- Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-Sang, also known as Sing Lung or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese actor, director, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer. Chan is one of the best known names in kung fu and action movies worldwide for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, usage of improvised weapons and his innovative stunts. - Andy Lau
Andy Lau Tak-Wah is a Hong Kong cantopop star and a movie actor. His blood type is AB. He has been the most commercially successful Hong Kong film actor since the 1990s. The first lead role that made his initial popularity was the TVB series "Hunting" in 1982. In the same year, Andy acted in his first movie "Boat People". - Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century. Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Lee is best remembered for the presentation of Chinese martial arts to the non-Chinese world. - Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung (Cantonese: Hung4 Gam1 Bou2) (born January 7, 1952) is a Chinese actor, producer and director known for his work in many Kung fu films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has choreographed fight scenes for, amongst others, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, King Hu, Stephen Chow and John Woo. Hung was among the pivotal figures who, spearheading the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the Jiang Shi (hopping vampire) genre. - Sun Yat-Sen
Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866 - March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the "father of modern China." Sun played an instrumental role in the eventual overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China (ROC) was founded in 1912. He later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT) where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, … - Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung (Pinyin: Xiè Tíngfēng; Cantonese: ze6 ting4 fung1), born 29 August1980 is a Hong Kong based singer and actor. He is an actor of the Emperor Entertainment Group. Born to Hong Kong actor Patrick Tse (謝賢) and Deborah Lai (狄波拉), Tse was raised in Vancouver, Canada and attended St. George's School. He later attended Hong Kong International School for a year before dropping out at grade 10. - Kelly Chen
Kelly Chen (Cantonese: "Chan4 Wai6 Lam4"), born Vivian Chen Wai Man 陳慧汶 on September 13, 1973 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong based singer and actress. She is also credited as Chen Huilin, Wai-Lam Chan, Kelly Chan and Wai Lun Chen. - Edison Chen
Edison Chen was a popular Hong Kong Chinese teen idol. He was an artist of the Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Edison Chen 's contract with EEG ended in 2005. ... Edison Chen was born on October 7th, 1980. He was raised in Richmond (Vancouver) and graduated high school at Robert Cecilia Palmer Secondary School (apparently, Edison was a slacker at school but was lucky enough to graduate). - Shu Qi
Shu Qi (born April 16, 1976) is the stage name of a Taiwanese actress born Lin Li-Hui (林立慧). Her stage name is occasionally romanized as Hsu Chi (Wade-Giles) or Shu Kei (Cantonese). Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order as Qi Shu. - Jacky Cheung
Jacky Cheung Hok Yau (born July 10, 1961 in Hong Kong with family roots in Tianjin) is a Hong Kong singer and film star from the mid-1980s to the present. The Chinese-language media refer to Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings. - Aaron Kwok
Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing (Cantonese: Gwok3 Fu3 Sing4; born October 26, 1965) is a popular Hong Kong singer and film actor. The Chinese media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings. He has been dubbed "Hong Kong's Michael Jackson" for his onstage dancing displays. After graduating from secondary school, Aaron Kwok worked as a junior staff in King Fook Gold & Jewellery Co. Ltd., as his father, … - Joey Yung
Joey Yung Cho-Yee (Traditional Chinese:容祖兒; Simplified Chinese:容祖儿; Cantonese: Yung Cho-Yee; Mandarin pinyin: Róng, Zǔ'ér (born June 16, 1980) is a rising and very popular female Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong. She is an artist of the Emperor Entertainment Group. She won the "Most Popular Female Singer Award" on Jade Solid Gold in 2003 with the help of her hit, "My Pride" and won the same prize in 2004, 2005, … - Leon Lai
Leon Lai, MH (黎明; pinyin: Lí Míng; Cantonese: lai4 ming4; born December 11, 1966) is a Hong Kong-based actor and a Cantopop singer. - Wong Fei Hung
Wong Fei Hung (July 9, 1847-March 25, 1924) was a martial artist, healer, and revolutionary who became a Chinese folk hero and the subject of numerous television series and films. As a healer and medical doctor, Wong practiced and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine at 'Po Chi Lam' (寶芝林), his clinic in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, where he was known for his compassion and policy of treating any patient. - Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue is an actor/singer based in Hong Kong. A former model, he has starred in many Cantonese movies such as "Jiang Hu" and "Infernal Affairs II" and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema. - Cecilia Cheung
Cecilia Cheung (Traditional Chinese: 張栢芝, Simplified Chinese: 张柏芝, pinyin: Zhãng Bǒ Zhī, Cantonese: Cheung Pak Zhi, born May 24, 1980) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is affectionately known for her husky sultry voice - Charlene Choi
Charlene Choi (born 22 November, 1982) is a member of the Cantopop girl group Twins, alongside Gillian Chung. - Karen Mok
Karen Joy Morris, or Karen Mok Man-Wai, or Mò Wénwèi(莫文蔚, born in June 2, 1970, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-based actress and singer. She is 1/2 Chinese, 1/4 Welsh (paternal grandfather), 1/8 Iranian and 1/8 German. Mok attended Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong (from primary to secondary) before attending United World College of the Adriatic near Trieste, Italy, … - Grace Park
Grace Park (born March 14 1974) is a American-Canadian actress of Korean descent. She is best known as Sharon Valerii (and the various iterations of Number Eight, a humanoid Cylon) on "Battlestar Galactica", as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap "Edgemont". Born in Los Angeles, California, Park and her family moved to Canada when she was 22 months old. She was raised in a Korean community in Vancouver. - Benny Chan
Benny Chan Muk-Sing, born (Traditional Chinese: 陳木勝) on October 7th, 1969 is a Hong Kong movie director, producer and writer. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese and was nominated for "Best director" at the 24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie "New Police Story". - Ringo Lam
Ringo Lam (Cantonese: Lam Leng-tung; born 1955) is a film director known for stylish action thrillers. He was born in Hong Kong, and studied film at the legendary York University film school in Toronto. Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) was reworked from Lam's "City on Fire" (1987), and critics have indicated that there are shot-by-shot copies of certain action sequences. - Edmond Leung
Edmond Leung (Cantonese: "Leung4 Hon3-man4"), born November 5, 1971) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, songwriter, and actor. At age 17, Edmond Leung was a finalist in the 8th annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1989 and won an award. He was then signed to Capital Artists and began his career in the music industry. He was famous for his rather feminine look, and many of his songs portray the life of timid men dumped by their lovers. - Teresa Teng
Teresa Teng </small> (January 29, 1953 - May 8, 1995), was a very famous singer from Taipei, Taiwan. She enjoyed immense popularity amongst all Chinese-speaking people and in the rest of East Asia, particularly in Japan, for some 30 years. Teng was known for her folk songs and romantic ballads, which remain popular today. She made famous several songs, including "When Will You Return?". - Candy Lo
Candy Lo (Cantonese: "Lou4 Haau2 Yam1"), born October 18, 1974 in Hong Kong, is a Cantopop singer-songwriter and actress. She has released 9 studio albums, 2 compilations, 1 live album and 1 EP with Sony Music to date. On June 11 she released her first EP on her new label WOW Music. - Jin Yong
Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily "Ming Pao", he was its first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993. Cha's fiction has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. - Christy Chung
Christy Chung (鍾麗緹 "Jūng Laitài" Pinyin: "Zhōng Lìtí" Vietnamese: "Chung Lệ Đề", born September 19 1970) born in Montreal to a Chinese father and a Vietnamese mother. She grew up in Brossard, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal, with French and Vietnamese as mother-tongues. She later learned English, Mandarin and Cantonese. While studying for a career in the tourism industry at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), … - Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle is an Australian-born cinematographer and member of the HKSC. Doyle has worked with Chinese directors like Wong Kar-wai (for which he has done the cinematography of all his movies but the first one), Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, and Zhang Yuan. He directed a feature film, "Away with Words" (aka "Kujaku", aka "San tiao ren") set in Hong Kong and Okinawa, starring Tadanobu Asano and Mavis Xu. - Joan Chen
Joan Chen Chong (Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Chōng; Cantonese: 陳沖/Chan Chung; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: can4 cung1; Yale: chan4 chung1) (born as Chen Chong on April 26, 1961, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for her roles in "The Last Emperor", "Twin Peaks", "Red Rose, White Rose", "Saving Face", … - Angelica Lee
Angelica Lee was born January 23, 1976 in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. She is a Malaysian-Taiwanese film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Lee starred in "The Eye", the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Festival and a Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award. - Michael Hui
Michael Hui Koon-Man (born September 3, 1942) is a Hong Kong film comedian, scriptwriter and director. He studied in La Salle College. A sociology degree holder with quiz spells in TVB, Hui first gained popularity in the Hong Kong entertainment industry with his variety show stints in the "Hui Brothers Show". Thereafter he moved from television to film. - Karena Lam
Karena Lam is a Hong Kong based award-winning actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 17 August, 1978. - Danny Chan
Danny Chan (Cantonese: "can4 baak3 koeng4") was a popular 1980s cantopop singer, composer and actor in Hong Kong. He is mostly remembered for his Cantonese romance ballads and high quality compositions. He died in 1993 after being in a coma for 17 months - Felix Wong
Felix Wong Yat-Wah (Simplified Chinese: 黄日华, Traditional Chinese: 黃日華, Jyutping: Wong4 Yat9 Wa4, Pinyin: Huang2 Ri4 Hua2) (born September 4, 1961 in Hong Kong) is a popular TVB actor in Hong Kong. Felix Wong graduated from TVB Artist Training Class, and proceeded to act for TVB, where he made his name known. Although he has appeared in over a dozen movies, he is mostly known for his work in various television series. - Martin Lee
Martin Lee QC SC JP (李柱銘) (born June 8, 1938 in Hong Kong with family root in Huizhou, Guangdong) is the founding chairman (1994-2002) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), elected by direct election from the Geographical Constituency of Hong Kong Island. - Roman Tam
Roman Tam Pak-sin (real name 譚百先 Hanyu Pinyin Tán Bǎi Xiān, Cantonese Taam4 Baak4 Sin1, stage name 羅文, nickname 蘿記 or "Law Kee") (born February 16, 1950 - October 18, 2002) was a cantopop singer. He is regarded as the "Godfather of Cantopop". In the far east, he is equivalent to the western world Frank Sinatra. - Loletta Lee
Loletta Lee (Chinese:李麗珍, also known as Lee Lai Chun in Cantonese and Lee Li Zhen, in Mandarin) is a Hong Kong actress born on January 8, 1969 in Guangzhou. She later changed her name to Rachel Lee in 2000. She started playing small roles in HK movies in the 80s. Her first role as main actress is in "Devoted to You". She continued to play as young teenager in the 80s until 1990. - Brandon Lee
Brandon Bruce Lee (李國豪 Cantonese: "Léi Gwokhòu" Pinyin: "Lǐ Guóháo"; February 1, 1965 - March 31, 1993) was an American actor of Chinese, German, English and Swedish descent. He was the son of the late legendary martial arts film star Bruce Lee - Martin Yan
Martin Yan (甄文達; Pinyin: Zhēn Wéndá; later 殷文達; pinyin: Yīn Wéndá; note that 甄 and 殷 are both pronounced "Yan" in Cantonese) (born 1948) is a Chinese-born American chef and actor who hosts the award-winning national cooking show "Yan Can Cook". He currently resides in Hillsborough, California, south of San Francisco, and is married to Susan ("Sue") with twin sons, Colin and Devin. - Wilson Chen
Wilson Chen (Cantonese: Chan Pak-Lam; born August 27, 1983), also known as Berlin Chen, is a Taiwan-born model, film actor and singer. Wilson Chen began his career as a model in his late teenage years. At the age of 19, he had his first head role in the Taiwanese movie Blue Gate Crossing (2002). In 2004, he started filming movies in Hong Kong. Twins Effect 2: Blade of the Rose was his first, in which he played the money-mad Blockhead, … - Moon Lee
Moon Lee ; Cantonese Jyutping: Li Choi-Fung, Hanyu Pinyin: Li Sai-Feng, born February 14, 1965) is a Hong Kong actress who frequently play roles related to the action and martial arts genre in TV serials and films. She is particularly notable in the subgenre known as Girls with Guns.
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