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Name: Chow Yun-fat

English name: Chow Yun fat

Birthday: May 18, 1955

Zodiac: Sheep

Constellation: Taurus

Height: 180 cm

Hometown: Bao'an, Guangdong

Birthplace: Lamma Island, Hong Kong

Occupation: Actor, singer (for fun, occasionally)

Language: Cantonese, English

Family status: mother, wife

Favorite sport : Diving, windsurfing

Occupation: Actor

Favorite person: Mom

Most unforgettable person: Father

Most often Mantra: Tomorrow will be better

Favorite food: Taiwanese pineapples

Happiest thing: helping others

Most admired actor: Lao Bordinillo, Meryl Streep

Favorite thing to do when not filming: Sleeping

Occupations: camera salesman, hotel handyman, mail carrier Workers, etc.

Entry experience:

Enrolled in the third artist training class of Wireless Television (TVB) in 1974. There are two ways to become a star in Wireless Television (TVB). 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, such as:

Issue 1: Gan Guoliang, Zhao Zhenqiang

Issue 3: Chow Yun-fat

The 4th issue: Lam Lingdong, To Qifeng

The 5th issue: Guan Jinpeng

The 6th issue: Chen Yulian, Lu Liangwei

Issue 8: Tang Zhenye, Liu Qizhi

Issue 9: Huang Rihua, Miu Qiaowei

Issue 10: Andy Lau, Qi Meizhen

Issue 11: Tony Leung, Stephen Chow

After that, he starred in the series "Frenzy", "Struggle", "Man on the Internet", "Shanghai Beach", "The Meeting of Kings and Heroes", "Swordsman", "Su Qier", "Family Love", etc. .

Chronology of film works:

1976: "The Reincarnation", "The New Su Xiaomei's Three Difficult Grooms", "The Pond Girl", "The Young Master with the Evil Brand in the Family"

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1977: "Enter the Book"

1978: "Frenzy of Love"

1980: "Master"

1981 : "The Story of Hu Yue", "The Enforcer", "City Patrol" (the beginning of Chow Yun-fat's real film career)

1982: "Headhunter"/ (also called "Goodbye Jianghu")

1983: "Blood and Sweat Money", "Flower City"

1984: "Waiting for Dawn", "Aura of Power", "Love in a Fallen City"

1985: "Woman's Heart", "Why Do You Have Me"

1986: "The Story of the Rose", "Romantic Fate", "The First and Fifteenth Day of the Lunar New Year", "The True Story of a Mad Man", "Underground" "Love", "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley",

"Yi Gong Yun Tian", "Your Love I Will", "The True Character of a Hero", "The Wife-killing Duo", "Dream Man"

1987: "The Horror of a Little Life", "The Legend of Dragon and Tiger", "Yibenwuyan", "Love in the Rivers and Lakes", "Hardcover Chasing Girls", "A Better Tomorrow 2",

"Autumn Fairy Tale", "Prison Storm", "Heroes and Heroes", "The Fight between Dragons and Tigers", "The Ghost Bride"

1988: "The Passionate Son", "The Good News" , "The Tiger's Watch", "The Love of Long and Short Legs", "Diary of a Man", "Red Lips"

"The Legend of Yu Dafu", "Goodbye Hero"

1989 : "God of Gamblers", "Come with Me to the End of the World", "Alang's Story", "A Better Tomorrow 3 - The Song of the Sunset", "The Bloody Heroes",

"My Days in the Underworld"

1990: "Lucky Star Gongshine" and "The Bloody Heroes"

1991: "Across the World", "The Fugitive II"

1992: "I Love Twisting Wen Chai", "The Dirty Detective", "Go High"

1994: "Citi Shaolin", "God of Gamblers 2"

1995: "Peace" Hotel》Peace Hotel

1998: "The Blood Is Still Cold" and "The Replacement Killers"

1999: "The Edge of Fighting Again" (also known as "The Devil's Heroes") The Corruptor, "Anna and The Kind"

2000: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

2003: "Bulletproof Monk"

2005: "Waiting Alone" (guest appearance)

2006: "A City Full of Golden Armor"

TV series:

1976: " "North and South", "Husband", "Frenzy"

1977: "Family Change"

1978: "Strong Man", "Struggle"

1979 Year: "Tianhong", "People on the Internet"

1980: "Shanghai Beach", "Family Love"

1981: "The Road Ahead", "The Meeting of Thousand Kings and Heroes", "Shanghai Beach Sequel", "A Building to Collect Rent", "Fire Phoenix", "Su Qier"

1982: "The Broadcaster", "Gu Cheng Ke", "Beidou Two Heroes", " God of Wealth from Heaven"

1983: "Swordsman"

1985: "Greater Hong Kong", "Brother Xin Zha"

1986: " Yang Family General"

Personal records:

"Twelve Minutes and Ten Inch" (1988), "Old Love" (1989)

Award-winning, Honor Records

Honors in the Film Industry

Best Best Actor "Waiting for Dawn" at the 30th Asia Pacific Film Festival in 1985

Best Best Actor "Waiting for Dawn" at the 22nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards in 1985 "Waiting for Dawn"

Winner of the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1987

"A Better Tomorrow"

1987 Best Actor at the 24th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards for "An Autumn Fairy Tale"

1987 Best Actor at the 1st Hong Kong Directors Society Selection Award for "An Autumn Fairy Tale"

In 1988, he won the Best Actor Award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Legend of Dragon and Tiger"

In 1988, he won the American Film Institute's "Asian Outstanding Actor Award" for "The Legend of Dragon and Tiger"

The 1990 9th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor "A Lang's Story"

1999 the 5th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards "Most Popular Local Artist Award" "The Edge Again"

The 1st Asian American Emmy Award for Best Actor in 2000 "Anna and the King"

The 2nd Asian American Emmy Award for Best Actor in 2001 "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

One of the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the 14th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in 2005

In 2005, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese film In 2017, the Hong Kong Film Awards invited 101 Hong Kong film workers to vote for the 100 best Chinese-language films in history.

Chow Yun-fat was selected for 6 films, the list is as follows:

No. 2: "A Better Tomorrow" in 1986

No. 10: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000

No. 42, 1989 "The Bloody Heroes"

No. 49, 1987 "Autumn Fairy Tale"

No. 54, 1987 "The Legend of Dragon and Tiger"

No. 87 "God of Gamblers" in 1989

Honor in the television industry

Top 100 Chinese TV series in the Malaysian media industry in the 20th century

Chow Yun-fat was selected for 8 movies, the list is as follows:

No. 01 Shanghai Tang (Chow Yun-fat)

No. 02 Internet People (Chow Yun-fat, Cheng Yuling)

No. 03 Family Love (Chow Yun-fat, Cheng Yuling)

No. 03 Frenzy (Chow Yun-fat)

No. 12 Family Change (Wang Mingquan, Chow Yun-fat)

No. 32 Struggle (Chow Yun-fat)

The 40th strongman (Chow Yun-fat)

The 53rd Su Qier (Chow Yun-fat)

The 85th Crocodile Pool (Chow Yun-fat)

Singapore TV media selected 100 Chinese classic TV series of the 20th century (1970-2000)

Chow Yun-fat selected 7 TV series, the list is as follows:

No. 01 Shanghai Tang

The 03rd person in the Internet

The 11th craze

The 12th family change

The 18th family relationship

The 38th place Struggle

The 45th place Thousand Kings and Heroes Club

The 80th place Su Qier

The 81st place Crocodile Pond

TVB’s 1999 Qianxi TV Show Selection

The 5 most unforgettable male protagonists, Xu Wenqiang ranked first

The 5 most unforgettable TV programs "Shanghai Beach" ranked second (No. The first is a variety show "Happy Tonight")

A Hong Kong magazine's selection of the top ten classic TV series. First, the magazine selected 31 TV dramas that were more popular among the audience. Then the reporter sent question papers to 35 celebrities in the Hong Kong film and television industry. Based on the number of votes, the top ten TV dramas in their minds were selected. Great classic TV series.

The voting results are as follows:

The 1980 "Shanghai" starring Chow Yun-fat, Zhao Yazhi and Lu Liangwei ranked first (*** received 31 votes, only 4 votes short of the unanimous vote)

"The Man in the Internet" co-starring Chow Yun-fat and Cheng Yuling ranked second (***24 votes)

"Brother Xin Zha" co-starring Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Lu Fang and Carina Lau ranked third (***22 votes)

"Frenzy" starring Shi Jian, Chow Yun-fat and Deborah ranked fourth (***20 votes)

In 1976, starring Zheng Shaoqiu "Book of Swordsman" starring Wang Mingquan ranked fifth (*** received 15 votes)

1973 "Under the Lion Rock" ranked sixth (*** received 15 votes)

"Chu Liuxiang", a collaboration between Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi in 1979, ranked seventh (*** won 14 votes)

"Zhi Da Bao" produced by Gan Guoliang ranked eighth (*** won 14 votes) votes)

In 1983, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" co-produced by Weng Meiling, Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei and others ranked ninth (*** received 13 votes)

In 1978, it was co-produced by Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", a collaboration between Huang Shuyi and Zhao Yazhi, ranked tenth (*** received 13 votes)

Among the top ten classic TV series on the list, the most famous actors are Chow Yun-fat and Zheng Shaoqiu. The two played leading roles in three plays each. The most glorious actress is Zhao Yazhi, who also starred in three dramas, followed by Wang Mingquan, who starred in two dramas.

Honors in the music industry

Won the Very Nice Award in Hong Kong’s music industry in 1988 (organized by Hong Kong Commercial Radio)

Other honors

1997 In 1998, he was awarded the "Transgenerational Achievement Award" by Singapore Television

In 1998, the mayor of Chicago named January 12th "Chow Yun-fat Day" to commend his contribution to the film industry; and was awarded the "Cartier Excellence Award" Achievement Award"

In 1999, he was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

In 2000, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Entertainment Figures of the Century" by seven electronic media organizations in Hong Kong

In 2000, he was selected as one of the seven "Celebrity Heroes of the Earth" by the American "Time" magazine

In 2001, he was awarded the 16th Honorary Doctorate of Letters by City University of Hong Kong

In 2003, he was awarded Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government

The top film actor in the 2004 Hong Kong entertainment industry poll

(http://hkupop.hku.hk/chinese/report/.. .n04/app_3.html)

In 2006, he was selected as one of the 50 most beautiful people in China by Beijing's "Beijing News"

Served as a guest at the Oscars twice (72.73rd session) ,

A Golden Globe Award presenter,

Resigned a Golden Globe Award presenter,

A Tokyo Film Festival jury chairman.

Chow Yun-fat is the first entertainer to be included in middle school textbooks. In the past, Hong Kong entertainers have never been included in middle school textbooks, and the second volume of Chinese language for intermediate level published by Qisi Publishing House For the textbooks, the "Reading Chapter" selected Yue Feizhi's boyhood as teaching materials, the "Introduction Chapter" selected civilian President Sun Yat-sen and Chinese astronaut Zhang Fulin as teaching materials, and the "Self-Study Chapter" selected late bloomer Chow Yun-fat, which took about twelve years. Pages describing his struggle.

"I went to Hollywood and made five movies in ten years. I dare not say whether they will be successful or not. I dare not say that there is no pressure. But, 'I take my best, I've no regrets!' (I have tried my best and will never regret it!)'. - In August 2004, Chow Yun-fat gave a speech to thousands of students and parents in the audience when he attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Examination Results Lecture. Looking back on his ten years of Hollywood experience, Chow Yun-fat has a lot of emotions.

Regarding the doubts about his age and ability from the outside world, Chow Yun-fat said that he has a very peaceful mind. He said that some things can only be "just left to chance". Chow Yun-fat concluded in his speech: An ordinary mind leads to extraordinary things.

Summary of personal experience:

Chow Yun-fat, a native of Baoan, Guangdong, was born on May 18, 1955. He 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. 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".

In 1975, he started making movies, and his 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 Legend of Dragons and Tigers" and "A Lang's Story", he also won the No. Best Actor Award at the 2nd, 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, Fa Ge gradually 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 "Rogue Tycoon" directed by Zhang Wanting. In the film, he played the role of an overseas student from Hong Kong who has a crush on Zhong Chuhong. "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" has been.

Wanting to have a sky in Hollywood has always been the goal of many Chinese actors, but not many people can actually realize this dream

. After the success of Jackie Chan's "Rush Hour" 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" 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 "Fighting on the Border Again?"