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Stephen Chow Sing-Chi???, born 22 June 1962 , is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, scriptwriter, film director and producer.
Chow is a well-known, top-tier comedian and superstar of Hong Kong entertainment. This image is epitomized by his nickname ?? (Sing Yeh, lit. Grandmaster Sing). However, his brand of mo lei tau comedy, which includes puns, double entendre and jokes at the expense of unique aspects of Chinese culture, meant that few of his earlier films could exercise much impact in the West until his later films, Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004).
hen Chow began as a temporary actor for TVB.
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Stephen Chow Sing-Chi???, born 22 June 1962 , is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, scriptwriter, film director and producer.
Chow is a well-known, top-tier comedian and superstar of Hong Kong entertainment. This image is epitomized by his nickname ?? (Sing Yeh, lit. Grandmaster Sing). However, his brand of mo lei tau comedy, which includes puns, double entendre and jokes at the expense of unique aspects of Chinese culture, meant that few of his earlier films could exercise much impact in the West until his later films, Shaolin Soccer (2001) and Kung Fu Hustle (2004).
Professional career
Stephen Chow began as a temporary actor for TVB. He entered TVB in early 1980s, and was trained there, although he had few opportunities to appear in films. In 1988 he was invited by director Danny Lee Sau-Yin to appear in a film, for which he won the Golden Horse award for best supporting actor award. After that, TVB gave Stephen Chow an opportunity to act in few TV dramas.
Chow later began to focus his efforts on Hong Kong films. In 1990 he acted in the film All for the Winner, which grossed over 40 million HK dollars. Two years later, Chow acted in all of the five top-grossing films of 1992, including All's Well, Ends Well, Justice, My Foot!, Royal Tramp, Royal Tramp II, and King of Beggars.
In 1999 Chow began directing films, with King of Comedy, a parody of his own early career. In 2001 his film "Shaolin Soccer" (Siu lam juk kau) grossed over 60 million HK dollars , the film won Best picture, and Chow won Best Actor and Best Director at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, receiving a total of seven wins from 2001–2003, including Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Language Film & Golden Bauhinia Best Picture and Best Director. In 2004 he also directed the film Kung Fu Hustle (Kung Fu), which grossed over 60 million HK dollars., winning 18 awards including BAFTA Best Film not in the English Language, five Golden Horse Awards and six Hong Kong Film Awards. These two films were his first works to enjoy widespread success among mainstream Western audiences.
Chow's film CJ7, which began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo, was rumored to have the biggest budget ever for a Chinese film at the time, costing over 100 million Chinese yuan (US$14 million; €9.5 million). In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7 ((????)Chang Jiang qi hao), a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.
On 19 September 2008, it was announced that he will co-star in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's The Green Hornet.
Filmography
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| rowspan=3|1988 || Final Justice || ||
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| Faithfully Yours || ||
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| Dragon Fight || ||
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| rowspan=2|1989 || Tragic Heroes || ||
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| Thunder Cops II || ||
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| rowspan=12|1990 || Love Is Love || ||
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| My Hero || ||
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| Lung Fung Restaurant || ||
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| The Unmatchable Match || ||
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| Curry and Pepper || ||
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| Sleazy Dizzy || ||
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| Look Out, Officer! || ||
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| All for the Winner || ||
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| When Fortune Smiles || ||
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| Triad Story || ||
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| Tricky Brains || ||
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| Legend of the Dragon || ||
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| rowspan=8|1991 || God of Gamblers II || ||
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| The Top Bet || ||
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| Fist of Fury 1991 || ||
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| Fight Back to School || ||
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| God of Gamblers Part III Back to Shanghai || ||
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| Magnificent Scoundrels || ||
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| The Banquet || ||
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| The Gods Must Be Crazy III || Narrator ||
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| rowspan=8|1992 || Fist of Fury 1991 II || ||
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| The Thief of Time || ||
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| All's Well, Ends Well || ||
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| Fight Back to School II || ||
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| Justice, My Foot || ||
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| Royal Tramp || ||
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| Royal Tramp II || ||
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| King of Beggars || ||
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| rowspan=4|1993 || Fight Back to School III || ||
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| My Hero 2 || || cameo
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| Flirting Scholar || ||
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| The Mad Monk || ||
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| rowspan=3|1994 || Love on Delivery || ||
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| Hail the Judge || ||
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| From Beijing with Love || || also writer and director
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| rowspan=4|1995 || A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box || Joker/Sun Wukong ||
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| A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella || Joker/Sun Wukong ||
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| Out of the Dark || ||
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| Sixty Million Dollar Man || ||
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| rowspan=2|1996 || Forbidden City Cop || || also writer and director
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| God of Cookery || ||
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| rowspan=2|1997 || All's Well, Ends Well 1997 || ||
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| Lawyer Lawyer || ||
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| 1998 || The Lucky Guy || ||
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| rowspan=3|1999 || King of Comedy || Wan Tin-Sau || also writer and director
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| Gorgeous || || cameo in a deleted scene
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| The Tricky Master || ||
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| 2001 || Shaolin Soccer || Sing || also writer and director
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| 2004 || Kung Fu Hustle || Singh || also writer and director
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| 2008 || CJ7 || || also writer and director
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| 2009 || Dragonball Evolution || Producer || Post-production
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| rowspan=2|2010 || Kung Fu Hustle 2 || ||In production
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| The Green Hornet || || Pre-production)
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| 2011 || Fahrooze || || In production)
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