Biografía

Once a side kick of Chow Yun-Fat. They made 4 movies together: Ying hung ho hon (1987), Gong woo ching (1987), Do san (1989) and Dou hap (1990). They also made two TV series together: Yang ka cheung (1985) and Sou hat yi (1982).

Is skilled in the Chinese calligraphy.

Has the most awards won by a male Cantonese pop artist, as of April 2000 he had 292 awards.

Awarded "No. 1 Box-office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years.

He was one of the "5 Tigers" in TVB with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Felix Wong, Michael Kiu Wai Miu, and Kent Tong in the 1980s.

"I think Fruit Chan is an interesting director because he could offer a purely commercial attraction with artistic subjects and personalities." (on director, Fruit Chan).

"Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen." (on working with Wong Kar-Wai).

"I want to have a form that fits the times, so I just keep on changing

• and that makes people feel I'm a hardworking guy trying to do my

best." (on his new approach to acting)

In Hong Kong the camera is always moving. Yimou Zhang will put the camera on you and leave it there. And if you're good, you're good. And if you're not, well ... [on the difference between working on Hong Kong productions and a Zhang Yimou production]

Sing more and you get better, Fight more and you get better ... But acting is hard.