Stephen Chow
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 martial arts star. Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan. After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes.
Chow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television. He later joined TVB in 1981. He was drawn to attention hosting the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle.
Chow made his film Final Justice in 1988, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Golden Globe Awards.
Chow shot to stardom in The Final Combat. The following decade, he appeared in more than 40 films. Fight Back to School became Hong Kong's top-grossing film of all time. In 1994, he began directing films, starting with From Beijing with Love. In the latter half of the 1990s, Chow becomes very famous in China, he became a legend and the Stephen Chow Phenomenon.
In 2001, his film Shaolin Soccer grossed over US$50 million worldwide. Chow won Best Director and Best Actor at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, and the film went on to garner additional awards including a Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Picture and Best Director. It was the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong at the time, grossing $46 million in the Asia region.
In 2004, his film Kung Fu Hustle grossed over US$106 million worldwide. Chow also won Best Director at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and Best Picture of Imagine Film Festival as well as over twenty international awards. Critics as well as film stars such as comedian Bill Murray said that the film was the supreme achievement of modern comedy that had outshone any preexisting form of American comedy, including Murray's directorial work.
His film CJ7 began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo. In August 2007, the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. CJ7 became the highest-grossing film of all time in Malaysia.
For his work in comedy, he has received praise from notable institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, who called him the King of Comedy.
Stephen Chow has directed multiple classic films since the 1990s.
In 2013, his film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons became the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time.
In 2016, his film The Mermaid broke numerous box office records, and became the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
Fotos
Películas (75)
Kung Fu Soccer
2026 · Director, Writer, Action Director, Producer, Original Story
Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow
2024 · Archival Footage
The Monkey King
2023 · Executive Producer
人生半山腰
2023 · Self (Archive)
The New King of Comedy
2019 · Director, Writer, Producer
Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back
2017 · Theater Employee (uncredited), Writer, Producer
The Mermaid
2016 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
CJ7: Super Q Team
2015 · Producer
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
2013 · Writer, Producer, Director
CJ7: The Cartoon
2010 · Writer
Jump
2009 · Writer
Dragonball Evolution
2009 · Producer
Shaolin Girl
2008 · Producer
CJ7
2008 · Ti Chow, Director, Producer, Writer
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · Sing, Producer, Music, Director, Writer
1:99 Shorts
2003 · Director
Shaolin Soccer
2001 · Mighty Steel Leg / Sing, Director, Screenplay, Presenter, Producer
The Tricky Master
1999 · Master Wong
Gorgeous
1999 · Policeman with Dog
King of Comedy
1999 · Wan Tin Sau, Director, Writer
The Lucky Guy
1998 · Ho Kam Sui
Lawyer Lawyer
1997 · Chan Mon Gut
All's Well, End's Well '97
1997 · Lo Kung
The God of Cookery
1996 · Stephen Chow, Director, Writer
Forbidden City Cop
1996 · Ling Ling Fat, Director, Writer
Sixty Million Dollar Man
1995 · Lee Chak-Sing
Out of the Dark
1995 · Leon
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
1995 · Joker / Monkey King
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
1995 · Joker / Monkey King
From Beijing with Love
1994 · Ling Ling Chat, Director, Writer
Hail the Judge
1994 · Pao Lung Sing
Love on Delivery
1994 · Ho Kam An
The Mad Monk
1993 · Dragon Fighter Lo Han
Flirting Scholar
1993 · Tang Pak Fu / Wah On, Co-Director
Fight Back to School 3
1993 · Chow Sing Sing / Million Wong
King of Beggars
1992 · So Chan Ha Yee Chan
Royal Tramp 2
1992 · Wai Siu Bo
Royal Tramp
1992 · Wai Siu Bo
Justice, My Foot!
1992 · Sung Sai-Kit
Fight Back to School 2
1992 · Chow Sing Sing
All's Well, Ends Well
1992 · Shang Foon
The Thief of Time
1992 · Dyun Siu Fei
Fist of Fury 1991 II
1992 · Lau Ching
The Banquet
1991 · Stephen Chow
The Magnificent Scoundrels
1991 · Valentino
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
1991 · Sing
Fight Back to School
1991 · Chow Sing Sing
Crazy Safari
1991 · [Narrator]
Fist of Fury 1991
1991 · Lau Ching
Legend of the Dragon
1991 · Chow Siu-Lung
The Top Bet
1991 · Sing
Tricky Brains
1991 · Koo Jing / Che Man Jing
Pioneers of Television Gala
1991 · Self
God of Gamblers II
1990 · Sing
Triad Story
1990 · Sing
When Fortune Smiles
1990 · Vincent Hing
All for the Winner
1990 · Sing
Look Out, Officer!
1990 · Hsing
Sleazy Dizzy
1990 · Sing
Curry & Pepper
1990 · Pepper
The Unmatchable Match
1990 · Cheung Lon
Lung Fung Restaurant
1990 · Rubbish Pool
My Hero
1990 · Sing
Love Is Love
1990 · Sam Shek Kam Shui
Thunder Cops II
1989 · Sui Yien
Just Heroes
1989 · Jacky
Dragon Fight
1989 · Andy Yau
Faithfully Yours
1988 · Puddin Lai
Final Justice
1988 · Boy
He Who Chases After the Wind
1988 · Ah Sing
The Last Conflict
1988 · Lau Ting Kin
On the Brink
1988
Back To The Beyond
1987 · Lau Ching
Brother’s Girlfriend
1986
Crossroads-Pocket Money
1983
Series (28)
A Chinese Odyssey - Odyssey
2024 · Presenter, Creator
The King of Stand-up Comedy
2024 · 节目发起人
Take Me Home
2024 · Producer
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
食神
2008 · Script
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
TV total
1999 · Self
Screen Play
1992
It Runs in the Family
1990
The Justice of Life
1989 · 何鑫淼（阿水）
File Noir
1989
The Final Combat
1989 · Duen Fei
The Tribulation of Life
1988
My Father's Son
1988
Behind Silk Curtains
1988
The Price Of Growing Up
1987
The Nuts
1984 · Zombie Star, Creator
Angels And Devils
1983
Woman on the Beat
1983
Beyond the Rose Garden
1983
再見十九歲(數碼修復版)
1983 · 绑匪
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
1983 · 宋兵甲
Love & Passion
1982
Soldier of Fortune
1982
I.Q. 100
1981 · 学生会会长
The Bund
1980 · 示威群眾
Golden Horse Awards
1962 · Self
西游驱魔前传
· Executive Producer