Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Avenue of Stars modelled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...

, is located along the Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour situated between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on the South China Sea were instrumental in Hong Kong's establishment as a British colony and its subsequent...

waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, is an urbanized area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It honours celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

History

In 1982, the New World Group built a promenade along the waterfront around the New World Centre

New World Centre

The New World Centre is a shopping centre, apartment complex and office building on Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located near the Sogo Department Store and the Hong Kong Space Museum, opposite the MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. It was closed on March 31, 2010 for...

in Tsim Sha Tsui East

Tsim Sha Tsui

, Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

. In 2003, the Group announced it would spend HK$40 million to build the Avenue of Stars, a project supported by the Hong Kong Tourism Board

Hong Kong Tourism Board

The Hong Kong Tourism Board is a Government-subvented body founded in 2001. The Board replaced the Hong Kong Tourist Association established in 1957...

, Tourism Commission, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong government and the Hong Kong Film Awards Association

Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards , founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing,...

.

The avenue was opened to the general public on 28 April 2004 with an opening ceremony held the previous day, 27 April. The opening ceremony was presided over by a number of government and industry figures including Henry Tang

Henry Tang

Henry Tang Ying-yen, GBM, GBS, JP was the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong until his resignation in September 2011. He is a candidate in the Hong Kong Chief Executive election of 2012, and believed to be preferred by Beijing....

(Financial Secretary), Stephen Ip

Stephen Ip

Stephen Ip, GBS, JP is a former politician in Hong Kong, he was the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 2002 to 2007....

(Secretary for Economic Development and Labour), Patrick Ho

Patrick Ho

Dr Patrick Ho Chi-ping JP is an ophthalmologist, and Hong Kong's former Secretary for Home Affairs. From 1988-2000, he was Professor of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong....

(Secretary of Home Affairs), Selina Chow

Selina Chow

Selina Chow Liang Shuk-yee, GBS OBE JP was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. She was the former vice-chairman of the Liberal Party . She is also well-known in Hong Kong for her career in broadcasting.An alumnus of St...

(Chair of Hong Kong Tourism Board), Manfred Wong

Manfred Wong

Manfred Wong Man-Chun , born on 1 January 1957 in Hong Kong is a Hong Kong radio personality, film producer, screenwriter, director and actor. He is best known for his involvement as a writer for the Young and Dangerous film series.-Biography:...

(Director/Actor), and Cheng Yu Tung (Chair of New World Group); in which the privately-funded Avenue was handed over to the Hong Kong SAR government as public property.

At opening, the avenue honours an initial 73 inductees elected by the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and the readers of City Entertainment.

Description

The Avenue of Stars is the eastern node of several tourist attractions along the Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui

waterfront. In addition to the promenade and New World Centre

New World Centre

, a number of attractions exist including the Museum of Art

Hong Kong Museum of Art

The Hong Kong Museum of Art is the main art museum of Hong Kong. The museum was established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery in the City Hall in Central by the Urban Council in 1962. In 1991, it was moved to the present premises at 10 Salisbury Road, near the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and...

, Space Museum

Hong Kong Space Museum

The Hong Kong Space Museum is a museum of astronomy and space science in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.-History:...

, Cultural Centre

Hong Kong Cultural Centre

The Hong Kong Cultural Centre is a multipurpose performance facility in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road, it was founded by the former Urban Council and, after 2000, is administered by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of Hong Kong Government...

and the Clock Tower.

Entering from Salisbury Garden, a 4.5-metre-tall replica of the statuette given to winners at the Hong Kong Film Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

greets visitors. Along the 440 metre promenade, the story of Hong Kong's one hundred years of cinematic history is told through inscriptions printed on nine red pillars. Set into the promenade are plaques honouring the celebrities. Some plaques contain hand prints and autographs of the stars set in cement, but most of the plaques only contain celebrities' names as they are now deceased. A 2.5 metre bronze statue of Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong

The Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong is a memorial figure of deceased martial artist, Bruce Lee. The Hong Kong memorial was built on behalf of Bruce Lee, who died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32....

was erected along the Avenue of Stars in 2005.

The promenade commands a stunning panoramic view across Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour

. At night it is a popular viewing place for the Symphony of Lights

A Symphony of Lights

A Symphony of Lights is a synchronised building exterior decorative light and laser multimedia display, featuring 44 buildings on both sides of the Victoria Harbour of Hong Kong accompanied by music. The technology was developed by Australian firm Laservision and cost approximately 44 million HK...

display. It is a good place to go to see the glamorous stars of HK.

A large replica of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch will be on permanent display here.

List of stars

Note: People in the list who were born before 1949 in Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

are not from modern day Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, but from mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

, which Republic of China encompassed until the end of the last civil war

Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought between the Kuomintang , the governing party of the Republic of China, and the Communist Party of China , for the control of China which eventually led to China's division into two Chinas, Republic of China and People's Republic of...

#	Name	Place of Birth	Residence	Genre	Notes
1.	Lai Man Wai Lai Man-Wai Lai Man-Wai , now known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema, was the director of the first Hong Kong movie Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913... (1893–1953)		Hong Kong	silent film actor; later as producer and director
2.	Florence Lim	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... ,	Hong Kong	actress	married to Lai Man Wai
3.	Butterfly Hu		Hong Kong	actress	star from 1924 to 1960s
4.	Sir Run Run Shaw Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw CBE, GBM is a Hong Kong media mogul.-Overview:Sir Run Run Shaw was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China in 1907. There has been no official or formal announcement on the exact day and month of his birth. According to A&C Black published Who's Who 2007, Shaw Run Run was born on 14... (1907-)	Ningbo Ningbo Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,... ,	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... media mogul, founder of TVB
5.	Wong Man Lei		Hong Kong	actress	started with Ji Nan Film Company and later with TVB and RTV; Chief Executive of South China Film Industry Workers Union; Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hong Kong FilmAwards (1995)
6.	Zhu Shi Lin Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin . was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company... (27 July 1899 - 5 January 1967)	Taicang Taicang Taicang is a coastal city in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is approximately to the northwest of Shanghai, and to the east of Suzhou. It is a county level city under jurisdiction of Suzhou prefecture level city. In 2008, the registered population was at 466,300, and total GDP... ,	Hong Kong	film director
7.	Tso Tat Wah (September 15, 1915 - January 13, 2007)	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor
8.	Lo Duen	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor and scriptwriter	Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hong Kong Film Critics’Association (1998)
9.	Griffin Yue Feng		Hong Kong	actor and Huangmei opera star	Lifetime AchievementAward by the Film Directors' Guild (1991)
10.	Kwan Tak Hing Kwan Tak Hing Kwan Tak-hing, MBE was a Hong Kong actor who played the role of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. No-one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected to be the... 27 June 1905 - 28 June 1996)	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... ,		actor
11.	Cheung Wood Yau	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cantonese opera star	opera star 1940 and 1950s; later joined TVB and retired 1982
12.	Ng Cho Fan	Hong Kong		actor	Greatest Individual Achievement Award given by the Cultural Ministry of the People’s Republic of China
13.	Tang Wing Cheung Sun Ma Sze Tsang Sir Sun Ma Sze Tsang Sir Sun Ma Sze Tsang Sir Sun Ma Sze Tsang (新馬師曾）MBE (20 June 1916 – 20 April 1997) was a Cantonese opera singer and actor in Hong Kong.-Career:Born as Tang Wing Cheung, in Shunde, Guangdong. He was eight when his parents divorced, his father Tang Kei was a gambling and...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cantonese opera star	Opera King of Charity
14.	Pak Yin		Hong Kong	actress	retired 1964
15.	Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan was a popular Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953.-Biography:... (August 1, 1918(1918-08-01) - September 22, 1957)	Changzhou Changzhou Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the... ,	Hong Kong	singer and film actress
16.	Cheung Ying	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor	died in Canada 1984
17.	Li Tit	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor	star 1930s and 1940s; Lifetime Achievement Award by the Film Directors'Guild (1995)
18.	Wu Pang	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	director	directed 58 Wong Fei Hung films
19.	Yam Kim Fai Yam Kim Fai Yam Kim Fai , also known as Ren Jianhui was a renowned Cantonese opera actress in China and Hong Kong.She was most notable for her unique ability to sing in the lower register... December 29, 1912	Nanhai Nanhai Nanhai District , historically known as Namhoi, is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.-Administration:... ,	Hong Kong	opera star
20.	Shek Kin (January 1, 1913-June 3, 2009)	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	film and TV actor
21.	Li Li Hua	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actress
22.	Bai Guang Bai Guang Bai Guang was a famous movie star and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.-Biography:... (1921–1999)	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... ,	Malaysia	singer and actress
23.	Ng Wui		Hong Kong		actor and co-founder of Union Film Enterprise Ltd; starred in over 100 films and directed over 200 films; later with RTV
24.	Pak Suet Sin (April 1, 1926-)	Hong Kong		Chinese opera star
25.	Hung Sin Nui	Hong Kong		singer and actress
26.	Chun Kim	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	writer and director	founded Kong Ngee Co
27.	Yu So Chow Yu So Chow Yu So Chow is a Chinese actress born in Beijing on July 9, 1930 to a Peking opera family. She is the daughter of late Master Yu Jim Yuen who ran the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong, and teacher of many well-known actors....	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... ,	Hong Kong/San Francisco,	Chinese opera
28.	Leung Sing Po	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cantonese opera star	later wutg TVB; award MBE 1976
29.	Tang Kei Chen		Hong Kong	radio anchor and radio actor/comedian; moved to Canada 1975
30.	Tang Bik Wan	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cantonese opera star/actress
31.	Fong Yim Fun	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Chinese opera
32.	Miranda Yang (February 13, 1932-)	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... ,	Hong Kong	actress and producer
33.	Linda Ching (Lin Dai) Lin Dai Linda Lin Dai was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during 1950s–60s. She was a star actress in the Shaw Brothers Studio stable....	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actress	took her own life in 1964
34.	Woo Fung	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor, director
35.	You Min - Lucialla Yu Ming	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Cantonese operat star and actress	retired 1964
36.	Patrick Tse Yin (August 9, 1936)	Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province... ,	Hong Kong /	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... film and TV actor, screenwriter, producer
37.	Li Han Hsiang Li Han Hsiang Richard Li Han Hsiang was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s.... (March 7, 1926-December 17, 1996)	Jinxi,	Hong Kong	director	died of heart attack in 1996
38.	Loke Wan Tho Loke Wan Tho Loke Wan Tho born in Kuala Lumpur , was a cinema magnate, ornithologist, and photographer. He was the founder of Cathay Organisation in Singapore and Malaysia, and Motion Picture and General Investments Limited in Hong Kong.... (14 June 1915-June 20, 1964)	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... ,		cinema owner
39.	Roy Chiao Roy Chiao Roy Chiao was a Chinese actor most famous for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Other English speaking film appearances of his included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the...			actor	interpreter for the US Army during the Korean War
40.	Patricia Lam Fung	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	retired 1967 and died 1976
41.	Chang Cheh Chang Cheh Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100... (February 10, 1923-June 22, 2002)		Hong Kong	film director
42.	Chor Yun	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor
43.	King Hu King Hu King Hu was a Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films Come Drink with Me , Dragon Gate Inn and A Touch of Zen inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s... (April 29, 1931-January 14, 1997)	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... ,	/ Hong Kong	director
44.	Ivy Ling Po (March, 1939)	Shantou Shantou Shantou , historically known as Swatow or Suátao, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, with a total population of 5,391,028 as of 2010 and an administrative area of... ,	Hong Kong	opera star
45.	Connie Chan Connie Chan Po-chu Connie Chan Po-chu was born in 1946 to impoverished parents, one of at least nine siblings, in Guangdong, China. To increase their children's chances of survival, Chan's birth parents gave away some of their youngest to other families. As a result, Chan was adopted by Chan Fei-nung and his wife,... (January 1, 1947-)	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... ,	Hong Kong	actress and singer
46.	Josephine Siao Fong Fong Josephine Siao Josephine Siao Fong-Fong MBE is a Hong Kong movie star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival... (March 13, 1947)	Suzhou Suzhou Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part... ,	Hong Kong	actress
47.	Fung Bo Bo Fung Bo Bo Petrina Fung Bo Bo is a Hong Kong actress. She is the daughter of Hong Kong actor Feng Feng and the sister of actor Fung Hak-On.She started her career as a child actress.-Filmography:-External links:* * *...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	film and TV actress
48.	Jimmy Wong Yue Jimmy Wong Jimmy Wong is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He maintains the popular YouTube channel "jimmy". He is the younger brother of popular YouTuber Freddie Wong.- Biography :... (March 28, 1943)	Wuxi Wuxi Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south... ,	Hong Kong	actor, producer, director and screenwriter
49.	Tommy Ti Lung (August 3, 1946-)	Xinhu,	Hong Kong	actor
50.	David Chiang David Chiang John Chiang is a Hong Kong actor. His Chinese name is Chiang Da-wei . He is sometimes credited as David Chiang.-Biography:...	Hong Kong		actor
51.	Leonard Ho Kwong Cheong Leonard Ho Leonard Ho was a Chinese movie producer. He formed Golden Harvest in 1970, with Raymond Chow, after leaving Shaw Brothers. The first movie he produced was A Man Called Tiger from 1973. In 1989, he was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for best picture for the movie Painted Faces, which was...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	publicity officer and production officer at Shaw Brothers	later Vice Chairman at Golden Harvest
52.	Raymond Chow Raymond Chow Raymond Chow Man-Wai is a Hong Kong film producer, and presenter and was responsible for successfully launching martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	film director
53.	Bruce Lee Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...		Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	martial artist, actor	Founder of Jeet Kune Do, voted Greatest Martial Artist of All Time
54.	Ng See Yuen	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	director
55.	Michael Hui Michael Hui Michael Hui Koon-Man is a Hong Kong comedian, scriptwriter and director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers who remain three of the most prominent figures in the Hong Kong entertainment circle during the 1970s and the 1980s...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	comedian, director and screenwriter
56.	Sam Hui	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor and Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... pop singer
57.	Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia Brigitte Lin Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong movies...			actress
58.	Sammo Hung Kam Po Sammo Hung Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... actor
59.	Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... film actor
60.	John Woo John Woo John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	film director
61.	Yuen Wo Ping	Hong Kong		director and martial arts choreographer
62.	Ann Hui On Wah Ann Hui Ann Hui On-Wah is a Hong Kong film director, film producer and occasional screenwriter, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hong Kong New Wave.-Early life:...	Hong Kong		director
63.	Tsui Hark Tsui Hark Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...	Hong Kong		director
64.	Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-fat, SBS is an actor from Hong Kong. He is best known in Asia for his collaboration with filmmaker John Woo in heroic bloodshed genre films A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled; and to the West for his role as Li Mu-bai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...	Hong Kong		TV and film actor
65.	Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , nicknamed elder brother , was a film actor and musician from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop", and "combining a hugely successful film and music career".In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by China Central...	Hong Kong	/	Cantopop singer and film actor	deceased
66.	Andy Lau Andy Lau Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	Cantopop singer and film actor
67.	Jet Li Jet Li The fame gained by his sports winnings led to a career as a martial arts film star, beginning in mainland China and then continuing into Hong Kong. Li acquired his screen name in 1982 in the Philippines when a publicity company thought his real name was too hard to pronounce...		Hong Kong//	film actor
68.	Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung Man yuk is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong//	TV and film actress
69.	Anita Mui Anita Mui Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	Cantopop singer and film actress
70.	Tony Leung Chiu Wai Tony Leung Chiu Wai Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is a Hong Kong film actor and former TVB actor. A major film star since the 1990s, Leung has won nine Hong Kong Film Awards and three Golden Horse Best Actor awards...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	TV and film actor
71.	Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng Michelle Yeoh Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....		Hong Kong/	film actress
72.	Wong Kar Wai Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai BBS is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild , Ashes of Time , Chungking Express , Fallen Angels , Happy Together and 2046...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	director
73.	Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Sing-Chi is a Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, film director and producer.- Professional career :Stephen Chow began as a temporary actor for TVB. He entered TVB in early 1980s, and was trained there, although he had few opportunities to appear in films. Chow graduated from...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	director and film actor
74.	Ms Tsz Law Lin	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	actress
75.	Lam Kar Sing		Hong Kong
76.	Wong Tin-Lam Wong Tin-Lam Wong Tin-Lam was a Chinese screenwriter, producer, director, and actor, who has contributed a lot to the Hong Kong cinema scene with a career spanning six decades...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	scriptwriter, producer, director, and actor
77.	Bow Fong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	actor
78.	Lau Kar Leung	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	film and TV actor
79.	Shek Wai
80.	Fu Chi
81.	Grace Chang Grace Chang Grace Chang , aka Ge3 Lan2 , is a Chinese actress and singer.Born in Shanghai, Chang moved with her family to Hong Kong in 1948....		actress and singer
82.	Patsy Kar Ling	Hong Kong		actress	retired and living in Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
83.	Kwan Shan	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	actor
84.	Lo Wai	Hong Kong		actor
85.	Tong Kai	Hong Kong		choreographer
86.	Nee Kwong
87.	James Wong Wong Jim James Wong Jim was a Cantopop lyricist and writer based primarily in Hong Kong. He was also a well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter and talk show hosts. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong...	Hong Kong		lyricist and writer	deceased
88.	Karl Maka Karl Maka Karl Maka is a popular Hong Kong producer, director, actor and presenter. He was born on 29 February 1944 in Taishan, China. One of his popular movie is the Aces Go Places film series which he acted alongside Sam Hui....	Hong Kong		producer, director, actor and presenter
89.	Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...	Hong Kong		film and TV actor, TVB MC
90.	William Chang Suk Ping William Chang Suk Ping William Chang Suk Ping is a Hong Kong film editor, production designer and art director, and along with cinematographer Christopher Doyle is an important collaborator with Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	film editor, production designer and art director
91.	Tony Leung Ka Fai	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	film actor
92.	Anthony Wong Chau Sang Anthony Wong Chau Sang Anthony Wong Chau-sang is a Hong Kong Film Award-winning Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director. He is regarded as one of the most notable actors in Hong Kong.-Biography:...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	TV and film actor
93.	Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse, thus being the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus Tse...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	film actress
94.	Lai Pak Hoi
95.	Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kong is a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career has spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles.Tsang was born in Shanghai, China with family roots in Jida, Zhuhai, Guangdong. He attended high school in Wah Yan Hong Kong and then Wah Yan, Kowloon...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	TV and film actor
96.	Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Actress :...		film actress
97.	Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. The Chinese language media refers to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings , with more than 60 million records sold as of 2000....	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	Cantopop singer and film actor
98.	Lau Ching Wan	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	TV and film actor
99.	Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...	Hong Kong	Hong Kong/	TV and film actor, Cantopop singer
100.	Gong Li Gong Li Gong Li is a Chinese film actress. Gong first came into international prominence through close collaboration with Chinese director Zhang Yimou and is credited with helping to bring Chinese cinema to Europe and the United States....			film actress
101.	Leon Lai Leon Lai Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...		Hong Kong/	TV and film actor, Cantopop singer

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