Michael Chow 

                                                                                                                  (Chow Man Kin)            

                               Actor

                                                                          Languages: Chinese, English

 

                             Michael Chow Man Kin was a busy guy in the 1990's. While Hong Kong cinema was riding

                                high, so was he, acting in a motley assortment of films. His early film roles generally had

                             him playing your run of the mill jerk in stuff like Eighth Happiness, (a brash jock), Inspector

                                   Chocolate (Michael Hui's office nemesis), City War (a gay villain caricature), and

                                                         The Inspector Wears Skirts (the two-timing boyfriend).

                               Although not quite an action star, the muscular actor soon emerged in a few action movies.

                              In Miracles (1989), Chow plays a gangster who arm wrestles Jackie Chan. Danny Lee cast

                               him in lead and supporting roles in a few cop films (four in 1995 alone). He and Lee played 

                                          police partners in Asian Connection, an effective crime film set in Taiwan.

                                 Like Danny Lee, Michael also has the distinction of having attempted to portray the late 

                             Bruce Lee on screen. The Spirit of the Dragon, however, was a comedy- a  forte of Chow's. 

                             

                             Michael Chow gained the stamp of a funny fellow in "buddy" flicks, Lunar New Year comedies, 

                                and spooky horror comedies. His presentation at the podium of the 1995 Hong Kong Film 

                            Awards with Law Kar Ying got laughs from his peers in the audience. In 1996 Chow made use 

                                of his contacts in the industry to star in a meritable action-comedy vehicle, Mr. Mumble. 

                                          

                             Though Michael has appeared in HK movies every year since 1988, he also co-produced and 

                               starred in a 2001 U.S. production. An independent film shot in California's Bay area, Kung

                               Phooey parodied martial arts movies. More recently Chow co-starred in Tsui Hark's effort 

                                         The Era of Vampires (2002), directed by former collaborator Wellson Chin.

                   

                                                                 Michael Chow Filmography

                                                                                        

 

                                                                   1  aka Mr. Canton and Lady Rose

                                                                   2  also co-writer 

                                                                   3  aka My Alien Wife

 

                                                    

                                                 Michael Chow -American Films

                                                                                       

 

                                                                                *  also co-producer

 

 

 

                                       

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