Duncan Chow

Duncan Chow (Chinese: 周群達; born Duncan Lai (黎登勤), September 19, 1978) is a Hong Kong-born actor who is popular in Taiwan. Chow was originally a professional windsurfer and a fashion show model, but chose acting as a career in 2001. He rose to fame by starring in 2004's Taiwanese Hit Movie "Formula 17", a comedy film about homosexuality.

Duncan Chow
Born
Duncan Lai (黎登勤)

(1978-09-19) September 19, 1978
British Hong Kong
Other namesD.C.
EducationSear Rogers International School Auckland University - Major: Psychology
Occupation(s)Athlete, Model, Actor
Years active1993-present
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/DuncanchowDC/

Early life

Chow was born in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. His father, Lai Gun, who is one of the first windies in Hong Kong, taught him windsurfing and also established Cheung Chau Windsurfing Center, a famous destination for many lovers of windsurfing. Duncan is the cousin of former Hong Kong olympian Lee Lai Shan. He was former Hong Kong Windsurfing Team member, won the 1998 Asian Windsurfing Championships.

He began his acting career at the age of 14 as the adolescent version of Bruce Lee in a tribute film called Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story in 1993. His scene appeared at the very beginning of the movie.

At the age of 15, Chow went to New Zealand to study. In an interview, he said that the reason why he choose New Zealand as a place to study abroad was because it was the country of most extreme sports. When Duncan was 18, he returned to Hong Kong in a vacation and went casting with a friend, then he was chosen to shoot a Television advertisement for FedEx. He became a freelance model and appeared in many different TVCs.

Acting career

Chow officially started his professional acting career with the 2000s film "I Do", co-starred with Ella Koon, Bobo Chan, Raymond Wong. After this film, it was rumoured that he had a relationship with Bobo Chan.

In early 2000s, he decided to move to Taiwan to develop his career. He appeared frequently in many Taiwanese TV Dramas. With the success of Formula 17, he gained popular recognition in 2004. One year later, he starred as Mulang in Tsui Hark's film Seven Swords - which was another box office success. In the same year, he played Smiley Dentist in The Shoe Fairy (Mermaid Blossom), co-starred with Vivian Hsu. Duncan was expected to become a new generation idol of Taiwanese Wave. Unfortunately, because of a scandal in late 2005, his career interrupted for several years. In 2009, he came back to Hong Kong to work as interior designer.

In 2012, Chow returned to Taiwan to join in TV series "What is love?" at the age of 34. He said in an interview about the comeback that he really missed acting and would like to take time when he was still young. Luckily, since 2012, many TV dramas in which he appeared have been very successful.

In 2014, CHow starred in Jess Lee's Music Video "Cliff to the Heaven", in which he played a married man who had an affair with his brother's fiancée (played by Xu Naihan). The MV contained a lot of hot scenes between Duncan and Xu Naihan, which made it extremely controversy. This MV has reached over 43 million views on YouTube (April, 2017). This gave Chow to drastically change into a more mature and seductive image.[1]

Chow also returned back to Hong Kong to participate in a Gary Tang television series named "The Hiddens", co-starring many Hong Kong popular actors and actresses (Jessica Hsuan, Lawrence Ng, Michael Tao, William So).

In 2017, Chow also appeared in another Hong Kong TV Series called "反黑" (OCTB).


Filmography

Film

Television
Year TV Show Character Partners Region
2001 Devils' Blues Jade Leung, Tai Ping Hui Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Six Friends Xiao S Taiwan
Peach Girl Lu Wu Lang Vanness Wu, Annie Wu
2002 Come to my place Cameo F4
Purple Corner
Two-faced Godfather Bobby Dou, Joyce Tsang
Odyssey Tang President Bobby Dou , Beatrice Hsu
2003 Hi! Working Girl Heavenly King's manager Ken Chu, Jolin Tsai, Show Lo
Heart Train
2004 Lover of Herb Yang Shou Zhi
The legend of speed Du Bian Si / Ah Si Rainie Yang
2006 Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu (Hana Kimi) Yuan Qiu Ye (Cameo)
2007 The Gold Convoyers (Biao Hang Tian Xia) Wang Zhenwei David Chiang, Wu Xiao Min, Ken Chang, Zhao Liying Mainland China
2008 Prince + Princess 2 Teacher Taiwan
2008 Magnolia Flower Chen Xi Annie Wu, Stephanie Xiao
2010 The Winner is King A Mao Julien Cheung, Ada Choi Hong Kong
2011 Medical Examiner Shinomiya Hazuki (Season 10) Yusuke Tsuruta Japan
2012 Mameshiba Ichiro Futen no Shiba Jiro Gondo Shigeru
What is love Zhang Shao Qian Jade Chou, Chris Wu Taiwan
Lady Maid Maid Luo Jia Liang / "Andy Lo"
2013 Falling Zhang Lu Huai Jade Chou, Esther Liu
Happy 300 Days Jun Jie
2014 Mr. Right Wanted Cameo
2014-2015 Dear Mom Xu Ji Kuan Xiao Xun, Linh Hong, Joane Tsang
2015 Love Cuisine Wen Zhen Yu Lego Lee, Allison Lin, Nita Lei
2016 Rock Records in Love Kevin Lego Lee
The Hiddens Chen Chi Keung Jessica Hsuan, Lawrence Ng, Michael Tao, William So, Wylie Chiu, Lu Jing-Jing Hong Kong
2017 OCTB Jordan Chan, Danny Chan

Other shows


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References
  1. 中時電子報. "周群達MV搞激情 女友吃味下禁令". 中時電子報 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. Duncan Chow at hkmdb.com
  3. Duncan Chow at chinesemov.com
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