Name: Chow Yun-fat Gender: Male

Chow Yun-fat (18 photos) Nicknames: Fa Ge, Fa Zai, Xiao Ma Ge, Afa Roman Pinyin: Chow Yun fat Date of Birth: 1955 May 18 Zodiac sign: Sheep Constellation: Taurus Height: 185cm Blood type: Type A Nationality: The People's Republic of China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Place of Birth: Boluo Township, Changsha Town, Kaiping County, Guangdong Province Birthplace: South Island, Hong Kong Occupation : Actor, singer (playing nature, occasionally) Nationality: Han Languages: Hakka, Cantonese, English', Mandarin, a small amount of Shanghainese Family situation: mother, wife, other brothers and sisters First wife Yu An'an (1983 February-November) Current wife Chen Huilian (October 20, 1986 - present) Educational background: High school graduate Graduation school: Hong Kong Liu Chuangxing Secondary School (Second 1 to Form 3) Professional title: National first-class actor Personality: Lively, cheerful, humorous , Filial Traits: Dedication, modesty, people-friendly Motto: Ordinary mind, self-extraordinary Hobbies: Collecting antique cars, photography, traveling, cooking Godson: Fei Fulai The most beloved person: Mom The most unforgettable person: Dad’s favorite sport: Diving, windsurfing "Shanghai Bund" stills

Favorite fruit: black pearls, pineapples and watermelon. The happiest thing: helping others. The best brother: Su Zhiyuan. The most admired actor: John Wayne, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep Favorite star: Bruce Lee Favorite band: The Eagles Occupations: Camera salesman, hotel handyman, parcel porter, etc. Most common catchphrase : Tomorrow will be better! What I like to do the most when I’m not filming: sleeping and taking photos of the coordinates of an era! Chow Yun-fat (Roman Pinyin: Chow Yun fat, May 18, 1955 -), confirmed the golden period of Hong Kong in the 1980s, and created many popular classic characters: Hui Wenqiang, Ponyboy, God of Gamblers and so on. His superb acting skills earned him the title of "The God of Acting" in Hong Kong. He is a film superstar in Greater China and has great influence on the global Chinese community. He went to Hollywood in the United States in 1995 to develop his career. After filming many movies, he achieved a certain degree of success and became one of the most internationally influential Chinese movie superstars. One of the most popular stars in the Chinese world. Time Magazine: Chow Yun-fat brings the charm of Oriental men to the extreme!

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Chow Yun-fat was born in a rural family, and he had to help his mother work to earn money since he was a child. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Kowloon. At the age of 17, he dropped out of school to help support his family and worked various temporary jobs, including hotel waiter, postman, camera salesman, taxi driver, etc. When he was 18 years old, Chow Yun-fat accidentally saw an advertisement for a TVB actor training class in the newspaper, so he went to apply with his friends. He was successfully admitted and started his acting career. After being trained by the TV station, Chow Yun-fat quickly got the opportunity to perform and began to play supporting roles in TV series such as "The Kid". Although he starred in Chow Yun-fat's first movie as early as 1976, it was not until TV series such as "The River" and "The Frenzy" that his acting skills gradually came to the fore. During this period, Chow Yun-fat starred in many classic TV series such as "Family", "The Internet", and "Phoenix". He gradually became well-known and became TVB's number one niche. Chow Yun-fat's career took off with the beginning of the 1980s. The movie "The Story of Hu Yue" was his first successful film. The following TV series "Shanghai Tang" made him the most popular star in the Chinese world. The character of Xu Wenqiang has also become a household name. It is said that every time this program was broadcast in Shanghai, everyone stayed in front of the TV, making the most populous city in China like an empty city. [1] Chow Yun-fat is not only very popular in Hong Kong, but also in many South Asian countries such as Mainland China, Taiwan, and Malaysia, and is rated as the most popular male star in Asia. Chow Yun-fat received a junior high school education. After dropping out of school, he entered social work and worked as a handyman, postman and salesperson. In 1973, he was admitted to the TVB artist training class and was the third graduate. At that time, he and Ng Man-tat were classmates, and they lost more than 200 yuan to Ng Man-tat in mahjong. After graduation, he became a TVB artist and participated in the "Happy Tonight" program and many dramas (the first one was "Living in ***House" and the first drama series in which he was the protagonist was "Jianghu Boy"). Chow Yun-fat became famous in 1976 when he starred in the TV series "Frenzy" and has starred in many TV series since then. The famous TV series he starred in include "Man on the Internet" and "Shanghai Beach".

Stills from "Let the Bullets Fly" (11 photos) He started making movies in 1975, and the first one was "The Reincarnation". He has won the title of "Movie Emperor" seven times. Starring in "Waiting for Dawn", he won the Best Actor Award at the 30th Asia Pacific Film Festival and the Best Actor Award at the 24th Golden Horse Awards; starring in "A Better Tomorrow", "The Story of Dragon and Tiger" and "A Lang's Story", he also won the No. Best Actor Award at the 6th, 7th and 9th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also won the "Asia's Most Outstanding Actor Award" from the American Film Institute and South Korea. Starting from small roles in TVB Hong Kong dramas, he slowly made the leap to the big screen. After more than 20 years of filmmaking, Fa Ge has acted in more than 60 movies and has achieved remarkable results.

Whether it's a playful comedy or a serious drama, whether he's an infatuated rich man or a fair and heroic police officer, Fa Ge's performance is natural and unpretentious. In 1986, the role of the affectionate and righteous Xiao Ma Ge in "A Better Tomorrow" established Fa Ge's most famous screen image in the film industry. In 1987, he became the Golden Horse Best Actor for his role in "Autumn Fairy Tale" directed by Zhang Wanting. In the film, he played the role of a low-status but lively and unrestrained man who meets Zhong Chuhong who is studying abroad. "God of Gamblers" is another screen character created by Fa Ge. After watching "God of Gamblers" and the descendants of the word "gambling", you will know how successful this "God of Gamblers" is. Wanting to have a sky in Hollywood has always been the goal of many Chinese actors, but not many can truly realize this dream. After Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour" became a success in Hollywood, Chow Yun-fat's third Western film is about to be released. Unlike Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat did not enter Hollywood by fists and kicks, but won the favor and recognition of audiences around the world with his superb acting skills and charming Asian male style. The first Western film "The Replacement" co-produced with Mira Sorvino topped the U.S. weekend box office in its first week, and Fa Ge established his foothold in the American market. In the second western film "The Edge of War", Fa Ge plays a police officer who drifts with the flow in the dirty police world and gradually forgets his former ideals and ambitions. It was not until he was influenced by Mark Wahlberg, a new police officer who is full of ideals, resolute and upright ("Dance Night" and "Don't Leave") that he began to evoke some of the justice and persistence he once had, and between reality and Struggled endlessly with ideals. Although the characters he plays are still inseparable from roles such as killers and policemen, the policeman in the film who walks in the gray area between good and evil is also a good space for him to show off his mature acting skills. Chow Yun-fat's name has successfully entered Hollywood. Actress Jodie Foster worked with him to put "The King and I" back on the big screen and co-starred in "Anna and the King". In 2000, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" starring him and Michelle Yeoh became a global hit, winning him wider popularity and finally confirming his success in Hollywood. In 2007, he participated in the performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", playing the role of Shao Feng, the Singapore Pirate King, opposite international superstars such as Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, and also performed wonderfully.

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About TVB

Chow Yun-fat was admitted to the third artist training class of Wireless Television (TVB) in 1974. There are two ways to create stars, one is the "Miss Hong Kong" beauty pageant, and the other is holding artist training classes. The most successful example of the former is Maggie Cheung, while some of the latter are film and television stars, and some are famous directors and producers. They later starred in the series "Frenzy", "Struggle", "The Man on the Internet", "Shanghai Beach", "The Meeting of Kings and Heroes", Chow Yun-fat in "The Swordsman", "Su Qier" and "Family".

Movie period

After achieving great success after playing Shanghai Tang, Chow Yun-fat’s ultimate wish was to enter the big screen and become a movie star, so he began to take on many low-budget films. Movie. But after filming the movie, Chow Yun-fat's career suddenly fell into a low ebb. Although he became the best actor at the Asian Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards due to his performance in movies, these movies were not well received, making Fa Zai a box office poison. At this time, another director John Woo, whose career was also at a low ebb, was thinking about a new way out. He was originally famous for kung fu movies, but he believed that traditional kung fu movies had reached a bottleneck and society needed a new hero, a modern hero. So he gathered Chow Yun-fat and Ti Lung and filmed the movie "A Better Tomorrow". John Woo's camerawork and Chow Yun-fat's rich body language made the film an unprecedented success, and Ponyboy became a deeply rooted character. Andy Hui

With the success of the movie "A Better Tomorrow", Chow Yun-fat has become a representative figure in gangster movies. He has also played the role of a gangster brother many times, such as "Love in the River", "Heroes", etc. Since then, Chow Yun-fat has shaken off the reputation of being a box-office poison, his star fortune has soared, and he has also achieved a major breakthrough in his acting skills. In addition, Chow Yun-fat, who has become popular again, continues to have a lot of roles, and he takes on a wide range of roles. Whether it is a role that is good or evil, good or evil, this superstar cannot be troubled. In addition to the action films in which Westerners have the deepest impression of him, Chow Yun-fat has also performed in romantic and tender sketches such as "Autumn Fairy Tale". Comedies such as "The Love of Long and Short Legs", "The Diary of a Real Man", "The Good News from the Eight Stars", "The Lucky Star Shines", "The Passionate Son", etc. Masculine police and gangster films such as "Dragon Tiger" and "Tiger Watch". Special mention is that in 1989 he took on the gambling film "God of Gamblers" directed by Wang Jing, starring Andy Lau and Wang Zuxian. In this In the film, he plays the god of gambling Gao Jin, who suffers from amnesia and is taken in by a gambler named Xiao Dao, who recovers his memory and defeats the king of gamblers in a stud gambling game. Due to its novel subject matter, it broke the Hong Kong box office record at the time and led to a new wave of gambling films that were imitated by the crowd. And unexpectedly led to Stephen Chow's rise to fame after playing God of Gamblers (breaking the box office record of God of Gamblers). By 1995, he had made 70 films and won multiple Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards, and the Asian Outstanding Actor Award from the American Film Institute. He was even voted the best movie shooter by Japanese fans. It is still very popular today.

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Chow Yun-fat’s father, Zhou Rongyun, and his mother, Chen Lifang, make Chow Yun-fat the third eldest child in the family.

Now 88 years old, Chow Yun-fat's mother is often referred to as "Fa Ma" by Hong Kong media. Chow Yun-fat is not only filial to his mother and treats her asthma, but also has a good relationship with her. She will never miss any of her son's dramas. .

At the "2008 World Outstanding Chinese Award and Honorary Doctorate from Newcastle University in the United States" award ceremony, my mother was also awarded the "Outstanding Chinese Mother" award. Chow Yun-fat has had two marriages, one with his ex-wife Yu Anan for nine months, and now he has been married to his wife Chen Huilian for more than 20 years. Although they have no children, they have always been very loving and sweet. Recently, Chow Yun-fat and his wife were together Happy New Year to the people of Hong Kong. Chow Yun-fat's ancestral home is Bao'an, Guangdong, and his ancestors moved to Hong Kong in 1889. Chow Yun-fat was born on May 18, 1955 on Lamma Island in the southwest of Hong Kong. His father, Zhou Rongyun, and his mother, Chen Lifang, are from Dongguan, Guangdong. There are four brothers and sisters, Chow Yun-fat ranks third in the family. Regarding the birth of Chow Yun-fat, there was a rumor that Chow Yun-fat's mother, Chen Lifang, was a standard theater fan. When she was pregnant with Chow Yun-fat, she often went to Lamma Island Theater to watch plays. One time, there was a Cantonese opera Wu Sheng play being performed on the stage, and Chen Lifang was watching it with great interest. Suddenly, she heard a cry of sadness on the stage. Chen Lifang, who was too deeply involved in the play, moved her fetus, so little Chow Yun-fat was born in the theater. Of course, this is just a rumor, a random speculation by some good people about Chow Yun-fat's genius acting skills. However, in the summer of 2002, when Chow Yun-fat had just celebrated his forty-seventh birthday in Canada, a fake Malaysian granny suddenly appeared. According to Malaysian newspaper reports at the time, an old woman surnamed Ye traveled overseas to look for her son, claiming that Chow Yun-fat was her son born in Malaysia.

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Chow Yun-fat not only values ??his family, but also pays attention to the public sentiment in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong media calls him the son of Hong Kong. At the 2002 "Chow Yun-fat True Conversation with City College Students" event, he encouraged students that reading is not everything. The most important thing is to find personal goals and interests. Fa Ge

When Chow Yun-fat was interviewed by the media in 2001, he gave positive support to Tung Chee-hwa's re-election campaign, mainly because he was deeply impressed by the government's allocation of funds to support the film industry to promote the international status of Hong Kong films. Agreed, and Tung Chee Hwa was re-elected on July 1, 2002. In 2003, when a reporter asked him what he would say to the chief executive before accepting the Silver Bauhinia Star from Tung Chee-hwa, Chow Yun-fat advised Tung Chee-hwa to take a long vacation to rest. In response to Tung Chee-hwa's unsatisfactory governance at the time, Tung Chee-hwa used health as an excuse to advance the appointment in 2005. Please resign. On August 8, 2004, at a lecture on the results release of the National College Entrance Examination, Chow Yun-fat taught that success requires dedication, and taught students that the proper learning attitude is to put their heart first. [3] He also believed that the mother-tongue teaching system of the former Chairman of the Education Commission, Leung Kam-sung, was inappropriate. On October 29, 2004, Chow Yun-fat came to Hong Kong Baptist University to talk to students, talk about his acting experience, and instill correct financial management concepts in college students to deal with the debt problem of Hong Kong college students. In the early morning of April 28, 2007, Chow Yun-fat showed up at Queen's Pier in Central, signed a petition to support the petitioners' fight to retain Queen's Pier, which was to be demolished by the government, and encouraged the petitioners not to give up. On October 20, 2007, Chow Yun-fat attended a public event and proposed that Tin Shui Wai should be renamed. He said: "Tin Shui Wai should not be surrounded by people. Changing the name will bring peace to the world." [5] On January 17, 2008, Heung Yee Kuk Chairman Lau Wong-fat Suggestions on changing the name were made during the Chief Executive's Question and Answer Session. Tsang said at the time that he would respect the wishes of the residents. On October 16, 2008, at the "4th Fresh Wave Short Film Competition", Chow Yun-fat believed that Wong Yu-min's fight for welfare for the elderly was reasonable, but his move of throwing bananas in the parliament was not very good and was too extreme, and suggested that a milder attitude would be more effective. ideal". Chow Yun-fat also said that it is necessary to increase fruit payment, but he most hopes that the government will first set a minimum wage. On December 10, 2008, Chow Yun-fat, as a citizen, accepted a street interview with TVB News about his views on food without live chicken. Chow Yun-fat said that eating chilled chicken is just as delicious. Chow Yun-fat mainly came to be known as "Pretty Sister" as the owner of a live chicken stall. Sister Ling cheered. On June 12, 2010, Chow Yun-fat and his wife lovingly appeared at the Hong Kong preview of "Quick".