Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing
(born October 26, 1965) is a Hong Kong singer and film actor from the 1990s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings (????). [1] Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson. [2] 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.
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Biography
Kwok graduated from
St. 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 brother taking over the
gold business, his father would not have allowed him to join the entertainment industry.
[3]
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.
[4] 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.
[5] The commercial gained him instant popularity with Taiwan 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" (?????) 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.
[6] [7] He would then win a major award every year until 2001.
[8] 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.
[9] In 1999 he won his first "Asia Pacific most popular artist" award.
[10]
Dancer
As soon as Kwok entered the music industry in 1991, he started a fast-dancing trend (????).
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" (???????).
[11] 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 February 17, 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 10
m 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.
[12] 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 November 13, 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 November 24, 2006 for his role in the film
After This Our Exile
.
[13] 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.
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.
[14]
He is known as a car fanatic and has a large collection of notable cars.
[15] Some of his collection include the
Ferrari F50,
F512M,
F355 GTS,
F360 Modena,
Lamborghini Diablo SE30,
Mercedes-Benz SL600,
Porsche 911 Turbo.
[16] Other cars include the
Enzo Ferrari, a Carbon version
Pagani Zonda F,
Lamborghini Murciélago,
Gallardo,
Porsche 996 GT3.