Stephen Chow

Acting · Born 1962-06-22 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Biography

Stephen Chow Sing-Chi (Chinese: 周星馳) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, actor, and producer. Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po Yee, an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik Sheung, an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man Kei and a younger sister named Chow Sing Ha. Chow's given name "Sing-chi" derives from Tang dynasty Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother. Chow attended Heep Woh Primary School, a missionary school attached to the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China in Prince Edward Road, Kowloon Peninsula. When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a…

Filmography

• A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella as Joker / Monkey King
• Shaolin Soccer as Mighty Steel Leg / Sing
• Kung Fu Hustle as Sing
• A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box as Joker / Monkey King
• CJ7 as Ti Chow
• The God of Cookery as Stephen Chow
• From Beijing with Love as Ling Ling Chat
• King of Comedy as Wan Tin Sau
• Justice, My Foot! as Sung Sai-Kit
• All for the Winner as Sing

TV

• Love & Passion
• Behind Silk Curtains
• The Final Combat as Duen Fei
• Golden Horse Awards as Self
• TV total as Self
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes as 宋兵甲
• The Justice of Life as 何鑫淼 (阿水)
• The King of Stand-up Comedy as 节目发起人
• It Runs in the Family
• My Father's Son