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Stephen Chow Sing-chi^[1] (Template:Zh; born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor,^[2]^[3] known for his mo lei tau comedy, which has a significant influence on Chinese popular culture. His career began in television, where he gained recognition through variety shows and TV dramas. Chow's breakthrough came in 1989 with the comedy dramas The Final Combat and The Justice of Life, the latter marking the beginning of his on-screen collaboration with Ng Man-tat. He consecutively broke Hong Kong’s box office records in the next two years with films All for the Winner (1990) and Fight Back to School (1991), cementing his status as one of the region's most popular comedic actors.

Since the early 1990s, Chow began working as a screenwriter and director, serving as a de facto director for Flirting Scholar (1993)^[4] before receiving his first directorial credit with From Beijing with Love (1994). His first two attempts at Hong Kong–mainland co-productions, Flirting Scholar and A Chinese Odyssey (1995), received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office in both markets upon release. However, they gained popularity over time, and by the 2000s, A Chinese Odyssey had particularly elevated his status as a cultural icon in China.

In 2001, he directed and starred in Shaolin Soccer (2001), which brought him international recognition, furthered by Kung Fu Hustle (2004). His final on-screen performance was in CJ7 (2008), after which he transitioned fully to filmmaking, achieving great success with comedies such as Journey to the West (2013) and The Mermaid (2016).

Early life and education

Stephen Chow was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po-yee (Script error: No such module "Lang".), an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik-sheung (Script error: No such module "Lang".), an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang.Template:Sfnb Chow has an elder sister named Chow Man-kei (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and a younger sister named Chow Sing-ha (Script error: No such module "Lang".).Template:Sfnb Chow's given name "Sing-chi" (Script error: No such module "Lang".) derives from Tang dynasty (618–907) Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.Template:Sfnb After his parents divorced when he was seven, Chow was raised by his mother.Template:Sfnb 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.Template:Sfnb When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star.Template:Sfnb Chow entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan.Template:Sfnb After graduation, he joined the TVB's acting classes.Template:Sfnb

Career

Chow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television. Around 1980 he applied for TVB's famous artist training course^[5] alongside his friend, Tony Leung Chiu-wai.^[6] Leung Chiu-wai won a place in the class, but Chow was rejected and became an office assistant for a shipping company, a job he describes as "so boring."^[7] A year later, his friend and neighbor, Jaime Chik Mei-jan, a veteran of the previous year's training course, put in a word for Chow and he was admitted to the 1982 training class.

He captured the attention of the public as host of the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle.^[8]^[9] He stayed with the show for five years.^[10] Producer and actor Danny Lee signed him to a two year contract with his company, Magnum Films,^[11] and cast him in a supporting role in the crime drama Final Justice (1988),^[12] which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.

For the next two years, Chow capitalized on that success, working non-stop. He shot to further television stardom in the TVB wuxia series The Final Combat (1989).^[13] In addition to shooting the 30 episodes of The Final Combat, he also appeared in 12 feature films during that same period,^[14] most of them triad movies, action films, or dramas. Jeff Lau directed him in the police thriller Thunder Cops II (1989) and remembered him in early 1990 when producer Ng See-yuen tried to capitalize on the success of the previous year's hit Chow Yun-fat vehicle God of Gamblers. Chow would not return to shoot a sequel and so, sensing a hole in the marketplace, Ng hired Jeff Lau to direct a parody.^[15] Remembering his work with Stephen Chow, Lau hired him to star, pairing him with Sharla Cheung (who would appear as Chow's co-star in 12 more films)^[16] and Ng Man-tat, a big star in the Seventies before a gambling addiction wrecked his career. He was then trying to make a comeback as a character actor.^[17]

All for the Winner (1990) became the highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time and the number one film for the year.^[18] Wong Jing hired Chow to star in the official sequels God of Gamblers II (1990)^[19] and God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)^[20] sequels which Wong wrote and directed (Chow Yun-fat would return to the role he made famous in 1994's God of Gamblers Return,^[21] also written and directed by Wong). Lau had vowed never to work with Stephen Chow again after All for the Winner^[22] and so when it came time to make the sequel to that hit, Stephen Chow only appeared in a brief cameo.^[23]

After All for the Winner, Chow had two more major hits, God of Gamblers II and Tricky Brains, which grossed HK$40 million^[24] and HK$31 million respectively^[25] at the box office, but they were followed by what appeared to be a fall from grace as the sequel to All for the Winner, The Top Bet, under-performed at the local box office,^[26] and his next films Legend of the Dragon and Fist of Fury 1991 failed to crack the HK$25 million barrier.^[27]^[28] City Entertainment magazine reported that Chow's career was over and he was repeating himself after the hit that was All for the Winner.^[29] Win's Entertainment courted writer and director Gordon Chan to helm Chow's next project, Fight Back to School (1991). Chan claims he was unsatisfied with the script and rewrote the film as an outline with 15 bullet points and the rest of the movie was improvised.^[29] The result was a movie that cast Chow in a heroic lead role and the result was HK$43 million at the local box office, a new franchise (there would be sequels in 1992 and 1993), and in what's considered a local benchmark of success, it represented the first time Chow unseated Jackie Chan from the number one spot at the Hong Kong box office.

Over the next decade, Chow appeared in more than 40 films.^[30] and wind up taking the number one spot at the box office eight times over the course of his career.^[31] Often, more than one of his movies would appear in the top ten, as in 1992 when all five of the top spots were held by Chow's films.^[32] (Jackie Chan would not retake the number one spot until 1995.^[33])

In 1994, Chow teamed up with director Lee Lik-chi and writer Vincent Kok for Love On Delivery,^[34] a movie that would only be the sixth highest-grossing movie of the year, a significant step down in status. Fortunately, Chow re-teamed with Kok and Lee again that same year for a James Bond parody he's credited as co-writing and co-directing, and From Beijing with Love^[35] became the number three movie at the annual box office, beaten only by Chow Yun-fat's return to the God of Gamblers franchise and Jackie Chan's return to the character of a young Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II,^[36] a character he'd last played in 1978 in the first Drunken Master.^[37]

Around this time, Chow established his own film production company, Choi Sing Company (variously translated as Caixing Film Company and Hong Kong Color Star Film Company),^[38] and approached Jeff Lau about writing and directing his next movie. Lau told Chow that if he kept making the same movie over and over again he would never find popularity with female audiences and he needed to play a romantic lead. In a hotel meeting, he pitched Chow on filming a two-part adaptation of the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West, and Chow agreed.^[39] In order to shoot on Mainland locations the movie became a Mainland-Hong Kong co-production between Chow's Choi Sing Company and Xi'an Film Studios.^[40] The remote Xi'an Studios had always encouraged innovation and become home to China's celebrated wave of Fifth Generation arthouse directors like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige^[41] and they were reluctant to work with a commercial, Hong Kong production.^[40] However, recent cuts in government subsidies forced them to look for new sources of financing and they embraced the co-production model.^[42] The resulting shoot was chaotic, with the Hong Kong crew speaking only Cantonese and the Mainland crew speaking Mandarin.^[40] Actors like Lu Shuming and Wu Yujin said they had very little idea of what was going on^[40] and actor Law Kar-ying described Chow as "arrogant."^[43] The two films were titled A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box and A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella and released in January and February, 1995 where they underperformed at the box office,^[33] leading to Choi Sing Film Company declaring bankruptcy.^[38] Chow, however, earned substantial money from the movie over the years through licensing and advertising opportunities^[44] and in the late '90s and early 2000s it became a cult favorite in the Mainland^[45] with phrases, expressions, and memes from the two films becoming a foundational part of early Chinese internet culture.^[46] This also became known in part as the Stephen Chow Phenomenon (周星驰现象).^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]

2001–2010: International stardom

In 2001, his film Shaolin Soccer grossed over US$50 million worldwide.^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54] 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.^[55] It was the highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong at the time, grossing $46 million in the Asia region.^[8]

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Chow promoting CJ7 in Malaysia (2008)

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.^[56]^[57] Comedian Bill Murray said that the film was "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".^[58]

His final role film CJ7 began filming in July 2006 in the eastern Chinese port of Ningbo.^[59] In August 2007, the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou crewed space missions—Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.^[60]

For his work in comedy, he has received praise from notable institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which has called him the King of Comedy.^[61]

2010–present: Focus on directing

In 2010, he became the executive director and major shareholder of 比高集團 (BingoGroup Limited).^[62]

In 2013, his film Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons was the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time.^[63]^[64]

In 2016, his film The Mermaid broke numerous box office records,^[65] and became the highest-grossing film of 2016 in China.^[66] The Mermaid was released in Vietnam on 10 February 2016. On 14 March, it became the third-highest-grossing film of all time in Vietnam. It has now grossed over US$553.81 million worldwide.^[67] Chow became the ninth-top-grossing Hollywood Director in 2016.^[68]

Chow spent 4 years writing, directing and producing the remake of his 1999 film King of Comedy, the film was titled The New King of Comedy, released in February 2019.^[69]

Personal life

Chow and Jacqueline Law met while filming the TV series The Final Combat in 1989 and began dating shortly thereafter. In the autumn of 1992, they broke up. Law later struggled with depression and recalled mentioning marriage to Chow, only to be dismissed as “crazy,” which left her heartbroken: “I longed to start a family with him, but he treated me like a lunatic.” Years later, when Law announced she had cancer, Chow was working on Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. Among other memorial references, he named the film’s female lead Miss Duan, referencing The Final Combat, where Chow and Law portrayed Mr. and Mrs. Duan. The film premiered after Law's death.^[70]

Chow and Athena Chu started dating after working together on Fight Back to School. Their secret relationship lasted for more than three years, ending due to Chow's alleged infidelity. In a 2008 interview on Be My Guest, Chu recalled the breakup: "One day, after wrapping up work, I went to visit my boyfriend’s room. The door was locked, and when he opened it, he looked flustered. I touched the bed, and it was warm, while the bathroom door was locked from the inside." Chu stated that she didn't know who the other person was and suspected there were more than just one. Despite this, Chu continued to work alongside Chow until the film finished. Karen Mok, the often suspected mistress at the time, denied being involved with anyone during the filming of A Chinese Odyssey.^[71] According to Tiffany Chen, however, during the filming Chow had relationships with Yammie Lam, Chu and Mok.^[72] From 1995 to 1998, Chow had a public relationship with Karen Mok, who starred alongside him in several films.^[73]

Chow had a relationship with Alice Yu Man-fung, daughter of business mogul Yu Ching-Po, for 12 to 13 years until March 2010, during which Yu also assisted Chow with personal investments and was paid a salary based on a written contract from 2002, initially at HK$20,000 a month. Chow had paid Yu HK$19.5 million at her request between 2007 and 2011, and an additional HK$10 million in February 2012 in “appreciation for [her] friendship and support over the years”. In September 2012, Yu filed a lawsuit against Chow, asserting that there was an additional oral agreement purportedly reached around Christmas of 2002 for Chow to pay her a 10 per cent share of net profits on all successful investments she recommended. Yu’s claim for damages of some HK$80 million was based on her purported share of the profits from Chow’s investments in his current luxury home at 12 Pollock’s Path on The Peak, three houses at The Beverley Hills in Tai Po and a private equity fund. In 2021, a lower court ruled the pair never made that deal, a decision that was upheld on appeal.^[74]

Additionally, Chow has been noted for strained relations with former friends and colleagues, though he has rarely commented on them publicly. His high-profile feuds include those with Charles Heung and Tiffany Chen of China Star Entertainment, Wong Jing, and Sammo Hung. He has also faced complaints from Ng Man-tat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Lee Lik-chi, Danny Lee, Eva Huang, Law Kar-ying, and Johnnie To, mostly alleging that he was greedy, selfish, and autocratic.^[75]

Politics

In 2013, Stephen Chow was elected a member of the 11th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).^[76] According to media exposure, Chow often arrives late and leaves early at the conference, and has not put forward any proposals.^[77]

Filmography

Film

Acting roles

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1987	Back To The Beyond	陰陽界
1988	Final Justice	霹靂先鋒	Boy
	Faithfully Yours	最佳女婿	Puddin Lai
	The Last Conflict	刑警本色	Lau Ting Kin
	He Who Chases After the Wind	捕風漢子	Sing
1989	Thunder Cops II	贼公差婆	Sui Yuen
	Just Heroes	義膽群英	"Jacky" Yuen Kei-hao
	Dragon Fight	龍在天涯	Yao
1990	Love Is Love	望夫成龍	Shi Jinshui
	My Hero	一本漫畫闖天涯	Sing
	Lung Fung Restaurant	龍鳳茶樓	Rubbish Pool
	Curry and Pepper	咖喱辣椒	Chiu Man-keung / "Pepper"
	Sleazy Dizzy	小偷阿星	Sing
	Look Out, Officer!	師兄撞鬼
	All for the Winner	賭聖
	When Fortune Smiles	無敵幸運星	Vincent Hing
	Triad Story	江湖最後一個大佬	Sing
	Legend of the Dragon	龍的傳人	Chow Siu-lung
	The Unmatchable Match	風雨同路	Cheung Long
1991	Crazy Safari	非洲和尚	Narrator (voice)
	God of Gamblers II	賭俠	Chow Sing-cho
	Script error: No such module "Sort".	賭霸	Sing	Cameo
	Fist of Fury 1991	新精武門1991	Lau Ching / Saint of Gamblers
	Fight Back to School	逃學威龍	Star Chow / Chow Sing-Sing
	God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai	賭俠2之上海灘賭聖	Chow Sing-cho
	Script error: No such module "Sort".	情聖	Romeo / Ching Sing
	Script error: No such module "Sort".	豪門夜宴	Himself	Cameo
	Tricky Brains	整蠱專家	Jing Koo / Man-yuk
1992	Fist of Fury 1991 II	漫畫威龍	Lau Ching
	All's Well, Ends Well	家有囍事	Seung Foon
	Fight Back to School II	逃學威龍2	Chow Sing-sing
	Justice, My Foot!	審死官	Sung Sai Kit
	Royal Tramp	鹿鼎記	Wai Siu-bo
	Royal Tramp II	鹿鼎記2神龍教	Wai Siu-bo
	King of Beggars	武狀元蘇乞兒	So Chan
	The Thief of Time	群星會	Duen Siu-fei
1993	Fight Back to School III	逃學威龍3之龍過雞年	Star Chow
	Flirting Scholar	唐伯虎點秋香	Tong Pak-Fu
	Script error: No such module "Sort".	濟公	Ji Gong / Dragon-Fighter Lohan / Lee Xu Yuen
1994	Love on Delivery	破壞之王	Ho Kam-ang
	Hail the Judge	九品芝麻官	Judge Bao Sing / Pao Lung Sing
	From Beijing with Love	國產凌凌漆	Ling-ling-chat
1995	A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box	西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒	Sun Wukong / Joker
	A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella	西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣	Sun Wukong / Joker
	Out of the Dark	回魂夜	Leo
	Sixty Million Dollar Man	百變星君	Lee Chak-Sing
1996	Forbidden City Cop	大內密探零零發	Ling Ling-fat
1996	Script error: No such module "Sort".	食神	Stephen Chow
1997	All's Well, Ends Well 1997	97家有囍事	Lo Kung
1997	Lawyer Lawyer	算死草	Chan Mong-Gut
1998	Script error: No such module "Sort".	行運一條龍	Ho Kam Sui
1999	Gorgeous	玻璃樽	Policeman	Cameo
	King of Comedy	喜劇之王	Wan Tin-sau
	The Tricky Master	千王之王2000	Master Wong
2001	Shaolin Soccer ^[78]	少林足球^[79]	Sing / Mighty Steel Leg
2004	Kung Fu Hustle	功夫	Sing
2008	CJ7	長江七號	Chow Ti

Filmmaking credits

Feature film

Year	English title	Director	Writer	Producer	Chinese title	Notes
1994	From Beijing with Love	Yes	Yes	No	國產凌凌漆	Co-directed with Lee Lik-chi
1996	Forbidden City Cop	Yes	Yes	No	大內密探零零發	Co-directed with Vincent Kok
1996	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Yes	Yes	No	食神	Co-directed with Lee Lik-chi
1999	King of Comedy	Yes	Yes	No	喜劇之王	Co-directed with Lee Lik-chi
2001	Shaolin Soccer^[80]	Yes	Yes	No	少林足球^[79]
2004	Kung Fu Hustle	Yes	Yes	Yes	功夫
2008	CJ7	Yes	Yes	Yes	長江七號
2013	Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons	Yes	Yes	Yes	西遊·降魔篇	Co-directed with Derek Kwok
2016	The Mermaid^[81]	Yes	Yes	Yes	美人魚
2019	The New King of Comedy	Yes	Yes	Yes	新喜劇之王

Producer

Year	English title	Chinese title
2008	Shaolin Girl	少林少女
2009	Jump	跳出去
2009	Dragonball Evolution	七龍珠
2010	CJ7: The Cartoon	長江7號愛地球
2017	Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back	西遊伏妖篇
2019	Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons TV	劇版西遊降魔篇
2019	The Mermaid TV	劇版美人魚^[82]

Television

Year	English title	Chinese title
1983	The Nuts	黑白殭屍
1983	Crossroads – Pocket Money	臨歧：零用錢
1988	Behind Silk Curtains	大都會
1988	My Father's Son	鬥氣一族
1989	The Final Combat	蓋世豪俠
1989	The Justice of Life	他來自江湖
1990	It Runs in the Family	孖仔孖心肝

Awards

Awards won
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2005: Silver Scream Award for Kung Fu Hustle
Asia Pacific Film Festival 1992: Best Actor for Justice, My Foot
Blue Ribbon Awards 2002: Best Foreign Language Film for Shaolin Soccer
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Golden Bauhinia Awards 1996: Best Actor for A Chinese Odyssey 2002: Best Director for Shaolin Soccer
Golden Horse Awards 1988: Best Supporting Actor for Final Justice 2005: Best Picture for Kung Fu Hustle 2005: Best Director for Kung Fu Hustle
Hong Kong Film Awards 2002: Best Picture for Shaolin Soccer 2002: Best Director for Shaolin Soccer 2002: Best Actor for Shaolin Soccer 2002: Best New Director for Shaolin Soccer 2005: Best Picture for Kung Fu Hustle
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 1995: Best Actor for A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 2016: Best Director for The Mermaid
Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards 2016: Best Director for The Mermaid
Hundred Flowers Awards 2006: Outstanding Feature Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle
BAFTA Awards 2006: Nomination: Best Film not in the English Language for Kung Fu Hustle
Golden Globe Award 2006: Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film for Kung Fu Hustle

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-'''Stephen Chow Sing-chi'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judgment|url=https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=133392|access-date=2021-06-03|website=legalref.judiciary.hk|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603054341/https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=133392|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{zh|t=周星馳}}; born 22 June 1962) is a [[Hong Kong]] filmmaker and former actor and comedian, <ref>[http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html Stephen Chow the NO.1 star of China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312024235/http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html |date=12 March 2019 }}, PEOPLE; accessed 10 October 2018.</ref><ref>[http://money.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0104/c42877-28997974.html Stephen Chow earn US$420 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127043726/http://money.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0104/c42877-28997974.html |date=27 January 2020 }}, PEOPLE</ref> known for his [[mo lei tau]] comedy. His career began in television, where he gained recognition through variety shows and TV dramas. Chow's breakthrough came in 1989 with the comedy dramas ''[[The Final Combat]]'' and ''The Justice of Life'', the latter marking the beginning of his on-screen collaboration with [[Ng Man-tat]]. He consecutively broke Hong Kong’s box office records in the next two years with films ''[[All for the Winner]]'' (1990) and ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' (1991), cementing his status as one of the region's most popular comedic actors.
+'''Stephen Chow Sing-chi'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judgment|url=https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=133392|access-date=2021-06-03|website=legalref.judiciary.hk|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603054341/https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/ju_frame.jsp?DIS=133392|url-status=live}}</ref> ({{zh|t=周星馳}}; born 22 June 1962) is a [[Hong Kong]] filmmaker and former actor,<ref>[http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html Stephen Chow the NO.1 star of China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312024235/http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html |date=12 March 2019 }}, PEOPLE; accessed 10 October 2018.</ref><ref>[http://money.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0104/c42877-28997974.html Stephen Chow earn US$420 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127043726/http://money.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0104/c42877-28997974.html |date=27 January 2020 }}, PEOPLE</ref> known for his [[mo lei tau]] comedy, which has a significant influence on Chinese popular culture. His career began in television, where he gained recognition through variety shows and TV dramas. Chow's breakthrough came in 1989 with the comedy dramas ''[[The Final Combat]]'' and ''The Justice of Life'', the latter marking the beginning of his on-screen collaboration with [[Ng Man-tat]]. He consecutively broke Hong Kong’s box office records in the next two years with films ''[[All for the Winner]]'' (1990) and ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' (1991), cementing his status as one of the region's most popular comedic actors.
-Since the early 1990s, Chow began working as a screenwriter and director, serving as a de facto director for ''[[Flirting Scholar]]'' (1993) before receiving his first directorial credit with ''[[From Beijing with Love]]'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_MI4Twb_eE |title=今年7月#郑佩佩 走了 70岁还在打拼做客金星秀 金姐由衷敬佩 丨#金星秀 The Jinxing show 1080p 官方干净版 |date=2024-11-18 |last=金星YYDS |access-date=2025-03-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref> His first two attempts at Hong Kong–mainland co-productions, ''Flirting Scholar'' and the two-part tragicomedy ''[[A Chinese Odyssey]]'' (1995)'','' received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office in both markets upon release. However, they gained popularity over time, and by the 2000s, ''A Chinese Odyssey'' had particularly elevated his status as an icon in China.
+Since the early 1990s, Chow began working as a screenwriter and director, serving as a de facto director for ''[[Flirting Scholar]]'' (1993)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_MI4Twb_eE |title=今年7月#郑佩佩 走了 70岁还在打拼做客金星秀 金姐由衷敬佩 丨#金星秀 The Jinxing show 1080p 官方干净版 |date=2024-11-18 |last=金星YYDS |access-date=2025-03-07 |via=YouTube}}</ref> before receiving his first directorial credit with ''[[From Beijing with Love]]'' (1994). His first two attempts at Hong Kong–mainland co-productions, ''Flirting Scholar'' and ''[[A Chinese Odyssey]]'' (1995)'','' received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office in both markets upon release. However, they gained popularity over time, and by the 2000s, ''A Chinese Odyssey'' had particularly elevated his status as a cultural icon in China.
 In 2001, he directed and starred in ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' (2001), which brought him international recognition, furthered by ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' (2004). His final on-screen performance was in ''[[CJ7]]'' (2008), after which he transitioned fully to filmmaking, achieving great success with comedies such as ''[[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons|Journey to the West]]'' (2013) and ''[[The Mermaid (2016 film)|The Mermaid]]'' (2016).
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-Chow began his career as an [[extra (acting)|extra]] for [[Rediffusion Television]]. Around 1980 he applied for TVB's famous artist training course<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training | title=Inside TVB's artist training course, Hong Kong's 'star factory' | date=14 December 2021 }}</ref> alongside his friend, [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/stephen-chow-tony-leung-tvb-acting-course-night-school-749681 | title=Tony Leung & Stephen Chow Applied for a TVB Acting Course Together when They Were Young but Only Tony Got Accepted }}</ref> Leung Chiu-wai won a place in the class, but Chow was rejected and became an office assistant for a shipping company, a job he describes as "so boring."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://talesacrossthesea.net/57/stephen-chow-sketches-2-i-was-quite-a-trouble-maker-at-school/ | title=Tales Across the Sea » Blog Archive » Stephen Chow Sketches (2): I was quite a trouble-maker at school }}</ref> A year later, his friend and neighbor, Jaime Chik Mei-jan, a veteran of the previous year's training course, put in a word for Chow<ref>https://inf.news/en/entertainment/143111d7917ef7c0ee0aff9698432b22.html</ref> and he was admitted to the 1982 training class.
+Chow began his career as an [[extra (acting)|extra]] for [[Rediffusion Television]]. Around 1980 he applied for TVB's famous artist training course<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training | title=Inside TVB's artist training course, Hong Kong's 'star factory' | date=14 December 2021 | access-date=12 September 2024 | archive-date=21 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821213408/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training | url-status=live }}</ref> alongside his friend, [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/stephen-chow-tony-leung-tvb-acting-course-night-school-749681 | title=Tony Leung & Stephen Chow Applied for a TVB Acting Course Together when They Were Young but Only Tony Got Accepted }}</ref> Leung Chiu-wai won a place in the class, but Chow was rejected and became an office assistant for a shipping company, a job he describes as "so boring."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://talesacrossthesea.net/57/stephen-chow-sketches-2-i-was-quite-a-trouble-maker-at-school/ | title=Tales Across the Sea » Blog Archive » Stephen Chow Sketches (2): I was quite a trouble-maker at school }}</ref> A year later, his friend and neighbor, Jaime Chik Mei-jan, a veteran of the previous year's training course, put in a word for Chow and he was admitted to the 1982 training class.
 He captured the attention of the public as host of the [[TVB Jade]] children's program ''[[430 Space Shuttle]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine|last=Walsh|first=Brian|date=April 28, 2003|title=Stephen Chow|url=https://time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/stephen_chow.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204090809/https://time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/stephen_chow.html|archive-date=February 4, 2004|access-date=January 12, 2021|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Mok|first=Laramie|date=2019-06-22|title=5 Stephen Chow movies that made him Hong Kong's comedy king|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3015490/5-stephen-chow-movies-made-him-hong-kongs-king-comedy|access-date=2021-01-12|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114192624/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3015490/5-stephen-chow-movies-made-him-hong-kongs-king-comedy|url-status=live}}</ref> He stayed with the show for five years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/116368.htm | title=Chow's Film Career }}</ref> Producer and actor Danny Lee signed him to a two year contract with his company, Magnum Films,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/article/674626/no-one-seems-comic-actor-director-stephen-chow-any-more | title=No one seems to like comic actor-director Stephen Chow any more | date=26 March 2009 }}</ref> and cast him in a supporting role in the crime drama ''[[Final Justice (1988 film)|Final Justice]]'' (1988),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/kaiju-shakedown-danny-lee/ | title=Kaiju Shakedown: Danny Lee | date=15 September 2015 }}</ref> which won him the [[Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor]] at the Golden Horse Awards.
-For the next two years, Chow capitalized on that success, working non-stop. He shot to further television stardom in the TVB ''wuxia'' series, ''[[The Final Combat]]'' (1989).<ref>Over 2 million people watched ''The Final Combat'' and Hong Kong only 5.18 million people in that time</ref> In addition to shooting the 30 episodes of ''The Final Combat'', he also appeared in 12 feature films during that same period,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7230&display_set=eng | title=Stephen Chow Sing-Chi }}</ref> most of them triad movies, action films, or dramas. [[Jeffrey Lau|Jeff Lau]] directed him in the police thriller, ''Thunder Cops II'' (1989), and remembered him in early 1990 when producer Ng See-yuen tried to capitalize on the success of the previous year's hit Chow Yun-fat vehicle, ''[[God of Gamblers]]''. Chow would not return to shoot a sequel and so, sensing a hole in the marketplace, Ng hired Jeff Lau to direct a parody.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/kaiju-shakedown-jeff-lau-stephen-chow-wong-kar-wai/ | title=Kaiju Shakedown: Jeff Lau | date=7 March 2014 }}</ref> Remembering his work with Stephen Chow, Lau hired him to star, pairing him with [[Sharla Cheung]] (who would appear as Chow's co-star in 12 more films)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3235944/rise-hong-kong-actress-sharla-cheung-star-stephen-chow-and-wong-jing-films-and-surprise-movie-she | title=God of Gamblers actress and Stephen Chow co-star Sharla Cheung: Her career | date=29 September 2023 }}</ref> and [[Ng Man-tat]], a big star in the Seventies before a gambling addiction wrecked his career. He was then trying to make a comeback as a character actor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/sceneandheard/entertainment/ng-man-tat-hated-chow-yun-fat-not-lending-him-money-clear-his | title=Ng Man Tat Hated Chow Yun Fat for Not Lending Him Money to Clear His Debts Years Ago |author-last1=Fam|author-first1=Jonathan|publisher=Mediacorp Pte. Ltd.}}</ref>
+For the next two years, Chow capitalized on that success, working non-stop. He shot to further television stardom in the TVB ''wuxia'' series ''[[The Final Combat]]'' (1989).<ref>Over 2 million people watched ''The Final Combat'' and Hong Kong only 5.18 million people in that time</ref> In addition to shooting the 30 episodes of ''The Final Combat'', he also appeared in 12 feature films during that same period,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7230&display_set=eng | title=Stephen Chow Sing-Chi | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=20 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620190937/https://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7230&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref> most of them triad movies, action films, or dramas. [[Jeffrey Lau|Jeff Lau]] directed him in the police thriller ''Thunder Cops II'' (1989) and remembered him in early 1990 when producer Ng See-yuen tried to capitalize on the success of the previous year's hit Chow Yun-fat vehicle ''[[God of Gamblers]]''. Chow would not return to shoot a sequel and so, sensing a hole in the marketplace, Ng hired Jeff Lau to direct a parody.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/kaiju-shakedown-jeff-lau-stephen-chow-wong-kar-wai/ | title=Kaiju Shakedown: Jeff Lau | date=7 March 2014 }}</ref> Remembering his work with Stephen Chow, Lau hired him to star, pairing him with [[Sharla Cheung]] (who would appear as Chow's co-star in 12 more films)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3235944/rise-hong-kong-actress-sharla-cheung-star-stephen-chow-and-wong-jing-films-and-surprise-movie-she | title=God of Gamblers actress and Stephen Chow co-star Sharla Cheung: Her career | date=29 September 2023 | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=27 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927102011/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3235944/rise-hong-kong-actress-sharla-cheung-star-stephen-chow-and-wong-jing-films-and-surprise-movie-she | url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Ng Man-tat]], a big star in the Seventies before a gambling addiction wrecked his career. He was then trying to make a comeback as a character actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/sceneandheard/entertainment/ng-man-tat-hated-chow-yun-fat-not-lending-him-money-clear-his|title=Ng Man Tat Hated Chow Yun Fat for Not Lending Him Money to Clear His Debts Years Ago|author-last1=Fam|author-first1=Jonathan|publisher=Mediacorp Pte. Ltd.|access-date=13 September 2024|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301173047/https://www.todayonline.com/8days/sceneandheard/entertainment/ng-man-tat-hated-chow-yun-fat-not-lending-him-money-clear-his|url-status=live}}</ref>
-''[[All for the Winner]]'' (1990) became the highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time and the number one film for the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044149/http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 | archive-date=9 April 2018 | title=Hong Kong Box Office Limited }}</ref> Wong Jing hired Chow to star in the official sequels ''[[God of Gamblers II]]'' (1990)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7342&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers II (1990) }}</ref> and ''[[God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai]]'' (1991)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7457&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers Part III: Back to Shanghai (1991) }}</ref> sequels which Wong wrote and directed (Chow Yun-fat would return to the role he made famous in 1994's ''[[God of Gamblers Return]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7941&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers Return (1994) }}</ref> also written and directed by Wong). Lau had vowed never to work with Stephen Chow again after ''All for the Winner''<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Hendrix, Grady |date=August 2024 |title=Hong Kong's Greatest Comedian |trans-title= |type=motion picture |language=English |url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/love-on-delivery |access-date= |format=Blu Ray Special Feature|time= |location=Love on Delivery |publisher=Vinegar Syndrome|id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> and so when it came time to make the sequel to that hit, Stephen Chow only appeared in a brief cameo.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/top_bet.htm | title=The Top Bet (1991) }}</ref>
+''[[All for the Winner]]'' (1990) became the highest grossing Hong Kong film of all time and the number one film for the year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044149/http://www.hkbo.com.hk/top10.html?year=1990 | archive-date=9 April 2018 | title=Hong Kong Box Office Limited }}</ref> Wong Jing hired Chow to star in the official sequels ''[[God of Gamblers II]]'' (1990)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7342&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers II (1990) }}</ref> and ''[[God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai]]'' (1991)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7457&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers Part III: Back to Shanghai (1991) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=13 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913142131/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7457&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref> sequels which Wong wrote and directed (Chow Yun-fat would return to the role he made famous in 1994's ''[[God of Gamblers Return]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7941&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers Return (1994) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=27 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227011300/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7941&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref> also written and directed by Wong). Lau had vowed never to work with Stephen Chow again after ''All for the Winner''<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Hendrix, Grady |date=August 2024 |title=Hong Kong's Greatest Comedian |trans-title= |type=motion picture |language=English |url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/love-on-delivery |access-date= |format=Blu Ray Special Feature |time= |location=Love on Delivery |publisher=Vinegar Syndrome |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913142130/https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/love-on-delivery |url-status=live }}</ref> and so when it came time to make the sequel to that hit, Stephen Chow only appeared in a brief cameo.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/top_bet.htm | title=The Top Bet (1991) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=25 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725124931/http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/top_bet.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
-After ''All for the Winner'', Chow had two more major hits, ''[[God of Gamblers II]]'' and ''[[Tricky Brains]]'' that grossed HK$40 million<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7342&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers II (1990) }}</ref> and HK$31 million respectively<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7461&display_set=eng | title=Tricky Brains (1991) }}</ref> at the box office, but they were followed by what appeared to be a fall from grace as the sequel to ''All for the Winner'', ''The Top Bet'', under-performed at the local box office,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7459&display_set=eng | title=The Top Bet (1991) }}</ref> and his next films, ''[[Legend of the Dragon (film)|Legend of the Dragon]]'' and ''[[Fist of Fury 1991]]'' failed to crack the HK$25 million barrier.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7463&display_set=eng | title=Legend of the Dragon (1991) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7444&display_set=eng | title=Fist of Fury 1991 (1991) }}</ref> ''City Entertainment'' magazine reported that Chow's career was over and he was repeating himself after the hit that was ''All for the Winner''.<ref name="Truant Hero">{{cite AV media |people=Chan, Gordon |date=September 2023 |title=Truant Hero |trans-title= |type=Blu Ray special feature |language=Cantonese |url=https://88-films.myshopify.com/products/fight-back-to-school-trilogy |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher=88 Films |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> Win's Entertainment courted writer and director Gordon Chan to helm Chow's next project, ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' (1991). Chan claims he was unsatisfied with the script and rewrote the film as an outline with 15 bullet points and the rest of the movie was improvised.<ref name="Truant Hero"/> The result was a movie that cast Chow in a heroic lead role and the result was HK$43 million at the local box office, a new franchise (there would be sequels in [[Fight Back to School II|1992]] and [[Fight Back to School III|1993]]), and in what's considered a local benchmark of success, it represented the first time Chow unseated Jackie Chan from the number one spot at the Hong Kong box office.
+After ''All for the Winner'', Chow had two more major hits, ''[[God of Gamblers II]]'' and ''[[Tricky Brains]]'', which grossed HK$40 million<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7342&display_set=eng | title=God of Gamblers II (1990) }}</ref> and HK$31 million respectively<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7461&display_set=eng | title=Tricky Brains (1991) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=13 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913213457/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7461&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref> at the box office, but they were followed by what appeared to be a fall from grace as the sequel to ''All for the Winner'', ''The Top Bet'', under-performed at the local box office,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7459&display_set=eng | title=The Top Bet (1991) }}</ref> and his next films ''[[Legend of the Dragon (film)|Legend of the Dragon]]'' and ''[[Fist of Fury 1991]]'' failed to crack the HK$25 million barrier.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7463&display_set=eng | title=Legend of the Dragon (1991) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=20 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820162712/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7463&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7444&display_set=eng | title=Fist of Fury 1991 (1991) }}</ref> ''City Entertainment'' magazine reported that Chow's career was over and he was repeating himself after the hit that was ''All for the Winner''.<ref name="Truant Hero">{{cite AV media |people=Chan, Gordon |date=September 2023 |title=Truant Hero |trans-title= |type=Blu Ray special feature |language=Cantonese |url=https://88-films.myshopify.com/products/fight-back-to-school-trilogy |access-date= |format= |time= |location= |publisher=88 Films |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> Win's Entertainment courted writer and director Gordon Chan to helm Chow's next project, ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' (1991). Chan claims he was unsatisfied with the script and rewrote the film as an outline with 15 bullet points and the rest of the movie was improvised.<ref name="Truant Hero"/> The result was a movie that cast Chow in a heroic lead role and the result was HK$43 million at the local box office, a new franchise (there would be sequels in [[Fight Back to School II|1992]] and [[Fight Back to School III|1993]]), and in what's considered a local benchmark of success, it represented the first time Chow unseated Jackie Chan from the number one spot at the Hong Kong box office.
 Over the next decade, Chow appeared in more than 40 films.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Hale|first=Mike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/movies/stephen-chow-the-king-of-comedy-film-retrospective-at-bam.html|title=Lightning Fast With His Feet and His Jokes|date=2014-10-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328204040/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/movies/stephen-chow-the-king-of-comedy-film-retrospective-at-bam.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and wind up taking the number one spot at the box office eight times over the course of his career.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/FGUIDE/boxoffice/BoxOffices-79-98.htm | title=Box Offices 79-98 }}</ref>  Often, more than one of his movies would appear in the top ten, as in 1992 when all five of the top spots were held by Chow's films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/FGUIDE/boxoffice/BO-92.htm | title=Box Office 92 }}</ref> (Jackie Chan would not retake the number one spot until 1995.<ref name="Box Office 95">{{cite web | url=http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/FGUIDE/boxoffice/BO-95.htm | title=Box Office 95 }}</ref>)
-In 1994, Chow teamed up with director [[Lee Lik-chi]] and writer [[Vincent Kok]] for ''[[Love on Delivery|Love On Delivery]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7797&display_set=eng | title=Love on Delivery (1994) }}</ref> a movie that would only be the sixth highest-grossing movie of the year, a significant step down in status. Fortunately, Chow re-teamed with Kok and Lee again that same year for a James Bond parody he's credited as co-writing and co-directing, and ''[[From Beijing with Love]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7896&display_set=eng | title=From Beijing with Love (1994) }}</ref> became the number three movie at the annual box office, beaten only by Chow Yun-fat's return to the ''God of Gamblers'' franchise and Jackie Chan's return to the character of a young Wong Fei-hung in ''[[Drunken Master III|Drunken Master II]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/FGUIDE/boxoffice/BO-94.htm | title=Box Office 94 }}</ref> a character he'd last played in 1978 in the first ''[[Drunken Master]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923&display_set=eng | title=Drunken Master (1978) }}</ref>
+In 1994, Chow teamed up with director [[Lee Lik-chi]] and writer [[Vincent Kok]] for ''[[Love on Delivery|Love On Delivery]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7797&display_set=eng | title=Love on Delivery (1994) }}</ref> a movie that would only be the sixth highest-grossing movie of the year, a significant step down in status. Fortunately, Chow re-teamed with Kok and Lee again that same year for a James Bond parody he's credited as co-writing and co-directing, and ''[[From Beijing with Love]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7896&display_set=eng | title=From Beijing with Love (1994) }}</ref> became the number three movie at the annual box office, beaten only by Chow Yun-fat's return to the ''God of Gamblers'' franchise and Jackie Chan's return to the character of a young Wong Fei-hung in ''[[Drunken Master III|Drunken Master II]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://cine-hk.chez-alice.fr/Hkcine/SITE/FGUIDE/boxoffice/BO-94.htm | title=Box Office 94 }}</ref> a character he'd last played in 1978 in the first ''[[Drunken Master]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923&display_set=eng | title=Drunken Master (1978) | access-date=13 September 2024 | archive-date=25 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625210346/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5923&display_set=eng | url-status=live }}</ref>
-Around this time, Chow established his own film production company, Choi Sing Company (variously translated as Caixing Film Company and Hong Kong Color Star Film Company),<ref name="揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網">{{cite web | url=http://finance.people.com.cn/money/BIG5/n/2013/0301/c218900-20646582-2.html | title=揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網 }}</ref> and approached Jeff Lau about writing and directing his next movie. Lau told Chow that if he kept making the same movie over and over again he would never find popularity with female audiences and he needed to play a romantic lead. In a hotel meeting, he pitched Chow on filming a two-part adaptation of the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West, and Chow agreed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yesasia.com/global/0-0-0-arid.96-zh_TW/featured-article.html | title=YESASIA: YumCha! - 劉鎮偉 十年西遊夢 - 專題文章 }}</ref> In order to shoot on Mainland locations the movie became a Mainland-Hong Kong co-production between Chow's Choi Sing Company and Xi'an Film Studios.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla">{{cite journal | doi=10.1080/25785273.2024.2375126 | title=Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainland: Strategic hybridization in Hong Kong-mainland film co-production | date=2024 | last1=Zhang | first1=Hening | journal=Transnational Screens | volume=15 | issue=2 | pages=157–178 | doi-access=free }}</ref> The remote Xi'an Studios had always encouraged innovation and become home to China's celebrated wave of Fifth Generation arthouse directors like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige<ref>https://contemporary_chinese_culture.en-academic.com/877/Xi%E2%80%99an_Film_Studio</ref> and they were reluctant to work with a commercial, Hong Kong production.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> However, recent cuts in government subsidies forced them to look for new sources of financing and they embraced the co-production model.<ref>https://www.avid.wiki/Xi%27an_Film_Studio</ref> The resulting shoot was chaotic, with the Hong Kong crew speaking only Cantonese and the Mainland crew speaking Mandarin.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> Actors like Lu Shuming and Wu Yujin said they had very little idea of what was going on<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> and actor Law Kar-ying described Chow as "arrogant."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yinxi |first1=Yi |title=Dark Faces of the Kings of Comedy |url=https://issuu.com/pacexisu/docs/pace_p4_i22 |work=Pace Entertainment |date=December 6, 2014}}</ref> The two films were titled ''[[A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box]]'' and ''[[A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella]]'' and released in January and February, 1995 where they underperformed at the box office,<ref name="Box Office 95"/> leading to Choi Sing Film Company declaring bankruptcy.<ref name="揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網"/> Chow, however, earned substantial money from the movie over the years through licensing and advertising opportunities<ref>{{cite web | url=https://finance-people-com-cn.translate.goog/money/BIG5/n/2013/0301/c218900-20646582-2.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp | title=揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網 }}</ref> and in the late '90s and early 2000s it became a cult favorite in the Mainland<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/726039/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%9F%E9%A6%B3%E7%9C%BC%E5%85%89%E8%B6%85%E7%8D%A8%E5%88%B0-%E5%83%85%E4%BB%A3%E8%A8%80%E9%81%8E%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E5%85%A9%E5%93%81%E7%89%8C%E7%9A%86%E6%88%90%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD%E5%B7%A8%E9%A0%AD | title=周星馳眼光超獨到 僅代言過內地兩品牌皆成商業巨頭 | date=19 January 2022 }}</ref> with phrases, expressions, and memes from the two films becoming a foundational part of early Chinese internet culture.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1177/2059436420928058 | title=Discovering the digital Stephen Chow: The transborder influence of Chow's films on the Chinese Internet in the 2010s | date=2020 | last1=Chew | first1=Matthew Ming-tak | journal=Global Media and China | volume=5 | issue=2 | pages=124–137 | doi-access=free }}</ref> This also became known in part as the ''Stephen Chow Phenomenon'' (周星驰现象).<ref>[http://paper.people.com.cn/fcyym/html/2013-01/25/content_1190672.htm Chinese watched Stephen Chow's films and grew up. So they knew Stephen Chow's words and use them customarily.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101070727/http://paper.people.com.cn/fcyym/html/2013-01/25/content_1190672.htm |date=1 January 2019 }}, PEOPLE</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjweekly.com/archives/2504453.html|title=What is Stephen Chow Phenomenon|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603185003/http://www.bjweekly.com/archives/2504453.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180918052723/http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-09/15/c_1123433427.htm Tencent： WeChat's icon is made of Stephen Chow's action], xinhua</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/41288.html |title=SINA：2001年5月2日晚，周星驰到访北京大学，在百周年纪念讲堂直接面对北大的学生与网友。近5、6年来由各著名高校的学生倡导形成的"周星驰热"也终于达到了一个高潮。周星驰和他的电影的影响已经远远超出了大屏幕的范围，渗透到了当今中国的文化甚至是日常生活中。 |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522035903/http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/41288.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
+Around this time, Chow established his own film production company, Choi Sing Company (variously translated as Caixing Film Company and Hong Kong Color Star Film Company),<ref name="揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網">{{cite web | url=http://finance.people.com.cn/money/BIG5/n/2013/0301/c218900-20646582-2.html | title=揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網 | trans-title=Unveiling Stephen Chow's Business Empire: Stephen Chow's Model, Worth Over HK$1.5 Billion [2] -- Finance -- People's Daily Online | date=2013-03-01}}</ref> and approached Jeff Lau about writing and directing his next movie. Lau told Chow that if he kept making the same movie over and over again he would never find popularity with female audiences and he needed to play a romantic lead. In a hotel meeting, he pitched Chow on filming a two-part adaptation of the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West, and Chow agreed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yesasia.com/global/0-0-0-arid.96-zh_TW/featured-article.html | title=YESASIA: YumCha! - 劉鎮偉 十年西遊夢 - 專題文章 }}</ref> In order to shoot on Mainland locations the movie became a Mainland-Hong Kong co-production between Chow's Choi Sing Company and Xi'an Film Studios.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla">{{cite journal | doi=10.1080/25785273.2024.2375126 | title=Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainland: Strategic hybridization in Hong Kong-mainland film co-production | date=2024 | last1=Zhang | first1=Hening | journal=Transnational Screens | volume=15 | issue=2 | pages=157–178 | doi-access=free }}</ref> The remote Xi'an Studios had always encouraged innovation and become home to China's celebrated wave of Fifth Generation arthouse directors like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige<ref>{{cite web | title=Xi’an Film Studio | website=Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | publisher=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture | url=https://contemporary_chinese_culture.en-academic.com/877/Xi%E2%80%99an_Film_Studio | access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> and they were reluctant to work with a commercial, Hong Kong production.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> However, recent cuts in government subsidies forced them to look for new sources of financing and they embraced the co-production model.<ref>{{cite web | title=Xi'an Film Studio | website=Audiovisual Identity Database | date=2025-06-13 | url=https://www.avid.wiki/Xi%27an_Film_Studio | access-date=2025-08-10}}</ref> The resulting shoot was chaotic, with the Hong Kong crew speaking only Cantonese and the Mainland crew speaking Mandarin.<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> Actors like Lu Shuming and Wu Yujin said they had very little idea of what was going on<ref name="Jeffrey Lau's journey to the mainla"/> and actor Law Kar-ying described Chow as "arrogant."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yinxi |first1=Yi |title=Dark Faces of the Kings of Comedy |url=https://issuu.com/pacexisu/docs/pace_p4_i22 |work=Pace Entertainment |date=December 6, 2014}}</ref> The two films were titled ''[[A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box]]'' and ''[[A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella]]'' and released in January and February, 1995 where they underperformed at the box office,<ref name="Box Office 95"/> leading to Choi Sing Film Company declaring bankruptcy.<ref name="揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網"/> Chow, however, earned substantial money from the movie over the years through licensing and advertising opportunities<ref>{{cite web | url=https://finance-people-com-cn.translate.goog/money/BIG5/n/2013/0301/c218900-20646582-2.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp | title=揭秘周星馳商業王國：身家超15億港元的周模式【2】--財經--人民網 }}</ref> and in the late '90s and early 2000s it became a cult favorite in the Mainland<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/726039/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%9F%E9%A6%B3%E7%9C%BC%E5%85%89%E8%B6%85%E7%8D%A8%E5%88%B0-%E5%83%85%E4%BB%A3%E8%A8%80%E9%81%8E%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E5%85%A9%E5%93%81%E7%89%8C%E7%9A%86%E6%88%90%E5%95%86%E6%A5%AD%E5%B7%A8%E9%A0%AD | title=周星馳眼光超獨到 僅代言過內地兩品牌皆成商業巨頭 | date=19 January 2022 }}</ref> with phrases, expressions, and memes from the two films becoming a foundational part of early Chinese internet culture.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1177/2059436420928058 | title=Discovering the digital Stephen Chow: The transborder influence of Chow's films on the Chinese Internet in the 2010s | date=2020 | last1=Chew | first1=Matthew Ming-tak | journal=Global Media and China | volume=5 | issue=2 | pages=124–137 | doi-access=free }}</ref> This also became known in part as the ''Stephen Chow Phenomenon'' (周星驰现象).<ref>[http://paper.people.com.cn/fcyym/html/2013-01/25/content_1190672.htm Chinese watched Stephen Chow's films and grew up. So they knew Stephen Chow's words and use them customarily.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101070727/http://paper.people.com.cn/fcyym/html/2013-01/25/content_1190672.htm |date=1 January 2019 }}, PEOPLE</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjweekly.com/archives/2504453.html|title=What is Stephen Chow Phenomenon|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603185003/http://www.bjweekly.com/archives/2504453.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180918052723/http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-09/15/c_1123433427.htm Tencent： WeChat's icon is made of Stephen Chow's action], xinhua</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/41288.html |title=SINA：2001年5月2日晚，周星驰到访北京大学，在百周年纪念讲堂直接面对北大的学生与网友。近5、6年来由各著名高校的学生倡导形成的"周星驰热"也终于达到了一个高潮。周星驰和他的电影的影响已经远远超出了大屏幕的范围，渗透到了当今中国的文化甚至是日常生活中。 |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522035903/http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/41288.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 === 2001–2010: International stardom ===
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-In 2010, he became the executive director and major shareholder of 比高集團(BingoGroup Limited).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yan|first=Pei|date=May 28, 2010|title=Movie star Stephen Chow takes control of Emcom|work=China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/business/2010-05/28/content_20139257.htm|access-date=May 28, 2010|archive-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627052054/http://www.china.org.cn/business/2010-05/28/content_20139257.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
+In 2010, he became the executive director and major shareholder of 比高集團 (BingoGroup Limited).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yan|first=Pei|date=May 28, 2010|title=Movie star Stephen Chow takes control of Emcom|work=China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/business/2010-05/28/content_20139257.htm|access-date=May 28, 2010|archive-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627052054/http://www.china.org.cn/business/2010-05/28/content_20139257.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 In 2013, his film ''[[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons]]'' was the highest-grossing Chinese film of all time.<ref name="THRrelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cineasia-sony-takes-north-american-rights-stephen-chows-journey-west-2-953692|title=Stephen Chow's last two films set all-time China box-office records at the time of their release|author=The Hollywood Reporter|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=7 December 2016|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208114635/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cineasia-sony-takes-north-american-rights-stephen-chows-journey-west-2-953692|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Stephen Chow: A Guide for the Perplexed|date=25 February 2016|url=https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/11043/|access-date=30 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212544/https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/11043/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 In 2016, his film ''[[The Mermaid (2016 film)|The Mermaid]]'' broke numerous box office records,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://p2.pstatp.com/large/10a00033be6b96edec7|title=Stephen Chow in China=Star War in American|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234340/http://p2.pstatp.com/large/10a00033be6b96edec7|url-status=dead}}</ref> and became the highest-grossing film of 2016 in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html|title=NO.1 star in China – Stephen Chow|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-date=12 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312024235/http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0308/c383249-28182181.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''The Mermaid'' was released in [[Vietnam]] on 10 February 2016. On 14 March, it became the third-highest-grossing film of all time in Vietnam. It has now grossed over US$553.81 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gmik45eeeg/9-stephen-chow/#326a306d7299 |title=Stephen Chow Movie: The Mermaid Worldwide Box Office: US$553.81 million |magazine=Forbes}}</ref> Chow became the ninth-top-grossing Hollywood Director in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gmik45eeeg/9-stephen-chow|title=Top-Grossing Hollywood Directors|author=Forbes|work=[[Forbes]]|date=31 December 2016|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503042416/https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gmik45eeeg/9-stephen-chow/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Chow spent 4 years writing, directing and producing the remake of his 1999 film ''[[King of Comedy (film)|King of Comedy]]'', the film was titled ''[[The New King of Comedy]]'', released in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hsia |first1=Heidi |title=Stephen Chow unveils "The New King of Comedy" poster |url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/stephen-chow-unveils-king-comedy-061800208.html |website=[[yahoo.com]] |access-date=15 September 2024 |language=en-SG |date=4 December 2018}}</ref>
+Chow spent 4 years writing, directing and producing the remake of his 1999 film ''[[King of Comedy (film)|King of Comedy]]'', the film was titled ''[[The New King of Comedy]]'', released in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hsia |first1=Heidi |title=Stephen Chow unveils "The New King of Comedy" poster |url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/stephen-chow-unveils-king-comedy-061800208.html |website=[[yahoo.com]] |access-date=15 September 2024 |language=en-SG |date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007052501/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=sg.style.yahoo.com&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&us_privacy=1YNN&gpp=DBABBg~BVoIgACY.QA&gpp_sid=8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
-Chow and [[Jacqueline Law]] met while filming the TV series ''[[The Final Combat]]'' in 1989 and began dating shortly thereafter. In the autumn of 1992, they broke up. Law later struggled with depression and recalled mentioning marriage to Chow, only to be dismissed as “crazy,” which left her heartbroken: “I longed to start a family with him, but he treated me like a lunatic.” Years later, when Law announced she had cancer, Chow was working on ''[[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons]]''. Among other memorial references, he named the film’s female lead Miss Duan, referencing ''The Final Combat'', where Chow and Law portrayed Mr. and Mrs. Duan. The film premiered after Law's death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=周星驰：电影全是她的影子 首坦承挂念罗慧娟 |url=https://www.enanyang.my/%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%9F%E9%A9%B0%EF%BC%9A%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E5%85%A8%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%B9%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%AD%90-%E9%A6%96%E5%9D%A6%E6%89%BF%E6%8C%82%E5%BF%B5%E7%BD%97%E6%85%A7%E5%A8%9F |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.enanyang.my |language=zh-hans}}</ref>
+Chow and [[Jacqueline Law]] met while filming the TV series ''[[The Final Combat]]'' in 1989 and began dating shortly thereafter. In the autumn of 1992, they broke up. Law later struggled with depression and recalled mentioning marriage to Chow, only to be dismissed as “crazy,” which left her heartbroken: “I longed to start a family with him, but he treated me like a lunatic.” Years later, when Law announced she had cancer, Chow was working on ''[[Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons]]''. Among other memorial references, he named the film’s female lead Miss Duan, referencing ''The Final Combat'', where Chow and Law portrayed Mr. and Mrs. Duan. The film premiered after Law's death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=周星驰：电影全是她的影子 首坦承挂念罗慧娟 |url=https://www.enanyang.my/%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%9F%E9%A9%B0%EF%BC%9A%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E5%85%A8%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%B9%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%AD%90-%E9%A6%96%E5%9D%A6%E6%89%BF%E6%8C%82%E5%BF%B5%E7%BD%97%E6%85%A7%E5%A8%9F |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.enanyang.my |language=zh-hans |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007101443/https://www.enanyang.my/%E5%A8%B1%E4%B9%90/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%9F%E9%A9%B0%EF%BC%9A%E7%94%B5%E5%BD%B1%E5%85%A8%E6%98%AF%E5%A5%B9%E7%9A%84%E5%BD%B1%E5%AD%90-%E9%A6%96%E5%9D%A6%E6%89%BF%E6%8C%82%E5%BF%B5%E7%BD%97%E6%85%A7%E5%A8%9F |url-status=live }}</ref>
-Chow and [[Athena Chu]] started dating after working together on ''[[Fight Back to School]]''. Their secret relationship lasted for more than three years, ending due to Chow's alleged infidelity. In a 2008 interview on [[Be My Guest (talk show)|''Be My Guest'']], Chu recalled the breakup: "One day, after wrapping up work, I went to visit my boyfriend’s room. The door was locked, and when he opened it, he looked flustered. I touched the bed, and it was warm, while the bathroom door was locked from the inside." Chu stated that she didn't know who the other person was and suspected there were more than just one. Despite this, Chu continued to work alongside Chow until the film finished. Karen Mok, the often suspected mistress at the time, denied being involved with anyone during the filming of ''[[A Chinese Odyssey]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=朱茵痛述14年前"捉奸在床"情伤 疑是周星驰(图) |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/yl/yrfc/news/2008/08-18/1351255.shtml |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.chinanews.com.cn}}</ref> According to [[Tiffany Chen]], however, during the filming Chow had relationships with [[Yammie Lam]], Chu and Mok.<ref>{{Cite web |title=向太再炮轰周星驰：曾与朱茵等3女星同时联系_新闻频道_央视网(cctv.com) |url=https://news.cctv.com/2016/08/10/ARTIne1qmJEjiCvfBsNMiOTv160810.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402085324/https://news.cctv.com/2016/08/10/ARTIne1qmJEjiCvfBsNMiOTv160810.shtml |archive-date=2024-04-02 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=news.cctv.com |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Chow and [[Athena Chu]] started dating after working together on ''[[Fight Back to School]]''. Their secret relationship lasted for more than three years, ending due to Chow's alleged infidelity. In a 2008 interview on [[Be My Guest (talk show)|''Be My Guest'']], Chu recalled the breakup: "One day, after wrapping up work, I went to visit my boyfriend’s room. The door was locked, and when he opened it, he looked flustered. I touched the bed, and it was warm, while the bathroom door was locked from the inside." Chu stated that she didn't know who the other person was and suspected there were more than just one. Despite this, Chu continued to work alongside Chow until the film finished. [[Karen Mok]], the often suspected mistress at the time, denied being involved with anyone during the filming of ''[[A Chinese Odyssey]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=朱茵痛述14年前"捉奸在床"情伤 疑是周星驰(图) |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/yl/yrfc/news/2008/08-18/1351255.shtml |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www.chinanews.com.cn}}</ref> According to [[Tiffany Chen]], however, during the filming Chow had relationships with [[Yammie Lam]], Chu and Mok.<ref>{{Cite web |title=向太再炮轰周星驰：曾与朱茵等3女星同时联系_新闻频道_央视网(cctv.com) |url=https://news.cctv.com/2016/08/10/ARTIne1qmJEjiCvfBsNMiOTv160810.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402085324/https://news.cctv.com/2016/08/10/ARTIne1qmJEjiCvfBsNMiOTv160810.shtml |archive-date=2024-04-02 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=news.cctv.com |url-status=live}}</ref> From 1995 to 1998, Chow had a public relationship with [[Karen Mok]], who starred alongside him in several films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koh|first=Lydia|date=2019-07-27|title=Is Stephen Chow secretly married? Ex-girlfriend Karen Mok comments|url=https://theindependent.sg/is-stephen-chow-secretly-married-ex-girlfriend-karen-mok-comments/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Independent Singapore|language=en-US|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128141636/https://theindependent.sg/is-stephen-chow-secretly-married-ex-girlfriend-karen-mok-comments/|url-status=live}}</ref>
-From 1995 to 1998, Chow dated actress and singer [[Karen Mok]], who has starred alongside him in several films.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koh|first=Lydia|date=2019-07-27|title=Is Stephen Chow secretly married? Ex-girlfriend Karen Mok comments|url=https://theindependent.sg/is-stephen-chow-secretly-married-ex-girlfriend-karen-mok-comments/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=The Independent Singapore|language=en-US|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128141636/https://theindependent.sg/is-stephen-chow-secretly-married-ex-girlfriend-karen-mok-comments/|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Chow had a relationship with Alice Yu Man-fung, daughter of business mogul Yu Ching-Po, for 12 to 13 years until March 2010, during which Yu also assisted Chow with personal investments and was paid a salary based on a written contract from 2002, initially at HK$20,000 a month. Chow had paid Yu HK$19.5 million at her request between 2007 and 2011, and an additional HK$10 million in February 2012 in “appreciation for [her] friendship and support over the years”. In September 2012, Yu filed a lawsuit against Chow, asserting that there was an additional oral agreement purportedly reached around Christmas of 2002 for Chow to pay her a 10 per cent share of net profits on all successful investments she recommended. Yu’s claim for damages of some HK$80 million was based on her purported share of the profits from Chow’s investments in his current luxury home at 12 Pollock’s Path on The Peak, three houses at The Beverley Hills in Tai Po and a private equity fund. In 2021, a lower court ruled the pair never made that deal, a decision that was upheld on appeal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=Hong Kong court rules against ex-girlfriend of Stephen Chow in fight over millions |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3147883/hong-kong-court-rejects-appeal-ex-girlfriend-stephen |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
-Chow had a relationship with Alice Yu Man-fung, daughter of business mogul Yu Ching-Po, for 12 to 13 years until March 2010, during which Yu also assisted Chow with personal investments and was paid a salary based on a written contract from 2002, initially at HK$20,000 a month. Chow had paid Yu HK$19.5 million at her request between 2007 and 2011, and an additional HK$10 million in February 2012 in “appreciation for [her] friendship and support over the years”. In September 2012, Yu filed a lawsuit against Chow, asserting that there was an additional oral agreement purportedly reached around Christmas of 2002 for Chow to pay her a 10 per cent share of net profits on all successful investments she recommended. Yu’s claim for damages of some HK$80 million was based on her purported share of the profits from Chow’s investments in his current luxury home at 12 Pollock’s Path on The Peak, three houses at The Beverley Hills in Tai Po and a private equity fund. In 2021, a lower court ruled the pair never made that deal, a decision that was upheld on appeal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=Hong Kong court rules against ex-girlfriend of Stephen Chow in fight over millions |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3147883/hong-kong-court-rejects-appeal-ex-girlfriend-stephen |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
+Additionally, Chow has been noted for strained relations with former friends and colleagues, though he has rarely commented on them publicly. His high-profile feuds include those with [[Charles Heung]] and [[Tiffany Chen]] of [[China Star Entertainment Group|China Star Entertainment]], [[Wong Jing]], and [[Sammo Hung]]. He has also faced complaints from [[Ng Man-tat]], [[Tony Leung Chiu-wai]], [[Lee Lik-chi]], [[Danny Lee (actor)|Danny Lee]], [[Huang Shengyi|Eva Huang]], [[Law Kar-ying]], and [[Johnnie To]], mostly alleging that he was greedy, selfish, and autocratic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=拉仇恨！盘点周星驰的10大明星敌人 |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/zl/bagua/blog/2014-09-11/18282248/1414660444/5452015c0102v1st.shtml |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=ent.sina.com.cn}}</ref>
-==Political views==
+==Politics==
 In 2013, Stephen Chow was elected a member of the 11th [[Guangdong]] Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ([[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen Chow elected political advisor – China.org.cn |url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2013-01/15/content_27691867.htm |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.china.org.cn |archive-date=3 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203051310/http://china.org.cn/arts/2013-01/15/content_27691867.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> According to media exposure, Chow often arrives late and leaves early at the conference, and has not put forward any proposals.<ref>{{cite news |title=广州媒体：周星驰做政协委员四年无一提案，不是迟到就是早退 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1424327 |accessdate=2020-11-13 |work=The Paper |date=2016-01-24 |archive-date=2017-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213181513/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1424327 |language=zh-cn }}</ref>
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-| ''Thunder Cops II'' ||贼公差婆 || Sui Yuen ||
+| ''[[Thunder Cops II]]'' ||贼公差婆 || Sui Yuen ||
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-| ''[[Just Heroes]]'' ||義膽群英 || 'Jacky' Yuen Kei-hao ||
+| ''[[Just Heroes]]'' ||義膽群英 || "Jacky" Yuen Kei-hao ||
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-| ''Sleazy Dizzy'' ||小偷阿星 || Sing ||
+| ''Sleazy Dizzy'' ||小偷阿星 || rowspan="3" | Sing ||
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-| ''[[Look Out, Officer!]]'' ||師兄撞鬼 || Sing ||
+| ''[[Look Out, Officer!]]'' ||師兄撞鬼 ||
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-| ''[[All for the Winner]]'' ||賭聖 || Sing || Nominated—[[10th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]
+| ''[[All for the Winner]]'' ||賭聖 ||
 |-
 | ''When Fortune Smiles'' ||無敵幸運星 || Vincent Hing ||
@@ Line 176: / Line 177: @@
 | ''The Unmatchable Match'' ||風雨同路 || Cheung Long ||
 |-
-|rowspan=10| 1991
+| rowspan="9" |1991
-|-
 | ''[[Crazy Safari]]'' ||非洲和尚 || Narrator (voice) ||
 |-
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 | ''[[Fist of Fury 1991]]'' ||新精武門1991 || Lau Ching / Saint of Gamblers ||
 |-
-| ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' ||逃學威龍 || Star Chow / Chow Sing-Sing || Nominated—[[11th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]
+| ''[[Fight Back to School]]'' ||逃學威龍 || Star Chow / Chow Sing-Sing ||
 |-
 | ''[[God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai]]'' ||賭俠2之上海灘賭聖 || Chow Sing-cho ||
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 | ''[[Fight Back to School II]]'' ||逃學威龍2 || Chow Sing-sing ||
 |-
-| ''[[Justice, My Foot!]]'' ||審死官 || Sung Sai Kit || Nominated—[[12th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated—[[Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor|Golden Horse Award for Best Actor]]
+| ''[[Justice, My Foot!]]'' ||審死官 || Sung Sai Kit ||
 |-
 | ''[[Royal Tramp]]'' ||鹿鼎記 || rowspan="2" | Wai Siu-bo ||
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 | ''[[Hail the Judge]]'' ||九品芝麻官 || Judge Bao Sing / Pao Lung Sing ||
 |-
-| ''[[From Beijing with Love]]'' ||國產凌凌漆 || Ling-ling-chat || Nominated—[[14th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]
+| ''[[From Beijing with Love]]'' ||國產凌凌漆 || Ling-ling-chat ||
 |-
-|rowspan=4| 1995 || ''[[A Chinese Odyssey|A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box]]'' ||西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒 || [[Monkey King|Sun Wukong]] / Joker
+|rowspan=4| 1995 || ''[[A Chinese Odyssey|A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box]]'' ||西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒 || rowspan="2" | [[Monkey King|Sun Wukong]] / Joker
 |
 |-
-| ''[[A Chinese Odyssey|A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella]]'' ||西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 || Sun Wukong / Joker || [[Golden Bauhinia Awards|Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated—[[15th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]
+| ''[[A Chinese Odyssey|A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella]]'' ||西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 ||
 |-
 | ''[[Out of the Dark (1995 film)|Out of the Dark]]'' ||回魂夜 || Leo ||
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 | 2001 || ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' <ref>{{cite news |url= https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/bestdvd/20021129.htm |title= Shaolin Soccer the NO.1 DVD Sale of 2002 in JAPAN |date= 11 July 2019 |work= watch.impress.co.jp |access-date= 11 July 2019 |archive-date= 22 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200922015350/https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/bestdvd/20021129.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> || 少林足球<ref name="watch.impress.co.jp"/>
 | Sing / Mighty Steel Leg
-| [[21st Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director]]<br />[[21st Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]<br />[[Golden Bauhinia Awards|Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Director]]<br />Nominated—[[21st Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
+|
 |-
-| 2004 || ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' ||功夫 || Sing || [[Golden Horse Award for Best Director]]<br />Nominated—[[24th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director]]<br />Nominated—[[24th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor]]<br />Nominated—[[24th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay]]<br />Nominated—[[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]
+| 2004 || ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' ||功夫 || Sing ||
 |-
-| 2008 || ''[[CJ7]]''  ||長江七號 || Chow Ti || Nominated—[[28th Hong Kong Film Awards|Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
+| 2008 || ''[[CJ7]]''  ||長江七號 || Chow Ti ||
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 |}
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 | ''The Mermaid TV''
 ||劇版美人魚<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.163.com/17/0609/20/CMH255L5000187VE.html|title=掘金星爷：爱奇艺为剧版《美人鱼》和《西游降魔篇》花了7.08亿|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814152431/http://news.163.com/17/0609/20/CMH255L5000187VE.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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