Hong Kong cinema was once the brilliant peak of Asian cinema, making a huge contribution to Chinese cinema in particular and the world in general. There are many extremely famous Hong Kong actors who are considered the top male gods and stars, and are living proof of the golden age of the fragrant port. Here, let's find out the top 10 extremely famous Hong Kong actors!
1 Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun Fat in Shen Bai. Source TVB
Enjoy the movie God Of Gamblers
Chow Yun-fat (Chinese: , pinyin Zhōu Rùnfā, Yueping Chow Yun-fat, born 18 May 1955) is a popular actor of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and early 1990s. From the mid-1990s, he began to turn to the Hollywood market.
In 1974, Chau's life changed after he read a TVB casting announcement. After being selected by TVB and signed a 3-year contract, Chau started participating in TV series of this company and quickly became famous for his tall appearance (1.85m) and acting ability. In 1980, Chau really became a star of the Hong Kong small screen after playing the role of Hua Wenqiang in the 25-episode television series The Bund (上海灘), which is considered one of the television series. most successful TVB has ever produced. After the Bund, Chow Yun-fat continued to succeed as Linghu Chong in the 1984 television version of the martial arts novel Tieu Arrogant Gypsy.
In 1989, Chow Yun Fat played the card god Gao Tien in the movie God Card (赌神) directed by Wang Jing. The film was a huge success and ushered in a new genre of Hong Kong cinema, gambling movies with many films following in the footsteps of the God of Cards played by Andy Lau and Chow. Chow Yun-fat alone really affirmed the position of the biggest star of Hong Kong cinema in the late 1980s.
2 Aaron Kwok Fu Shing
Portrait of Aaron Kwok Fu Shing. Source vtv
Movie Cong Nguyen 2000 starring Aaron Kwok Fu Shing
Aaron Kwok Fu Shing (born October 26, 1965) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.
Aaron Kwok Fu Shing was originally a dancer of TVB 1984 and in 1987 he joined the TVB acting course in the same class as Thieu Trong Hanh, who played Dinh Hieu Gioi in the 1992 film Dai Dai epuong. supporting role. The first time Guo Shucheng made a strong impression on the public was through an advertisement for a motorcycle for Honda in Taiwan. After that, he stayed in Taiwan to develop his career, released several Mandarin albums and was well received by the audience. My first "hit" song was: (Love you endlessly)
With a high and clear voice, Aaron Kwok Fu Shing in the early 90s specialized in lyrical songs. Then Aaron Kwok Fu Shing returned to Hong Kong. By this time, his reputation was already famous. Since then, his career has skyrocketed like fireworks and won countless music awards. At the same time, he was also one of the most beautiful dance singers of that time and was classified as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings (music)" Cantopop along with Le Minh, Luu Duc Hoa and Truong Hoc Huu were very popular in the 90s. .
3 Andy Lau
Portrait of male artist Andy Lau. Source dantri
Andy Lau voice in Love Light Fai
Andy Lau (born September 27, 1961) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, producer and musician.
Andy Lau started his acting career when he joined TVB and started acting in TV series. Liu is well known for playing the lead role in the TV series "Hunting the Hawk" but only really famous when he played the role of Yang Guo in the TV series The Condor Heroes (1983) alongside Tieu Long Nu played by the actress. played by Tran Ngoc Lien. Thanks to consecutive successful roles, Andy Lau has become one of TVB's most promising young actors and is classified by fans as "Five Tiger Generals" along with other famous young actors, Huynh. Nhat Hoa, Thang Tran Nghiep, Miao Kieu Vy and Leung Trieu Vy.
Up to the beginning of the twenty-first century, Andy Lau has participated in more than 100 movies and has had many memorable roles, including the role of the young monk A Dai in The Venerable Monk and Minh, the criminal in the army. disguised as a police inspector in the Infernal trilogy. From 2003 onwards, Liu has limited the number of films he participates in each year, but he still has many notable roles such as the role of Luu Bu head in Ten Faces ambush or the role of thief Wang Bu in Thieves Under Heaven. .
4 Stephen Chow
Portrait of comedy king Stephen Chow. Source: Baomoi
Hail The Judge by Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow (born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He is also a political advisor of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Stephen Chow graduated from TVB's acting class in 1982 and entered the entertainment industry as the host of TVB's children's show 430 Shuttle. For more than 5 years, he also acted in a number of TVB dramas, but none of them stood out and Chau remained an unremarkable actor. The turning point in Stephen Chow's acting career came when he participated in the film Final Justice - Pioneer Calendar (1988). In this film, Stephen Chow plays Boy, a car thief and idol of a corrupt judge who has just been released from prison. This is Chow's first time acting in a movie with many acting roles after many years as an MC and playing the role of a corpse, but he also won the Golden Horse Award for best supporting role and was nominated for 2 awards. Hong Kong Best Supporting Actor" and "Hong Kong Best Newcomer".
Since 1994, Chau has started writing and directing a number of films himself. The film Shaolin Football Team broke the box office record in Hong Kong in 2001, this record was again surpassed by Chow's follow-up film, 2004's Kung Fu Ultimate.
5 Jackie Chan
Portrait of Jackie Chan. Source vtv
Acting by Jackie Chan
Chan Cang Sinh, commonly known by his stage name Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong male martial artist, actor, stuntman, filmmaker, action choreographer and singer. He is well known in the movie world for his fun fighting style, improvised weapons use and stunts that he often performs on his own. He trained in Wushu, Kung Fu and Hapkido, and has been in acting since the 1960s, appearing in over 150 films.
In the late 1980s and early 90s, Jackie Chan starred in a number of successful film series, beginning with Police Story 2, which won Best Martial Arts Directing in the Film Awards. Hong Kong in 1989. His next films were Long Brothers and Tigers II: The Falcon Plan, and Police Story 3, for which he won the Golden Horse Film Festival's Best Actor award. In 1994, Jackie Chan reprized his role as Wong Fei-Hong in Tzuyu II, which was listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. Another movie sequel, Police Story 4: Simple Mission, brought him additional awards and success at domestic cinema, although it was not well received in foreign markets. Jackie Chan rekindled his Hollywood target in the 1990s, but initially turned down offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid precedent for later roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix, a criminal in the futuristic fantasy film Demolition Man. Jackie Chan turned it down and the role was played by Wesley Snipes.
6 Koo Louis
Portrait of actor Koo Louis. Source: Baomoi
Enjoy the movie starring Koo Louis
Koo Louis (born October 21, 1970) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He used to be a prominent face and key actor of the central television station TVB TV drama. He won the TVB Award for Best Actor in 1999 for his role as Tu Phi in the series 4 Detective Investigation Files IV. In recent years, he has only focused on movies. Co Thien Lac is one of the most famous and loved actors of Chinese cinema (Hong Kong Cinema), and is the face of advertising brands such as: Pepsi, Osim, Tag Heuer, Lotte , Zero Eyewear, Lay's, and other domestic products.
Koo Louis is one of the most diligent actors. Although he belongs to the "top" actor, he did not criticize the script. Whenever anyone invites him to participate, from ghost movies, gangster movies, romance movies, detective movies, comedy movies, swordplay movies, ... as he once said: "Why not have a role? I'm used to working, so I like making money a lot and I rarely refuse job offers. Moreover, this is also an opportunity for me to try out many different roles, perfecting my acting skills."
7 Kent Tong Chun Yip
Image of Kent Tong Chun Yip with his girlfriend. Source TVB
Short film starring Kent Tong Chun Yip
Kent Tong Chun Yip (Chinese: 湯鎮業, English name: Kent Tong Chun Yip, born September 29, 1958) is a famous Hong Kong actor, one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the 5 best young actors. of TVB in the 1980s including Huynh Nhat Hoa, Thang Tran Nghiep, Miao Kieu Vy, Leung Trieu Vy and Andy Lau. Thang Tran Nghiep was once known as the "Prince" of the Five Tiger Generals.
In 1982, Thang became famous throughout Asia with the role of Ung Tu Huy in the movie "Huong Thanh Lang Tu". That same year, he played the lead role of Doan Du in the film adaptation of Kim Dung's famous martial arts novel "Thien Long Bat Bo" (co-starred with Tran Ngoc Lien as Vuong Ngu Yen), with an image of a public servant. The extraordinary son Doan Du has gone deep into the hearts of the public, becoming a classic. In September 1983, he, along with Huynh Nhat Hoa, Miao Kieu Vy, Andy Lau and Tony Leung, performed an acrobatic performance in the large-scale variety show "Sparkling Stars Fighting to Shine". . From this performance, TVB came up with the idea to form the 5 of them into a group called "Five Tiger Generals" and the media gradually called them with this title.
8 Tony Leung
Portrait of Tony Leung
Tony Leung in the movie "Three generations"
Tony Leung (Chinese: 梁朝伟, born June 27, 1962) is a famous Hong Kong film actor. Dubbed the "Clark Gable of Asia", he is considered one of the best Asian actors of all time. He is the second Asian actor to win the Best Actor award (Prix d'interpretation masculine) at the Cannes Film Festival and holds the record for winning the most Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Film Awards. As of 2013, he set a record as the only artist to win the Best Actor award 20 times at all domestic and international film awards. Not only owning a brilliant film career, Luong Trieu Vy is also an influential artist in the continent. In 2010, he was ranked by CNN of the US as one of the 25 greatest actors in Asia, and entered the Top 50 most beautiful men in the world voted by People magazine.
Tony Leung is one of the most famous Asian actors in the West, having worked with many famous filmmakers such as Ang Lee, Hou Hieu Hien, Zhang Yimou, Ngo Vu Sam and Wong Kar-wai. He has been widely praised by audiences and critics for his exquisite acting and excellent portrayal of a variety of roles, especially in the art-house genre, surpassing the top names in cinema. Hong Kong like Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and on par with the legendary Truong Quoc Vinh.
9 Leslie Cheung
Portrait of actress Leslie Cheung. Source dantri
Leslie Cheung in Magic Gun
Leslie Cheung (traditional Chinese: 張國榮; simplified Chinese: 张国荣; September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003), also known internationally as Leslie Cheung, was a famous actor, singer, and songwriter. Hong Kong language. Not only owning a successful music and film career, Truong Quoc Vinh is also known as one of the most loved and influential stars in Asia, considered "the pioneer of Cantopop music"
Compared to the music field, Truong Quoc Vinh's film career flourished somewhat later. In Encore (喝采, 1980) and Jobless Born (失業生, 1981), Cheung took on two supporting roles. However, his acting talent was quickly recognized with a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) for his role in Jobless Student. After this nomination, Truong Quoc Vinh was offered the male lead role in Teenage Dreamers (1982), and since then, he has almost always taken on leading roles in his films. During the 1980s to 1986, most of Cheung Kwok Wing's films were youth films. In this issue, Youthful Flame (No Mad, 1982) was described by critics and the Hong Kong media as "A New Wave" of cinema. The role of Louis in Young Flames also earned Cheung a nomination for the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Later, Truong Quoc Vinh stated that "Youth Lie" was his first "real" movie. During this time, Cheung also acted in a number of Television Broadcasts (TVB) television series, such as The Fallen Family (儂本多情) and The Fallen Family (武林世家).
10 Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah
Portrait of male artist Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah. Source dantri
Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah in the female police movie.
Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah (Chinese: 歐陽震華, English name: Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah) is a Hong Kong film and television actor. He began to be widely known to the public in the 90s, with the role of Ben Du Tai Xuan in the series Law Records (Doss of Justice). Au Duong Chan Hoa also took on leading roles in some of TVB's most successful TV series, such as Response Force, Curtain of Secrets, and Proof of Steel.
Au Duong Chan Hoa is the first Hong Kong actor to receive an Emmy Award nomination. Still striving, fans are proud of the movie King of Nhan Quan with the role of Tong Triet Tong, although he is a supporting role, he acts very well and is immersed in making the series the hottest TV series in Asian countries. (with co-stars Dai Xuan Vinh as Queen Chieu Hoai and Lam Bao Di with Thieu My Ky). Family Happiness as Dai Truong Vi with On Bich Ha Do Chau Tinh Tri as director and Hemi Nguyen as editor.
Au Duong graduated from TVB Academy of Arts in 1982 and started her career by participating in TV series in very small roles, then supporting roles. He received his first leading role in 1991 with the crime drama Doss of Justice. Dossier of Justice became extremely successful and lasted for 5 parts, making Au Duong a star. Au Duong won the Best Actor award at the 2000 TVB Awards for his role as Tong Tu in the drama Curtain of Secrets.
