Born Chow Sing-Chi in Hong Kong on 22nd June 1962,Stephen Chow spent his youth days with three sisters in Shanghai,China.He developed an interest in the martial arts after witnessing the talent of Bruce Lee,where he began training in the style of Wing Chun,which was one of Bruce Lee's specialties.His martial arts training served him well to a minimum and he incorporated it in many of his famous action films.
In 1982,he graduated from high school and auditioned for an acting school run by TVB,a Hong Kong television station where he was rejected.His friend 'Waise' Lee Chi-Hung (The Legend of the Swordsman,John Woo's 'A Better Tomorrow') helped him out and he was allowed to take night classes.He graduated in 1983 and was hired to host a children's television program called 'Space Shuttle 430' even though he wasn't fond of children.This didn't stop him from carrying on his duty as he developed an off-beat rapport with co-stars of the show that audiences loved,which led the program to run for five years.During the show's final run in 1988,he broke into dramatic roles in numerous television programs and went on to star in his first feature film where actor 'Danny' Lee Sau-Yin (City on Fire,John Woo's 'The Killer') cast him in 'Final Justice' which earned him an Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Annual Taiwanese Film Awards.
In 1990,he introduced his incredible comedy talent in the film,'All for the Winner' which was a hilarious spin-off of the film,'God of Gamblers' starring Chow Yun-Fat.The film became such a success that he also starred alongside Chow Yun-Fat in the successful sequel,'God of Gamblers 2'.He excelled in the comedy genre and developed a trademark that reinvented his career in years to come as he began doing parodies of Hollywood,Japanese Hong Kong cinema films,such as 'Fist of Fury 1991','From Beijing with Love',and his directorial debut,'All's Well Ends Well'.The parody film,'Justice My Foot' earned him Best Actor of Asia at the Pacific Film Festival.
His idea of combining sports with action kung-fu & comedy came into play in 2002 with 'Shaolin Soccer' where some CGI digital effects were used to help create astonishing action sequences with the help of legendary action choreographer 'Tony' Ching Siu-Tung who provided a stylized twist to the fights.The film struck gold on release,ranking the highest grossing film in the history of Hong Kong cinema with a record of HK$60 million.
Finally,Hollywood took support of Chow's comedic skills and Miramax Films bought the distribution rights to 'Shaolin Soccer' and released it internationally in 2003.Following the success of 'Shaolin Soccer' Columbia Tristar released his next kung-fu comedy project,'Kung Fu Hustle',on which he collaborated with another legendary action choreographer,Yuen Wo-Ping,to create some hard-hitting martial arts sequences,for which Wo-Ping has been famous since the '70s in Hong Kong.
Stephen Chow's creativity of action and comedy continues to find new audiences and his work will continue to entertain viewers around the world for years to come.
1962年6月22日在香港出生的周智，周星馳在上海與三姐妹度過了他的青年時代，中國發展的武術興趣見證李小龍的人才後，他開始在詠春拳的訓練方式，這是李小龍的壹個特點。他的武術訓練服他到最小他將他的許多著名的動作片。
1982，他高中畢業，參加演藝學校由TVB，香港電視臺，他被拒絕了。他的朋友Lee Chi Hung（明智的劍客，傳說吳宇森的“明天會更好”）幫助他了，他被允許參加了夜校。他畢業於1983被雇傭來舉辦壹個兒童電視節目稱為“航天430”雖然他不喜歡孩子，這並沒有阻止他繼續他的職務，他發展了壹種離奇的融洽與節目的主演，觀眾喜愛，導致程序運行了五年的節目。最後在1988期間，他突然戲劇性的角色在許多電視節目和上了他的第壹個電影明星在哪裏第二十五年度臺灣電影金像獎中，男演員丹尼·李·尹（《失火的城市，吳宇森的殺手》）授予他“最後的正義”稱號，並為他贏得最佳男配角獎。
1990，他介紹了他的令人難以置信的喜劇天賦在影片中，為贏家，這是從電影熱鬧的自旋“賭徒”，主演周潤發yun-fat.the電影上帝成為這樣壹個成功的，他也曾在周潤發的成功的續集，賭徒2神。他擅長的喜劇風格，開發了壹個商標，重新開始了他的演藝生涯在未來幾年裏，他開始做模仿好萊塢，日本香港電影，如“1991”憤怒的拳頭，從北京的愛，和他的導演處女作，所有的好結果”。戲仿電影，'justice腳為他贏得了亞洲最好的演員在亞太電影節。
他的體育動作功夫和喜劇相結合的理念，發揮2002“少林足球”，壹些CGI數字效果被用來幫助創造傳奇的動作指導”托尼程小東誰提供的戰鬥風格扭曲幫助驚人的行動序列。電影到黃金上發布，排名票房最高的影片在香港電影院有6000萬港元的歷史記錄。
最後，好萊塢將Chow的喜劇技巧和米拉麥克斯電影支持買的經銷權，“少林足球”和發布國際在2003。以下的“少林足球”哥倫比亞三星成功發布了他的下壹個功夫喜劇，功夫的喧囂，而他與另壹位著名的動作指導，袁和平，創造壹些強硬的武術鏡頭，為禾坪有70年代以來在香港是著名的。
周星馳的動作和喜劇的創造力繼續尋找新的觀眾，他的作品將繼續在未來幾年裏吸引世界各地的觀眾。