Lawrence Chou
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Lawrence Chou is a Canadian singer and actor.
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[edit] Overview
Chou was born in Hong Kong on April 19, 1979. He has one older sister and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Around the young age of 15, little Lawrence started participating in Karaoke contests and even won a few championships. Around the age of 16, from 1995 to 1997, he joined a Canada dance troupe and publicly performed about 250 times a year. Around the age of 19, he launched his singing career when he released his first Mandarin single "Don't Be A Fool", and then his first Mandarin album I LOVe YOU.
Eventually, he ventured into the movie industry after releasing his last compilation album People Says in 2000. His debut movie Merry Go Round had him nominated as Best New Artist in the 21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. Since his debut in the movie industry from 2001 to now, he has appeared in Asian movies like The Eye, If u care..., Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat, The Death Curse, and Dragon Squad alongside big name stars.
During his entertainment industry career, he was also better known as Mavis Fan's (范晓萱) boyfriend. She was a Taiwanese pop singer that was two years older than Lawrence. Their romance began around the time Lawrence launched his singing career in 1998 and eventually ended in 2003. The reason they broke up was because there was some disagreements in lifestyle after living apart in two places for a long time. Lawrence and Mavis both first met on stage in Vancouver. Mavis met Lawrence through Lawrence's mother (who was handling the staging activities). It was a girl-after-boy and older-girl-younger-boy kind of love relationship.
[edit] Profile
- English Name: Lawrence Chou
- Chinese Name: 周俊偉 (Pinyin: Zhou Jun Wei or Chow Jun Wai)
- Date of Birth : April 19, 1979
- Chinese Zodiac: Sheep (白羊座)
- Horoscope: Aries
- Place of Birth : Hong Kong
- Nationality: Canada
- Height: 178 cm (5' 8")
- Weight: 65 kg (143 lb)
- Waistline: 28 inch
- Family order: Youngest (has an older sister)
- Languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
- School History: Grade 11, Prince of Wales Secondary School
- Religious Belief: None
- Likes: Listening to CDs
- Favourite Sport: basketball, skiing
- Favorite Collection: CD
- Favourite Season: Winter
- Favourite Animal: Dog (Golden Retriever)
- Favorite Movie Category: Art film (藝術片), Other type (另類)
- Favourite Publication: Relating to movies and music
- Favourite Food: Hong Kong style Pineapple bun
- Most Admired Female Singer: Vivian Hsu (徐若萱)
[edit] Filmography
- 2006 Dragon Boys (CBC TV mini-series) .... as a gangster
- 2006 Re-cycle (鬼域)
- 2006 Without Words (地老天荒) .... as Kit
- 2005 AV
- 2005 Dragon Squad (猛龍) .... as James
- 2004 Itchy Heart (七年很癢) .... cameo appearance as Chi-Man's cousin
- 2004 Leave Me Alone (阿孖有難) .... cameo appearance
- 2003 The Death Curse (古宅心慌慌) .... as Keith
- 2003 Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (六樓后座) .... as Wing
- 2002 If u care... (賤精先生) .... cameo appearance
- 2002 The Eye (見鬼) .... as Dr. Wah Lo
- 2001 Heroes in Love (戀愛起義) .... as Lawrence
- 2001 Merry Go Round (初戀嗱喳面) .... as Fung
[edit] Discography
- 1998
- 你別傻了 (Don't Be A Fool)
- 我愛你 (I LOVe YOU)
- 1999
- 搶救愛情 (Saving Your Love)
- 了不起 (Great)
- 2000
- 別人都在傳 (People Says)
[edit] Awards
- 2001 21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Nomination - Best New Artist
- 1996 Champion in Dragon Seed Connection Echoes Karaoke Contest
- 1995 Champion in Melody Shake Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Youth Team Champion in Vancouver Miho Second Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Youth Team Champion in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Typhoon award in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest
[edit] Timeline
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- 1994
- Participated in Vancouver Miho Second Karaoke Contest -- Youth Team Champion.
- Participated in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest -- Youth Team Champion.
- Participated in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest -- Typhoon award.
- 1995
- Participated in Melody Shake Karaoke Contest -- Champion.
- To 1997, participated in Canada Shadow Dance Troupe (加拿大影舞者舞團); publicly performing about 250 times each year.
- 1996
- Participated in Dragon Seed Connection Echoes Karaoke Contest -- Champion.
- 1997
- Participated in BMG 10th Anniversary Concert.
- Participated in Julia Peng's School Campus Tour Concert (彭佳慧校園巡迴演唱會) for 10 shows.
- 1998
- Published own Mandarin single "Don't Be A Fool".
- July, published personal first Mandarin album "I LOVe YOU".
- July, duet with Andy Lau in single "Don't Be A Fool", won IFPI Singles Billboard Champion.
- September, invited to become new type shopping store Galaxy's spokesperson.
- December, published second single "MARRY CHRISTMAS I LOVE YOU".
- 1999
- Honored with Channel [V]'s 華語榜中榜 Best New Male Singer Award.
- January, published second big Mandarin album "Saving Your Love".
- January, shooted KOBAYASHI OPTICAL (小林眼鏡) CF, became product's spokesperson.
- November, published third album "Great" and took charge as Producer.
- 2000
- May, invited to shoot electronic dictionary "酷譯典" advertisement.
- June, published own first new compilation album "People Says".
[edit] Trivia
- Took Ella Koon's (官恩娜) first screen kiss in the 2006 movie "Without Words".
- A romantic kind of guy, he declared his love to Mavis when she came out with a new album: "Mavis, I want us to be together!" and even wearing couple outfits while holding their pet dog as they walked the red carpet for the Taiwan Great Hit Award.
- Mavis once had a thought of breaking up with Lawrence because she said he was too good to her. She had a melancholy disease (有憂鬱症) and got depressed over little things. Lawrence would help her by being her psychologist and even read a lot of psychology books. Mavis said, "Because feeling he was too good, always allowing me to torture him, I get worried about him, that's why I would have this thought."
- The first time Lawrence saw Mavis was at KTV, "that is because a friend had picked her song, that's when I knew of this person, started liking her from that moment on, felt she was exactly the type I liked."
