Stephen Chow

essential information

Early experience

On June 22, 1962, Zhou Xingchi was born in the poor area of Kowloon, Hong Kong. His father was from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and his mother, Ling Baoer, was from Bao'an County, Guangdong Province. His name came from his mother. It comes from the preface to Tengwang Pavilion: "Xiongzhou Wulie, Juncai Xingchi, Tai Huang, pillow the intersection of Yi and Xia, the beauty of the East and the south."

In 1969, when Stephen Chow was seven years old, his parents officially divorced. Therefore, Zhou Xingchi grew up with his sister Zhou Wenji and sister Zhou xingxia under the support of his mother Ling Baoer. Stephen Chow did not do well in school, partial subjects, in addition to Chinese, other subjects are not so good, the teacher praised Stephen Chow painting good. Stephen Chow attended St. Mario English College in Hong Kong. After graduating from high school, he worked as an office assistant for two months.

Acting experience

The age of TV drama

In 1980, Stephen Chow became a special actor of Li's TV station, thus entering the performing arts circle. In 1981, he appeared in his first TV play when IQ was mature.

In 1982, Stephen Chow applied for the 11th wireless TV artist training class, but failed to pass the exam. In the same year, he entered the 11th wireless TV artist training class night training class under the introduction of Qi Meizhen.

In 1983, after graduating from the TVB artiste training class, Stephen Chow officially became a contract artiste of TVB. In the same year, he began to be the host of the children's program 430 shuttle, and co starred with his partner long Bingji in the unit play black and white zombies. In addition, he also took part in the fashion show Beidou Shuangxiong, in which he played a problem teenager.

In 1986, Stephen Chow was transferred to the drama group of TVB; in the same year, he took the lead role for the first time, playing the lovely, lively and slightly shy pan Jiawei in the unit sitcom "brother's girlfriend"; in July, he co starred in the fashion comedy "city story" with Wen zhaolun and Guo Jin'an. In 1987, he took part in the love drama the journey of life, in which he played Zhao Zilong, a simple minded, love touted, but single-minded and filial father.

Film period

In 1988, he co starred with Wan Ziliang and Li Meifeng in the action film "the wind catcher" and followed the traditional performance style of Hong Kong chivalrous films. Later, Stephen Chow was appreciated by Li Xiuxian, playing a little brother in the wild in the film "Thunderbolt pioneer", and won the best supporting actor award in the 25th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award and the 8th Hong Kong Film Award In April, he co starred with Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan in the fashion drama metropolis, where he played the villain Zheng Liji who worked in collusion with Zheng Shichang and acted as a villain. In addition, he also starred in the fashion comedy fighting family, where he played Deng FA, a young man who can speak the truth.

In September 1989, his partner Jet Li starred in the action film "dragon in the end of the world", in which he played a careless but thoughtful ah you; in the same year, he played the impulsive and loyal gangster Xiao Qi in the action film "Yidan Qunying"; in November, he appeared in the fashion business drama "he comes from the lake", in which he played he Xinmiao, who spoke strangely and thought strangely.

In March 1990, he starred in the comedy "a comic book goes all over the world" and thus established his illogical performance style; in July, he starred in the fashion comedy "two boys and two sweethearts", which became the last TV play starring Stephen Chow; in August, he played a successful gangster in the action comedy "gambler"; the box office of the film in Hong Kong has reached 41.32 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not only a success He won the annual box office ranking in Hong Kong and broke the box office record in Hong Kong. Stephen Chow also won the nomination for Best Actor Award in the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for his film. In the same year, he starred in the comedy "gambler", in which he played Zhou axing, who made money by gambling through special functions. The final box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $40.34 million, ranking the first place in Hong Kong Second on the list.

In February 1991, he played Gu Jing, a unique trickster in the love comedy "trickster"; this film is one of the representative works of Stephen Chow's nonsense style, and the final box office was HK $31.36 million after it was released in Hong Kong; in July, he changed the screen image of a little gangster and played Zhou Xing, an undercover detective with unique skills in the comedy "truant Weilong"; after it was released in Hong Kong, the film was released He won the annual box office champion in Hong Kong with a box office score of HK $43.82 million and broke the box office record in Hong Kong. In August, he starred in the comedy "gambler 2, the gambler of Shanghai beach", which finally grossed HK $31.86 million in Hong Kong. In the same year, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun fat were known as "two weeks and one success".

In January 1992, the comedy "Family Wedding" starred in the film was released in Hong Kong, and the final box office was HK $48.99 million, ranking second in the annual box office list of Hong Kong; in April, he played the second film of the "truant Weilong" series, "truant Weilong 2"; in July, he played song Shijie, a smart lawyer in the ancient costume comedy "judge of death"; the film broke the box office with HK $49.88 million He also won the best actor award in the 37th Asia Pacific Film Festival. In September, he co starred with Lin Qingxia and Li Jiaxin in the martial arts comedy Lu Ding Ji II: Dragon cult, in which he played the role of Wei Xiaobao. The final box office of the film reached HK $36.58 million in Hong Kong; In December, he played Su can who was framed and became a beggar in the costume film "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier", which was his first tragicomedy. In the 1992 Hong Kong box office ranking, the top five films were all starred by Stephen Chow.

In January 1993, he starred in the comedy "truant Weilong 3: the year of the rooster in dragon"; in July, he co starred with Gong Li and Zheng peipeipei in the ancient costume comedy "Tang Bohu lights the autumn fragrance", in which he played Tang Bohu, the first of the four talented people in Jiangnan. The box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $40.17 million, ranking first in the annual box office of Hong Kong; in July, he starred in the martial arts comedy "Jigong" In the same year, he was nominated for best actor in the 12th Hong Kong Film Awards for his costume comedy "the judge of death".

The period of self directing and self acting

In 1994, he launched the first self edited, self directed and self performed film "domestic linglingqi". After its release in Hong Kong, the film achieved a box office performance of HK $37.52 million, ranking third in the annual box office ranking of Hong Kong. Stephen Chow also won the nomination for best actor in the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, he directed and self performed the comedy action film "king of destruction", in which he played a weak and sickly character In addition, he also appeared in the ancient costume comedy "nine grade sesame official's white bread blue sky".

In January 1995, he played an unruly, love and hate hero in the comedy "the moonlight treasure box of a journey to the west"; in February, he starred in the lower part of the series of films "the great sage of a journey to the west" and performed a love story with Zixia fairy in the film; and "the journey to the west" is Zhou Xingchi's transformation work, although the series of films did not reach the box office However, after the spread of VCD and other media, it gradually attracted attention in mainland China and became one of Stephen Chow's representative works of postmodern style. In the same year, he starred in the sci-fi comedy "star changing", in which he played Li Zexing, the son of a wealthy man who failed in his studies but spent money like dirt. After its release, it ranked in the annual box office list of Hong Kong with a box office of HK $35.33 million Third.

In February 1996, he directed and acted in the sci-fi comedy "secret agents in the interior". In the film, Stephen Chow continued his Wulitou film style and integrated the film elements of different types of films. After its release, the film ranked third in the annual ticket list of Hong Kong with a box office of HK $36.05 million. In December, he directed and acted in the comedy "God of food" Stephen Chow is humorous and eloquent. The final box office of the film in Hong Kong reached HK $40.86 million, ranking the second in the annual box office list of Hong Kong. In addition, the film was also selected as the observation film of Venice International Film Festival. In the same year, it won the best actor award of the 1st Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award and the 15th Hong Kong Film Festival for its comedy "the great sage's wedding on a journey to the west" Best actor nomination for Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 1997, he starred in the comedy "97 have a happy event", in which he played the rebellious and slovenly Lao Gong. The film won the second place in the box office of Hong Kong with HK $40.44 million in Hong Kong. In the same year, he co starred in the comedy "calculate death grass" with Mo Wenwei and Ge Minhui.

In 1998, he Jinshui, who always takes advantage of his friends, was portrayed in the new year's film "a dragon of luck", which ranked third in Hong Kong's annual box office list with a box office performance of HK $27.73 million.

In 1999, Stephen Chow directed and acted in his autobiographical comedy "king of comedy"; in the film, he played Yin Tianqiu, a popular actor who insisted on his dream, and returned to the Chaplin style comedy style in his performance; after the film was released in Hong Kong, the final box office of the film reached HK $29.84 million and won the annual box office champion in Hong Kong; in the same year, he co starred in comedy with Zhang Jiahui and Wu Junru The movie "king of the thousand 2000" plays Huang Shihu, the king of the thousand.

In 2001, he directed and acted in the comedy "Shaolin football", in which he played the fifth elder martial brother with football talent; the final box office success of the film in Hong Kong

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