Biography
Chow Yunfat is a bright star of Asian Actors Pleiades in Hollywood. His presence in the film is always an indicator of high-quality film products, be it an action, a genre in which it is traditionally accustomed to see, or a comedy, or a historical drama.
Happing after the roles in the militants of John Wu ("hired killer", "cool cooked"), Yunfat conquered the Western viewer. He starred in dozens of Hollywood paintings, earning a multi-million state, for which he was called "Emperor Asian Cash" in his homeland.
Childhood and youth
Chow Yunfat was born on May 18, 1955 at the Hong Kong Island of Lamma. Father worked on the oil tanker. The mother led the farm on a family farm, and four children were her faithful assistants.
The childhood of the boy with such a scenario was not too diverse. Raised with roosters, fed his livestock, then helped mother with the sale of Chinese pies "Dim Samov", and then fled to school. Returned and again for the work - it was going to the garden to help with a weeping.
When the boy turned 10 years old, the family moved to Hong Kong. Life in the city turned out to be dear, and at the age of 17 Yunfat threw school to go to work: for the year, the young man tried a bunch of classes - from the corridor to the courier. Looking through once again the announcement of work, Chow came across the call TV channel TVB participate in the acting casting.
The charming churchy young man successfully passed the samples and even received a tiny role for which a young amateur paid so much that he decided to advance on this basis. But the upheaval thresholds of casting agencies and television studios, realized that it would be difficult to break without education, and entered the acting courses.
Films
After graduating courses in 1973, Yunfat signed a contract with a television channel for 14 years. During this time, won in hundreds of teleeps and almost 50 films, removed mainly in comedies and melodramas.
"People are accustomed to see me every day on TV screens. Therefore, they did not want to buy tickets to the cinema to see me again on the big screen. Therefore, I was a long time to be the most Nekassov in the world, I was even called the "Cassa killer", "the actor laughs.
So it lasted until the mid-80s. This is a turning time in the biography of the actor. First, in 1984, the actor became a laureate of a prestigious film festival "Golden Horse" laureate for the virtuoso characteristic game in Ribbon.
Secondly, in 1986, the actor invites you to take a popular director John Wu in Hong Kong. In the Gangster militant "Light Future" Yunfat played Mafios Mark Lee, dying from the hands of his own fellow on arms.
The deafening success of the picture brings the actor mad popularity in the homeland. But for Yunfat, this success is also a chance to get out, finally, from the role of the Hero-lover, in which he stuck lately.
In general, familiarity with Wu has become for the actor, the happy lottery ticket, which is pulled out in life. This directorial-acting creative tandem created the brightest tapes of the genre of action in Asian cinema.
In 1987, John removed the sequel "The Light Future: Hurricane Fire", in which Yunfat plays the twin brother Mark killed in the first part. Then followed the criminal drama "hired killer" (1989), "bright future-3" and "cool cooked" (1992).
During this period, Chow is also filmed in the director of the director Wang Jing "God of players" (1989) and the "Return of the Government of the Players" (1994), who brought the actor a considerable popularity and the love of the viewer.
In the late 90s Chow Yunfat, after John Wu, went to conquer Hollywood. The debut at the "Factory of Dream" was the painting of Antoine Fukua "Replacement Killer", in which the Chinese actor played a noble killer in Tandem with Oscarone peaceful peace. Shooting for debutant, not knowing English, has become a test. The benefit that Chinese knew the world. She helped a colleague from Asia on the set.
The actor was generally lucky on the beautiful partner. In the melodrame "Anna and the King" (1999), he plays with brilliant Jodie Foster, in a fantastic militant "enthusiastic Tiger, the dragon Dragon" (2000) - with the beauty of Michel Yoe, in the fantasy picture "Poolenproof monk" - with a model and actress Jamie King.
In 2007, Chow Yunfat starred in the third part of the adventure series "Pirates of the Caribbean: on the edge of the world", playing the colorful pirate baron of the South China Sea Xiao Fan. Invitation to the Superb budget Hollywood project was for the Chinese actor a kind of revurance in the direction of his status and skill. But only 10 years have passed, as he made his debut in American cinema.
Now in Hollywood Chow, no doubt "his boyfriend", but America never became a house for him. The actor still lives in Hong Kong, coming to California only on shooting and for business negotiations. Although no longer so often, more and more removed in the homeland.
The genre spectrum of the roles of the actor is no longer the one that in youth. Still, age obliges: in 2018 he turned 63, and today among its roles mostly historical characters. In 2009, the Mother played Confucius in the drama of the Chinese director Hu Maa. In 2012, Yunfat starred in the epic ribbon "Asassine" telling about the last years of the Board of the Han dynasty.
From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Chow flashed in three parts of the sparkling criminal comedy "from Vegas in Macau", playing the legendary gambler and dextering Ken Shek.
Total in more than 100 paintings filmography.
Personal life
In the personal life of the famous actor, despite the success, fame and status of one of the 50 most beautiful people of the world (People magazine), not always everything was in the best way.
In 1976, being a 21-year-old young man, Yunfat fell in love with the actress Candace Yu, young people met the filming of the film "Girls-Masseuse". The continuous novel followed, who interrupted the actor himself. He just fell in love with another - passionately, finally and irrevocably. Beauty-actress Go Chan answered Chow reciprocity.
However, Yunfat's mother did not give consent to marriage: she did not like an overlooking daughter-in-law. Woman is strong and powerful, she always remained authority for the Son and influenced every important decision. But her favorite was so in love, which seemed ready even to heal. However, the wedding was not destined to take place - go, reflected over the future, which was waiting for her with the "killer of the cash register", herself left Yunfat after 5 years of relationship.
In the same evening, he drank the chemical for cleaning the bathroom. Mother who found his son on the floor, raised an ambulance in time. Coming out of the hospital, the actor called the mother made the offer Candis. Nothing is worthless of this, of course, did not come out, the young people fucked in six months.
The second marriage of the artist turned out to be strong and harmonious. A year after the divorce, the bachelor met the native of Singapore, the daughter of a wealthy businessman Jasmine Tang. There was nothing from Asian actresses - playfulness, chemistry ... The girl emitted the order and businesslikeness. It bribed Yunfat. And soon the wedding of the most enviable groom in Asia and his chosen was held. The photos of the newlyweds appeared on the covers of all Hong Kong newspapers and magazines. Jasmine has become for her husband and the muse, and the manager, and the financier.
The spouses together since 1986, and only one cloud, over time, turned into a thunderstorm cloud, looming in the chaise of their family happiness - there are no children in the pair. Sometime his wife hardly survived the miscarriage and no longer wanted to experience this pain.
Without hairs, Chow Yunfat plans to distribute all his state ($ 714 million) for charity. Star actor said he did not need huge funds, and spends a month just over $ 100 per month.
Chow Yunfat now
In 2018, the actor starred in the painting "Gutemberg project" ", and at the 2019, the premiere of the continuation of the Cold War-3 militant is planned.Filmography
- 1986 - "Light Future"
- 1987 - "Light Future-2: Hurricane Fire"
- 1989 - "Hired Killer"
- 1989 - "God of players"
- 1992 - "Cool Cooked"
- 1998 - "Replacement Killers"
- 1999 - "Corruptioner"
- 1999 - "Anna and King"
- 2000 - "Crouching Tiger, Taped Dragon"
- 2003 - "Poolen Contracted Monk"
- 2007 - "Pirates of the Caribbean: on the edge of the world"
- 2009 - "Confucius"
- 2012 - "Asassines"
- 2014 - "From Vegas in Macau"
- 2016 - "Tsar Monkeys: the beginning of the legend"
- 2018 - "Gutemberg Project"
- 2019 - "Cold War-3"