Stephen Chow (traditional chinese : 周星馳 ; simplified chinese : 周星驰; Cantonese Romanization: Chow Sing Chi ; pinyin : ZhÅ?u xÄ«ngchí) (born June 22 1962) is a extremely popular Hong Kong actor and director, whose expertise in a comedic field led him to become dubbed the "king of comedy" by the Hong Kong entertainment media.

Professional Career
He learned his trade at a Shaw Brothers TVB acting school, and co-hosted the popular Hong Kong children's program, 430 Shuttle, alongside future star Tony Leung Chiu Wai. His early film career was largely centred inside striking roles, however his performance in Jeff Lau's smash-hit All For The Winner (1990) (賭聖) launched him almost only into comedy films.

His subsequent films repose on this profits, getting his distinct brand of humour called "mo lei tau" (無厘頭) (approximately meaning "nonsense" or even "no brained") which makes frequent apply of euphemism and double entendres in Cantonese slang. He regularly demonstrated his talent for improvisation, suggesting gags to directors to enhance a comedy, typically leading to rescript of the script. By 1994 he was writing and directing a select few of his have films.

the films themselves typically followed a similar templet: portraying an underperformer world health organization beats the odds or even an chesty overachiever world health organization is humbled & learns a material. Fight Back to School (1991), From Beijing With Love (1994) (國產零零漆) and God of Cookery (1996)) are notable examples. Occasionally his films would have a time setting, however however exhibit a equivalent style of coeval humour, for instance within Justice, My Foot (1992) (審死官)) and Flirting Scholar (1993).

Sometimes Chow would break from either this mould: one of his supplementary good films is A Chinese Odyssey (1994), loosely based on a classic Chinese story Journey to the West. Although however fundamentally the comedy, Chow himself was entity to acquire his character additional seriously than common. It was the pack-professional smash around Hong Kong & has developed the cult below inside Mainland China.

Recent films have begun to focus in comedic action & favorite results sequences instead of verbal humour, to appeal to the wider international audience. A film which launched him in the West is Shaolin Soccer (2001), which makes heavy utilise of CGI and is directed by Chow himself. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) is also directed by Chow & within February 2005 went on to surpass Shaolin Soccer as the greatest grossing farm film around Hong Kong.

Chow attempted to choose Canadian citizenship, but he was denied by Canadian immigration due to his possible links to triads in Hong Kong.

Trivia
About each pic that Stephen Chow stars inside has his character known as "Sing" 星 within it. Sing occurs as a portion of his really Chinese title & means star. Every now and again one of his characters has "Chow Sing" in it. Chow learned Kung Fu in TV whenever he was immature because his parents might't afford any lessons. He enjoys watching Kung Fu lessons. There exists typically an horrible bearded cross-dresser inside cameo appearance within his films, & a role is all but universally portrayed by Kin-yan Lee, a private friend. Chow occurs as large fan of Bruce Lee, and his films typically contain information to the late actor. Chow learned Wing Chun as a youth, an offshoot of Shaolin Kung Fu. Chow typically collaborated by using Lee Lik-chee (李力持) & Vincent Kok (谷德昭), each actors & directors, in the early stage of his career.

Quotes
"一個字 — 絕!" (A single word — Wordless!) "你估我唔到!" (We could't figure pine tree state retired!), from either God of Preparation (1996) (食神) "你睇我唔到!" (Smart shoppers potty't look at pine tree state!), from either God of Gambler 2 (1991) (賭聖) "Ladies and Gentlemen, five Aces!", from either God of Gambler 2 (1991) (賭聖) "波並唔係咁踢既" (Football international relations and security network't played in that way!), from either Shaolin Soccer (2001) "地球很危險，你快點回去火星吧" (My Globe is unsafe, last back to Mars asap), from either Shaolin Soccer (2001) "曾經有一份真誠的愛情放在我é?¢å‰?，我沒有ç??惜，等我失去的時候我æ‰?å?Žæ‚”莫å?Šï¼Œäººä¸–間最痛苦的事莫é?ŽäºŽæ­¤ï¼Œå¦‚果上天能夠給我一個å†?來一次的机會， 我會å°?那個女孩å­?說三個字：我愛你。如果é?žè¦?在這份愛上加上一個期é™?，我希望是一万年 ï¼?" (There it used to be that was the confessedly love presented prior to pine tree state; I personally didn't cherish it. Simply upon losing that love did We sense groovy compunction. A worst trouble within life is no further than this. Whenever fate potty grant maine another risk, I personally personally may say tercet words to her: "I love you." Whenever there must exist as the period set boundaries, We wish... ... 10,000 years.) from either The Chinese Odyssy II-Cinderella (1994) (西游记大结局之仙履奇缘)

Filmography
When actor, includes:

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Shaolin Soccer (2001) A Tricky Master (1999) King of Comedy (1999) Gorgeous (1999) A Lucky Guy (1998) Lawyer Lawyer (1997) ''A lot's Easily, Terminates Easily 1997 (1997) God of Cookery (1996) Forbidden City Cop (1996) Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995) Out of the Dark (1995) From Beijing with Love (1994) Hail the Judge (1994) Love on Delivery (1994) The Chinese Odyssey Section 2 - Cinderella (1994) A Chinese Odyssey (1994) Mad Monk (1993) Flirting Scholar (1993) Fight Back to School Troika (1993) The Hero Two (1993) All's Well, Ends Well (1992) Royal Tramp Two (1992) Royal Tramp (1992) Justice, The Foot (1992) Fight Back to School Deuce (1992) King of Mendicant (1992) Clenched fist of Fury 1991 2 (1992) God of Gamblers II (1991) The Top Bet (1991) God of Gamblers Part II Back to Shanghai (1991) A Gods Must Exist as Crazy Trio (1991) Magnificent Scoundrels (1991) Fight Back to School (1991) Tricky Brains (1991) Clenched fist of Fury Two (1991) Triad Story (1990) Legend of the Dragon (1990) Lung Fung Restaurant (1990) Look Out, Officer! (1990) Love Is Love (1990) Whenever Fortune Smiles (1990) Our Hero (1990) All for the Winner (1990) Sleazy Dizzy (1990) Curry & Pepper (1990) A Unmatched Match (1989) Thunder Fuzz Two (1989) Tragical Heroes (1989) Dragon Fight (1988) Final Justice (1988) Dependably Yours'' (1988)