Stephen Chow
Stephen Chiau Sing Chi, professionally known as Stephen Chow, 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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 25.652 |
Birthday | 1962-06-22 |
Place of Birth | Hong Kong, China |
Also Known As | 주성치, Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Zhōu Xīngchí , Sing Yeh, Steven Chow, Sing-Chi Chow, Stephen Chow, 周星馳, 周星驰, Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xing-chi, Xing-chi Zhou, Xingchi Zhou, Châu Tinh Trì, |
1995
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
7.697/216
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the...
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
2001
Shaolin Soccer
7.1/2216
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
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Shaolin Soccer
1992
Justice, My Foot!
6.6/95
An unscrupulous lawyer with an equally eccentric kung-fu sidekick wife tries to bring justice to the court.
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Justice, My Foot!
2004
Kung Fu Hustle
7.449/2746
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of...
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Kung Fu Hustle
1995
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
7.545/257
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Mon...
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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
1990
All for the Winner
6.639/83
Sing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. When it's revealed that Sing can see through objects,...
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All for the Winner
2008
CJ7
7.348/691
A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much,...
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CJ7
1989
Dragon Fight
5.926/27
Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to def...
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Dragon Fight
1996
The God of Cookery
7.142/169
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his...
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The God of Cookery
1991
Tricky Brains
7.027/75
A trickster-for-hire, known as the Tricky Expert, is hired to ruin the lives of a father and son by making them think that he's a part of the family.
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Tricky Brains
1994
From Beijing with Love
6.897/175
After a giant dinosaur skull is stolen, the head of the Chinese secret police decides to assign the case to the force's most incompetent reject: a rur...
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From Beijing with Love
1992
All's Well, Ends Well
6.896/72
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.
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All's Well, Ends Well
1993
Flirting Scholar
7.366/160
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant gi...
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Flirting Scholar
1996
Forbidden City Cop
6.867/105
An imperial agent gets ridiculed for his various inventions, until his supportive wife encourages him to attend a conference, which's actually a trap...
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Forbidden City Cop
1995
Out of the Dark
6.717/83
After being haunted by his late mother for days, a landlord seeks help from a mysterious exorcist, who turns out to be an escaped mental patient.
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Out of the Dark
1997
Lawyer Lawyer
6.4/39
Stephen Chow plays a selfish yet in some places kind hearted barrister who tricks his servant in doing things for his own benefit. Eric Kot playing th...
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Lawyer Lawyer
1997
All's Well, Ends Well '97
6.016/31
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing but fool around all day long. Old Mr. Lo is very an...
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All's Well, Ends Well '97
1991
Fight Back to School
6.862/127
Star Chow is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last chanc...
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Fight Back to School
1992
King of Beggars
6.784/116
The heir to a noble and influential family finds the love of his life, but she will only accept him if he becomes a kung-fu master. He becomes a legen...
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King of Beggars
1990
Triad Story
4.9/7
An aging crime boss discovers his rebellious daughter is dating a punk. His former gang members try to bring her back using tricks and force, only to...
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Triad Story
1993
Fight Back to School 3
6.5/67
Chow Sing-Sing returns, only this time he doesn’t go back to school. Instead, Chow goes undercover as the husband of a wealthy socialite, which doesn’...
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Fight Back to School 3
1992
Royal Tramp
7.014/104
The story of Wilson Bond, a pimp who after saving Chan, the leader of the Heaven and Earth society, a revolutionary group, is made a member. After a b...
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Royal Tramp
1988
Faithfully Yours
4.3/20
A playboy and his two friends get drunk and wake up next to a girl who claims to be pregnant by one of them.
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Faithfully Yours
1992
Royal Tramp 2
6.994/80
Following on from the Royal Tramp I, after discovering that the Empress is actually Lone-er, a member of the St Dragon Sect, and that she imprisoned t...
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Royal Tramp 2
1994
Love on Delivery
6.875/80
Ho Kam-An is a lovestruck dim sum delivery boy who falls for a beautiful judo student. After being humiliated by her boyfriend, Ho Kam-An seeks the se...
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Love on Delivery
1992
Fight Back to School 2
6.756/86
Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to com...
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Fight Back to School 2
1999
King of Comedy
7.3/170
Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an act...
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King of Comedy
1995
Sixty Million Dollar Man
6.349/72
A rich playboy gets blown up by a gangster when he flirts with the gangster's wife. Through a series of circumstances, his professor makes him a synth...
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Sixty Million Dollar Man
1999
The Tricky Master
6.038/39
Undercover cop Leung Foon is having trouble taking down the illegal trading operation headed by crime boss Ferrari. So to accomplish his mission, he a...
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The Tricky Master
1991
Fist of Fury 1991
6.076/33
Lau Ching, a Mainlander with an incredibly powerful right arm, arrives in Hong Kong to find his cousin. He befriends with a drifter named Handsome, an...
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Fist of Fury 1991
1991
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
6.909/66
While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
1994
Hail the Judge
7.216/116
Pao Lung-Sing, a descendant of the famous Judge Pao Ching Tient, is a 9th degree corrupt judge who changes his tune when he tries to champion a woman...
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Hail the Judge
1989
Just Heroes
6.6/21
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
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Just Heroes
1991
Legend of the Dragon
6.183/30
Chow plays a naive young kung fu student who leaves his rural home on a small island to find his fortune in Hong Kong under the dubious guidance of hi...
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Legend of the Dragon
1991
The Magnificent Scoundrels
6.172/29
Romeo is a mediocre con artist who crosses paths with Betsy Kwan, a fellow con artist. Together they impersonate various people and create numerous sc...
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The Magnificent Scoundrels
1991
The Banquet
5.545/12
Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties....
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The Banquet
1993
The Mad Monk
5.796/49
The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.
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The Mad Monk
1990
God of Gamblers II
6.788/92
Wong Jing's sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers finds Chow Sing Cho looking up to Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko...
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God of Gamblers II
1992
The Thief of Time
4/2
A dimwitted thief, mistakes for a spy, in order to free himself he holds the honest driver, as a hostage. They end up in a tunnel and traveled back in...
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The Thief of Time
1989
Thunder Cops II
4.3/3
A clumsy policewoman trains hard to avenge her father's death.
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Thunder Cops II
1990
Lung Fung Restaurant
5.714/7
Dragon, an ex-triad member, gets out jail and decides to go straight. However, his old friend Rubbish Pool and old boss Kent usually settles disputes...
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Lung Fung Restaurant
1998
The Lucky Guy
6.387/31
Lucky Coffee Shop is well-known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart, attracts lots of girls but only loves Candy. He and h...
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The Lucky Guy
1990
When Fortune Smiles
6.704/27
The story revolves around a massive inheritance from a rich man, whose nephew is plotting to seize the fortune from his daughter Fei Fei. He hires a p...
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When Fortune Smiles
1990
Curry & Pepper
6.3/37
Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen tim...
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Curry & Pepper
1990
Look Out, Officer!
6.054/37
After police officer Piao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him bac...
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Look Out, Officer!
1990
My Hero
6.294/17
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and make...
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My Hero
1990
Sleazy Dizzy
5/6
A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercover cop to regain his memory and locate the whereabo...
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Sleazy Dizzy
1990
Love Is Love
7.5/15
Shui and Ti elope off, against the wishes of Ti's father. They live the life of a struggling young couple. Shui finds a job at a jewelry importer and...
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Love Is Love
1990
The Unmatchable Match
6.714/14
Chow is an undercover cop who must befriend former triad kingpin Chan Wai-Man to investigate a brutal diamond heist. It turns out that Chan is innocen...
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The Unmatchable Match
1988
The Last Conflict
3/1
Interpol officer Dickson Kwan is sent to Hong Kong to investigate in a fake passport forgery case and collaborates with officer Pau Sei and Lau Ting K...
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The Last Conflict
1991
Crazy Safari
5.063/48
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ances...
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Crazy Safari
1986
Brother’s Girlfriend
0/0
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Brother’s Girlfriend
1987
Back To The Beyond
5.5/2
Liu Qing (Stephen Chow) and Mr. Xiu De (Guan Haishan) are the two masters and apprentices of the hanging pot, and by chance met Hua Yinghong (Lin Ying...
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Back To The Beyond
1991
The Top Bet
5.133/15
Anita Mui plays the sister of the Saint of Gamblers, and also possesses supernatural gambling abilities. However, she chooses not to use her powers. S...
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The Top Bet
1988
He Who Chases After the Wind
4/2
Basically a love story with a prerequisite sub-plot about a crazed killer trying to avenge his brother.
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He Who Chases After the Wind
1999
Gorgeous
6.339/358
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince char...
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Gorgeous
1992
Fist of Fury 1991 II
5.4/24
After the total defeat of his love rival, Ching must now deal with the love rival's brother, Wan To, who seeks revenge against him. When Ching is ambu...
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Fist of Fury 1991 II
1988
Final Justice
5.775/20
A cop relies on a young car thief to take down four gangsters, who plan to rob a rich merchant for a large amount of money.
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Final Justice
1988
On the Brink
0/0
Wang Wenjie (Stephen Chow) entered an advertising agency after graduating from university. The strict boss, busy work, and complicated interpersonal r...
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