Name	The Storm Riders
Traditional	風雲雄霸天下
Simplified	风云雄霸天下
Director	Andrew Lau
Producer	Manfred Wong
Story	Ma Wing-shing
Starring	Aaron KwokEkin ChengSonny ChibaKristy YangMichael Tse
Music	Chan Kwong-wing
Cinematography	Andrew Lau
Editing	Marco MakDanny Pang
Studio	Golden HarvestBob and Partners
Distributor	Golden HarvestBob and Partners
Released	August 31, 1998
Runtime	126 minutes
Country
Language	Cantonese
Budget	HK$85 million
Gross	}}

''The Storm Riders'' is a 1998 Hong Kong film based on the manhua series ''Fung Wan'' by artist Ma Wing-shing. Directed by Andrew Lau, it starred Ekin Cheng as Wind and Aaron Kwok as Cloud. The plot involves two children, Whispering Wind and Striding Cloud, who become powerful warriors under the evil Lord Conqueror's tutelage. The sequel to the film, titled ''The Storm Warriors'' and directed by the Pang brothers, was released in 2009.

Plot

The evil Lord Conqueror, head of Conqueror's Clan, is given a prophecy by Mud Buddha. It is said that if Conqueror finds two young children by the name of Wind and Cloud he will have good fortune. Mud Buddha tells Conqueror to look for him 10 years later so that he can tell the rest of Conqueror's fortune. Conqueror issues an order that every boy with a birth chart matching Wind's or Cloud's must become a disciple of the Conqueror's Clan. Both Wind and Cloud are found, and Lord Conqueror's servants murder their respective parents.

Ten years pass, and Wind and Cloud are now both fully grown and highly skilled martial artists. Lord Conqueror raised them as his own children. He is angered by the disappearance of Mud Buddha and sends his men to find him. After Mud Buddha is found, he reveals that Wind and Cloud will either join or destroy Conqueror.

Seeing that Wind and Cloud can lead to misfortune, Conqueror uses his daughter, Charity, to cause Wind and Cloud to fight each other. There was a love triangle involving Wind, Cloud, and Charity. Conqueror arranges a marriage with Wind and Charity. Cloud finds out and is unhappy about it. On the day of the wedding, he takes her away and Conqueror tells Wind to fight for his wife. Wind and Cloud engage in a battle and Lord Conqueror tries to kill Cloud in their duel, but killed his own daughter. This was because she tried to protect Cloud. Cloud and Wind's relationship with Lord Conqueror sours, after Cloud loses an arm to Conqueror in combat and Wind is poisoned by Conqueror's minions. Wind finds out the truth about who killed his parents and fights a fire beast which killed his father. Fortunately, Cloud is found by helpful villagers, one of whom donates his arm to replace Cloud's loss.

Wind and Cloud then work together to destroy Lord Conqueror. Together, they defeat the evil warlord, finally exacting their revenge and fulfilling Mud Buddha's prophecy.

Cast

Aaron Kwok as Striding Cloud

Ekin Cheng as Whispering Wind

Sonny Chiba as Lord Conqueror

Kristy Yang as Charity

Michael Tse as Frost

Wayne Lai as Mud Buddha

Lawrence Cheng as Jester

Anthony Wong as Sword Saint

Alex Fong as Whispering Prince

Yu Rongguang as Striding Sky

Shu Qi as Muse

Wan Yeung-ming as Summit Yu

Roy Cheung as Shaolin Monk

Jason Chu as Ming

Christine Ng as Ying

Dion Lam as Hawk

Ng Chi-hung as Bat

Elvis Tsui as Seedy Sword

Lee Siu-kei as Dragon

Xu Jinglei

Sequel

Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok returned for the sequel, reprising their respective roles as Wind and Cloud. The film will be helmed by the Pang brothers and will follow the ''Japanese Invasion'' story arc of the manhua.

They will be joined by newcomers to the franchise Hong Kong Cantopop stars Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, newcomer Tang Yan and veteran actor Simon Yam. Tse will play the villain Heartless while Yam plays his father Lord Godless.

See also

The Storm Warriors

Storm Rider Clash of the Evils

Wind and Cloud

Wind and Cloud 2

External links

Love HK Film - ''The Storm Riders''

''Animerica'' review of original manga

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Storm Riders may refer to:

''Storm Riders'' (1982 film), a documentary featuring surfers and windsurfers

''The Storm Riders'', a 1998 Hong Kong film based on a comic book called ''Fung Wan''

''Storm Rider'', a.k.a. ''The Grand Duel'', an Italian spaghetti western directed by Giancarlo Santi

''Storm Riders'' (TV series), program on ''The Weather Channel''

See also

"Riders on the Storm", a song by The Doors on their 1971 album, ''L.A. Woman''

A storm is a severe weather condition.

Storm(s) may also refer to:

Thunderstorm, a storm characterized by thunder, lightning and heavy rain

Hailstorm, a storm (often a thunderstorm) characterized by hail

Snowstorm, a storm depositing heavy falls of snow

Ice storm, a storm deposting ice through the action of freezing rain

Tropical cyclone, a severe storm or hurricane or typhoon

Geomagnetic storm, a disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere

Science and technology

STORM, a super-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique

STORM (Web Service Test Application)

Film and television

''Storm'' (1987 film), starring Stan Kane

Storm 2, a world champion fighting robot that competed in ''Robot Wars''

Warren Miller's ''Storm'', a 2002 documentary film on snow-skiing by Warren Miller

"The Storm" (''Stargate Atlantis''), the first of a two-part episode of the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' in 2004.

"The Storm" (''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' episode), a 2005 episode of the television series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''

"Storm" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''), a 2005 episode of the television series ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

''Storm'' (film), a 2005 Swedish fantasy-thriller film

''The Storm'' (2008 film), about the effect of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa

''Final Storm'', a 2009 movie directed by Uwe Boll with the working title "The Storm"

''The Storm'' (2009 TV Miniseries), a 2009 NBC TV miniseries about natural disasters

''Storm'', a 2009 political thriller film by Hans-Christian Schmid about an investigation into war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

''The Storm'' (2009 film), a 2009 Dutch film about the North Sea flood of 1953.

Literature

''The Storm'' (Daniel Defoe), 1704 book by Daniel Defoe

Storm (comics), name of various characters in comic books

''Storm'' (novel), a 1941 novel by George Rippey Stewart

''Storm'' (novella), a children's book by Kevin Crossley-Holland

''The Storm'' (play), a play by Russian dramatist Alexandr Ostrovsky

''The Storm'' (poem) or ''Wind in the Afternoon'', a poem by Tapan Kumar Pradhan

"The Storm" (short story), by Kate Chopin

Storm the Albatross, a character in the ''Sonic Riders'' universe

Music

Storm, an American female rapper

Storm (band), an early-1990s Norwegian folk/black metal band

Storm (German band), a late-1990s Trance duo from Germany

Storm (Malagasy band), a Malagasy power metal band

The Storm (band), an American 1990s rock band

''Storm'' (Vanessa-Mae album), a 1998 album by Vanessa-Mae

''Storm'' (Skazi album), a 2002 album by Skazi

''Storm'' (Heather Nova album), a 2003 album by Heather Nova

''Storm'' (Theatre of Tragedy album), a 2006 album by Theatre of Tragedy

''Storms'' (album), a 1988 album by Nanci Griffith

''The Storm'' (Tchaikovsky), an overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

''The Storm'' (Moving Hearts album), a 1985 album by Moving Hearts

''The Storm'' (Travis Tritt album), a 2007 album by Travis Tritt

''Da Storm'', a 1996 album by O.G.C.

''Storm'', a 2004 album by Assemblage 23

''The Storm'', a reggae album from 1994 with The Gladiators

"Storm" (Luna Sea song), a song by Japanese band Luna Sea

"Running Through the Fire (Storm)", originally called "Storm", a 2010 single by Anika Moa

"Storm", a song by Lifehouse from ''Who We Are''

"Storm", the title of a song by Godspeed You! Black Emperor from ''Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven''

"Storm", a song by Lenny Kravitz from ''Baptism''

"Storms", a song by Fleetwood Mac from ''Tusk''

"The Storm", a song by Blackmore’s Night from ''Fires at Midnight''

"The Storm", a song by Big Country from ''The Crossing''

"Storm", a pro-science beat poem by Tim Minchin.

Organizations

Lake Elsinore Storm, an American minor league baseball team

The Melbourne Storm, an Australian rugby league team

Seattle Storm, a WNBA basketball team based in Seattle, Washington

Save the Oak Ridges Moraine, a Canadian environmental organization

Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, an American Communist revolutionary organization

Storm, a former publishing label of Sales Curve Interactive

The Storm (radio station), a UK radio station

Storm Model Management, a UK modeling agency

People

Storm (surname)

Storm (Marvel Comics) fictional character from the X-Men Marvel Comics.

Other uses

The Storm (painting), 19th century painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Cot

''Storm – Frontline Nation'', a turn-based strategy video game

BlackBerry Storm, a smartphone developed by RIM and released in November 2008

Storm (ice cream), a flavoured ice cream sold at Hungry Jack's fast food restaurants

Storm (soft drink), a caffeinated lemon-lime soft drink

Operation Storm, a Croatian military operation

Storm (software), an SQL object-relational mapper

Storm Worm, a computer worm which uses peer-to-peer communication to create a botnet on computers running Microsoft Windows

Storm botnet, created by the Storm Worm

Beretta Cx4 Storm, a pistol-carbine gun

Geo Storm, an automobile

Major Storm, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Storm's Stork, a Sumatran bird

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name	Jaz Coleman
background	solo_singer
birth date	February 26, 1960
origin	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
genre	Post-punk, industrial metal, classical music
occupation	Singer, keyboardist, songwriter, conductor
years active	1978–present
label	Cooking VinylRed InkSonyZoo Entertainment/VolcanoEGVirginSpinefarm Records
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Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to rock band Killing Joke. In addition, he is also the band's keyboardist and has composed orchestral and soundtrack pieces.

Biography

Coleman was born in Cheltenham to an English father and an Anglo-Indian mother who are both school teachers. He studied piano and violin under Eric Coleridge, head of music for Cheltenham College, until the age of 17 and was a member of several cathedral choirs in England. In 1973, Jaz was awarded the Rex Watson Cup at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music. Jaz Coleman studied in Leipzig DDR in 1987 and Cairo Conservatoire in 1979 where he made an extensive study of Arabic quartertones. According to his own account, Coleman also studied international banking for three years in Switzerland and is an ordained priest, with a church in New Zealand.

He is a supporter of the concept of environmental sustainability and has invested in the creation of two eco-villages in the South Pacific and in Chile. Coleman has joint British and New Zealand citizenship and has residences in Prague, Switzerland, and New Zealand. He has been married twice and has three children.

Together with Malcolm Welsford, he founded the York Street Recording Studio in New Zealand.

Coleman was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture for his contribution to contemporary music. He was decorated by the French government on 27 September 2010, while Killing Joke were in concert at the Bataclan in Paris.

Killing Joke

In 1978 he founded Killing Joke with drummer Paul Ferguson in Notting Hill, London with whom he recruited guitarist Geordie Walker and bassist Martin Glover (aka Youth). The group released its first single in October 1979 and their first eponymous album was released in 1980. Coleman contributed lead vocals and keyboards to the bands' songs, and thanks to his stage persona and Walker's guitar sound and playing, the group soon became pioneers of a post-punk heavy guitar sound that has inspired industrial rock and metal genres. Known for controversial political and social opinions, the events of Coleman's public life are intertwined with his colourful association with Killing Joke. He is known for his aggressive and powerful stage presence, and sense of ritualistic pageantry in movement and dress. Whilst his stage voice is a particularly harsh growl (which has become more aggressive over the years), albums such as ''Brighter Than a Thousand Suns'', ''Night Time'' and ''Outside The Gate'' proved he could also sing impressively in a standard rock/pop manner. He remains active in both recording and touring with the band.

Solo composition and recordings

Coleman once quit Killing Joke temporarily following a gig in 1982. The day after he travelled to Iceland and announced his intention to become a classical composer. Ten years of studying and ongoing Killing Joke involvement later, he took up conducting and worked with some of the world's leading orchestras. Conductor Klaus Tennstedt described him as a "new Mahler". Coleman has studied and played music from many cultures, and is a multi-instrumentalist. He studied Arabic music at the Cairo Conservatoire and has a passion for Czech folk music and Māori music, among others. One of his Māori pieces is the ''Second Symphony for Māori Voice and Orchestra''. Along with Anne Dudley of Art of Noise, in 1990 Coleman co-wrote and co-performed the middle-eastern instrumental album called ''Songs From the Victorious City'', which refers to Cairo, Egypt.

1994 saw the release of ''Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones'', which featured eleven Rolling Stones songs performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, produced by Martin Glover and engineered by Chris Kimsey and Malcolm Welsford. Coleman arranged the majority of the songs. In 1995 he released his first of three albums of symphonic rock music. ''Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd'', which peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top Classical Crossover Albums chart, and ''Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin'' were both written and produced by Coleman with Peter Scholes conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. On 8 June 2007, Coleman collaborated with over 150 youth musicians in the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to perform the entirety of ''Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin'' along with additional orchestrations of Led Zeppelin's music. In 1999 he produced and arranged an album of Doors material for orchestra, performed by classical musicians including Nigel Kennedy and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, called ''Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto'' (CD released in 2000). He has worked with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, who have issued a CD of his ''Symphony No. 1 "Idavoll"'' with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and as composer in residence to the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

In 2001 Coleman was commissioned by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden London for his first large scale opera entitled ''The Marriage at Cana'', which in essence is the Gnostic theme of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene and her subsequent exile to Provence (predating Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code). The libretto was composed by genealogist Sir Laurence Gardner, author of the controversial bestseller ''Bloodline of the Holy Grail''. The nine acts of the opera were painted by the oil-on-canvas artist Andrew Jones, whose work was exhibited at the premiere of the opera on December 9, 2001 at the Royal Opera House. The opera received great critical acclaim and is to be recorded with Sarah Brightman.

Also commissioned by the Royal Opera House was Coleman’s ''Unwanted'', a concerto grosso for violin, viola and string orchestra whose theme portrays the plight of the Romany people of central Europe. This work was in collaboration with Czech photographer Jana Trzilova, whose portraits of the Roma taken within her own country moved the composer with their deep compassion and humanity.

On March 22, 2003, he was commissioned by the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter ICAM to compose a three-part concerto ''Music of the Quantum'', expressing the ideas of the quantum and emergence in musical form, which he co-produced with his older brother, Piers Coleman (born 13 February 1958), who is a condensed matter physicist at Rutgers University. The event was performed at Columbia University to a spectacular response. It was repeated the following year at Bethlehem Chapel in Prague.

On March 22, Sir Laurence Gardner’s book ''Secrets of the Lost Ark'', which expounds on anti-gravity and prehistory, was published. Coleman and Gardner publicly exchanged their work (book and scores) at the Occulture Lectures in Brighton on July 20, 2003, a gesture appropriate to Coleman’s interest in themes of renaissance, collaboration, and working in parallels.

In April 2002, Coleman received an outstanding three Grammies and quadruple platinum sales for his concerto for the Czech folk group and orchestra production entitled ''Promeny''. 2003 saw ''Promeny'' being performed in 8,000-10,000 seat auditoriums throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia. That same year, Coleman completed a second work with Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke Trio in the role of friend and producer of their album, ''East Meets East'', released through EMI Classics.

In 2004 and 2005 he arranged the Sarah Brightman album Harem and wrote a further 12 Arias to be recorded with her. He also continues with his work as composer in residence of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. In early 2006 Joseph McManners performed Coleman's ''Daughter of England'' at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic to standing ovation. He also toured with Killing Joke in the early part of the year and won a Lifetime Achievement Award from Kerrang! magazine. International premieres of Coleman's classical works are too numerous to mention.

In 2008, Coleman outlined an alternative educational programme based on Renaissance principles with the aim of promoting the principles of self-education. He completed a series of arias for mezzo-soprano titled ''The Secret Pilgrimage'' based on the sacred sites he visited during that year. Coleman became composer-in-residence of Berlin’s Kammerorchester.

In 2009, Coleman recorded the ''Nirvana Suite'' with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and played summer festivals across Europe with Killing Joke. Coleman travelled from Japan to South India with former bandmate Paul Raven’s ashes and participated in Pradakshina.

In 2010, so far Coleman has completed his ''Magna Suscitatio'' for solo violin, chorus and full orchestra, which illustrates the process of transformation and illumination of the human condition “from our current barbaric state”. Coleman has also set to work on an ambitious programme with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and is currently in discussion about a series of concerts whilst preparing for a world tour with his beloved Killing Joke. Coleman’s second symphony recorded by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra is due for release with the ''Nirvana Suite''. He is currently writing a mass for choir and orchestra consisting of Killing Joke’s music with the original lyrics translated into Latin for full chorus for a recording and two nights in London in 2011. He is also passionate about setting up the European-Pacific Academy of Renaissance Arts, which he intends to base in New Zealand and different locations around Europe. Jaz Coleman is completing his first literary work which promotes the principles of self-education he has benefited from throughout his life. Coleman is actively involved in the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centres of New Zealand. Coleman is open about the source of his inspiration, noting “my entire outlook has been shaped by Rosicrucian principles”.

Films and soundtracks

In 2002 Coleman starred in a Czech film by Petr Zelenka ''Rok ďábla'' (''Year of the Devil''). The film has become a multiple award-winning cult classic (Crystal Globe, Czech Lion). Switching to yet another artistic role, he has been co-directing a documentary-style music film called "The Death And Resurrection Show", named after a song on Killing Joke's 2003 album.

Coleman has contributed to several film soundtracks, such as Walt Disney’s ''Mulan'' (1998; with Vanessa-Mae on violin) and UK Channel 4 TV film ''Cinderella'' (released on 01/01/2000; music composed by Jaz and Youth). Individual songs appeared in soundtracks like: ''Weird Science'' (1985; "Eighties" by Killing Joke), ''Showgirls'' (1995; "Hollywood Babylon" by Killing Joke) or ''Year of the Devil'' (2002; "Pukaea" by Jaz Coleman and Hinewehi Mohi, "Universe B" and "Exorcism" by Killing Joke).

Books

Coleman is writing a book about permaculture, free energy, freedom and freedom-loving individuals. The book is planned to be published in 2009.

References

External links

Killing Joke's Official Site

Prague-tv Interview with Jaz Coleman

Rockdetector.com Interview with Jaz Coleman

Pictures from Roskilde Live 2011

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Name	Aaron Kwok
Tradchinesename	郭富城
Pinyinchinesename	Guō Fùchéng
Jyutpingchinesename	Gwok3 Fu3 Sing4
Birth name	Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (郭富城)
Ancestry	Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birth date	October 26, 1965
Birth place	Hong Kong
Othername	Kwok Fu-shing
Occupation	Singer, Actor
Genre	Cantopop, dance
Instrument	Vocals
Label	Warner Music Group; MusicNation-HK
Yearsactive	1987-present
Influences	Michael Jackson
Website	AaronKwokOnline.com
Goldenhorseawards	Best Actor2005 ''Divergence''2006 ''After This Our Exile''
Awards	}}

Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) 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 (四大天王). Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson. While most of his songs are in the dance-pop genre, he has experimented numerous times with rock and roll, ballad, rock, R&B;, soul, electronica and traditional Chinese music.

Biography

Kwok graduated from Joseph's College in Hong Kong. After graduating from secondary school, Kwok worked as a junior staff in King Fook Gold & Jewellery Co. Ltd. His father, who owns a small gold retail store, desired that he gain experience in the business with the view of eventually handing the family business over to him. If not for one of Kwok's brothers taking over the gold business, his father would not have allowed him to join the entertainment industry.

Career

Early years

In 1984 at the age of 19, Kwok joined a dancer training course at TVB, where his talent for dancing was immediately recognized. Kwok then performed in music videos and variety shows for other singers. In 1987 he was transferred to the acting department of the talent training course and became a TV actor, where he played minor parts in TVB dramas. In 1990 he did a TV commercial in Taiwan for the Honda motorcycle DJ-1RR. The commercial gained him instant popularity with Taiwanese girls, and he immediately burst onto the music scene.

Music

Kwok then began his music career with three mandopop albums including the famous song "Loving You Forever" (對你愛不完) to accompany his dance moves. After his success in Taiwan, he returned to Hong Kong in 1991 to do Cantopop. The next few years saw his popularity reach fever-pitch, and he was soon ranked as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings". Kwok became one of Hong Kong and Asia's most prominent pop stars. He won his first major awards with the 1991 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards and 1991 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. He would then win a major award every year until 2001. As a solo performer, his sell-out concerts in Hong Kong, mainland China, United States, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries total over 200 to date. In 1999 he won his first "Asia Pacific most popular artist" award. Aaron Kwok will begin his 2011 tour on 16 April and his first stop is in Shanghai.

Dancer

As soon as Kwok entered the music industry in 1991, he started a fast-dancing trend (勁歌熱舞). Kwok's onstage dancing and displays has been known to be influenced by Michael Jackson. Later in his career, he is known to have won a prestigious "Top ten Hong Kong dance award" (十大舞蹈家年獎). Of all the performing arts at which Kwok excels, stage appearances remain his perennial favorite. His dance accomplishments are also matched with stage displays. On 17 February 2008, he held an "Aaron Kwok De Show Reel Extension Live" concert at the Hong Kong AsiaWorld Arena with the largest revolving stage measured at 10m x 9.44m and created a new entry for the Guinness Book of World Records.

Acting

Over the years, Kwok has also indulged in other mediums such as TV commercials and acting. He began his acting career with the TVB series ''Rise of Genghis Khan'', and the 1988 series ''Twilight of a Nation'' about the Taiping Rebellion. One of his more noticeable role was for the 1996 TVB drama series ''Wars of Bribery'' where he plays an ICAC special-agent with Athena Chu.

He also starred in various movies. At the Taiwan's 42nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony on 13 November 2005, Kwok was the surprise winner of Best Leading Actor award for his role in the film ''Divergence''. It was Kwok's first Golden Horse nomination and beat veteran Hong Kong star Tony Leung Ka-fai to win the honour. He again won the Best Actor Award again at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards on 24 November 2006 for his role in the film ''After This Our Exile''. He became only the second actor in the history of the Golden Horse Awards to win the Best Actor Award consecutively. Jackie Chan first accomplished this back in the 1992-3.

Along with Zhang Ziyi, Kwok stars in an AIDS-themed film ''Love for Life'', which premiered on 10 May 2011.

Style promoter

Among the four heavenly kings in the 1990s, Kwok was generally known to have the best image. He was famous for popularizing a new type of "center-split hair style" that became a crazed trend. Throughout his career he did change his hair style numerous times including styles such as the five-five split or the four-six split.

Community service

Kwok has also taken part in charitable work. Most notable he received the "Ten Most Outstanding Young Persons Award" in 2003.

Car promoter, collector, amateur racer

Kwok has been known as a collector of sports cars as well as an amateur of motor racing. He participated in a Ferrari F355 race at the Macau Grand Prix, a Formula Campus charity race. Other notable participations include the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, where he raced with a Porsche 911 GT3.

He is known as a car fanatic and has a large collection of notable cars. Some of his collection include the Ferrari F50, F512M, F355 GTS, F360 Modena, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Lamborghini Diablo SE30, Mercedes-Benz SL600, Mercedes CLK DTM, Porsche 911 Turbo. Other cars include the Enzo Ferrari, a Carbon version Pagani Zonda F, Lamborghini Reventon Roadster, Lamborghini Murciélago, Gallardo, Porsche 996 GT3, Nissan GTR.

References

External links

Official Profile @ Warner Music Music Nation 郭富城

AMW168 - 郭富城 Aaron Kwok's lyrics pinyin English translation

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