CHINESE ACTORS

CHINESE FILMS BEGAN TO BE KNOWN WORLDWIDE DURING THE 80'S. DIRECTORS LIKE ZHANG YIMOU ( FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, 1993; HERO,2002;HOUSE OF THE FLYING DAGGERS, 2004), CHEN KAIGE (LIFE ON A STRING, 1991; THE PROMISE, 2005), FENG XIAOGANG (THE BANQUET, 2006) AND  ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR XU JINGLEI (DREAMS MAY COME, 2006),MADE IT POSSIBLE

NOWADAYS MORE THAN THIRTY FILMS PER YEAR ARE DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE WORLD .

CHINESE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES HAVE SURPRISED THE WESTERN WORLD WITH THEIR  BRIGHT PERFORMANCES AND INCREDIBLE SEX APPEAL.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST HANDSOME CHINESE MALE MODELS AND ACTORS.

NIE YUAN

CHINESE ACTOR AND SINGER,  BORN IN 1978, IN ZHENYUAN. HE STUDIED IN SHANGHAI THEATRE ACADEMY FROM 1996 TO 2000. HE PERFORMED IN MORE THAN TWENTY T.V. SERIES FROM 2000 TO 2009. SOME OF THEM ARE: THREE KINGDOMS (2OO8 UP TP 2010)FLYING FOX OF THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN (2006), 6FAN (2007), THE 100th BRIDE ( 2005) AND SMART KID (2001)

IN 2OO8 HE STARRED THE FILM 'FIT LOVER'

LAM FUNG

BEST KNOWN AS RAYMOND LAM, IS A CHINESE ACTOR AND SINGER BORN IN FUJIAN. SINCE 2001 HE WON MORE THAN 30 DIFFERENT AWARDS AS AN ACTOR AND A SINGER AS WELL.

HE HAS PERFORMED IN MANY FILMS, SUCH AS:

A STEP INTO THE PAST (2001), GOLDEN FAITH (2002), SURVIVOR'S LAW (2003), BLADE HEART (2004), FOOD FOR LIFE (2005), FACE TO FATE (2006), THE DRIVE OF LIFE (2007), THE FOUR (2008) AND GROWING THROUGH LIFE ( 2009)

HE IS RELEASING HIS LAST C.D. 'LET'S GET WET' ON JUNE 15 2009

SHAWN YUE

CHINESE ACTOR AND SINGER, BORN IN HONG KONG,OCTOBER 13, 1981. HE BEGAN AS A MODEL FOR GIORDANO, SONY, TIMBERLAKE AND GILLETTE UNTIL ,IN 2001,AFTER HIS FIRST ROLE IN 'LEAVING SORROWLY', HE BEGAN STARRING A LOT OF MOVIES ( MORE THAN TWENTY) ,SUCH AS

SUPER MODEL (2004)

DRAGON SQUAD ( 2005)

DIARY (2006)

UNDERCOVER (2007)

COME WITH THE RAIN (2008)

THE MOSS (2008)

AS A SINGER, HE RELEASED FOUR ALBUMS. THE LATEST IS 'WETHER OR NOT'

HAWICK LAU

CHINESE ACTOR AND SINGER BORN IN 1974 IN HONG KONG. HIS REAL CANTONESE NAME IS LAU HOI WAI

HE IS A  VERY WELL KNOWN  T. V. ACTOR SINCE THE 1990s.  HE STARRED IN  ROYAL EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP, A T.V.  SERIAL,  IN 2008.  BEFORE THAT IN 2003 HE STARRED SEVERAL MOTION PICTURES. ONE OF THEM IS 'THE SPY DAD '

HU GE

CHINESE ACTOR AND SINGER BORN IN SHANGHAI.

HE HAS PERFORMED IN MANY T.V. SERIES, SUCH AS

DANDELION (2003),CHINESE PALADIN (2005), TILL DEATH DO US APART (2006), LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES (2008) AND THE MYTH (2009) AMONG OTHERS

HE ALSO HAS STARRED AND CO-STARRED IN FOUR CHINESE WELL -KNOWN MOVIES:

PRETEND LIKE THERE'S NO FEELING (2002)

THE GHOST INSIDE ( 2004)

THE 601st PHONE CALL (2006)

BUTTERFLY LOVERS (2008)

ANDY LAU

ANDY LAU TAK-WAH WAS BORN IN HONG KONG, SEPTEMBER 27, 1961.

HE IS AN ACTOR, PRODUCER AND POP SINGER. HIS CAREER BEGAN IN 1990. HE IS CONSIDERED THE MOST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL CHINESE FILM ACTOR OF THE TIME. HE HAS WIN 24 HONG KONG FILM AWARDS.

SOME OF THE FILMS HE STARRED ARE

ISLAND OF FIRE (1990)

THE MOON WARRIORS (1992)

CENTURY OF THE DRAGON (1999)

RUNNING ON KARMA (2003)

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS ( 2004)

THE WARLORDS ( 2007)

HE PERFORMED IN MORE THAN FIFTY MOVIES.

RUNNING OUT OF TIME (2000)

INFERNAL AFFAIRES 3 (2004)

HE PERFORMED IN MORE THAN FIFTY MOVIES.