Stephen Chow

Stephen Chow Movies and TV Shows

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 1982. He was drawn to attention hosting the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle. Chow made his film debut in the 1988 film Final Justice, 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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 6/22/1962 (61 years old)
  • Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
  • nationality: Chinese
  • height: 1.74 m
  • Net worth: $30,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Monkey King
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Executive Producer
2023

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
68%
The New King of Comedy
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 55%
role:
Writer & 2 more
2019

Comedy

6.2
55%
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
60%
The Mermaid
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 64%
role:
Writer & 2 more
2016

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
64%
2013

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
69%
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2009

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2.5
28%
CJ7
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2008

Comedy

Drama

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
72%
Kung Fu Hustle
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Music & 4 more
2004

Action

Comedy

Crime

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
74%
Shaolin Soccer
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Director & 2 more
2001

Action

Comedy

7.3
70%
Gorgeous
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 62%
role:
Policeman with dog
1999

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

6.0
62%
The God of Cookery
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
1996

Comedy

7.2
70%
Not available
1996

Action

Adventure

Comedy

6.9
68%
Sixty Million Dollar Man
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Lee Chak-Sing
1995

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
60%
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Chi Juen Bo / Joker / Monkey King
1995

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Chi Juen Bo/ Suen Ng Hung / Joker
1995

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
73%
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From Beijing with Love
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1994

Action

Comedy

7.1
67%
Love on Delivery
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Director
1994

Action

Comedy

6.8
65%
The Mad Monk
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 55%
role:
Dragon Fighter Lo Han
1993

Action

Comedy

6.2
55%
Flirting Scholar
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 71%
role:
Director & 1 more
Not available
1993

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.6
71%
Not available
King of Beggars
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
So Cha Ha Yee Chan / Tsan, So Hat Ngai
1992

Action

Comedy

Drama

6.8
65%
Royal Tramp
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Wei Siu Bo / Wilson Bond
Not available
1992

Action

Comedy

7.1
68%
Not available
Justice, My Foot!
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Sung Sai-Kit / Sung Shih-Chieh
1992

Action

Comedy

6.8
65%
1991

Action

Comedy

7.1
66%
When Fortune Smiles
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Vincent Hing
Not available
1990

Action

Comedy

6.2
70%
Not available
1990

Comedy

5.8
58%
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Dragon Fight
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 56%
role:
Andy Yau
Not available
1989

Action

5.9
56%
Not available
A Better Tomorrow
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 74%
role:
Taiwanese Triad
1986

Action

Crime

Drama

7.4
74%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Stephen Chow are, for example, The Monkey King, The New King of Comedy and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Netflix.
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