Stephen Chow
Date of Birth
22 June 1962, Hong KongBirth Name
Sing-Chi ChowNickname
Sing JaiHeight
5' 8½" (1.74 m)Mini Biography
Stephen Chow was the only boy of his family, and has grown up as a Bruce Lee fan and a martial arts addict. His career started on TV, where he presented a children show ( "430 Space Shuttle" (1983)) and started becoming popular. He got some supporting roles, after that, and won the Taiwanese Golden Horse award for best supporting actor.He had his first starring role in 1990 in a 'Chow Yun-Fat' spoof: Dou sing (1990) - "All for the Winner" and started excelling in the comedy genre. In Hong-Kong, his particular nonsense style is called "Mo Lei Tau". It's also on the set of this movie that he encountered his fellow sidekick Man Tat Ng.
One of the last HK biggest star which have not been bought by Hollywood, even if Miramax (who'll surely release Siu lam juk kau (2001) - "Shaolin Soccer" this year in the USA - after remastering it, ouch.) has probably planned something for him...
IMDb Mini Biography By: Julien G.
Mini Biography
Born Chow Sing-Chi in Hong Kong on 22nd June 1962, Stephen Chow spent his youth days with three sisters in Shanghai, China. He developed an interest in the martial arts after witnessing the talent of Bruce Lee, where he began training in the style of Wing Chun, which was one of Bruce Lee's specialties. His martial arts training served him well to a minimum and he incorporated it in many of his famous action films.In 1982, he graduated from high school and auditioned for an acting school run by TVB, a Hong Kong television station where he was rejected. His friend 'Waise' Lee Chi-Hung (The Legend of the Swordsman, John Woo's 'A Better Tomorrow') helped him out and he was allowed to take night classes. He graduated in 1983 and was hired to host a children's television program called 'Space Shuttle 430' even though he wasn't fond of children. This didn't stop him from carrying on his duty as he developed an off-beat rapport with co-stars of the show that audiences loved, which led the program to run for five years. During the show's final run in 1988, he broke into dramatic roles in numerous television programs and went on to star in his first feature film where actor 'Danny' Lee Sau-Yin (City on Fire, John Woo's 'The Killer') cast him in 'Final Justice' which earned him an Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Annual Taiwanese Film Awards.
In 1990, he introduced his incredible comedy talent in the film,'All for the Winner' which was a hilarious spin-off of the film, 'God of Gamblers' starring Chow Yun-Fat. The film became such a success that he also starred alongside Chow Yun-Fat in the successful sequel, 'God of Gamblers 2'. He excelled in the comedy genre and developed a trademark that reinvented his career in years to come as he began doing parodies of Hollywood, Japanese Hong Kong cinema films, such as 'Fist of Fury 1991', 'From Beijing with Love', and his directorial debut, 'All's Well Ends Well'. The parody film, 'Justice My Foot' earned him Best Actor of Asia at the Pacific Film Festival.
His idea of combining sports with action kung-fu & comedy came into play in 2002 with 'Shaolin Soccer' where some CGI digital effects were used to help create astonishing action sequences with the help of legendary action choreographer 'Tony' Ching Siu-Tung who provided a stylized twist to the fights. The film struck gold on release, ranking the highest grossing film in the history of Hong Kong cinema with a record of HK$60 million.
Finally, Hollywood took support of Chow's comedic skills and Miramax Films bought the distribution rights to 'Shaolin Soccer' and released it internationally in 2003. Following the success of 'Shaolin Soccer' Columbia Tristar released his next kung-fu comedy project, 'Kung Fu Hustle', on which he collaborated with another legendary action choreographer, Yuen Wo-Ping, to create some hard-hitting martial arts sequences, for which Wo-Ping has been famous since the '70s in Hong Kong.
Stephen Chow's creativity of action and comedy continues to find new audiences and his work will continue to entertain viewers around the world for years to come.
BIODATA JACKIE CHAN.
Nama : Jackie Chan
Nama Lahir : Chan Kong Sang
Tempat, Tanggal Lahir : Hongkong, 7 April 1954
Pekerjaan : Aktor, Sutradara, Produser, Koreografer Bela Diri, Penyanyi
Filmografi :
* Young Tiger (1973)
* Eagle Shadow Fist (1973)
* The Killer Meteors (1976)
* Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
* New Fist of Fury (1976)
* Countdown in Kung Fu (1976)
* To Kill With Intrigue (1977)
* Jackie Chan’s 36 Crazy Fists (1977)
* The Magnicient Bodyguards (1978)
* Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
* Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)
* Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978)
* Half a Lot of Kung Fu (1978)
* Drunken Master (1978)
* The Fearless Hyena (1979)
* Dragon Fist (1979)
* The Young Master (1980)
* The Big Brawl (1980)
* The Cannonball Run (1981)
* Dragon Lord (1982)
* The Fearless Hyena II (1982)
* Winners and Sinners (1983)
* Wheels on Meals (1984)
* Jackie Chan’s Crime Force (1984)
* Fantasy Mission Force (1984)
* Cannonball Run II (1984)
* The Protector (1985)
* Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
* Police Story (1985)
* Ninja Thunderbolt (1985)
* Heart of the Dragon (1985)
* Naughty Boys (1986)
* Project A II (1987)
* My Lucjy Stras (1987)
* Police Story II (1988)
* Dragons Forever (1988)
* Miracles (1989)
* The Prisoner (1990)
* The Kid From Tibet (1991)
* Island on Fire (1991)
* The Best Of Martial Arts Films (1992)
* Supercop (1992)
* City Hunter (1992)
* The Armour of God (1994)
* Project A (1994)
* Once A Cop (1994)
* Crime Story (1994)
* Supercop (1996)
* Rumble In The Bronx (1996)
* Operation Condor (1997)
* Jackie Chan’s Second Strike (1997)
* First Strike (1997)
* Gods (1998)
* The Operation Condor 2 : Armour of the Gods (1998)
* Who Am I ? (1998)
* Rush Hour (1998)
* Mr. Nice Guy (1998)
* Hongkong Face Off (1998)
* Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
* Twin Dragons (1999)
* Master of Disaster (1999)
* Jackie Chan’s Project A (1999)
* Heikek Chi Wong (1999)
* Bolei Cheun (1999)
* The Legend of Drunken Master (2000)
* Shanghai Noon (2000)
* The Accidential Spy (2001)
* Rush Hour 2 (2001)
* The Tuxedo (2002)
* The Medallion (2003)
* The Cin Gei Bin (2003)
* Snake in Eagle’s Shadow 2 (2003)
* Shanghai Knights (2003)
* San Gingchat Gusi (2004)
* Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
* Sen-Hua (2005)
* Legends of Martial Arts (2005)
* Come Drink With me (2005)
* Thunderbolt (2006)
* Bo Bui Ga Wak (2006)
* Rush Hour 3 (2007)
* The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Dengan kerja kerasnya yang begitu tinggi, ia berhasil menjadi satu dari bintang A sia yang memiliki bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame. I a telah membintangi lebih dari 100 judul fil m dan melakukan sebagian besar aksi laganya sendiri. Bahkan, akibat kegemarannya melakukan aksi yang berbahaya, membuat Jackie Chan kesulitan untuk mendapatkan asuransi.
BIODATA JET LEE
Jet Li (lahir di Beijing, Cina, 26 April 1963; umur 46 tahun) merupakan seorang aktor berkewarganegaraan Amerika Serikat kelahiran Beijing, RRC yang hobinya bermain wushu. Dia dilahirkan di Beijing. Dia mulai berkarir di dunia film sejak tahun 1982. Jet Li adalah 1 dari sekian banyak aktor yang tak pernah mengenyam pendidikan formal dalam bidang akting.
Jet Li mulai mempelajari ilmu bela diri ini sejak ia berumur 8 tahun. Banyak sudah medali yang ia peroleh dari menjadi atlet Wushu ini.
Saat terjadi booming film-film Kung Fu di Cina sekitar tahun 80-an, daya tarik dunia peran ini mempesona Jet Li yang belum juga berusia 20 tahun. Jet Li terjun ke dunia film dalam film pertamanya SHAOLIN TEMPLE.
Aktor yang sempat ngetop lewat sekuel film ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA ini mendapat julukan 'Jet' karena gerakannya yang cepat dan karena orang Filipina yang merasa kesulitan mengucapkan nama asli Jet Li.
Karir Jet Li rupanya tak berhenti sampai di Hong Kong saja. Jet Li setuju untuk memerankan tokoh jahat dalam film LETHAL WEAPON 4 karena sang sutradara berjanji akan menempatkan Jet Li sebagai pemeran utama pada film selanjutnya. Dan itu jadi kenyataan saat Jet Li membintangi film ROMEO MUST DIE di tahun 2000 lalu.
Permainan Jet Li dalam film DANNY THE DOG sempat mengejutkan beberapa penggemarnya karena tak biasanya Jet Li memerankan tokoh seperti itu.
Aktor yang sempat menolak peran dalam film CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON lantaran sudah berjanji pada istrinya tak akan main film selama istrinya hamil ini berencana segera mengakhiri karirnya dalam film-film Kung Fu dan berkonsentrasi pada genre film lain. Salah satu yang masuk dalam rencananya adalah pembuatan film dokumenter tentang Buddhism.
