Vic Chou () is a

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actor and singer. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4.

Career

F4

Chou rose to fame for his role as Hua Ze Lei in the highly popular Taiwan television series ''

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''. At the conclusion of the series, Chou along with the other cast members of ''Meteor Garden'';

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and

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continued to perform together and released three studio albums as the quartet boy band F4.

Music career

Chou 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, ''

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'' was released in October 2007 and topped Taiwan's major charts for 3 weeks.

Acting career

Aside from ''

'', Chou has appeared in Taiwanese series such as ''

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'' and ''Love Storm'', considered to be very "typical" idol dramas. However, with the 2004 television series ''

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'', Zhou took on a more complex role as a set of twins who have 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 ''

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'', a cranky perfectionist in '' Sweet Relationship'', and an awkward but passionate novelist in ''Wish to See You Again''. In 2008, Chou embarked on his first film, '' Linger'' alongside

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. 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. Chou was nominated for Best Actor at the 44th

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for his performance in ''Black & White''. In 2010, Chou won "Most Popular Taiwanese Actor" at the

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. The same year, he starred in the romance film ''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 2012, Chou starred alongside

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in the romance comedy film ''New Perfect Two''. In 2013, Chou won the

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for his performance in ''Home''. He went on to star in sequel films ''

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'', ''Go Lala Go 2'', and ''Storm'' (sequel of ''Z Storm''); as well as suspense film ''

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'' and comedy film ''Two Wrongs Make A Right''. Chou returned to the small screen after five years in 2018, starring in two period dramas ''Beauties in the Closet'' and ''

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''. He is set to star in the historical drama ''Poetry of the Song Dynasty'' alongside

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, portraying

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Filmography

Film

Television series

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Publications

He also released a

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in October 2002, titled ''Travel Dream'' (流浪夢) which contains his pictures shot during one of his trips to

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, 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.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chou, Vic Atayal people Living people F4 (band) members 21st-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors People from Yilan County, Taiwan Taiwanese idols 1981 births