artist Training Class through the introduction of his neighbor and friend Qi Meizhen (an artiste of the 10th TVB Artist Training Class). After officially graduating in 1983, Stephen Chow was assigned to serve as the host of the children's program "430 Shuttle" and also served as an extra in many TV series. Stephen Chow studied acting after work [1]. It was not until 1986 that he had the opportunity to star in the unit drama "Brother's Girlfriend" [source request], and started in "Journey of Life", "The Fighting Clan", and "Adelaide is Crazy" , "Metropolis" and other series as a supporting role. In 1988, with the guidance of Lee Xiuxian and the encouragement of Man Tsz-leung, Stephen Chow accepted to star in the movie "Pioneer of Thunder", for which he won the Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Horse Awards. In 1989, Stephen Chow officially starred in "The Greatest Heroes" and showed his nonsensical style for the first time in the play. His catchphrase in the play: "Sit low, drink tea, and eat a bag." became a popular saying at the time. Stephen Chow also hit it off with his best behind-the-scenes partner Li Lichi in this drama. Later, in the Taiwanese celebration drama "He Comes from Jianghu" written and directed by Li Lichi, Stephen Chow gave full play to his comedy skills and successfully performed the comedy role "He Xinmiao" in the play. He became a classic character in Hong Kong TV series. Stephen Chow's nonsensical acting skills began to attract widespread attention. The father-son duo of Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat in the play was very funny. Their collaboration has since become very popular with the audience, establishing a close partnership in the future. In 1990, director Liu Chunwei took advantage of the gambling film trend led by "God of Gamblers" and invited Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat to star in "The Gambler". The box office unexpectedly reached 41,326,156 Hong Kong dollars, breaking the Hong Kong box office record. Later, "Fighting Back to School", "Family Affair" and "The Death Judge" repeatedly broke box office records. In 1992, many movies starring Stephen Chow ranked among the top five in the Hong Kong box office rankings, which was very popular. Therefore, Stephen Chow, along with Chow Yun-fat and Jackie Chan, are known as "Double Mondays". Stephen Chow also changed from "Xingzi" to being respectfully called "Xingye". In the mid-1990s, as the output of Hong Kong films gradually decreased, Stephen Chow's film output was also affected, but this marked the beginning of Stephen Chow's involvement in directing work. As early as 1994, Stephen Chow was listed as one of the directors for the first time in "Domestic Lingling Paint". Later, Stephen Chow participated in the behind-the-scenes choreography of "The Secret Agent", "God of Cookery" and "The King of Comedy". began to show his creative talents. Although some people thought that his creation was facing difficulties after "The King of Comedy"[1], "Shaolin Soccer", Stephen Chow's first independent director in 2001, was a great success, with a box office of HK$60,739,847 in Hong Kong, once again breaking the ranks of Hong Kong Chinese films. The record was also very popular in mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other places, creating another peak in his acting career. Stephen Chow even won the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film for this film. This film was also his first film to be released in the United States, and attracted the American company Columbia to decide to invest in his new film "Kung Fu". As a result, Stephen Chow became one of the Chinese directors to enter Hollywood.

In 2004, "Kung Fu", which Stephen Chow also produced, directed, wrote and starred in, grossed HK$61,278,697 at the Hong Kong box office, once again breaking the box office record for Hong Kong Chinese films set by "Shaolin Soccer". Stephen Chow won the 42nd Golden Horse Awards for Best Director and Best Feature Film, and was nominated for the 63rd Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2005, Stephen Chow made his first TV series. The first TV series he produced was the 30-episode series "The Kung Fu Champion", which was adapted from "The Kung Fu Champion Su Qier".