Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Chinese name 周星馳( traditional ) Chinese name 周星驰( simplified ) Pinyin ZhōuXī ngch í ( Mandarin ) Jyutping Zau1 Sing1-ci4 ( Cantonese ) Birth name Chiau Sing-chi Ancestry Ningbo , Zhejiang Born 22 June 1962 (age 51) Hong Kong , China Other name(s) 星爺( lit. Grandmaster Sing) 周星星 Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, Director, Producer Years active 1981 – present Parents Lin Bo Yee ( Mother ) Awards [show] This isa Chinese name ; the family name is Chow . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the Chinese Wikipedia . (March 2013) Click [show] on the right to read important instructions before translating. [show] Stephen Chow ( Chinese :周星馳, Chow Sing-Chi ; born 22 June 1962) isa Hong Kong actor , comedian , screenwriter , film director , producer and political adviser of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference . [3] Contents [ hide ] ? 1 Professional career ? 2 Influence ? 3 Filmography ? 4 Awards ? 5 See also ? 6 References ? 7 External links Professional career [ edit ] Chow began asa temporary actor for the television station TVB . [4] [5] He entered TVB in early 1980s, and was trained there, although he had few opportunities to appear in films. [4] Chow graduated from TVB's acting classes in 1982. [6] Chow began to find some ess with the children programme 430 Space Shuttle , [7] which he co-hosted wit
