Famous Hong Kong Actor: Stephen Chow Sing Chi
Stephen Chow Sing Chi, the famous HK actor, director, movie writer, executive producer and film producer, is our hero today. (Picture from Google Picture)
In 1980s, after being trained in TVB Stars Camp, Stephen debuted as a TV drama actor in TVB, and sometime he also host sorts of children programs there. His classmates in that camp included Tony Leung and Andy Lau, who always “PK” for the honor of “Best Actor” in Hong Kong Film Awards. The latter two guys are well-known as dramatic actors, while Stephen demonstrated a different path by specializing in comedies, and was finally acknowledged as the “King of Comedy” widely.
In 1990s, Stephen has given 42 film works, most of which are comedies. 42 works for 10 years means more than 4 films per year. It’s easy to find that he is a high-producing actor, which is identical with the characteristics of HK film industry. The period of 1992 to 1994 is Stephen’s “Outbreak Period”: only in 1992, 7 of his films, in 6 of which he played as the hero, had been publicly shown. And most of his classic movies were filmed during this period. Let’s see some details of the excellent box-office:
Year Film Ranking in Box-office (HK)
1991 Fight Back to School 1
1992 Justice, My Foot! 1
1992 All’s Well, Ends Well 2
1992 Royal Tramp 3
1992 King of Beggars 4
1992 Royal Tramp II 5
1993 Flirting Scholar 1
1994 From Beijing with Love 2
1994 Hail the Judge 7
1996 The God of Cookery 2
1996 Forbidden City Cop 3
Let’s see some screenshots of his films. All the pictures are from Douban.com, supported by the net friends.
Fight Back to School
Fight back to School
Royal Tramp
Royal Tramp
Flirting Scholar
- Flirting Scholar
The God of Cookery
The God of Cookery
Enter 1985 