Film & TV

Louis Koo Tin Lok (English: Louis Koo Tin Lok, October 21, 1970 -), nicknamed Louis Koo, is a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, a Hong Kong actor and singer, and serves as the current president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association and the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Association. In 1995, Louis Koo became widely known for his role as "Yang Guo" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In 2001, he starred in the TV series "Looking for Qin" which became very popular. Later, the focus of work shifted to movies, starring in "Underworld Peace Is Precious", "Eavesdropping", "Drug War", etc. In 2013, Tianyi Film Production Co., Ltd. was founded. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the ambassador of the Hong Kong International Film Festival for five consecutive years. Since January 2018, Louis Koo has served as the chairman of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. In the same year, he won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Slaying the Wolf: Greedy Wolf". From March 2021, he will serve as the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Federation. In April 2021, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Gu Long (June 7, 1938 - September 21, 1985), formerly known as Xiong Yaohua, was a martial arts novelist. A native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, he was born in British Hong Kong. He lived in Hankou, Hubei Province when he was a child, and settled in Taiwan after he was a teenager. Since the 1960s, he has written many martial arts novels under the pseudonym "Gu Long", including "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "The Peerless Two Prides", "Little Li's Flying Knife Series", "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", etc. His works have been adapted into TV series and movies many times.

Dingdang (November 25, 1990 -), whose real name is Zhang Sheng, is a voice actor in Yantai, Shandong, China. He mainly dubs animations and games. A former member of Beidou Penguin Studio, he also serves as a commentator for several programs on Beijing Kaku Children's TV. He became a professional voice actor in 2008. His main dubbing works include "Rampage Comics", "Zombie Brother", "That Year of the Rabbit", etc., and served as the dubbing director in the online game "Dragon Nest".

Shi Dongshan (December 29, 1902 - February 23, 1955), formerly known as Shi Kuangshao, pen names Kong Jia and Jinnong, male, Haining, Zhejiang, born in Hangzhou, Chinese film director. Representative to the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy to the first National People's Congress.

Stephen Glenn Martin (English: Stephen Glenn Martin, August 14, 1945 -), American comedian, writer, filmmaker, and musician. Martin is good at ventriloquism and can imitate the sounds of different animals to speak and sing, with hilarious effects. He once acted in the comedy "Pinachu" with puppets, and his most recent film is the 2006 comedy "Pink Panther". He hosted the Academy Awards in 2001 and 2003 respectively, and also hosted the 82nd Academy Awards together with Eric Bowen in March 2010. In 2015, he was awarded the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Spike Lee (English: Spike Lee, March 20, 1957-), formerly known as Shelton Jackson Lee, is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He has won an Emmy Award and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His films discuss many political and social issues, and he often appears in his films. He also teaches film at Columbia University and New York University. His film production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. In 2015, he was awarded the Honorary Award, the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Oscar Organizing Committee. In 2019, he won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award at the 91st Academy Awards for "BlacKkKlansman".

Steve Pemberton (September 1, 1967 -, English: Steve James Pemberton) is a British actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote and co-wrote the sitcom "The League of Gentlemen" with actors Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and screenwriter Jeremy Dezon. He and Shear Smith later created, wrote, and starred in another award-winning sitcom, "City."

Steven Richard Wright, MBE (English: Steven Richard Wright, August 26, 1954 – February 12, 2024) , British radio announcer. In the 1980s, he was the host of the afternoon program on BBC Radio 1. He currently hosts the national afternoon program on BBC Radio 2.

Steven Mackintosh (April 30, 1967 -) is a British actor. Mackintosh was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England and starred in films such as Two Barrels.

Steven Seagal (English: Steven Frederic Seagal, April 10, 1952 -) is a Russian-American actor, producer, playwright, director, martial arts coach and singer. He has a seventh-degree black belt in Aikido. Seagal was originally a martial arts instructor who taught Aikido in Japan. Later, he moved to Los Angeles and was noticed for his martial arts abilities. His first performance was in 1988. Since then, Seagal has become a world-famous martial arts star. The total box office of his movies exceeds 700 million US dollars. Seagal was mainly known for his action martial arts in the past, but he also released albums and founded "Stephen Seagal Enterprises". Sigurd is also an environmental activist, aikido martial arts instructor, and animal rights activist. He is also known as "Chungdrag Dorje." Because of his devout belief in Lamaism, he got acquainted with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and served as the Dalai Lama's bodyguard when he visited many times. In 2015, Sigurd was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the honorary consul of Russia in the United States. In 2016, he became a Serbian and Russian citizen.

Ye Daying (June 12, 1958 -), also known as Ye Ying, male, originally from Huiyang, Guangdong, and born in Changchun, Jilin, is a Chinese director. His film masterpieces include "Red Cherry", "Red Lover", "Tiananmen", etc. Grandson of Ye Ting.

Ye Huixian (1947-), a native of Hankou, Hubei (now Wuhan), male, Han nationality, former Chinese host, crosstalk actor, director, first-class actor title (awarded in 1992). He started working in September 1964 and joined the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Art Troupe as a crosstalk actor. In September 1980, he was transferred to the Shanghai Radio and Television Art Troupe. In 1985, he was transferred to Shanghai TV Station as a program host. He retired in December 2017. He is famous for his humorous language, quick-witted responses, and masterful Shanghai-style hosting style. He is known as "the most famous talker in Shanghai". Ye Huixian is also a member of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, and served as a member of the 8th to 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the 11th National People's Congress. Social positions include vice president of the Host Program Research Association of the China Radio and Television Society, executive director of the Shanghai Radio and Television Society, visiting professor of television at Zhejiang Radio and Television University, visiting professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, director of the China Television Artists Association, librarian of the Shanghai Literature and History Research Center, director of the Shanghai Elderly Foundation, supervisor of the Shanghai Charity Foundation, etc.

Cecilia Yip Tung (English: Cecilia Yip Tung, March 8, 1963 -), formerly known as Li Sisi, is a Hong Kong actress. She won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress in 1984 and 1992 for "The Seven Days of Love" and "The Marriage of No Words". In 1990, she won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for "Beyond the Dusk". On January 30, 2019, Yip Tong and eight other Academy Award-winning actresses participated in the reopening ceremony of Hong Kong's Avenue of Stars hosted by New World Development, and became the 108th participant in the Star Palm Print Recognition Program.

Ye Xuantong (December 6, 2006 -) is a Chinese actor.

Situ Huimin (February 16, 1910 - April 4, 1987), formerly known as Situ Zhu, was a male from Kaiping, Guangdong, and a Chinese film technology expert and director. He once served as Vice Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China, Director of the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Culture, and Vice Chairman of the China Film Association.

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðel ˈtoɾo]; October 9, 1964 -), was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He is currently a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Most of his works are related to fairy tales and horror elements, and pay more attention to visual effects.

Guillermo Dañino Ribatto (Spanish: Guillermo Dañino Ribatto, December 2, 1929 - January 2, 2023), whose Chinese name is Ji Yemo, was a Peruvian sinologist, translator, and Chinese film actor.

James Albert Varney Jr. (English: James Albert Varney Jr., June 15, 1949 - February 10, 2000) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. His most famous role is that of Ernest P. Worrell, who has appeared in several television commercials and movies. He also starred as Jed Clampett in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and voiced Slinky in Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999).

Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly (English: Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly, August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996), born in Pittsburgh, United States, was an American film actor, dancer, producer, director and singer. He once starred in many well-known films such as "Singin' in the Rain" and was a very important actor in the history of American film. In 1999, he was selected by the American Film Institute as the 15th greatest actor of the century.

Sayuri Yoshinaga (March 13, 1945 -) is a Japanese actress born in Shibuya District, Tokyo. She changed her name to Sayuri Okada after her marriage. Her husband is the late Japanese television producer Taro Okada.

James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, voice actor, author, television producer and host. He produced and hosted his eponymous ABC late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. Prior to this, his most well-known shows were Comedy Central's "The Man Show" and "Win Ben Stein's Money." Kimmel is also a television producer whose credits include "Crank Yankers," "Sports Show with Norm Macdonald" and "The Andy Milonakis Show."

James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon (English: James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, September 19, 1974 -), a famous American comedian, television host, singer and author. He is currently the host of NBC's late-night talk show "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." Fallon's career began in 1998 and he served as a regular member of "Saturday Night Live" until 2004, during which time he was mainly responsible for character impersonation and hosting "Weekend News" section. After leaving the show, he briefly entered the film industry. In 2009, Fallon returned to television, replacing Conan O'Brien as host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." In February 2014, he succeeded Jay Leno as the sixth host of "The Tonight Show" and moved the show's production location from Burbank, California back to Rockefeller Center in New York. In addition to being a television host, Fallon has released two comedy albums and won multiple Grammy Awards, and is the author of several children's picture books.

Jacky Heung (English: Jacky Heung, July 20, 1984 -), formerly known as Xiang Zhanping, is a Hong Kong actor. The eldest son of China Star Group Chairman Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan.

Anne Heung (English: Anne Heung, October 2, 1974 -), native of Shanghai, Hong Kong female artist and former TVB actress, known as Xiang Hai and Anne. In 1998, Xiang Hailan participated in the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the championship and entered the industry. In 1999, she represented Hong Kong in Miss Chinese International and won the first third runner-up on behalf of Hong Kong. Later, she became one of the most popular actresses in the millennium. She is good at playing the roles of beauties in ancient costumes. Her representative dramas include "The Concubine Yang", "The Headless East Palace", "Golden Years" and "Rouge and Gouache". Among them, the role of the adulterous concubine in "The Headless East Palace" earned Xiang Hailan a lot of praise and recognition for her acting skills. As the musical "Diary of Our Youth" was successfully held on May 15, 2024, she took over the role of "Principal Yan" from her friend Guan Baohui, becoming the first Miss Hong Kong champion to participate in a musical.