Collin Chou
Collin Chou, also known as Ni Xing, was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province in 1967 and is a Chinese action actor.
He studied martial arts at the age of 5 and started his film career as a stuntman in 1979. In 1985, he starred in the movie " Promising Young Boy " directed by Sammo Hung . He came to Hong Kong at the age of 20 and became a member of the Hong family class under the guidance of Sammo Hung . .
In 2001, he took over the sequel to the Hollywood movie " The Matrix ". In 2007, Collin Chou played the villain in the action film " Flash Point " directed by Wilson Yip Wai Shun and Donnie Yen . In 2012, he starred in the movie " THE FOUR " with Chao Deng , Crystal Liu and Ronald Cheng , and played the iron hand in the film. In 2013, he starred in the movie " THE FOUR 2 ". In 2015, he participated in the large-scale costume myth drama " Fengshen ". 2016, participating Jeffrey Lau directed the 3D film ""
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Early Experience
Collin Chou was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province in 1967. There are 13 siblings. After his father died young, he began to learn boxing. At the age of six, he started working with the owner of a carving shop. At the age of nine, Collin Chou switched to making bread. At that time, he joined the film industry as a stand-in for martial arts, and began to practice Taekwondo and Muay Thai, as well as learning fighting skills for filming. Facilitating the appreciation of Sammo Hung at the age of eighteen, he starred in the movie " Promising Young Boy " directed by Sammo Hung . After that, he came to Hong Kong as a teacher and joined Sammo Hung's team and became a member of the Hong family class . .
Performing Experience
In 1994, Collin Chou was Jet Li 's rival in the movie " The Bodyguard from Beijing " and had several fierce fights with Jet Li. In " The Kung Fu Cult Master " filmed in the same year , he played the role of Song Qingshu who persecuted Zhang Wuji. In the movie " Hail the Judge " starring Stephen Chow , he played Chang Wei.
In 1995, he and Jet Li co-produced " My Father Is Hero ", in which he played the role of the villain, the deputy captain.
In 1996, he cooperated with Jet Li for the fourth time, and once again confronted Jet Li's role in " Dr. Wei and the Scripture Without Words ".
In 1999, he participated in the TV series " Secret Police " with Cynthia Khan , Zhang Guoqiang and Sandy Yu .
In 2000, Woo Ping Yuen , who was in the United States, invited Collin Chou to join the crew of "The Matrix" to participate in action director and actor training.
In 2003, Collin Chou took over the filming of his own Hollywood movie " The Matrix2 ", playing the role of the protector of the prophet.
In 2005, with Anthony Perry , Karen Tong ,Co-starred in the movie " Heroes on Fire ".
In 2007, Collin Chou played the villain in the action film "Flash Point" directed by Wilson Yip Wai Shun and Donnie Yen .
In 2008, he starred in the movie " The Forbidden Kingdom " with Jackie Chan and Jet Li , and played the role of Yujiang God of War in the film .
In 2011, he starred in the movie " The first president " directed by Wang Caitao with Xin-zhi Qiu , and played Chen Qimei in the film . In the same year, he starred in the movie " Angel Warriors " directed by Gordon Chan with Yu Nan and played the eagle in the film.
In 2012, he starred in the movie " THE FOUR " with Chao Deng , Crystal Liu and Ronald Cheng , and played the iron hand in the film .
In 2013, he participated in the movie " Badges of Fury " starring Jet Li and Wen Zhang , and co-starred in the movie " Special Identity " with Donnie Yen , in which he played Long Maoxiong. In the same year, he starred in the movie " THE FOUR 2 " with Chao Deng and Crystal Liu .
In 2015, starred in the TV series " Fengshen ", playing the role of King Zhou.
2016, participating Jeffrey Lau directed the 3D film ""
. The movie " THE BODYGUARD " starring in July 15 was released
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On September 28, 2020, he participated in the action movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight" directed by Alan Mak
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On October 15, 2021, the fantasy love movie " The Curse of Turandot " directed by Zheng Xiaolong was released
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Character Evaluation
Collin Chou is good at martial arts, and Hong Kong is also rich in kung fu movies, so there is no problem getting a foothold in Hong Kong. But because no one likes it, he can only act as a big supporting role like the villain's first killer, but can't become a pivotal star. Collin Chou has been a villain for many years. In many classic Kung Fu movies, he is the only one who can compete with Jackie Chan, Jet Li , Donnie Yen, etc. The only regret is that Zou has such a good skill but never won a martial arts championship.
Collin Chou succeeded in breaking into Hollywood with his effort, and became the only Chinese actor in "The Matrix". Collin Chou and Jet Li are both martial arts masters who have successfully scored in Hollywood, and they have similar backgrounds. Jet Li said that it was very comfortable to play against Collin Chou.
