Chinese name 周渝民 Height 1.80 m Pinyin Occupation actor, singer, model | Birth name 周育民 Name Vic Chou Music group F4 Origin Taiwan Role Actor | |
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Born 9 June 1981 (age 42) ( 1981-06-09 ) Movies and TV shows Meteor Garden, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, Saving General Yang, Home, A Moment of Love Similar People | ||
Other name(s) 仔仔 (pinyin: Zaizai) | ||
Vic Chou ~ DMA 2009 - Favourite Taiwanese | Singapore Actor
Vic Chou (Chinese: 周渝民; pinyin: Zhōu Yúmín) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4, and has starred in Taiwanese dramas. It had a variation only in the middle character (from 育 to 渝) from his birth name, 周育民 (pinyin: Zhōu Yùmín).
Contents
- Vic Chou DMA 2009 Favourite Taiwanese Singapore Actor
- Vic chou at dior men fashion show in paris
- F4
- Music career
- Acting career
- Other recognition
- Release of photographic album
- References
Vic chou at dior men fashion show in paris
F4
Vic rose to fame for his role as Hua Ze Lei in the highly popular Taiwan television series Meteor Garden. At the conclusion of the series, Vic along with the other cast members of Meteor Garden; Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu continued to perform together and released three studio albums as the quartet boy band F4.
Music career
Vic was the first F4 member to release his own album Make a Wish in January 2002. This was followed by Remember, I Love You which was released in January 2004.
His third album, I'm Not F4 was released in October 2007 and topped Taiwan's major charts for 3 weeks.
Acting career
Aside from Meteor Garden, Zhou has appeared in Taiwanese series such as Poor Prince and Love Storm, considered to be very "typical" idol dramas. However, with the 2004 television series Mars, Zhou took on a more complex role as a set of twins who suffer from mental illnesses. Zhou considers a turning point in his career. In many interviews, Zhou has pinpointed this as the moment where his interest in acting was truly piqued. Since then, he has taken on increasingly multi-facted roles, such as an ambitious but lonely businessman in Silence, a cranky perfectionist in Sweet Relationship and an awkward but passionate novelist in Wish to See You Again.
In 2008, Vic embarked on his first film, Linger alongside Li Bingbing.
In 2009, he took a departure from Taiwanese idol dramas and starred in the police drama Black & White. Zhou takes on the challenging role of an emotionally complex policeman with a past that is thrown into a dangerous web of corruption. Due to the popularity of the drama, talks of bringing Black and White to the big screen are currently taking place. Vic was nominated for Best Actor at the 44th Golden Bell Awards for his performance in Black & White. He also won the "Most Popular Actor" for the Taiwan/Hong Kong region at the QQ Entertainment Awards.
In 2010, Vic won "Most Popular Taiwanese Actor" at the Seoul International Drama Awards. The same year, he starred in Love You 10,000 Years. The film was the 5th best-selling Chinese film in Taiwan for 2010, and won "Most Popular with the Audience" at the 6th Osaka Asian Film Festival.
In 2013, Vic won the Golden Bell Awards for Best Actor for his performance in Coming Home.
Other recognition
In 2006, Vic was invited by TBS to participate in the starting match of 2006 Konami Cup.
Release of photographic album
He also released a photographic album in October 2002, titled "Travel Dream" (流浪夢, pinyin: Liú Làng Mèng) which contains his pictures shot during one of his trips to Hokkaidō, Japan.
His second photobook titled 4Faces: Taipei & Tokyo was released in October 2006. There are 4 themes: Natural Face, Cool Face, Stylish Face and Fashionable Face. The first 2 themes were shot in Taipei while the last 2 themes were shot in Tokyo.