Duncan Chow (; born Duncan Lai (黎登勤), September 19, 1978) is a

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-born actor who is popular in

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. Chow was originally a professional

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and a fashion show

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, but chose acting as a career in 2001. He rose to fame by starring in 2004's Taiwanese Hit Movie "

Formula 17 ''Formula 17'' () is a 2004 Taiwanese film directed by Chen Yinjung. It stars Tony Yang, Duncan Chow, King Chin, Dada Ji, Jimmy Yang, and Jason Chang. It is a gay romantic comedy film about Chou Tien Tsai, a romantic Taiwanese young man who take ...

", a comedy film about

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Early life

Chow was born in

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. His father, Lai Gun, who is one of the first windies in Hong Kong, taught him

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and also established Cheung Chau Windsurfing Center, a famous destination for many lovers of windsurfing. Duncan is the cousin of former

olympian

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. 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

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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

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s. 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

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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

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, Raymond Wong. After this film, it was rumoured that he had a relationship with Bobo Chan. In early 2000s, he decided to move to

to develop his career. He appeared frequently in many Taiwanese TV Dramas. With the success of

, he gained popular recognition in 2004. One year later, he starred as Mulang in

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's film ''

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- which was another box office success.'' In the same year, he played Smiley Dentist in The Shoe Fairy (Mermaid Blossom), co-starred with

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. Duncan was expected to become a new generation idol of

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. 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 "

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?" 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. 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 (

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

Filmography

Film

*'' My Missing Valentine'' (2020) *''High Flash'' (2018) *''Taste of Life'' (205) *'' Big Hug'' (2014) *'' Shoe Fairy'' (2006) *''

'' (2005) *''

'' (2004) *Love Me If You Can (2003) *Leaving in Sorrow (2002) *''I Do'' (2001) *'' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' (1993)

Television

Other shows

The Hiddens
(TVB, 2016) * Rock Records in Love (2016) *

Love Cuisine ''Love Cuisine'' () is a 2015 Taiwanese romance, comedy drama television series produced by Sanlih E-Television, starring Lego Lee, Allison Lin, Duncan Chow and Nita Lei as the main cast. Filming began on July 13, 2015 and will be filmed as it a ...

(SETTV, 2015) * Dear Mom (SETTV, 2014) *

Happy 300 Days Happy 300 Days () is a 2013 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TTV, starring Tammy Chen and Kingone Wang as the main leads with KunDa Hsieh, Kaiser Chuang and Grace Ko in supporting roles. The title is in referen ...

(TTV, 2013) * Falling (PTS, 2013) * Lady Maid Maid (SETTV, 2012) * Mameshiba Ichiro Futen no Shiba Jiro (KBS 2012) *

(Supporting role) (2012) * Medical Examiner Shinomiya Hazuki (TV Tokyo, 2011) * Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu (CTS / GTV, 2006) * Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (Guest Star) (2006) *

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(CTV, 2004) * Lover of Herb (TVBS-G, 2004) * Hi! Working Girl (CTV, 2003) Duncan Chow at chinesemov.com
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References

External links

* http://blog.sina.com.cn/zhouqunda * http://www.duncanlai.com * https://web.archive.org/web/20060503183014/http://ch8c.mediacorptv.com/shows/drama/view/302/1/.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20091024080621/http://geocities.com/Tokyo/Shrine/2626/dangkan.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20090810101500/http://duncan.tw.st/ * http://www.twfilm.org/taillyhigh_web/star_5.htm * * https://www.facebook.com/TheHiddensHK/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Duncan 1978 births Living people Taiwanese male film actors Hong Kong windsurfers Taiwanese male models Taiwanese male television actors