Film & TV

Hawick Lau Hoi-Wai (English: Hawick Lau Hoi-Wai, October 13, 1974 -), a Hong Kong male artist and producer, the son of Liu Dan, is originally from Weihai City, Shandong Province, China, and is currently based in Mainland China. In 1993, he won the Canadian Chinese Singer Selection Championship. The following year, he joined Hong Kong Wireless Television (TVB) and made his official debut. In 2005, he filmed his first starring role in TVB's "Sweet Grandpa" and left the nest to go north. In 2008, he rose to prominence in mainland China with the role of Huo Dongqing in "The Phoenix Wears the Peony". He later starred in TV series such as "The Beauty of the Country", "The Wife", "Snow on a Thousand Mountains", "Beauty Without Tears", "Sunny Evening in the Summer", and "The Thief". In the 2013 and 2014 Forbes China Celebrity List, Hawick Lau ranked 49th and 19th respectively.

Leanne Liu Hsueh-hua (English: Leanne Liu Hsueh-hua, November 12, 1959-), Hong Kong actress, was born in Beijing. Not only is Liu Xuehua very photogenic with her big, flexible eyes, she is also good at crying scenes because she can shed tears quickly. The media dubbed her "Faucet" to describe her wonderful acting skills. Many viewers also praised her crying scenes for their beauty and beautiful scenes. Her name even became synonymous with people who are good at crying, and she became well-known in the streets.

Cary Grant, also translated as Carlyle Glen, formerly known as Archibald Alec Leach, is a British film actor, and Cary Grant is his stage name. The American Film Institute's AFI 100 Stars Ranking ranks him second among male movie stars.

Laura Elizabeth Dunn Dern (February 10, 1967 -) is an American actress and producer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work "Rose Rose". Her other works include "Jurassic Park", "Jurassic Park 3", "Blue Velvet", "October Sky", "The Mask", "Bandit" and "Then All I Have Left to Be Brave" and "Beautiful Mind". She has also won the Oscar for "We Don't Live Here". Anymore" won the Boston Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she won the 75th Golden Globe Award and the 69th Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Miniseries or Television Movie for "Beautiful Mind". In early 2020, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for "Marriage Story", the 26th Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Kitayama Seitarō (Japanese: Kitayama Seitaro/Kitayama Seitaro, Romanized: Kitayama Seitarō, March 3, 1888 - February 13, 1945) was a Japanese animator, watercolor painter, and magazine editor. Kitayama once served as the legal representative of the Osaka branch of the Japan Watercolor Society and the legal representative of Kitayama Film Studio. Together with Shimokawa Aten and Yukiuchi Jun, he is known as "Japan's earliest animator".

Hojo Tsukasa (Japanese: Hojo Tsukasa/Hojo Tsukasa, Romanized: Hōjō Tsukasa, real name: Hojo Tsukasa, March 5, 1959 -), was born in Kokura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (now Kitakyushu City). He is a Japanese cartoonist who is mainly good at modern realistic stories. The most famous representatives are "Cat Eyes Three Sisters" and "City Hunter".

Kitano Takeshi (Japanese: Kitano Takeshi/I came Takeshi, Romanized: Kitano Takeshi; January 18, 1947 -) is a Japanese comedian who was born in Shimane, Adachi Ward, Tokyo. Originally working under the name of the comedy duo "Two Beat" with Jiro Kaneko, he later became a film director, actor, and TV host, and became internationally famous as a film director. In his usual performing arts activities, Takeshi Kitano mostly uses the stage name Peter Takeshi (Beat Takeshi, Bīto Takeshi, English: Beat Takeshi; or translated as Beat Takeshi), and rarely uses his real name. Together with Tamori and Akashi Sword, he is known as the three giants of Japanese comedians.

Wu Ma (English: Ng Ma, September 27, 1942 - February 4, 2014), formerly known as Feng Hongyuan, was a Hong Kong actor and film director. He was also a disciple of famous directors Chang Cheh and King Hu. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Yan Chixia in the 1987 version of "A Chinese Ghost Story". His ex-girlfriend is the famous actor Wang Yuhuan. In 1995, when Wu Ma went to Shenzhen to film a movie, he met his wife Ma Yan, who was 23 years his junior and worked as a real estate agent. After the marriage, his wife became his agent.

Hua Bobo (Persian: آرش استیلاف, born in 1988) is an Iranian actor and TV host active in China. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and moved to China when he was 17 years old. Hua Bobo can speak fluent Mandarin, and also has some Shanghainese, Korean and Russian. In 2006, Hua Bobo moved to Shanghai and studied Chinese at East China Normal University. He also participated in the first Chinese Bridge Competition in 2008 and finally ranked among the top 10. In 2010, Hua Bobo began studying for a master's degree in broadcasting and performance at the Shanghai Theater Academy. He later studied for a PhD at East China Normal University.

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (English: Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, /hwɑːˈkiːn/, October 28, 1974-) is an American actor and producer. In 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for his role in the movie "The King", and in 2017, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "You Were Never Really Here." In 2020, he won the 25th Critics' Choice Movie Award, the 26th Screen Actors Guild Award, the 92nd Academy Awards and the 77th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for "Joker".

Timi Zhuo Yiting (Timi Zhuo Yiting, October 2, 1981 -), Taiwanese female singer, former child star. Born in Xinzhuang City, Taipei County (now Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City), he is currently developing in mainland China and Southeast Asia.

Genie Chuo (English: Genie Chuo, January 20, 1986 -), Taiwanese female singer, actress and program host. Graduated from Taipei County Fuhe Junior High School and the Performing Arts Department of Taipei Private Huagang Art School (the 27th class).

Nam Ji Hyun (Korean: Nam Ji-hyun, Romanized: Nam Ji Hyun, English: Nam Ji Hyun, January 9, 1990 -) is a South Korean female artist. She was the captain and chorus singer of the female pop music group 4minute under Cube Entertainment. She is now an actress under Urban Works. His real name is Nam Ji Hyun (Korean: Nam Ji-hyun, Romanized: Nam Ji Hyeon, English: Nam Ji Hyun), and his official Chinese name is Ji Hyun. In 2017, the official announcement was made that the stage name would be changed to Sun Zhixian (after his mother's surname Sun). In 2022, he signed a contract with Urban Works Entertainment. When his official resume photo and stage name were released, it was marked as Nam Ji-hyun, so it can be inferred that the stage name has been changed back to his real name Nam Ji-hyun.

Bu Wanchang (July 1, 1900 - December 30, 1973) was born in Tianchang, Anhui Province. He graduated from the Fifth Normal University in Yangzhou. He was a Chinese director and photographer and studied under the American photographer Harry Golkin.

James Duncan Rolfe (English: James Rolfe, born July 10, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, critic and screenwriter, best known for his network show James. His other shows include Board James, a look back at classic board games with collaborator Mike Matt. Monster Madness, a review of 31 horror movies in October and more. James & Mike Mondays, play classic video games with Mike every Monday. Rover began filming Nintendo video game reviews from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He has produced over 270 films during his career and received training in film and television production to improve his skill level. In 2004, his career took off completely with James. Two years later, Matt persuaded Rover to upload the videos to the Internet, and he gained mainstream attention when one of his videos went viral.

Carole Lombard (English: Carole Lombard, real name Jane Alice Peters, October 6, 1908 - January 16, 1942), was born in Indiana, United States, an American film actress and philanthropist who was a child star. Active in the 1930s, she was good at comedy roles and was the top-paid star in Hollywood at that time, more than five times the annual salary of the President of the United States at that time. During World War II in 1942, she traveled around the United States to participate in a war bond sale. On her way home on January 16, her plane crashed into a mountain and she died at the age of 33. (After Gable's death in 1960, 18 years later, Gable's widow, Kay Williams, buried him with him).

Kari Samantha Wuhrer (English: Kari Samantha Wuhrer, April 28, 1967 -) is an American actress and singer who plays Maggie Beckett in the TV series "Sliders", Sheriff Samantha Parker in the movie "Eight Legs", and Tanya in the games "Red Alert 2" and "Yuri's Revenge".

María Josefina Pacanins Niño (Spanish: María Josefina Pacanins Niño, January 8, 1939 -), better known as Carolina Herrera (Spanish: Carolina Herrera), is a Venezuelan businesswoman, fashion designer and actress. She is known for her personal style and dressing several U.S. First Ladies including Jacqueline Kennedy, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Arabic: كريم عبد الجبار; English: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, /kəˈriːm æbˈduːl dʒəˈbɑːr/; April 16, 1947 -), formerly known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (English: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. is a retired American NBA basketball player. He was a center player from high school to the NBA. He played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in his 20-year career. During his career, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was selected to the NBA All-Star Game nineteen times, won six NBA championships and the NBA MVP of the Year, and was twice selected as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. In 1996, he was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest stars. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the player with the highest total points in NBA games until the record was broken by LeBron James nearly 40 years later. After retiring, he became a writer and part-time actor. His most outstanding skill as a player was the "hook", so he was nicknamed "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." After retiring, he published many books, often spoke on racial and religious issues, and became a public intellectual. He is currently a columnist for Time Magazine. In 2012, he was selected as the United States Global Cultural Ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2021, he was selected as one of the 75 NBA stars.

Candy Lo Hau Yam (English: Candy Lo Hau Yam, October 18, 1974 -), native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, is a Hong Kong female singer and actress. He debuted in 1998. In 2002, he swept all major music awards in Hong Kong with "Break Up" and topped the Hong Kong Karaoke Hot Singing Chart, pushing his career to the top. In 2003, he held his first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. She became the first female singer from an underground band to successfully seize the mainstream market in the history of Hong Kong music scene. In recent years, Lu Qiaoyin fell in love with long-distance running and successfully ran the Nagoya Women's Marathon and the New York Marathon.

Lu Siyu (February 8, 2010 -) is an actor from Mainland China, famous for starring in the 2017 movie "Troublesome Family".

Lo Hoi Pang (English: Lo Hoi Pang, born December 21, 1941), known as "Lo Hoi" and "Brother Peng", is a Hong Kong actor. He was a male artist of TVB and Asia Television. Lu was the leader of the China Song and Dance Troupe when he was young, and later participated in many film and television performances. In 2012, he was awarded the Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for his role as "Chung Yuan" in the Hong Kong movie "The King".

Lucien Laviscount (English: Lucien Laviscount, June 9, 1992 -) is a British actor. He first rose to prominence after starring in the 2007 teen drama Grange Hill. He later appeared in a number of TV series, including ITV's Coronation Street (2009) and BBC One's Waterloo Road (2010–11). In 2011, he participated in "Celebrity Big Brother Season 8". In 2015, Lucien played the recurring role of Earl Gray in the first season of FOX's thriller comedy Scream Queens. In 2017-18, he starred in Sony Crackle's crime comedy "Knives." Lucian also starred as Alexander Cabot in The CW series Katy Keene. In 2021, Lucian played the role of Effie in Season 2 of the Netflix series "Emily in Paris," which captivated audiences around the world.

Wei Xiao (January 29, 1982 -), a native of Changsha, Hunan, is a film and television screenwriter, film actor, and film director. Graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2004. I have been writing scripts since graduating from China National Theater, and have been working as a screenwriter and director for several years. The first crew I worked with was Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises", and later I worked with Tian Zhuangzhuang's "The Wolf". He once served as assistant director and played the role of Lao Qi in Jiang Wen's movie "Let the Bullets Fly".