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Zhou Liqi Zhou Liqi Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Niki Chow Lai-ki (formerly known as Chow Lai-ki; former stage name Chow Lai-ki; English: Niki Chow Lai-ki, August 30, 1979 -) is a female artist under Hong Kong Emperor Entertainment and a former TVB contract artist. She can speak Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Shanghainese and Japanese, and is good at Chinese dance. Her sister is the supermodel Zhou Wenqi. In recent years, it has developed in China and Hong Kong.

Z Zhou Yuchen Film & TV · Unknown nationality

Zhou Yuchen (June 28, 2012 -), an actor from mainland China, will star in the 2024 movie "Kids Are Not Stupid 3" directed by Tony Leung. Zhou Yuchen was born in Shanghai and entered the entertainment industry when he was 5 years old. In 2023, Zhou Yuchen's mother helped him sign up for the actor selection audition of "Kids Are Not Stupid 3" through social media, and later got the role. He played Wang Zihao, a primary school student who transferred from Shanghai to Singapore in the film. .

Zhou Huajian Zhou Huajian Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Wakin "Emil" Chau Wah-Kin (English: Wakin "Emil" Chau Wah-Kin; December 22, 1960 -), a male singer-songwriter, music producer and actor from Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is one of the most influential Chinese singers in the 1990s, and is known as the "King of National Songs", "Taiwan's Four Heavenly Kings", and Hong Kong's "King Killer". He has served as a mentor for two seasons of the "Chinese Good Songs" series and a mentor for "The Voice of China 2023".

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Stephen Chow, known as "The Star", is a Hong Kong comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter. He started with comedy works, and later gradually became a director and producer, forming a unique humor style and creative system.

Z Zhou Jie Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Zhou Jie (August 5, 1970 -), male, native of Shandong, born in Xi'an, Shaanxi, is a Chinese actor, singer, and entrepreneur.

Pakho Chau Pakho Chau Film & TV · British Hong Kong

Pakho Chau Pak-ho (English: Pakho Chau Pak-ho, November 12, 1984 -) is a Hong Kong male singer, actor, and music producer. He was a male singer under Xingmeng Entertainment and Zhongxingtang and an artist under TVB New Media Group. Pakho Chau has worked as a model, swimming coach, piano teacher, clothing brand owner, and engineer in Chen Guangrong's recording studio. He began to work as a part-time model under Starz Track when he was 18 years old. In 2007, he officially signed with Warner Music and made his debut as a singer. In 2016, Pakho Chau founded his own brand CATXMAN, and in the same year, he married his girlfriend of eight years in Phuket Island, Thailand. In 2017, he switched to Xingmeng Entertainment. Pakho Chau won the "Newtown Hottest Male Singer" award for the first time in 2012 at the "Newtown Hottest Awards". Later, in 2014, he won the "Golden Music Male Singer Gold Award" for the first time in the "Children Music Chart Awards Ceremony", becoming the first male singer who debuted in Cantonese pop music in the 2000s to win the award. He also won the "Children Music Chart Awards Ceremony" and the "Children Music Chart Singer-Songwriter Gold Award". He held two solo concerts at the Hung Hom Stadium. Later, in 2019, he won the "Most Popular Male Singer" and "Most Popular TV Song" at the "2019 Golden Melody Awards" for the first time in a row with "Let Love Fly High", and also won the "Best Male Singer" at the "Golden Melody Awards"; and he won the "Most Popular TV Male Character" and "Most Popular TV Song" at the "Thousands of Stars Awards 2019" for the first time in a row with Miriam Yeung in the drama "Versatile Wife". Later, he won the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Male Singer Gold Award" for the first time in 2020 at the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Concert". Therefore, he collected all the male singer awards from Hong Kong Channel 4 in 2020. In 2021, Pakho Chau will serve as the mentor of the TVB singing talent show "Legend of Dreams".

B Billy Zhou Film & TV · Canada

Billy Chow (English: Billy Chow, August 24, 1958 -), a world boxing champion and action film actor, nicknamed "Tiger", was born in Calgary, Canada. He started learning karate when he was about 5 years old, and martial arts when he was 11 years old. He later became famous in the American and Canadian kickboxing competitions, and won the Canadian lightweight kickboxing championship in 1982. He has a professional record of 43 wins and 8 losses, 31 technical knockouts (KOs), and has never been KOed. He won the WKA Kickboxing World Championship in 1985. Since the mid-1980s, he has participated in several Hong Kong kung fu films and acted as a martial arts instructor. He often played the role of a fashionable and modern villain thug from the Hua Qing Gang. He returned to boxing in 2003 at the age of 45. On May 30, 2007, he won the gold belt by KOing Thailand's southern boxing champion Na Chai in the "International Muay Thai Gold Belt Macau Charity Competition" held in Macau. Although his acting performance is not as good as that of other martial arts superstars, the Zhou Billy Boxing Gym he opened is an iconic fighting training venue in Hong Kong and has an international reputation.

Zhou Haimei Zhou Haimei Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Kathy Chau Hoi-mei (English: Kathy Chau Hoi-mei; December 6, 1966 - December 11, 2023), known as "Haiwei", was a Hong Kong actress and program host. Zhou Haimei is a Manchu, and her full name is Gualjia Martata. She made her debut after losing the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in 1985. She was a popular actress on the front line of TVB from the 1980s to the 1990s. She later went to mainland China to develop and settled in Beijing, where she even had her own studio. He died of a heart attack in Beijing on December 11, 2023, at the age of 57.

Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-fat Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chow Yun-fat, SBS, known as "Fa Ge", is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In the 1970s, he participated in many TV series on TVB and later in movies. He won the Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards three times and the Best Actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards twice for "A Better Tomorrow", "The Legend of Dragon Tiger" and "A Lang's Story". In 1976, he signed an exclusive film contract with Xie Li Film Discovery, which was the third largest film company in Hong Kong after Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. In the 1980s, he collaborated with many actresses in TV series and movies. Among them, his on-screen couple scenes with Chiu Ya-chi, Cheng Yuling and Chung Chu-hong were impressive. His representative works include the TV series "Shanghai" and the movies "A Better Tomorrow" and "God of Gamblers". Among them, "The Bloody Heroes" with director John Woo attracted attention in the West. The movies he starred in in the early 1990s were all very well-known, and he was on par with Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow. The three of them were collectively known as the "Double Monarchs". In 1995, he became one of the first Hong Kong actors to develop in Hollywood, starring in "Anna and the King" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Chrissie Chau Chrissie Chau Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Chrissie Chau Sau-na (English: Chrissie Chau Sau-na; May 22, 1985 -) is a Hong Kong actress and model. She was born in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. She immigrated to Hong Kong at the age of 10. She made her debut in 2009 and was nominated for the "Best Actress" at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice with "29+1" in 2018 and "Mada Lena" in 2022.

Zhou Mi Zhou Mi Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Zhou Mi (April 19, 1986 -) is a mainland Chinese male singer and actor who developed in China and South Korea. He is a member of the Korean boy group Super Junior-M and is also the director of SM Entertainment China.

Z Zhou Yijun Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Zhou Yijun (August 1976-) is a Chinese war correspondent, documentary director, and producer.

Zhou Xun Zhou Xun Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Zhou Mika (October 18, 1974 -), whose stage name is Zhou Xun, is a Chinese actress and singer, and one of the four major actresses in China. Zhou Xun is the first Grand Slam actor to win the highest Chinese film awards in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, namely the Taiwan Golden Horse Award, the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the China Film Golden Rooster Award.

Zhou Caiqin Zhou Caiqin Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Zhou Caiqin (November 30, 1936 -), actor, was born in Tianjin. Her English stage name is "Tsai Chin", which is the transliteration of Caiqin. The name "Cai Qin" comes from the "Song of Lu Song Pan Shui Chapter" in "The Book of Songs·Lu Song·Panshui Chapter" "Thinking of Pan Shui, picking Qiqin thinly".

Xian Yin Jing Xian Yin Jing Film & TV · Republic of Korea

Hahm Eun Jeong (Korean: Eunjung Ham, romanization: Hahm Eun Jeong, English: Hahm Eun Jung, Elsie Hahm, December 12, 1988 -), stage name 𤨒jeong (Korean: Eunjeong, romanization: Eun Jeong, English: Eunjung) and Elsie (used when solo, Korean: Elsie, romanization: El Si (formerly translated as Han Eun-jeong, Ham Eun-jung, Ham Eun-jeong) is a Korean actress, singer and host. She is a member of the Korean girl group T-ara. She is the first captain of the team and serves as the lead singer, main rap and lead dancer. Debuted as an individual on May 7, 2015. 𤨒Jing started learning Taekwondo in seventh grade and won three different competitions. Before 𤨒Jing graduated from high school in 2007, her mother decided to quit her job as a piano teacher at the agency where 𤨒Jing worked, and devote herself to managing 𤨒Jing's acting career. 𤨒Jing was originally a child actor. As early as 1995, she participated in the KBS drama "Watch the New Era and Don't Know Adults". Since then, she has been participating in TV series and movies. During a certain movie shooting, she met Core Contents Media representative Kim Kwang-soo through the director's introduction, and joined Mnet media as a trainee. She had joined the company for training three years before T-ara's debut. She is the most senior member of T-ara, so she was selected as the first captain when T-ara officially debuted on July 29, 2009.

H Haven Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Ha Wen (April 13, 1969 -), Hui nationality, was born in Wuzhong, Ningxia. Chinese producer, director, and widow of former China Central Television host Li Yong. Currently working for China Central Television. He once served as the program director of the March 15th Gala, the producer of "Extraordinary 6+1" and "Ying Le Hui", and the general director of the 2012 Year of the Dragon, 2013 Year of the Snake, and 2015 Year of the Sheep Spring Festival Gala.

Harrison Ford Harrison Ford Film & TV · United States

Harrison Ford (English: Harrison Ford, July 13, 1942-) is an American actor. His most famous roles include Han Solo in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard and Jack Ryan in Raiders of the Lost Ark. In addition, he has played roles in many of Hollywood's most successful productions, including "Air Force One" and "Judgment", roles that are very different from those in "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." At one time, Ford's character appeared in five of the world's top-grossing films. Five of Harrison Ford's films are in the National Film Registry. As of September 2006, the total box office of movies starring Harrison Ford in the United States is approximately 3.1 billion U.S. dollars, and is estimated to reach 6 billion U.S. dollars worldwide, second only to Tom Hanks. As of January 2016, Harrison Ford returned to second place on the overall box office rankings, second only to Samuel L. Jackson.

Tang Jili Tang Jili Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Stanley Tong (English: Stanley Tong, born April 7, 1960), was born in Enping, Guangdong and grew up in Hong Kong. He is a famous director in Hong Kong and is known for his action movies. Tang Jili began to participate in film shooting as early as 1979. He first worked in a television station and worked behind the scenes for many film companies. Started working as a film director in 1990. Currently working as the general manager of China Film (Shanghai) International Culture Media Company.

T Tang Ning Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Tang Ning (English: Leila Kong Lai-na, December 5, 1981 -), whose real name is Jiang Lina, is a former famous child star and actress in Hong Kong.

T Tang Zhizhong Film & TV · Republic of China

Tang Zhizhong (Jason, November 17, 1978 -) is a Taiwanese male artist. His father is artist Tang Wei, his mother is artist Han Xiangqin, and his sister Tang Keshan is a former FTV news anchor.

Donner Donner Film & TV · People's Republic of China

Tang Na (May 7, 1914 - August 23, 1988), whose original name was Ma Jizong, was later renamed Ma Jiliang, etc. Tang Na was his common pen name. A native of Suzhou, Jiangsu. He was a film critic, playwright, actor, journalist and other literary and artistic workers during the mainland period of the Republic of China. During the Anti-Japanese War, he served in foreign affairs and underground work. Jiang Qing’s ex-husband, Chen Runqiong’s husband.

Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Film & TV · Canada

Donald Edward McNichol Sutherland (English: Donald Edward McNichol Sutherland, July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024) was a Canadian-British Scottish actor who starred in the "Hunger Games" film series.

Joseph Gordon-Levy Joseph Gordon-Levy Film & TV · United States

Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (English: Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt, February 17, 1981 -), American actor, producer, director and screenwriter, was born in Los Angeles County, California. He has been involved in film and television productions since he was a child, and has had many successful TV series, award-winning films and stage performances. Gordon-Levitt appeared in numerous television commercials as a child and has appeared in numerous television films and series, including a major role in the television series "Dark Shadows" and his feature film debut in 1992's "Beethoven." Then he participated in "A River Runs Through It" (A River Runs Through It), "Angels in the Outfield" (Angels in the Outfield), etc. Gordon-Levitt had a supporting role in 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You. After a break while studying at Columbia University, Gordon-Levitt left the television industry and devoted himself to film acting. He participated in a number of independent films, starting with "Manic" in 2001, and then in 2004's "Mysterious Skin" and 2006's "Brick". He is "one of the most interesting protagonists in independent cinema, a thoughtful performer who is both extroverted and reserved at the same time, adept at playing characters who are confused about themselves and the world during the war." In 2009, Gordon-Levitt starred in the critically acclaimed comedy "500 Days of Summer," a role for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Jordan Peele Jordan Peele Film & TV · United States

Jordan Haworth Peele (English: Jordan Haworth Peele, February 21, 1979 -), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for his role as a recurring cast member on the TV series "Mad TV" (2003-2008), and as a star, creator, writer and executive producer on the Comedy Central TV series "Archie & Appie" (2012-2015) with Keegan-Michael Key. In 2014, he participated in the first season of the FX TV series Fargo. Peele's directorial debut "Get Out" was released in 2017 and received considerable critical acclaim. It was also nominated for four Academy Awards, including winning Best Original Screenplay.