Chow Yun Fat

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Early experience

Chow Yun fat was born in a rural family on Lamma Island in Hong Kong. His native place is Kaiping City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. His father, Zhou rongyun, is a seaman who goes fishing on the sea all the year round. His mother grows vegetables and raises chickens, and often helps other people's families. Because of his poor life, Chow Yun Fat helped his mother do odd jobs to supplement her family. When he was a child, his father lost his monthly salary because he was fond of gambling. When he was paid, his mother had to go to his father's company to get a bucket of oil. As a result, Chow Yun Fat hated gambling.

In 1965, when Chow Yun fat was 10 years old, because of family difficulties, his mother took the children to live in his grandmother's home in Kowloon. His mother worked as a worker to support her family. When Chow Yun fat was in the third grade of middle school, his father became ill after a long period of hard work. His family could no longer afford him to continue to go to school, so he stepped into the society prematurely and looked for a job. Before he was engaged in performing arts, Chow Yun Fat lived at the bottom of the society. His only occupations included business waiter, electronic factory child laborer, hotel attendant, postman, photo equipment salesman and so on.

In 1973, when 18-year-old Chow Yun Fat saw an advertisement for TVB in the newspaper, he went to apply with his friends and was appreciated by Zhong Jinghui, one of the examiners.

Acting experience

In 1974, Chow Yun Fat successfully graduated from the training class. After a short career, Chow Yun Fat got the opportunity to perform. In 1975, Zhou Runfa played Jiang Yuhan in the ancient costume love drama a dream of Red Mansions, which was jointly directed by Xiao Sheng, Li Huimin and Chen Yuchao. In 1976, Zhang Sen's drama film "reincarnation" was released; in April, the comedy "three difficulties of new Soviet girls" with Liu Zhirong and Huang Xingxiu was broadcasted, playing Wang Xun, the son of Wang Anshi; in September, the drama "pool girl" with Yu An'an and Lin Jianming was premiered; in the same year, the drama "laojia" with Zhang Wulang and Huang Xingxiu was premiered "Evil uncle" is on.

In 1977, he co starred with Wang Mingquan and Nan Hong in the family drama family change, in which Zhou Runfa played he Yanming, a member of the ICAC; in the same year, he starred in the action crime movie entry. In January 1978, the plot movie "Lust frenzy" starred with Liao Yongxiang premiered; in August, the song and dance TV series "youth fever" was broadcast; then, the horror thriller "fantastic sea" starred with Carina Lau, Wu Mengda and others premiered; in the same year, the plot movie "O girl" starred with Sai zhujuan was released, in which Chow Yun Fat played the role of Guan Yan, a well-off son of Macao Flat.

In 1979, he and Ren Dahua starred in the drama "rent collection from a building", in which Zhou Runfa played a member of the underworld, and then the suspense drama "Longtan Qunying" premiered. In the same year, he and Liao Weixiong, Zheng Yuling and Ouyang Peishan co starred in the family love drama "people in the net", in which Zhou Runfa played Cheng Wei, a graduate of Business Administration Department of CUHK.

In 1980, he starred in a crime comedy directed by Yu Yunkang, in which he played a young and vigorous ah Jie; in March, the Republic of China drama "Shanghai beach", starring LV Liangwei and Zhao Yazhi, was broadcast on TVB, in which Zhou Runfa played the contradictory, hesitant and cruel Xu Wenqiang; in April, the family TV series "family love", CO starring Zheng Yuling and Ren Dahua, was premiered He played Shi Hui, Shi Qitai's second son in the drama; in the same year, he starred in the action comedy film "stupid woman, big thief, stupid detective" directed by Wang Tianlin, in which Zhou Runfa played Liang Biao, the killer; later, he starred in the action comedy "golden list hero" (also known as "department first"), in which he played Zhu Jiahua, who just graduated from the police academy. The stills of chow yun fat in Shanghai beach

In 1981, the action movie law enforcer, CO starred by Li Xiuxian and Wu Mengda, premiered and played the killer Wu Tao in the movie. Then, the quack drama crocodile pond, CO starred with Zheng Yuling and LV Liangwei, played ou yanghan, a prodigal son in Suzhou. In April, the TV drama Qianwang Qunying Hui, CO starred with Xie Xian and Wang Mingquan, played a person who knew a lot of skills Ah long: in the same year, the drama "the story of Hu Yue" starred with Chung Chuhong premiered, in which he played Hu Yue of Chinese Vietnamese origin; in June, the drama "fire phoenix" co starred with Zheng Yuling was broadcast, in which Chow Yun Fat played Ni Jun, the son of the drug lord Ni Zheng; in addition, he also co starred with Lu Liangwei in the drama "the road ahead".

In 1982, the costume drama Su Qi'er, CO starring with Andy Lau and Chen Xiuzhu, premiered, in which Chow Yun Fat played Su can, who set up a martial arts school to support his life; later, he starred in the martial arts drama lonely city guest, directed by Yu Kairong, in which he played Liu Chi, Ouyang Qian's illegitimate son; in the same year, he starred with Zhong Chuhong in the thriller headhunter, in which he played Ruan, who had participated in the Vietnam War In addition, Chow Yun fat and Liang Jiaren also starred in the plot movie "patrol city horse".

In January 1983, the TV series announcer, CO starred with Zhao Yazhi and Zeng Jiang, played Wei Yechang, who came back from his studies in the UK; in March, the plot film blood and sweat money, CO starred by Zhao Yazhi and Zeng Jiang, played the bullet of dragon and tiger in the film; in August, the TV series Beidou Shuangxiong, CO starred with Liang Chaowei and Ren Dahua, premiered, in which Zhou Runfa played the role of running dragon In December, the drama "Flower City" co starred with Zheng Yuling was released, in which he played violinist Guangping.

In 1984, the martial arts drama "Xiaoao Jianghu" co starred with Chen Xiuzhu and Qi Meizhen premiered, in which Zhou Runfa played Ling Huchong; in August, the love film "love in a fallen city" starring Miao Qianren premiered, in which Zhou Runfa played fan Liuyuan, the son of Nanyang tycoon; in September, the ghost film "aura is compelling" directed by Ren Tai premiered, in which Zhou Runfa played tan In the same year, he co starred with Wan Ziliang and Ye Tong in the plot movie "waiting for dawn", in which he played Ye Jianfei, who grew up in a theater class. With this film, Chow Yun Fat won the best actor nomination of the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards, the best actor award of the 30th Asia Pacific Film Festival and the best actor award of the 22nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 1985, Chow Yun Fat played Luo Zhongxing in the premiere of the TV series "greater Hong Kong" directed by Ye Chengkang. In June, the feature film "woman's heart" co starred with Miao Qianren and Zhong Chuhong was released, and Chow Yun fat was nominated for best actor in the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, the costume drama "Yang Jiajiang" was broadcast, and played LV in the play Later, the police and bandit drama "Xinzha elder martial brother sequel", CO starring with Tony Leung and Carina Lau, started broadcasting, playing mainland doctor Zhang Jingcheng in the play; on October 29, the plot film "Why me?" co starring with Zheng Zeshi and Zheng Wenya premiered, playing director Zhou, Koko's boyfriend in the film.

In 1986, he starred with Zheng Wenya in the romantic film "the 15th day of the first lunar New Year"; on February 21, the feature film "the story of roses" directed by Yang Fan premiered, in which he played the elder brother of the female owner rose; in February, the feature film "strange fate" co starred with Zhu Baoyi and LAN jieying played the Hong Kong designer Zu; in April, he co starred with Lin Qingxia and Yang Xueyi in the feature film "dream" In June, he played Song Yu, the chief conductor of the orchestra; in June, he starred in Er Dongsheng's plot movie "the story of the insane", in which he played song song, who suffered from congenital mental illness; later, he starred in Wang Zuxian, Zhong Zhentao and Anita Mui's comedy "the group of two who killed their wives", in which he played football player AFA; in August, he played Dilong and Zhang Guorong He starred in the action movie heroes, in which he played mark, the general of a counterfeit banknote group in Hong Kong. The film eventually became the annual box office champion of that year with a box office of HK $34.65 million and broke the box office record of Hong Kong films. Chow Yun fat also won the best actor award in the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards for his film. In the same year, he played in the plot directed by Guan Jin Peng The film "underground love" was released, in which Zhou Yun FA played detective LAN Zhenqiang. With this film, Zhou Yun FA won the nomination of best supporting actor at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards. In October, the horror fantasy film "the original Zhenxia and Wesley", CO starring with Qian Xiaohao and Maggie Cheung, was released, in which he acted as Wesley, the friend of the original Zhenxia. In addition, Zhou Yun FA also co starred in comedy with Wang Zuxian and LV Fang In the film Yi Gai Yun Tian, he plays inspector he Dingbang; in November, he starred in the feature film you love me wish, directed by Lu Jianming.

In 1987, Chow Yun fat, together with Li Xiuxian and Sun Yue, starred in the action film "the storm of dragons and tigers", in which he played Gao Qiu, a policeman who had been an undercover for many years. With this film, Chow Yun Fat won the best actor award of the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards. Later, he co starred with Andy Lau and Wan Ziliang in the feature film "hero" and played the big brother of the underworld Liu Jiarong's movie "xiaoshengmeng jinghun" was released, in which he played a detective; in the same year, the action movie "yiben Wuyan" co starred with Ke Junxiong, Li Xiuxian and others was released; in May, the movie "jianghuqing" co starred with Ke Junxiong, Wan Ziliang and others premiered, in which he played Li Aiqi, who helped Lin Dingguo; in June, he starred in Xiben Wuyan, directed by Wang Jing In July, he co starred with Zhong Chuhong and Chen Baiqiang in the romantic film fairy tales of autumn, in which he played Zhou run, a boatman working in Chinatown

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