Ĭhow made his film debut in the 1988 film Final Justice, which won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.Ĭhow shot to stardom in The Final Combat (1989). He captured the attention of the public as host of the TVB Jade children's program 430 Space Shuttle. Career Ĭhow began his career as an extra for Rediffusion Television.

After graduation, he was accepted to TVB's acting classes. Steve entered San Marino Secondary School, where he studied alongside Lee Kin-yan. When he was nine, he saw Bruce Lee's film The Big Boss, which inspired him to become a martial arts star. Steve 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. After his parents divorced when he was seven, Steve was raised by his mother. Chow's given name 'Sing-chi' ( 星馳) derives from Tang dynasty (618–907) Chinese poet Wang Bo's essay Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion. Steve has an elder sister named Chow Man-kei ( 周文姬) and a younger sister named Chow Sing-ha ( 周星霞).

Stephen Chow, or Steve for short, was born in Hong Kong on 22 June 1962 to Ling Po-yee ( 凌寶兒), an alumna of Guangzhou Normal University, and Chow Yik-sheung ( 周驛尚), an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang. Stephen Chow Sing-chi ( Chinese: 周星馳, born 22 June 1962), known professionally as Steve Chow, is a Hong Kong filmmaker, former actor and comedian, known for Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle.

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